Nick Tomlinson
General Counsel, dentsu Asia Pacific
Nick joined the group in 2009 as General Counsel, leading the legal team across Asia Pacific.
Nick has been instrumental in the many and various acquisitions made by the group in Asia Pacific since he joined. He has developed the group’s legal resources in the region, and leads the implementation of best practices in governance and compliance.
Prior to working for dentsu, Nick was General Counsel in Hong Kong for Reach, a global telecoms JV between Hong Kong’s PCCW and Australia’s Telstra. Nick is a New Zealander who started his legal career at Bell Gully, New Zealand’s largest law firm, before joining Vodafone in New Zealand as in-house counsel, and then moving to Hong Kong with PCCW. He has been an in-house legal professional in Asia Pacific for more than 17 years.