Simon Ong leads strategic planning, development, and creative direction at Kingsmen, a top communication design and production group with 18 offices across Asia Pacific and North America. Under his leadership, Kingsmen has received multiple awards, including the President’s Design Award, Asia’s Top Design Practice, Singapore Good Design Mark, and RDI International Store Design Award USA. Passionate about design education, Simon serves as a board director at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Honorary Advisor to the Society of Interior Designers Singapore, and Red Dot Design Awards ambassador. He was also inducted into the SHOP! Hall of Fame in 2019. Simon holds a Master’s in Design from UNSW and an MBA from the University of South Australia.