Rupen Desai

Building brands that our conscience can live with

Famous for his work as the global CMO role at Dole Sunshine Company inspiring and provoking consumers and companies to eat and act more sustainably. Prior to his role with Dole, De-sai was vice chairman of brand, APACMEA of Edelman where he was credited in building up p a strong integrated brand practice, establishing both depth and breadth in digital, crea-tive and planning. Before that, he was with Lowe and Partners Worldwide. He has been recognized with Grand Prix wins at Cannes Lions ’22 & LIA ’22, featured as one of the World’s Most Influential CMOs by Forbes in ’21 & ‘22, WFA’s shortlist of global Marketer of the year '21, Business Insider’s - CMO’s to watch in ‘21, a sustainability star by Adweek in ’21. Lives in Singapore, owns a house on Terschelling.