With more than 26 years of professional experience, Hoang Thi Mai Huong is the Chair of Publicis Groupe Vietnam and the CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi Vietnam.

Huong became the first General Manager at Saatchi & Saatchi Vietnam in 1995. In 1998, Huong founded Venus Communications providing strategic and creative public relations counsel to local and regional clients.

Venus Communications built a reputation as one of Vietnam’s top PR activation agencies. It was acquired by MSL in March 2016.

Prior to Saatchi and Saatchi, Huong had 5 years’ experience as a Press Officer at Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She holds an M.P.A. from Harvard University and a B.A. in International Journalism from the Moscow Institute of International Relations.