SMMA Awards 2025 expands entries to include PR

The global investment management organisation, Franklin Templeton, has promoted Loretta Lui as Director, Executive Communications and PR.

Relocating from Hong Kong to London, she now leads global executive communications for the firm, overseeing CEO communications, core narrative development, and strategic media engagement aligned with the organisation’s business priorities and industry developments.

Loretta first joined the company in 2013 and was most recently Deputy Head of Corporate Communications, APAC. She also brings industry experience from previous roles at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and City of London. 

Shirley Kettler has been elevated to Account Director at Grayling.

In her new capacity, she will lead strategic corporate communications and integrated campaign management for a portfolio of B2B clients, driving communications programmes across key sectors. 

Wei Chong Chin has stepped into a new role as Director of Marketing and Communications at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, a founding member of the University of the Arts Singapore.

Based in Singapore, he leads marketing and communications strategy across brand and narrative development, media relations, reputation management, digital communications and stakeholder engagement. Wei Chong brings more than two decades of communications experience across the technology, public and education sectors, having held communications leadership roles at organisations including Cisco, Inmarsat and the National Heritage Board.