TED LIM

Ted Lim is one of Asia’s most respected creative leaders. The former Regional Chief Creative Officer at Dentsu Asia-Pacific and Executive Creative Director at DDB worked from China to Australia to produce Innovative Business Solutions in the digital, social and experiential space for Coca-Cola, IKEA, BMW, Adidas, Samsung and Singapore Airlines.

He was Cannes Lions Jury President and honoured by AdWeek as one of 13 global creative leaders whose ideas advanced advertising worldwide. TIME magazine said his integrated campaign for Toyota was “utterly insane – and wonderful”.

Under his watch, Dentsu Asia-Pacific won the Cannes Lions Grand Prix, the D&AD Black Pencil, the Facebook Award for Innovation, the Asia-Pacific Effie Gold Award and was crowned Campaign Brief Asia’s Most Creative Network.

Ted spoke at the World Knowledge Forum in Seoul, talked about “Simple Truths” at the P&G Asia Brand Managers College, shared his thoughts on “When Data Meets Creativity” in Cannes and discussed “Death Or Deliverance By AI” at The Indie Summit in Singapore.

He now works as an independent creative consultant for a tech start-up in the US, a creative agency group in Europe and a digital agency network in Asia. He speaks regularly at marketing conferences, runs creative workshops and mentors business leaders and creative talents across multiple sectors and markets.