mcgarrybowen Shanghai elevates Carol Ma to MD

mcgarrybowen has promoted Carl Ma to Managing Director of mcgarrybowen Shanghai, effective immediately.

In her new role, Ma (pictured left) will be responsible to bring to life the growth plan of mcgarrybowen in China. She will lead the business development and overall client management for the agency. She continues to report to Simone Tam, mcgarrybowen Greater China CEO.

“Carol joined mcgarrybowen a year ago and has proven to be a tremendous asset to the agency, in particular creating a high performing and collaborative culture. She is fantastic with people and has demonstrated a great commitment to the overall development of the agency,” said Tam.

Ma, originally from Xinjiang, graduated from the Journalism School of FuDan University in Shanghai and later earned her MBA from Hong Kong University. With over 17 years of advertising experience, Ma has worked across many categories and with some of the strongest brands in the world, such as Intel, Friso, Lux, Disney, SC Johnson, Quaker, Clinique and Lego etc.

“At mcgarrybowen, we like to call ourselves ‘Gentlemen Rebels’ – we push ourselves to be ambitious, hungry for new standards, and forever challenging ourselves to do great work, while we remain humble and respectful, working in collaboration. With such kind of agency culture, we are self-motived to do great work that adds value to our Client’s businesses.” Ma said.