About us

Dennis Pua was appointed Managing Director of Media Group in August 2016.

A veteran with more than 25 years of media experience, Dennis has held senior management roles with SPH Magazines prior to his current appointment.

As Managing Director of Media Group, Dennis oversees the full operations of the group which includes luxury, architecture, gourmet and special interest titles, and custom publications of the group. In his position, Dennis acquired and integrated titles that offer holistic and complementary platforms to enhance content delivery experiences. Under his leadership, Dennis founded Portfolio in 2017, a business and luxury lifestyle magazine venture which won the Luxury Media of the Year at the Media Publishers Association Singapore Magazine Awards. He has built a continuously growing division that formed successful joint ventures, business development strategies and award winning content.

Marc S Almagro was appointed as the Editor-In-Chief of Media Group on 1 July 2018.

He has edited and managed to date over 25 well-recognised business, luxury lifestyle, and special interest magazines, including start-up (Portfolio, Nosotras In Singapore, The Peak Selection Timepieces), revamp (Form, Palace, Wicked!, The Peak), contract (Property Review, Fund Focus, Mondial, Latitude), and franchise titles (VIP, Robb Report, Amica, GMT XXL).

His extensive experience goes beyond writing, editing and editorial management. He was an Adjunct Lecturer (Marketing for Designers) at Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore, and a Part-time Lecturer (Comparative Literature, English Language) at the University of the East, Philippines. As Editor of various periodicals, Marc mentored young writers and editorial interns.

A theatre, design and arts enthusiast, Marc plays an active role in the design community. He covers the Golden Pin Design Award as media partner representative, and has served twice as panel discussion moderator at MAISON&OBJET ASIA(2016), foreign media judge at ASIA TALENTS Bangkok (2014, 2015), judge at International Furniture Fair Singapore, critic at Final Year Project presentation at Glasgow School of Arts (Singapore). He has taught Marketing for Designers at Temasek Polytechnic (Singapore).

Daniel Poon was appointed as Commercial Director of Media Group on 1 March 2022.

He started his media sales career with SPH Magazines. During his 12 years with the company, he rose through the ranks from Assistant Sales Manager to Advertising Sales Director.

Managing a sales team for a suite of local and regional luxury titles, he formulated marketing and business development strategies to drive gains in revenue growth, market share, and profit performance.

In 2016, Daniel joined Media Group as a member of the founding team behind Portfolio, bringing with him close to two decades of media sales experience. He has been extending his expertise in sales management to ensure the commercial viability of the product over the years.

In his current role as the Commercial Director, Daniel embraces a digital-first strategy, and combines the merits of each publication onto an integrated platform of print, digital, and event activation.