Shilpa is Chief Strategy Officer (Global Markets) for L’Oréal at McCann, previously serving as Chief Strategy Officer for APAC. She has over two decades of versatile experience as a marketer and strategist across global, regional and local roles at preeminent organisations like Unilever, WPP and IPG. Her leadership experience spans India, the UK, China, Russia and Singapore, shaping a deep understanding of both Eastern and Western cultures. She has also served as Assistant Private Secretary to His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales (Commonwealth, faith & ethnic communities).

Shilpa has led award-winning teams at the Effies and served on juries of Effie APAC, Singapore, Russia, Worldwide, Cannes Lions, and as Jury President at Spikes Asia. Her headline thought leadership piece, “The Truth about Ascending Asia”, has been widely recogniz=sed. Featured in Campaign Asia’s Women to Watch 2024, Shilpa is also a Founding Board Member of IAA Singapore & Professional Development Board Chair.