BBDO Indonesia Hosts the Fourth ‘Heels of Steel’ Event featuring NS BlueScope ASEAN’s Arsika Ahmad

BBDO Indonesia has recently hosted its fourth ‘Heels of Steel’ event with Arsika “Chika” Ahmad, NS BlueScope ASEAN’s VP Regional Pricing and Insight, as the main speaker.

During her visit to the BBDO Indonesia office, Ahmad (pictured) shared her work experience in Indonesia and ASEAN countries spanning over 20 years. This includes several roles as a marketer, consumer insight researcher, pricing manager for several brands in F&B, as well as experience working in the construction and architectural industry.

Ahmad’s passion for marketing has always excited and driven her to give the best in all her roles. This includes working with the most important stakeholders in business – the consumer – as well as coming up with proven marketing strategies, rooted in consumer insights, that give clarity to brand portfolios and innovation choices across markets.

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door; this is what I believe in and practice daily. The last 20 years of my career have been an amazing experience of creating opportunities, building doors and unlocking them to uncover my true potential. I’m glad and honored to be sharing this with BBDO today,” she said.

‘Heels of Steel’ was first launched in 2017 in Malaysia; events aimed to inspire and accelerate the progress of female employees in the workplace. Since then, it has grown into a Southeast Asia initiative. Participating offices now include Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines. It is BBDO’s ambition to empower, motivate and strengthen our people.

“Once again, our BBDO Indonesia family is truly proud to be able to host the ‘Heels of Steel’ event for the fourth time in our office, with Arsika as our keynote speaker,” explained BBDO Indonesia Managing Director, Talha Bin Hisaam. “Arsika is one of many wonderful business leaders that BBDO works with. Her spirit and passion in marketing is remarkable and inspiring. Ariska’s career journey and experiences to date are impressive, and gave the BBDO team new perspectives and a fresh take on how to grow personally and professionally; skills that go beyond just the workplace.”

The ‘Heels of Steel’ event at the Indonesia office launched with P&G Singapore’s Associate Director, Daphne Kuah, in June 2018 as the first speaker. Followed by the second event with keynote speaker, Diageo Indonesia’s Head of Brands, Adrienne Gamie, in August 2018, while the third event was held early April 2019 with Fonterra Brands Indonesia’s Marketing Director, Rohini Behl.