Richard Huggins

Richard Huggins is the regional sales director for Southeast Asia, Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions (MDAS). Based in Singapore, Richard is responsible for providing strategic counsel and managing the sales team for MDAS across Southeast Asia.  Since joining MDAS Richard has led the Southeast Asia team to post one of the best international results for sales in the first half of FY2007.

Prior to joining MDAS in 2006, Richard was the regional director at BusinessWeek, Singapore where he lead the team to consistently exceeded revenue targets, making the region one of the most successful in the BusinessWeek organization. Richard successfully identified opportunities that brought in new revenues including FashionWeek Asia which through its brand extension exceeded targets by its second issue.

At Time Magazine, Richard was responsible for driving substantial revenue generated by the EMEA region. He was able to integrate Time Magazine with CNN and Fortune Magazine, maximizing cross media sales initiatives and established the first integrated media package, Visions of Europe.

Richard holds a Bachelor of Science, specializing in Agriculture from Harper Adams University College in Shropshire, England. He also completed an Executive Education series on Asia business and strategic sales management in Asia at the Chicago Graduate School of Business.

He lives in Singapore with his wife and two children.