Kitty started as a copywriter at Leo Burnett and rose through the creative department ranks, eventually leading several international agencies. She also worked for McCann, Euro RSCG, Arnold and Lowe. She is one of the rare creative talents with extensive experience working in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China.
Born in Hong Kong, Kitty studied advertising at Baptist University and then did her master’s degree at Syracuse University. She was honoured as distinguished alumna at both Alma Mater. For the past nine years, Kitty was Chairman/CEO at Lowe China. In January 2016, she turned a new page in her career and joined Facebook as Head of Creative Shop, Greater China.
At Lowe, Kitty achieved tremendous business growth and led the agency to become the most awarded agency in China in 2014 and 2015, including the world’s most awarded outdoor/print campaign in 2015 according to the Gunn Report and agency global rank #30.
Kitty was named top 10 Creative Directors of the Year and top 10 Distinguished Advertising Women of the Year. In 2011, Kitty was the organizer and host of the Cannes Lions forum “Beyond Mad Man: Towards Gender Balance in Creative Roles”. She was honoured by AdAge as one of the Women to Watch in Advertising in China in 2013. Judged and chaired many international creative awards, Kitty was on the 2015 Cannes Lion Festival Press Jury.
Kitty is the author of “Advertising Without Lipstick”. Published in 2013, the book is about her life and experience in advertising.