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AdAsia’s offices are located at UOB Plaza in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Saigon Trade Center in Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam, in the heart of each business district o be easily accessible.

The 7-month old company currently has four offices in Southeast Asia, with the ambition to enter the Greater Chi-
na market within the next quarter. ◊

Sawitri returns to Grey from McCann, where she was previously Group Brand Director man-
aging the L’Oreal Paris, Maybelline New York, and Cathay Pacific accounts. In addition, she also
oversaw all Activation, Shopper Marketing, Digital, and ATL-related activities. With 15 years of ex-
perience in Marketing, her distinguished career included a previous stint at Grey, where she was
instrumental in setting up the Shopper Marketing division. In her current role, she will lead all acti-
vation capabilities and bolster Team P&G’s offerings. Her move is aligned with recent instances of
ex-Grey staff returning to the network, with Arun Raman of GREY group India the most prominent
Sawitri Hertoto example.

Nugroho joins the ranks of Grey Group Indonesia as an Executive Creative Director. He is a
highly-acclaimed creative, who prides himself on delivering impact through stories of human connec-
tion. Nugroho’s decade-long career include previous stints with the McCann Worldgroup and fellow
WPP agencies Ogilvy & Mather, as well as Young & Rubicam. Formerly the Global Creative Lead for
Kopiko Candy at McCann, his portfolio of former clients includes L’Oreal Paris, Wyeth, and Nestle
Breakfast Cereals (Koko Krunch).

Based in Jakarta, both will report to Monika Rudijono, President Director, Grey Group Indonesia. ◊ Nugroho Nurarifin

Havas Creative Group announced the appointment of Mike Amour to the position of Chair-
man and CEO of Asia Pacific, effective October 17.

In this new role, Amour will be responsible for leading and driving continued collaboration and
growth in one of the most dynamic regions for Havas Group. The appointment is a key milestone in
the group’s ongoing efforts to build agile teams and integrated structures to deliver the most impact
for clients. Amour will report to Andrew Benett, Global CEO of Havas Creative Group, and will be
based in Singapore.
Mike Amour
Prior to joining Havas Creative Group, Amour was President, Asia Pacific at Starcom Mediavest Group. Previous-
ly, as CEO Asia Pacific at Project: Worldwide, Amour created a future-facing offer to drive growth beyond experi-
ential marketing. Amour also led Grey Group Asia Pacific for four years as Chairman and CEO, where he oversaw
significant growth, including acquisitions in China, India, and Vietnam. Prior to that, based in London, New York,
Tokyo, Paris and Portland, Amour held senior management positions at McCann, TBWA, and Wieden + Kennedy.

Amour will take over from Juan Rocamora, currently Chairman, Havas Creative Group APAC, who will retire at
the end of the year. ◊

Tufin, the market-leading provider of ‘Network Security Policy Orchestration’ solutions, has
appointed Anthony (Tony) Richardson as vice president of the Asia-Pacific (APAC) Region,
where he will oversee and drive sales management and general management in Japan, Korea,
Southeast Asia, Greater China region, Australia, New Zealand and India.

Tony has over 30 years of experience in global telco, web/audio conferencing, cloud-based messag-
ing services and telco/enterprise network vendors in the APAC regional markets.

Tony's career to date has included roles as regional vice president for several global firms, and Anthony (Tony)
country manager/president for five global firm subsidiaries in Japan. He most recently served as Richardson
President, North Asia, for Premier Global Services (PGi).

Tony began his career managing sales and operations teams for companies in the telecoms and enterprise net-
working space, which included Sprint/Global One, Telecom Italia, Level 3 Communications, Nortel Networks,
ADVA Optical Networking and Verizon Business. ◊

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