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Uniplan Expands Greater China Luxury Team with International New Hires

Uniplan
2012-10-16 15:48 3270

HONG KONG, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Uniplan is reinforcing its regional luxury team in Hong Kong and Shanghai in order to bolster its luxury leadership in the Greater China Region.

Three top industry veterans are now on board, including Simon Greenoff as Regional Creative Director, Kirsten Emma Bell as Executive Producer and Colin Wolstencroft as Production Director.

All three will report jointly to Karen Arndt, Managing Director, China and Daphne Choi, Managing Director, Hong Kong.

"With the addition of these 3 top talents, we are enhancing our creative offering and implementation capability in order to better service our clients," said Choi.

"The luxury market is very exacting.  By bringing on additional international-calibre talent, we are able to provide our clients with the kind of unique creative that will make their brands really stand out, with a flawless execution that is simply de rigeur for any luxury brand," Said Arndt.

From Left to Right: Simon Greenoff - Regional Creative Director; Kirsten Emma Bell - Executive Producer, Events Division; Colin Wolstencroft - Production Director
From Left to Right: Simon Greenoff - Regional Creative Director; Kirsten Emma Bell - Executive Producer, Events Division; Colin Wolstencroft - Production Director

SIMON GREENOFF (Regional Creative Director)
With over 15 years of experience in Hong Kong developing groundbreaking creative for clients such as Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Chloe and Hongkong Land, Greenoff brings a strong capability for creative vision, brand messaging and environmental design to Uniplan's luxury team. Greenoff created some of the most prestigious experiences in Greater China, including the Chanel Mobile Art Exhibition Launch Event, La Maison de Chloe, and the Louis Vuitton Hong Kong Canton Road Flagship Store Opening. His event "La Maison de Chloe" was voted "Event of the Year" by the Hong Kong Tatler in 2006.  Simon is particularly adept at blending brand messaging with environmental solutions that create unforgettable brand experiences. 

KIRSTEN EMMA BELL (Executive Producer)
Bell has spent the last 3 years in Asia dedicated to producing luxury events for brands such as Lanvin, Hugo Boss, Cartier, Forevermark, Chaumet and Hermes. Recent shows prior to joining Uniplan included Hugo Boss Black Fall/Winter 2012 Fashion Show Beijing, Cartier Naturellement 2012, Lanvin in Beijing 2012 -- Womenswear. Bell was also a key producer at Franco Dragone's latest production, The House of Dancing Water in Macao.  Prior to moving to Asia, Bell had produced numerous shows at various European Fashion Weeks as well as numerous corporate, festival and launch events.

COLIN WOLSTENCROFT (Production Director)
Fondly known as 'Scottish Colin', Wolstencroft has over 30 years of international and local production management experience. Coming from a theatrical background in the UK, he has been in Asia for most of the last 16 years. Projects under his belt, to name a few, include the 1997 Hong Kong Handover Celebrations, Mont Blanc 'Metamorphosis' launch, Cartier Art Deco and La Creation touring exhibitions as well as large scale events for Dior, Cathay Pacific, Fendi, HP, Fujitsu and Chanel.

Uniplan is one of the world's leading agencies for Live Communications. Uniplan is headquartered in Germany since 1960 has full service agencies in Basel, Beijing, Cologne, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Munich, Shanghai, Stuttgart and Taipei.

luxury@uniplan.com.hk

Source: Uniplan
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