After 23 years in business news, Chris Graves joined Ogilvy PR in 2005 as president and regional CEO of Asia Pacific and became Global CEO in late 2009. Prior to joining Ogilvy PR, he spent 18 years with Dow Jones on both the news and business sides.
Chris has provided public relations expertise, crisis management counsel and training to numerous corporations, and worked directly with the regional CEOs including Goodyear, Adidas, UPS, Intel, HSBC and Ford. He was elected to the Council on Foreign Relations in 2010.
Chris was one of the founders of Wall Street Journal Television in 1987, managing editor of Asia Business News (Asia’s first TV news network), vice president & head of network news and programming for CNBC Asia, vice president & head of network news and programming for CNBC Europe, managing director of business development (EMEA & Asia) for Dow Jones Consumer Electronic Publishing (WSJ.com) and managing director of Far Eastern Economic Review (a 60-year-old leading magazine which won Magazine of the Year under his tenure).
A frequent public speaker and moderator, Chris has led discussions at: World Economic Forum events in Davos and Asia, often chosen to run the closing plenary sessions with top CEOs and political leaders; The World Islamic Economic Forum; Boao Forum on Asia (China’s most influential forum); Titans of Industry (chaired Singapore’s highest-level conference for 4 years). He has led one-on-one public questioning/debate sessions with Tony Blair (former UK Prime Minister), Lee Kuan Yew (founding father of Singapore), and dozens of ministerial level officials and global CEOs from China to India and across the world.
Graves was named Asia Pacific PR professional of the Year in 2007 and Ogilvy PR was named Asia Pacific Agency of the Year under his tenure in that region.
He has received an EMMY nomination as well as a number of awards from The New York Film and Television Festivals and the Asian Television Awards for programming made under his supervision.
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