Karen Ho

Karen Ho is the head of MEC Interaction China. Karen is charged with leading MEC Interaction, MEC's digital, social, and direct specialism. Karen graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1999. She began her career with online media owner, Real Media Limited, in Hong Kong in 2000, where she managed website and business partnerships. Her digital planning career took off at Tom.com and in 2006 Karen moved to Shanghai to lead media strategy and innovations at Isobar-linked company, wwwins Consulting, working on clients such as Coca Cola and Xintiandi. In 2008, Karen returned to Beijing where she was digital director, planning and ad ops/analytics for OMD. There she built and managed media teams for clients such as Intel, GE, and Apple and started the first ever ad operations and analytics department for OMG. Karen has deep knowledge of CRM, media planning, and strategy, and a wide experience of ad serving, social, and other digital tools.