Shuntaro Tanaka elevated to president of Dentsu Aegis Network’s The Story Lab Asia Pacific

February 11 2016, 11:11 am | BY Lynchy | No Comments

storylab Shuntaro Tanaka.jpgDentsu Aegis Network’s Amplifi has promoted Shuntaro Tanaka to President of The Story Lab Asia Pacific. In his new role, Tanaka will report to Sunil Yadav, President Amplifi Asia Pacific.

 

Before taking on this role, Tanaka held the dual role of Chief Operations Officer for Dentsu media Vietnam and The Story Lab lead in Southeast Asia.

Tanaka (pictured) started his career in the TV Division of Dentsu Inc. in 1997 and handled major Japanese clients and global brands such as Coca-Cola and McDonald’s. With his experience he launched Dentsu media Vietnam in 2012 with the aim of creating a diverse media solution to differentiate Dentsu media in the market. He successfully managed to develop a team that specialised in the media content and sponsorship package development business.

In 2015, Tanaka brought his media content experience to Europe and ASEAN by expanding a popular Japanese TV format “Ninja Warrior”. This project created new opportunities for developing unique sponsorship opportunities that he will now be able to bring to clients across the region.

 

Yadav said, “I’m delighted with Shuntaro’s appointment as the leader for The Story Lab here in Asia Pacific. Shuntaro has great experience in Content and has built a successful business in Vietnam as well as in Europe through “Ninja Warrior”. With this promotion, we now have a strong regional leadership team across all the four pillars of Amplifi – Investment Management, Partnerships, Programmatic (Amnet) and Content (The Story Lab). These teams will work closely to leverage the convergence and provide unique solutions for our clients.

 

“We’re looking to create a one-stop agency that provides unique solutions to expand the business into different areas of content. It’s an exciting time for us, and I look forward to working with all the agencies in Dentsu Aegis Network to grow our clients’ businesses by utilising the diverse content available in unique and creative ways,” said Tanaka.