Media specialist UM Malaysia ranks as the world’s best

Prashant (seated, right) and other leaders at IPG. Seated with him are World Markets Asia executive director Neeraj Gulati and senior vice-president Chew Kagee. Standing (from left) are Marketing Futures vice-president Sean Wong, World Markets Asia executive director (social media) Derek Tan, senior vice-president Ramakrishnan C.N., chief producer (content and experiences) Rahayu Rashid and senior vice-president Amit Sutha.

IT may come as a surprise to the public, but some of the world’s best advertising agencies, creative or media based, are located in Malaysia.

Media agencies – those agencies that do media planning for advertisers – have put the country on the regional or global map on several occasions.