Y&R Yangon has promoted Khin Myat Thu from GM to Chairwoman. As part of continued expansion in Indochina, the agency has reinforced its management team with two aditional appointments: Mohit Pise as General Manager and Milla Chaplin as Strategic Planning Director.
Together, the new team will focus on Y&R Yangon’s already robust client base –including Colgate and Cerebos – as well as new business opportunities in one of the sub-region’s most exciting markets. Based in Myanmar, the team reports to Y&R Indochina CEO Peter Skalberg.
Y&R Vietnam won Silver at Agency of the Year 2015; Y&R Yangon brought home Myanmar’s first ever Cannes Lions – including Gold – for Colgate in 2014.
Peter Skalberg, CEO Y&R Indochina said on thge appointments: “Adding more talent of such a high calibre builds upon the business and creative growth we are experiencing in Myanmar. Y&R Yangon has gone from strength to strength since it was established in 2013, and we owe much of that success to ThuThu, our agency’s new Chairwoman. Not only were Y&R one of the first multinational networks to establish an Indochina operation, our commitment to this vibrant sub-region continues to strengthen.”
A 10 year experienced General Manger
Y&R Yangon’s new General Manager, Mohit Pise brings with him close to a decade’s experience in advertising. Most recently the business lead for Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan and Zambia at Africa’s biggest telco MTN, before that he worked with the likes of Wieden+Kennedy in India, on brands including Chevrolet, IndiGo Airlines, Ten Sports and ICICI Bank.
Milla Chaplin joins from Mango Media
Y&R Yangon’s new Strategic Planning Director Milla Chaplin joins from Myanmar’s Mango Media where she oversaw New Business.
Since joining the WPP Group thanks to the Marketing Fellowship Program in 2008, Chaplin has worked in a number of different roles, across research, branding, advertising and media, in a variety of exciting and challenging locations. She gained her degree in Chinese and German at Leeds University in the UK, and, still fluent in Mandarin, owes much of her passion for Asia to her time spent studying in the region.
Image over the headline.- Khin Myat Thu (Chairwoman Y&R Yangon), Mohit Pise (General Manager Y&R Yangon) and Milla Chaplin (Strategic Planning Director Y&R Yangon). © WPP.
