Wavemaker APAC
- Wavemaker, GroupM's new billion-dollar revenue, media, content and technology agency created from the merger of MEC and Maxus opens for business today in 5 countries in the Asia Pacific region - China, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam.

Wavemaker China comprises a 800-strong team across four offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Nanjing, and will be led by CEO Gordon Domlija. Managing Director Ajay Gupte will lead Wavemaker Indonesia in Jakarta with his team of 140. Wavemaker Philippines will be headed by CEO Malu Vasallo in Manila with a team of over 150 staff.

Wavemaker Singapore will open with a team of 60 led by Managing Director Desh Balakrishnan. Rose Huskey will be leading the Global Client Solutions hub, also based in Singapore. Managing Director Arup Bansal will be leading his team of 85 staff for Wavemaker Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City.

Last month (9 November 2017) saw the official launches of Asia Pacific markets Wavemaker Australia and New Zealand as well as Wavemaker India, headed by CEO Peter Vogel and Managing Director Kartik Sharma respectively. The former also has responsibilities overseeing the Southeast Asia region.

The brand mark WAVEMAKER reflects the agency's heritage, born from WPP and GroupM. The brand, along with a new visual identity, will go live locally as the merger completes in each country, to be finalised by January 2018.

Wavemaker will have offices in 90 countries with over 8,500 employees. Major global clients include L'Oréal, Vodafone, Marriott, Colgate-Palmolive and Paramount.

About Wavemaker
Wavemaker is a billion dollar-revenue next generation agency that sits at the intersection of media, content and technology. We are obsessed with the customer's purchase journey and is what connects our mission directly to our client's business challenges. We invented WM Momentum, the world's most comprehensive study into how people make purchase decisions and have conducted over 375,000 surveys in 70 markets and across more than 30 categories. We are a business that is powered by the creativity and curiosity of our 8,500 people in 90 countries, united by our PACED values. We are a part of GroupM, WPP's global media investment management company. For more information, go to www.wavemakerglobal.com

About GroupM
GroupM is the leading global media investment management company for WPP's media agencies including Mindshare, MediaCom, Wavemaker, Essence and m/SIX, and the outcomes-driven programmatic audience company, Xaxis. Responsible for more than US $108B in annual media investment by some of the world's largest advertisers, GroupM agencies deliver an advantage to clients with unrivaled insights into media marketplaces and consumer audiences. GroupM enables its agencies and clients with trading expertise, data, technology and an array of specialty services including addressable TV, content and sports. GroupM works closely with WPP's data investment management group, Kantar, and together they account for almost 50% of WPP's group revenues of more than US $19B. GroupM delivers unrivaled marketplace advantage to its clients, stakeholders and people.

Press contact
Amanda Khoo
Marketing Manager, Wavemaker APAC
Email: amanda.khoo@wmglobal.com

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