Matt Parry joins J. Walter Thompson Shanghai as business director bolstering management team

J. Walter Thompson Asia Pacific has appointed Matthew Parry to the role of Business Director of J. Walter Thompson Shanghai, adding bench strength to the agency’s senior management team.

Parry (pictured), a ten year J. Walter Thompson network veteran, joined the agency in London in 2006 and moved to Hong Kong in 2012 to help set up the agency’s HSBC Hub.  He has served since as HSBC Business Director, working closely with J. Walter Thompson teams in Asia Pacific and London.

In Shanghai, he will assume responsibility for several key multinational accounts, including HSBC China, J&J and Shell.

“Matt boasts a uniquely rare combination of strategic power, cultural sensitivity and network navigation savvy.  We are confident he will add a dimension of internationalism to our powerhouse Shanghai operation,” said J. Walter Thompson Asia Pacific CEO Tom Doctoroff.