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Author Archives: Marcus Loh

Marcus is Director, Asia Pacific Communication at Tableau Software (NYSE: DATA), the world's leading visual analytics platform. He is passionate about making brands matter in the data age and takes joy in giving back to the community by serving in various advisory capacities for academia, industry and non-profits. His views on brand strategy, data literacy and public affairs have been published in The Diplomat, Channel NewsAsia, The Straits Times, The Business Times, Singapore Business Review among others. Marcus was named a “Singapore Business Review Notable Chief Marketing Officer under 40” and a "Linkedin Power Profile for Marketing Professionals” in 2017. He holds an M.S from Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and won a scholarship for his second master’s degree from the Singapore Management University and Università della Svizzera italiana.

Posted inAT Finance, Singapore

The data-driven transformation of Singapore

by Marcus Loh February 20, 2019February 18, 2020

Singapore burnished its global brand eight months ago by hosting the first-ever meeting between a US president and a North Korean leader. As preparations for a second meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un get underway in Vietnam, I am reminded of the logistical challenges that the Singapore summit posed. Airlines and pilots were […]

Technology transfer is often a passenger on the information highway. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Singapore

Six data trends to spur Singapore transformation

by Marcus Loh February 11, 2019February 18, 2020
Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump on June 12, 2018 at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore. Photo: AFP/KCNA VIA KNS
Posted inAT Finance, European Union, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, World

Trump-Kim summit strengthens Singapore’s brand

by Marcus Loh October 23, 2018October 23, 2018
Technology transfer is often a passenger on the information highway. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Singapore, World

Data economy: fast-tracking Singapore’s public sector

by Marcus Loh June 1, 2018June 1, 2018
Business people meeting with technology in office, visual interfaces effects. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, European Union, Middle East, Singapore, World

Rise of the analyst-marketer in the digital economy

by Marcus Loh April 4, 2018January 24, 2019
A customer uses the GrabTaxi app on her smartphone to book for a taxi in Hanoi, Vietnam September 9, 2015. A young, tech-savvy population short on cars have taken off among Vietnam's rapidly expanding middle class as they provide four-wheeled comfort in a country better known for chaotic swarms of scooters and Southeast Asia's most expensive taxi fares. Picture taken September 9, 2015. REUTERS/Kham - RTX1RS2U
Posted inAT Finance, Singapore, South Asia, World

Budget spurs Singapore firms to up-skill for new economy

by Marcus Loh February 26, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, Singapore, World

Branding Singapore as a talent hotbed is a passionate goal

by Marcus Loh December 5, 2017
Does the PR industry need more PR? Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Singapore, World

To disrupt PR industry, start from fundamentals

by Marcus Loh September 25, 2017
Apple is a Fortune 500 company that has taken its brand beyond the 'unique selling proposition' concept. Photo: Reuters
Posted inWorld

Brands reach into inner consciousness as modern myths

by Marcus Loh August 25, 2017
An Apple iPad monitor in Istanbul displays the logos of well-known world brands. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Singapore, World

Successful firms recognize new reality of ‘brand universes’

by Marcus Loh August 21, 2017
Forest City, in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, is a smart city under development by China's Country Garden. This is a model in a Singapore showroom. Photo: Johan Nylander
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, World

Fueling Australia’s ‘ideas boom’ with data

by Marcus Loh August 10, 2017
Until Uber's valuation story becomes implausible, cash will continue to pour in and fuel its disruption of the world of urban transportation. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Singapore, World

A pulpit for the pros that is worth celebrating

by Marcus Loh August 7, 2017
Kishore Mahbubani. Photo: Flickr Commons
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, World

In defense of Singapore’s chief naysayer

by Marcus Loh July 3, 2017
Photo: iStock / Getty
Posted inAT Finance, Singapore, World

Small data rules this year: marketers get answers to the ‘whys’

by Marcus Loh March 31, 2017January 12, 2021
Actors in Storm Trooper costumes take part in the European Premiere of Star Wars Rogue One at the Tate Modern in London, Britain December 13, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall
Posted inAT Finance, Middle East, Singapore, World

Storytellers for the future economy

by Marcus Loh December 22, 2016December 27, 2016
Promotional photo of Kevin Spacey in Netflix series House of Cards. Photo: Netflix
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Germany, India, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

No ‘House of Cards’ politics in China’s rise

by Marcus Loh October 26, 2016October 26, 2016
A photo illustration shows the Uber app logo displayed on a mobile telephone, as it is held up for a posed photograph in central London. Photo: REUTERS/Neil Hall
Posted inAT Finance, Singapore, World

Three challenges disruption poses for Singapore

by Marcus Loh October 24, 2016October 25, 2016

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