Kantar Appoints Southeast Asia MD

Kantar has appointed former Googler Rika Sharma as Executive Managing Director for its Southeast Asia Cluster and Singapore business.

Sharma (pictured) brings more than twenty years of experience shaping strategy, driving commercial performance and building high-impact teams for complex, multi-market environments, across North America and APAC. Most recently she led Sales and Strategy for Google Agency, Partners and Industry Bodies in APAC; ad earlier she held senior leadership roles at Digitas, SEA & Singapore and Ogilvy APAC.

In her new role, she will strengthen the region's alignment with Kantar's global vision, and work to accelerate momentum across Southeast Asia.

Cheong Tai Leung, Kantar's CEO in the region, comments: 'Rika brings a rare combination of strategic depth, commercial acumen and people leadership to Kantar. As we accelerate our momentum across Southeast Asia, Rika's experience and perspective will be instrumental in strengthening our client partnerships and advancing Kantar's regional ambitions.'

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