Client Leadership • APAC & Global Accounts • Enterprise Delivery

Enterprise trust, built market by market.

Asma Quadri is a senior client leader with 18+ years managing complex, enterprise-level accounts across APAC and global markets — a trusted advisor to C-suite and senior marketing leaders, known for translating business challenges into scalable, data-led marketing and media solutions delivered across the dentsu network.

18+
Years across enterprise & global accounts
20+
Markets governed for Standard Chartered
50+
Team members led, direct & matrix
17×
Higher CTR from integrated sponsorship frameworks
Operating Edge

Built for accounts that cross disciplines and borders.

The profile is strongest where a single enterprise relationship spans strategy, governance, data and multi-market delivery. Asma's career bridges global business leadership at dentsu with regional client and planning leadership at WPP — always as the single senior point of accountability a C-suite marketer can rely on.

C-suite stakeholder management P&L & commercial ownership Multi-market governance Measurement & effectiveness Team & capability building
Enterprise Roster
  • Standard Chartered — global media stewardship, 20+ markets
  • Intel — APAC regional lead, hub-and-spoke model
  • L'Oréal — flagship brand properties & global localisation
  • Red Bull, FIAT, Britannia, UPS, Unicharm, Viacom18, Zydus Wellness
Interactive Career Path

Click each chapter.

A compressed executive arc from regional planning leadership to global business direction, transformation stewardship and present-day sustainability grounding.

01
dentsu International — Asia Pacific
APJ Client Partner / Global Client Partner / Global Business Director · Apr 2017 – Oct 2022 · Singapore
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Senior client leader for global and regional enterprise accounts, acting as the primary strategic partner to senior client stakeholders — with full accountability for strategy, governance, and commercial outcomes.

Regional & Global Business Leadership
  • Led global media stewardship for Standard Chartered across 20+ markets spanning Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
  • APAC regional lead for Intel, operating a hub-and-spoke leadership model across India, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Korea, SEA, and Singapore.
Governance & Transformation
  • Built governance frameworks covering programmatic supply transparency, contributing to ~40% performance uplift, plus brand safety and post-cookie planning.
  • Led a Tech Maturity program with Google, AdOps centralisation across 15+ markets, and data harmonisation across 6+ markets.
Commercial & People Leadership
  • Held full P&L, resourcing, and delivery governance accountability; direct and matrix leadership of 50+ team members.
  • Maintained client satisfaction scores of 8+ TRR across multiple years in a complex, multi-market structure.
02
WPP — India & Singapore
Business Director / Associate Business Director / Business Group Head / Planning Lead · 2007 – 2016
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Progressive regional and market leadership roles across India and APAC, managing communications planning, media strategy, and client leadership for global and regional brands.

Marquee Accounts
  • UPS, L'Oréal, Unicharm, Zydus Wellness, Britannia, FIAT, Viacom18, and Red Bull.
  • Created Buzz Monitoring, a proprietary planning approach integrating broadcast performance with digital and social signals.
Notable Initiatives
  • L'Oréal Paris Femina Women Awards — end-to-end strategic and media leadership for a flagship brand property.
  • FIAT Linea T-Jet × Man of Steel — co-created a content-led brand partnership anchored on a shared "Power" narrative.
Recognition
  • GroupM Choreos Awards — "Relentless Excellence" (multiple nominations); GroupM Mbassador, South India.
03
Sabbatical & Professional Development
Nov 2022 – Present · Singapore
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A deliberate pause to build a transformation and future-readiness lens on top of two decades of client leadership.

  • MIT Professional Education — Chief Sustainability Officer Program: sustainability strategy, ESG, circular economy, LCA, and sustainable infrastructure.
  • Active facilitator with Climate Fresk Singapore and Biodiversity Collage Singapore.
  • Completed 300+ hours of Yoga Instructor Training, including Kids Yoga.
Selected Proof Points

Evidence, not adjectives.

Filter by theme to turn the resume into a conversation — this is what the numbers behind each role actually delivered.

Global Stewardship

20+ market mandate, Standard Chartered

Single senior point of accountability across strategy, governance, and outcomes spanning Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Performance

Up to 17× higher CTR

Integrated sponsorship frameworks connecting upper-funnel partnerships with mid- and lower-funnel activity in select markets.

Transparency

~40% performance uplift

Regional and global governance frameworks covering programmatic supply transparency, brand safety, and post-cookie planning.

People

50+ team members led

Direct and matrix leadership including regional performance hubs, with a focus on capability development and stable delivery.

Client Satisfaction

8+ TRR, sustained

High client satisfaction scores maintained across multiple years through disciplined service management in a complex structure.

Transformation

15+ market AdOps centralisation

Tech Maturity program with Google plus data harmonisation across 6+ markets, improving scalability.

Revenue

Sustained YoY commercial growth

Cross-network integration and expanded strategic scope, improving profitability through operating efficiency.

Proprietary IP

Buzz Monitoring framework

A proprietary planning tool combining TV data with digital and social signals to optimise investment decisions.

Brand Property

L'Oréal Femina Women Awards

End-to-end strategic and media leadership for a flagship regional brand property.

Capability Map

Where Asma is most useful.

This reframes the résumé into a buyer-readable architecture — useful for executive search, enterprise client roles, and senior account leadership mandates.

01

Enterprise client leadership

Stakeholder management and trusted-advisor relationships with C-suite and senior marketing leaders.

02

Global & regional account management

APAC and global account stewardship across 20+ market structures.

03

Cross-functional team leadership

Orchestrating strategy, content, data, operations and technology specialists into one delivery model.

04

Strategic solutioning

Translating business challenges into scalable, data-led marketing and media solutions.

05

Commercial growth & ownership

Revenue growth, upsell, and full P&L accountability across complex accounts.

06

Measurement & governance

Data-led decision frameworks, QBRs, and operating model design at scale.

Beyond the Résumé

The thinking behind the operator.

A sabbatical spent adding a transformation and future-readiness lens to two decades of enterprise client leadership.

Professional Development

MIT Chief Sustainability Officer Program

Sustainability strategy, ESG, circular economy, LCA, and sustainable infrastructure.

Climate Fresk & Biodiversity Collage, Singapore

Active facilitator, bringing systems-level climate literacy to groups and organisations.

300+ hours Yoga Instructor Training

Including Kids Yoga certification.

Recognition & Education

GroupM Choreos Awards

"Relentless Excellence" — multiple nominations.

GroupM Mbassador, South India

Global knowledge-sharing role.

MBA — Marketing & Finance

MS Ramaiah Institute of Management, Bangalore.

BBA — Marketing

Karnataka University.