2023 Conference Committee Chair and ESOMAR Corporate Member. Ramanathan Vythilingam (Ram) is Senior CMI Manager at Unilever, based in Singapore. With over 16 years of consumer research experience - at both the agency and client side – he has always been passionate about pushing the narrative on the impact delivered by consumer research. In his current role, Ram is engaged in bringing an expertise-view to insights relating to creative and media, that can drive business impact. Ram’s passion is in understanding the new developments in technology and its intersection with consumer research – that allows for consolidating disparate sources of information to improve the measurement of consumer behavior and evaluating the impact of marketing activities. Ram has presented at multiple ESOMAR and other conferences, on experimental projects and thought pieces intended to inform and inspire.

ESOMAR Individual Member. Orm is one of Thailand’s foremost marketing research consultant and coach/ trainer in area of consumer psychology and insight. More than 25 years of experience, she has helped clients to redefine value proposition based on the outside-in & latent needs of consumers as well as competitive choice analysis. She was the President to Thai Marketing Research Society and Asia Pacific Research Committee during 2013-2014, and now serves as a committee member of Marketing Association of Thailand driving sustainability development among Thai CMO.

ESOMAR member and Congress 2022 Programme Committee

Participant at Congress 2023

Leading the end-to-end enterprise research business of PureSpectrum in APAC, Lester brings over 22+ years of combined research management roles. He was the former APAC MD of System1 Research, he also served as the Client Solutions Director of SKIM APAC and had various regional roles at Kantar spanning almost 15 years. He served as a jury member of the 2022 ESOMAR Congress and has been a regular industry paper presenter in the region. Lester is a graduate of the University of the Philippines Diliman and later served as a university lecturer teaching behavioural economics and communication research.

Vice President Brand Growth Intelligence at Estée Lauder Companies, China

Disha is the Head of Customer Experience and Insights [CXCI] at Carsome, Malaysia's first unicorn startup. Drawing from her background in research consulting and robust client side experience from successful companies like TetraPak BAT, AirAsia and her ability to connect consumer insights to a solid business strategy, she has helped companies with millions of customers reach their goals. Disha is a EXCO committee member of the Market Research Society of Malaysia, a global mentor and an advocate for women in Tech.