As Asia-Pacific director of 360 Digital Influence for Ogilvy Public
Relations Worldwide, Thomas Crampton heads a team stretching across 23
cities in 15 Asian territories that helps companies conceive, develop
and execute strategies in Social Media.
Prior to joining Ogilvy, Mr. Crampton spent 18 years as a
globetrotting newspaper correspondent, mainly for the International
Herald Tribune and The New York Times, reporting from five continents
and dozens of counties.
Passionately involved in digital for the last six years, he writes a
widely read blog, thomascrampton.com, and is a frequent keynote
speaker and moderator at high profile conferences around the world,
from the World Economic Forum in Davos to the Korea Communications
Conference in Seoul.
While at the International Herald Tribune, Mr. Crampton launched the
newspaper's first blog, wrote a weekly column about Asia, was a
Paris-based feature writer on media and technology, covered the 2004
US presidential election for The New York Times, reported on the 1997
Asian financial crisis from Thailand, the SARS outbreak from Hong
Kong, the civil war in Sudan, rebel fighting in Sri Lanka, Taiwan’s
largest earthquake, US hurricanes, the Cannes Film Festival and many
more topics.
Currently on the board of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong
Kong, Mr. Crampton has served as president of that club as well as
president of The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand and on the
board of the New York-based Overseas Press Club.
In addition to publisher's awards from The New York Times and
citations from Amnesty International for his articles and photography,
Mr. Crampton has served as a judge for numerous journalism awards and
worked to promote freedom of expression and the training of
journalists.
He is co-founder of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club Charity Fund,
which has raised more than US$3 million to support the education of
Hong Kong's neediest children.