David Porter

David is responsible for one of the largest media budgets in the North Asia. He is responsible for driving Unilever’s innovation in Communications Channel Planning with a strong focus on the company’s development as a major force in digital marketing in the region.

David was educated at Dulwich College, London and later at the Open University Business School, UK. He spent 25 years in UK agencies before a 7-year stay in Asia Pacific with Mindshare, where he managed the agency’s multimarket relationship with Unilever’s global, regional and local marketing teams.

He joined Unilever in 2010 to manage its media investments in North Africa, Middle East, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine & Belarus. During that period Unilever topped the Effies Index in the Middle East for the first time and David was a founder member of the Mobile Marketing Association in the Middle East.