40 Under 40 2021: Proven leaders with ample potential in APAC marcomms

Proven ability to deliver. Impressive career trajectory. Leadership qualities that inspire. Continual contribution above and beyond the job description. Execution of innovative ideas. Undeniable desire to lift up the industry and the people in it.

These are the qualities it takes to end up on Campaign Asia-Pacific's 40 Under 40 list, of which this is the ninth edition.

The call for entries this year once again elicited an overwhelming response. With nearly five times as many nominees as there were slots available on the final list, our senior editors faced a daunting task. What's more, all but a tiny fraction of the nominations were genuinely impressive—usually in a multitude of ways. This industry, in this region, boasts a truly awe-inspiring number of talented, dedicated, ambitious and principled people doing amazing work.  

Homing in on the one-fifth of nominees who stood out even among an eminently qualified field took hours upon hours of consideration and discussion, followed by final choices that in many cases were truly distressing.

After all that, Campaign Asia-Pacific is proud to present the members of the 40 Under 40 for 2021, listed below.

Representing diversity across many facets—gender, location, origin, area of expertise, career path, company type and size, passionate pursuits, oddball hobbies, and more—they're united in both their proven ability and their potential for further greatness. 

Our sincere thanks to all who put themselves or their colleagues forward for consideration. Thank you for sharing your powerful stories and your irrepressible drive.

Without further ado, please join us in congratulating this year's class, and take some time to read their stories. We're confident you'll find them as inspiring as we have.

The 2021 40 Under 40 are (in alphabetical order by given name):

Adrian Lee South China Morning Post Hong Kong	Agha Zohaib Mindshare Pakistan	Ally Doubé Uber Australia
Amrita Choudhary Wavemaker India	Anna Cherry Spark Foundry Australia	Brady Ambler RGA Singapore
Chris Colter Initiative Australia	Cindy Lim BCW Singapore	David Hornby Mailman Group China
Davy Rennie Tribal Worldwide Australia	Dheeraj Raina Dentsu Malaysia	Diane Isabel Chua Tribal Worldwide Philippines
Edison Woo Assembly Hong Kong	Elizabeth Chu Sandpiper Communications Singapore	Emmanuel James “EJ” Mangahas Hakuhodo Digital Vietnam
Joscelin Kwek Muse & Motif Singapore	Kenneth Wong Adminer & Trapper Interactive Malaysia	Laura Quigley Integral Ad Science Singapore
Linda Fagerlund Dentsu Australia	Lisa Guo Xaxis China	Lucie Jansen Spark Foundry Australia
Matthew Vogts MediaCom Australia	Min Ng The Secret Little Agency Singapore	Nicolas Chan The Hoffman Agency Singapore
Nicole Ma BBDO China	Nuttapon Jitngamphong YDM Thailand	Prantik Mazumdar Amitendra Dentsu Singapore
Rafidah Rashid DeVries Global Singapore	Rajan Vishwadeep Mindshare Indonesia	Rohan Mehta Kinnect India
Rory Gallery Special Group New Zealand	Samantha Peihua Chen CAA Sports Singapore	Sascha Kuntze BBH Singapore
Stephen Tracy Milieu Insight Singapore	Sujith Kumar G Rao Mediabrands Malaysia	Suraj Barnawal Together New Zealand
Thierry Lalchere Havas Australia	Vasuta Agarwal InMobi India	Vikash Modi Wavemaker Indonesia
Youji Noh TBWA Media Arts Lab Korea