Omnicom Media Group brings Kelly Huang on board to lead Taiwan as chief executive officer

Omnicom Media Group has appointed Kelly Huang as CEO of Omnicom Media Group Taiwan. Kelly replaces Elle Huang, who has resigned from her role as CEO after more than 7 years of service with the group. Huang joins from MEC Taiwan where she was the Managing Director and drove the agency to be No. 1 RECMA ranked agency in Taiwan on the back of building a strong reputation for creativity and effectiveness, particularly within the digital landscape.

Huang will lead Omnicom Media Group Taiwan with a mission to continue the digital transformation of the network and adding best-in-class technology and data analytics to leverage the opportunities of an everchanging marketplace. Both OMD and PHD will be reporting to her.

Doug Pearce, CEO, Omnicom Media Group Greater China said, “Kelly knows the Taiwan market very well and fully understands the expectations of clients and the need for enhancing strategic, digital and data capabilities to drive higher levels of performance for our clients’ businesses. We are fortunate that our network has the reputation, teams and clients in place to be able to attract a leader of Kelly’s calibre.”

“Elle has demonstrated outstanding leadership and played an instrumental role in Omnicom Media Group Taiwan’s success over the years. We are thankful for her leadership and wish her the best for the future,” he added.

Commenting on Huang’s appointment, Cheuk Chiang, CEO, Omnicom Media Group APAC said, “We are delighted to have Kelly join us to lead our Taiwan operations. An industry leader with a proven track record of success of taking an agency to a market leadership position, Kelly will ensure that we continue to deliver our objective of being the very best we can be across all our operations.  Kelly’s passion for innovation, creativity and building high performance teams will be an asset and I am delighted to welcome her to the network.”

When asked about her appointment, Huang said, “I was attracted by the opportunity to lead the OMG network, and continue the transformation of its business to maximize the potential of the Taiwan market place. I am thrilled to be a part of OMG, and look forward to working with its talent and clients to take the business to the next stage of growth and development and creating a proactive, productive and energetic next chapter.”

Huang will start her new role on October 2nd, 2017 and she will report to OMG Greater China CEO Doug Pearce.