Ogilvy Public Relations Crowned Asia-Pacific Consultancy of the Year at the 2015 SABRE Awards

NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Ogilvy Public Relations is celebrating an enormous win at this year's Asia-Pacific SABRE Awards. As the most awarded agency on last night, Ogilvy PR was crowned Asia-Pacific Consultancy of the Year, took home eight Gold SABRES and the Platinum Award for its Visit Britain campaign: "Great Chinese Names for Great Britain" - born from its China offices, and awarded two Gold Lions at this year's Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity.

Debby Cheung, President Ogilvy Public Relations for Hong Kong and China, received the highly distinguished Outstanding Achievement Award, recognizing her 27 years' industry expertise and commitment in the Asian market. As one of the first generation of Asian executives to practice PR in China as a strategic discipline, she is a true pioneer and long-standing Ogilvy veteran.

Scott Kronick, President and CEO of Ogilvy PR Asia-Pacific said, "It has been a tremendous year for the Ogilvy PR teams, with much to celebrate. This evening's results are an outstanding achievement, and one that demonstrates our world-class ability in driving real business outcomes for our clients. I am extremely proud of a group of professionals who deliver work to the highest standards."

Stuart Smith, Global CEO of Ogilvy PR added: "I am enormously proud of our teams in Asia-Pacific and for all of Ogilvy PR for this recognition. It is gratifying to have a moment to celebrate creative and effective work and creative and effective people. We thank our clients for their courage and collaboration to make this possible."

The winners were announced at the awards event on September 23 at the Island Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong, as top PR firms and professionals came together to celebrate the best work across the industry.

About Ogilvy & Mather

Ogilvy & Mather is one of the largest marketing communications companies in the world. It was named the Cannes Lions Network of the Year for four consecutive years, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015; and the EFFIEs World's Most Effective Agency Network for two consecutive years 2012 and 2013. The company is comprised of industry leading units in the following disciplines: advertising; public relations and public affairs; branding and identity; shopper and retail marketing; health care communications; direct, digital, promotion and relationship marketing; consulting, research and analytics; branded content and entertainment; and specialist communications. O&M services Fortune Global 500 companies as well as local businesses through its network of more than 500 offices in 126 countries. It is a WPP company (NASDAQ: WPPGY). For more information, visit http://www.ogilvyasia.com/, or follow Ogilvy on Twitter at @OgilvyAsia and on Facebook.com/Ogilvy.

About Ogilvy Public Relations

Ogilvy Public Relations (Ogilvy) is a global, multi-disciplinary communications leader operating in more than 85 offices across six continents. In 2015, for the fourth consecutive year, Ogilvy was named Cannes Lions Network of the Year and Most Effective Agency Network by the Effie Global Effectiveness Index. Ogilvy was also named Best Digital Consultancy in the World, Most Creative Agency and Best South-East Agency by the Holmes Report. Ogilvy PR integrates deeply with all Ogilvy & Mather disciplines (advertising, direct marketing, activation, promotional, digital and entertainment) through the proprietary Ogilvy Fusion™ approach to delivering comprehensive, business solutions through content creation, community building, and communications with measurable results. Ogilvy PR is a unit of Ogilvy & Mather, a WPP company (NASDAQ: WPPGY), and one of the largest marketing communications companies in the world. For more information, visit our website at www.ogilvypr.com or follow us on Twitter at @ogilvypr.

SOURCE Ogilvy Public Relations

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