Esther Nguyen is a passionate media and technology entrepreneur with a successful track record combining and strengthening industries to entertain the masses. Esther first started making headlines back in 2007 when she founded POPS Worldwide in Vietnam and helped to change the country’s digital music landscape. She has since been a pioneering force in the development of the entire digital entertainment industry in Southeast Asia. Among its many achievements, POPS has been crucial to the development of the entertainment industry in Vietnam, educating the industry on copyright potential and building an ecosystem that allows the industry to monetize and evolve. As CEO, Esther now leads a multi-country team who work tirelessly on the expansion of the domestic and international supply, demand, and monetization of digital entertainment assets across the region. These efforts have been so successful that POPS is the partner of choice for local and international content providers. These include the world’s biggest brands like Turner, NBCUniversal, Discovery, TV Asahi, The Pokemon Company, Toei Animation, etc. Under her leadership, POPS Worldwide has raised millions of dollars in investment from blue chip investors like Eastbridge Partners Mirae Asset-Naver Asia Growth Fund, Warner Media, IT Farm and the recent investment led by TV TOKYO Corporation. POPS is the leading digital entertainment company in Southeast Asia and operates across the region a large number of YouTube, Facebook, TikTok channels and OTT services, with a total number of over 700 million fans, and offers in SEA the largest library of POPS originals, local and international content. Esther’s success in her important mission has caught the industry’s attention around the world, with Forbes listing POPS as one of the TOP 60 Women-led startups that are shaking up Tech across the globe. Forbes also listed her as one of the Top 10 Inspirational Female Tech Entrepreneurs From SEA. Esther is also a favorite speaker of digital entertainment events in the region.

Originally from France, Fabien has relocated to Vietnam in 2000, home of his mother’s family side. He hold an MBA from Solvay Business School, Belgium, and a Master's degree in Anthropology from the French University of Provence. Prior to joining POPS, he held senior management roles in Vietnam branches of some major tech companies including Gameloft, Nokia and Microsoft. Since his appointment as Vietnam Country Manager in 2016, POPS partnered with premium global content providers who wanted access to Vietnam's burgeoning digital space, and effectively bringing Doraemon and other famous Japanese characters (Detective Conan, Naruto, One-Piece) to YouTube for the first time ever. Fabien was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in May 2021. He currently oversees the operational excellence between the POPS regional offices and Vietnam headquarter, and partner groups. On the personal side, he is the father of four adorable kids and enjoys playing tabletop games with friends once everyone in the house is sleeping.

Ms Sarika Tulsyan joined POPS in 2017. Having worked across markets in APAC and MENA, Ms Sarika offers regional experience and expertise to build and grow business capabilities with revenue as the key output. A true “intrapreneur” at heart, she started her career with entrepreneurial organization back home, in India, and since then Ms Sarika is tuned to work with the entrepreneurial mindset in both start-up organizations as well as global networks. She has worked in five countries in different roles and capacities including India, China, UAE, Thailand & Vietnam. Prior to POPS, Ms. Tulsyan worked at Starcom, one of the largest global media agencies (Publicis Groupe) with regional roles for MENA and APAC regions. Currently, based in POPS Vietnam office, this is her second stint in Vietnam, first being from 2006-2008 where she successfully set up a full-service digital agency from scratch. In her current role at POPS, Ms Tulsyan is responsible for strategizing and driving POPS’ revenue across all the markets. Her role also encompasses building and strengthening brand partnerships, platform partnerships, maximizing monetization and parallelly driving new capabilities like D2C to further diversify and grow revenue opportunities. Sarika firmly believes that with ever changing digital landscape and an open mindset, there is always a room to continue to innovate, adapt and grow. On a personal front, Sarika loves reading and biking while her favorite workout is boxing.