Tom was the CEO of J. Walter Thompson Asia Pacific until August 2016. He is one of Asia's most respected marketing professionals. He is also a leading expert in Chinese consumer psychology.

He has appeared regularly on CNBC, NBC’s The Today Show, Bloomberg and NPR and is featured in publications ranging from the Financial Times to the Wall Street Journal. He is a sought after keynote speaker for events such as the International Advertising Association’s global symposium, University of Chicago’s Global Management Conference and the JPMorgan Asia Pacific Equities conference.

Tom started his career at Leo Burnett in Chicago and moved to J. Walter Thompson (Chicago). In 1994, he landed to Hong Kong as Regional Business Director. In 1998, he became the Managing Director of J. Walter Thompson Shanghai. In 2012, he was appointed Asia Pacific CEO of the company. Some of his key clients included: Unilever, HSBC, Ford, Unicharm , Nikon and leading local enterprises across APAC such as China Unicom and the Singapore Tourism Board

Tom is an adjunct professor of marketing at University of Chicago’s Booth school of business and Baruch College in New York. He is also the recipient of the “Magnolia Government Award, the highest honor given by the Shanghai municipal government to expatriates and was an Official Torchbearer for the Beijing 2008 Olympics. He is the author of the best-selling books "Billions: Selling to the New Chinese Consumer" (2006) and "What Chinese Want" (2012). He launched his third book, "Twitter Is Not a Strategy: Rediscovering the Art of Brand Marketing" (2014).

He serves on several boards in New York including BUILD NYC, dedicated to keeping un-resourced kids in school through entrepreneurship and the International Center of Photography.

Tom has a BA from Northwestern University in Psychology and a MBA from Chicago Booth. He is currently based in New York City.