Maurice Wee joins BBH Asia Pacific

BBH Asia Pacific has appointed Maurice Wee as Creative Director.

Having originally trained as a graphic designer, Wee has worked across Singapore and Hong Kong at agencies that include Saatchi and Saatchi, Ogilvy & Mather and TBWA.

Amongst the many notable accounts he has worked on are Singapore Airlines, Huggies, SoyJoy, Ben & Jerry’s, and the Health Promotion Board (HPB), for which he has won an Effie’s award on HPB’s campaign to improve teenage self esteem, and Campaign Magazine’s top three campaigns for 2011 for Singapore Airlines’ recent global brand campaign featuring the iconic Singapore girl.

Wee was ranked the no. 1 creative in Asia in 2003, and no.1 in Singapore in the 2011 Campaign Brief Asia Creative Rankings. He has collected over 25 Clio’s, Cannes Lions, D&AD pencils and One Show pencils.

On his appointment Wee said, “With Asia in ascension, I’m beyond excited – there’s no better time or place to be than here to help our industry forward”

Scott Mcclelland, ECD, BBH Asia Pacific said, “We’re lucky to have Maurice join us at the black sheep. He is one of Asia’s finest creative talents and also gives John Hegarty a run for his money as the nicest guy in advertising”