About the Chairman

Chris Chiu
Executive Creative Director, Leo Burnett, Singapore


Armed with a degree from California State University, Chris’ first job was writing radio commercials for a local station in central California.

Over the years since, Chris has had stints with JWT, DYR, Batey Ads, Impiric and of course, Leo Burnett where over the last 8 years, he’s been Executive Creative Director of the Jakarta, Bangkok and now, Singapore offices.

Along the way, he’s simultaneously been appointed Regional Creative Director for CitiGroup and Proctor & Gamble, and is currently the Regional Creative Director for FNN.

A member of the Leo Burnett Global Creative Board, Chris has had work published in Archive, Graphis, Contagious, Advertising Age and Shots among others and has had work recognized by juries from D&AD, Cannes, One Show, Clio's, New York Art Directors Club, AWARD, AdFest, Asian Advertising Awards, London International Advertising Awards and New York Festivals. Chris has sat on several juries regionally and internationally and in 2008 will be the Chairman of the Singapore Creative Circle Awards.