Jonathan Parker

Regional CEO | Managing Director | Board Member | Procurement & Operational Change | Singapore PR

Singapore, Singapore

About

I'm a CEO and Managing Director with two decades of experience leading transformation and commercial growth across APAC, EMEA, and North America. At Ogilvy and Hogarth, I ran regional operations spanning North America & APAC, and later led APAC for marketing & creative content production consultancy Advertising Production Resources (APR), building trusted advisory relationships with clients including Google, IBM, Ford, and ExxonMobil. My focus is the intersection of operational discipline and commercial outcomes: procurement strategy, Target Operating Model (TOM) design, organisational restructuring, and multi-market execution. At Ogilvy North America, I led a turnaround that delivered 50% revenue growth while doubling profit margins. At Ogilvy RedWorks Macao, I designed and launched an embedded service model for Sands China Ltd. that's still in operation today, producing 850+ assets monthly. I work best in complex, high-growth environments where transformation requires both strategic vision and hands-on execution — aligning operating models with commercial accountability, and building high-performing teams across cultures and geographies. I'm currently open to full-time executive roles, fractional leadership engagements, and board appointments. If you're tackling regional operations, commercial transformation, or organisational redesign, I'd welcome a conversation.

Experience

  • APR (Singapore · Remote)
    • Principal Consultant APAC
      May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

      • Continued to advise APR on strategic projects across APAC, providing senior consultancy support in transformation and operational efficiency.

    • Managing Director APAC
      Feb 2023 - May 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      • Led APR’s APAC operations, repositioning the team as trusted advisors and embedding strategic consultancy into campaign planning. • Expanded remit to include EMEA (2021–2023), driving cross‑regional alignment and operational efficiency. • Delivered year‑on‑year client savings of 10–18% through streamlined workflows and senior stakeholder engagement.

    • Managing Director EMEA & APAC
      Apr 2021 - Jan 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos

      • Directed cross‑regional operations, aligning APAC and EMEA delivery models to strengthen efficiency and consistency.

  • Senior Operational & Commercial Transformation Consultant North America at Hogarth Worldwide
    May 2018 - Dec 2018 · 8 mos

    • Designed global production strategy for Ford, enabling scalable ‘smart creative’ asset reuse across markets. • Embedded operational fluency across WPP, elevating campaign efficiency and consistency.

  • Ogilvy (16 yrs 5 mos)
    • CEO North America / Managing Director New York, Hogarth & Ogilvy
      Jun 2016 - May 2018 · 2 yrs

      • Scaled Hogarth & Ogilvy operations, delivering 50% revenue uplift and doubled profit margins. • Rebranded post‑production division, achieving profitability turnaround within 12 months.

    • COO North America, Hogarth & Ogilvy
      Mar 2015 - Jun 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos

      • Directed operational integration across Hogarth and Ogilvy, embedding efficiency and commercial rigour.

    • CEO North America, RedWorks
      May 2013 - Feb 2015 · 1 yr 10 mos

      • Led RedWorks North America, driving operational excellence and profitability growth.

  • Wunderman (Singapore · On-site)
    • Regional Training & Development Director APAC
      Oct 2000 - Dec 2001 · 1 yr 3 mos

      • Established Impiric Wunderman’s HR function and created regional training programmes, career mapping, and performance appraisal systems, embedding consistency and capability development across APAC offices.

    • Operations Manager
      Apr 1999 - Sep 2000 · 1 yr 6 mos

      • Directed Traffic, Studio, and Production operations, designing new workflows and training modules that transformed delivery efficiency and scalability across regional offices; awarded Employee of the Year in 1999.

  • dentsu (Singapore · On-site)
    • Project Manager Citibank, Dentsu Young & Rubicam
      Jan 1998 - Apr 1999 · 1 yr 4 mos

      • Led trafficking and operational processes for the newly won Citibank account, embedding efficiencies and scalable workflows that transformed delivery across one of the agency’s largest clients.

    • Operations Manager, Dentsu Young & Rubicam
      Oct 1996 - Jan 1998 · 1 yr 4 mos

      • Oversaw trafficking and operational workflows for all creative and production work, driving process transformation and consistency across agency accounts.

    • Traffic Coordinator, Dentsu Young & Rubicam
      Feb 1996 - Oct 1996 · 9 mos

      • Coordinated trafficking and scheduling across creative and production projects, delivering workflow improvements across all agency accounts.