/ LEADERSHIP

Digital transformation across Asia Pacific

I turn complex digital change into better customer experiences and more reliable operations.

Over 15 years, I have led websites, CRM, content, marketing, data, platform, and operating programmes across APAC. I connect strategy to delivery with local teams, clear measures, and systems people can actually use.

/ EVIDENCE

Regional leadership that improved the customer experience and the way work gets done.

Selected outcomes from roles across digital, customer experience, marketing, technology, and operations. Each depended on regional teams, local markets, partners, and practical delivery.

14

APAC markets

Led regional websites, search, paid media, social, CRM, analytics, and platform work across East Asia at the British Council.

70%

More digital engagement

A global CMS overhaul at the British Council improved digital engagement and customer satisfaction.

25%

China loyalty engagement

Supported CRM, marketing automation, and customer-facing digital initiatives at Melco associated with this increase.

20%

Year-on-year client revenue

At First Page Digital, KPI reporting and delivery improvements strengthened retention and contributed to this growth across a US$3m portfolio.

/ CAREER RECORD

Senior roles where strategy had to become daily practice.

Regional strategy, transformation delivery, team leadership, governance, and the systems that support customers and staff.

  1. 2023 to present

    Digital Director, Alka Group

    Hong Kong

    Lead client work across technology needs, data flows, integrations, AI governance, and the changes needed to improve operating control.

  2. 2021 to 2023

    Head of Content, First Page Digital

    Hong Kong

    Led a team of 14 and a US$3m budget, combining digital innovation, data-led reporting, AI governance, quality control, and capability building.

  3. 2019 to 2021

    Head of Digital, Intellinovus

    Hong Kong

    Built technology roadmaps, reviewed vendors and security risks, introduced workflow systems, and used customer analytics to improve delivery.

  4. 2012 to 2019

    Regional digital leadership

    British Council and Melco, Hong Kong

    Led regional digital transformation, customer-facing technology, content, continuity planning, team development, and operating change across complex organisations.

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/ HOW I LEAD

Change only counts when teams can carry it forward.

I focus on the point where a customer need, commercial decision, and operating reality meet. That is where programmes either become useful or slowly lose momentum.

  1. 01

    Start with the decision that matters.

    Clarify the audience, the commercial need, the constraint, and who has to make the call.

  2. 02

    Design for the people who run it.

    Connect customer journeys, content, platforms, data, and governance to the day-to-day work.

  3. 03

    Leave a way to measure and improve.

    Build practical reporting, clear ownership, and a rhythm that lets teams keep moving after launch.

/ FOUNDER WORK

I build because theory is not enough.

Founder work keeps me close to the detail: what a customer notices, what a team has to deliver, and what it takes to make a new offer real.

/ NOTES ON THE WORK

Useful ideas for people responsible for making change happen.

Writing on transformation delivery, customer journeys, CRM, AI governance, reporting, and the systems behind dependable work.

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/ CONTACT

Have a change programme that needs to land?

Os Ishmael

A note from Os

Most useful conversations begin with a real problem. If you are deciding how to improve a digital service, bring a customer journey under control, or help a team deliver through change, I would be glad to compare notes.

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