Francis Wee exits Ogilvy Singapore as executive creative director
Francis Wee has left Ogilvy Singapore as executive creative director. Confirming his departure, Ogilvy Singapore chief executive Chris Riley said: “Francis has been instrumental in driving the creative agenda at Ogilvy Singapore and we want to thank him for his invaluable contributions over the years.
“We are truly fortunate to have such an enormous talent as a colleague and friend. We wish him all the very best in his new endeavours, which he will announce in due course.”
In response to a question from Mumbrella about Wee’s replacement, a spokesperson for Ogilvy said: “Our creative leadership will continue to be helmed by our co-chief creative officers Melvyn Lim and Nicolas Courant.”
Wee had joined Ogilvy Singapore in October 2017 to high praise from Eugene Cheong, who was the chief creative officer of Ogilvy Asia-Pacific at the time. Wee was expected to work closely with Cheong and had been given the additional mandate of group head of art. Cheong left the agency this March after over two decades.
With over three decades of experience in the business, Wee had worked for agencies like Saatchi & Saatchi where he spent fourteen years and BBDO before leaving to found his own agency Religion in 2007. He wound the agency down to join Ogilvy Shanghai as executive creative director in 2012 and subsequently moved to Ogilvy Singapore.
Ravi is the editor at Mumbrella Asia. He has covered the marketing, advertising and media business for over two decades.
It’s always nice seeing someone being rewarded for all their talent and niceness.
ReplyThe agency has had years of practice in lavishing praise and thanks while showing senior staff the exit ramp.
ReplyGood time to relaunch his Religion agency for his infamous Burger King sequel?
ReplyI heard he and Calvin Soh are teaming up again. They used to be partners at Saatchi. Cal [Edited under Mumbrella’s community guidelines] from R/GA so maybe it is true?
ReplyYes, a good time for him to restart his Religion. Though that’s strictly Eug’s hallowed turf. Right, God?
Just the way some others of his vintage find redundancy relevance in their respective gigs:
Reply1. Guan: TGH Agency
2. Calvin: One Kind Ideas
3. Chris C: Ren Agency [Edited under Mumbrella’s community guidelines].
Didn’t Calvin resign? So One Kind Ideas now replaces 99percent?
Reply[Edited under Mumbrella’s community guidelines]. So give him a break. The industry moves fast and leaves people behind, but let’s not forget to be compassionate.
ReplyHe made an App okay! Is still an ECD of [Edited under Mumbrella’s community guidelines]. I wish him well. I don’t iknow if it’s true he and Francis are opening an agency btw. It is just that we saw [Edited under Mumbrella’s community guidelines].
ReplyCompassionate Eug has done his fair bit to put hot food on many family tables. Frankie aside, he’s also helped other local redundancies with CD/ECD employment, when no one else would touch them. Not all were saved. One with a delightfully complex (Tam-Aus) accent was forced into Middle Eastern exile, after peddling some contrived deck of brilliance that elicited little more than a wry smirk or two. Don’t give up, Eug. Keep saving – others and yourself – ol chap. [Edited under Mumbrella’s community guidelines].
ReplyHelping others?
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