Weber Shandwick Taps Fintech Expert Nachum Kaplan to Bolster Regional Capital Markets Expertise
Appointment Further Strengthens C-Suite Capital Markets Consultancy Capabilities for the Firm
SINGAPORE – 14 September 2022 – Weber Shandwick further bolstered its growing C-Suite Consultancy offering with the appointment of Nachum Kaplan, who joins the firm as senior vice president, client experience (financial communications), Asia Pacific.
Based in Singapore, Kaplan brings over 25 years of international experience in financial and capital markets and is poised to provide expert counsel to the firm’s clients on complex business issues, including mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, restructurings, C-suite transitions, litigation, regulatory matters, and investor relations. Kaplan spent part of his career at Reuters News and at the International Financing Review at Thomson Reuters in Singapore as Editor in Charge for the Asian Financial Markets and Asia Pacific Bureau Chief.
A published author and accomplished financial journalist, Kaplan has written extensively on all aspects of the financial industry, including ESG investing, banking and capital market trends.
Working closely with Tyler Kim, CEO, Weber Shandwick Asia Pacific and reporting to Albert Shu, president, Weber Shandwick Hong Kong & Singapore, Kaplan will collaborate with the agency’s financial and capital markets experts throughout the region, and around the world, to further strengthen the agency’s portfolio of clients in the sector.
“We are excited to welcome Nachum to our team. His media and industry experience will strengthen our regional capabilities in financial communications, particularly in Singapore and Hong Kong,” said Albert Shu. “We continue to differentiate our service offering with industry expertise and the ability to take an integrated communications approach to engaging our clients’ stakeholders.”
Before joining Weber Shandwick, Kaplan was most recently group editor for the BlueOnion Group, based in Hong Kong, where he researched and produced thought leadership on ESG investing focused on delivering transparency to financial markets. Throughout his career, he has developed a deep understanding of the European, EMEA and APAC markets. He is an expert strategist who has built globally focused and sustainable strategies for financial news and media agencies across Singapore, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and Australia. Kaplan is an experienced conference chair, moderator and speaker. He has also served as a judge on many financial industry awards panels.
Kaplan has authored two books, published by International Financing Review (IFR), on syndicated lending in the European Loan Market, and challenges within Asian Leveraged Finance.
About Weber Shandwick
Weber Shandwick is a global in-culture communications agency built to make brave ideas connect with people. The agency is led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators and has won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry. Weber Shandwick was named to Ad Age’s A-List in 2020 and Best Places to Work in 2019. Weber Shandwick was also awarded PR Agency of the Year by Campaign US in 2021, honoured as PRovoke’s Global Agency of the Decade in 2020 and PRWeek’s Global Agency of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. The firm has earned more than 135 Lions at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, including 36 Lions in 2021 to become the most-awarded PR agency. Weber Shandwick also received Honorable Mention (and the only PR agency) on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies in 2021. Weber Shandwick is the anchor agency within The Weber Shandwick Collective – a communications and consulting network built for the convergence of society, media, policy and technology. Weber Shandwick is part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). For more information, visit www.webershandwick.asia
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