Diversity Talks 2024 — speaker

Campaign Asia's Diversity Talks 2024 was an APAC-wide virtual summit. I spoke about neurodiversity, mental wellbeing, and how DE&I models are changing across the region's media and marketing industry.

The grounding

By 2024 the advocacy had a track record behind it: the GroupM × Amaze partnership piloting the A-Plus Inclusion program, a 16-point Disability Action Plan underway, manager training rolled out across AUNZ, and my advisory work with Amaze.

Underneath those topics sits the personal story I have told publicly: diagnosed as a teenager, reframing the diagnosis as empowering rather than limiting. I keep handing the industry one basic principle: ask, don't assume.

Why a regional stage matters

DE&I conversations in media usually stay trapped inside single markets. An APAC summit puts Australian programs like the Amaze partnership in front of the whole region. In 2025, Campaign Asia awarded Gold for Diverse-Inclusive Workplace of the Year (APAC) to work I was proud to be part of.