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. Lester leads the end-to-end enterprise research business of PureSpectrum in APAC, he brings over 22+ years of combined research management roles. Lester 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.

ESOMAR Individual member. Grace is a forward-thinking insight leader committed to expand the insight ecosystem to future-proof the innovative transformation for success.  Her proven track record of activating insight to drive brand value growth, boost customer share and elevate customer experience has earned recognition from C-suite executives as the trusted insight advisor. Grace has over 20 years’ experience across senior roles in both agency and client-side positions, spanning over diverse sectors including FMCG, banking & finance, IT&T, retail, automobile, pharmaceuticals, and luxury goods. As a passionate advocate for the advancement of insight industry, she has served as program committee member and judging panellist at renown industry events such as ESOMAR Congress, ESOMAR APAC Conference, Australian Human Insights Conference and Insight250. Grace has stayed at the forefront of industry transformation, dedicated to insight relevance in the ever-evolving landscape influenced by immersive technology, AI, big data, behavioral economics, human-centered design (HCD) as well as sustainability and diversity.

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.

Participant at Congress 2023. Senior Marketing Research Manager at Google, Japan Minh Nguyen, Ph.D. Minh currently leads research and development of Predictive and Generative AI products in marketing and marketing research for the APAC Consumer & Market Insights team at Google. He brings over 9 years of experience of research & development of privacy-centric marketing effectiveness solutions on platforms such as Ads Data Hub, Geo Experiments, and Marketing Mix Modeling. Prior to his current role at Google, Minh developed ads planning & measurement solutions for advertisers and agencies at Dentsu Inc. and Facebook (now Meta) in Japan. He is a frequent speaker at international conferences such as ESOMAR Congress (2022, 2023) and Insights Festival (2021), and has also served as a lecturer at Tokyo Tech, Georgia Tech and New South Wales University. Minh earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science with a specialisation in AI from the Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science at Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Vice President Brand Growth Intelligence at Estée Lauder Companies, China

ESOMAR member and Congress 2022 Programme Committee

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.