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Prior to moving to Vietnam, and for six years, Irene was the Marketing Director at PS Production Services Ltd., a camera, lighting and grip equipment rental house supplier to the Canadian film and television production industry with offices across Canada. Irene was responsible for the company’s marketing initiatives, activities and client relations directed at some of Canada’s top Producers, Line Producers, Production Managers, DOP’s, and Gaffers, as well as international studios: Paramount, Universal, Lion’s Gate, etc.
Prior to joining PS, Irene was an independent producer/production manager on television serials such as: “Know Your Child” for Discovery Channel Canada and “Suzuki’s Nature Quest” for YTV Canada and Discovery USA.She has served as the Executive Director of the Vietnamese Society of Motion Picture and Television Pioneers and was responsible for the launch of three multi-disciplinary art and cultural festivals held at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre. Irene has also served on the Board of Directors of the Toronto International Reel Asian Film Festival, one of North America’s premiere venues for Asian cinema.
Irene majored in English literature and western history at Toronto’s York University. She then completed her general accounting diploma at Humber College. In 2005, Irene returned to her studies at Ryerson University on a part-time basis, where she completed her Marketing and Business Management Certificates.

He always had my sights on travelling the globe so when offered a position at Bates Vietnam he immediately said yes and set off on a big worldly adventure. After some initial hesitation, Daniel managed to settle in and start to really appreciate Asia and working in this part of the world. Though the job came with many challenges of developing markets,he found as a brand advocate, he was truly able to innovate and steer brands unlike the UK.Daniel became General Manager at Bates in 2003 and then moved to DDB VAC in 2007, to take the agency through a DDB Worldwide buy out and achieve the wholly owned DDB Group Vietnam status in 2012. After 4 years as CEO he decided on a new career path and joined The Creatv Company to help lead the change into digital & commercial content and beyond.
Throughout his tenure Daniel has consistently set his sights on building world-class teams producing world class work by generating insightful and cut-through marketing concepts, driving innovative strategy resulting in effective ROI, profitability & growth for clients brands and the overall organisation.

He has credits with most major production companies and broadcasters in Australia and many in the UK and US such as Foxtel, Channel V, NatGeo, History Channel, Channel 4, ITV, Sky, Discovery Channel and The Travel Channel. He has directed and shot recent factual and entertainment series such as The Embassy, Recipe to Riches, Inside The Wildfire, So You Think You Can Dance and most recently has directed the 2nd and 3rd seasons of the highly successful Aussie Gold Hunters for Discovery Channel.