Managing Director, Dominique Backhouse

Dominique is the Managing Director of COMPANION, which offers bespoke advisory to the global hospitality sector to tackle their biggest challenges across communication strategies, reputation management and brand building in Asia, and beyond. 
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COMPANION has deep roots in Asia with two offices in Hong Kong and Singapore as well as a partnered office in the GCC. We've worked with some of the leading brands in hospitality, including Accor, Hyatt Group, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Raffles Hotels & Resorts, Shangri-La Group as well as  Black Sheep Restaurants, Maximal Concepts, Hongkong Land, S.Pellegrino and many more.

Prior to opening COMPANION, Dominique managed the Asia-Pacific and Greater China communication strategy for COMO Hotels and Resorts. Before her time inhouse, Dominique spent over a decade agency-side in Asia where she specialised in supporting international hospitality brands enterting the Greater China and Asian regions for the first time.

In 2023, Dominique was named 40 Under 40 by Campaign Asia-Pacific, an award that showcases innovation, grit and boundary-pushing brilliance in the region.  

Director Strategy, Gavin Yeung

Gavin brings over a decade of experience in the realm of luxury lifestyle media to COMPANION, having held senior editorial positions at the likes of Vogue Hong Kong, Tatler Hong Kong, and most recently at the South China Morning Post.

Gavin’s fiercely creative eye and multidisciplinary skillset supports COMPANION in crafting incisive brand stories that resonate widely with luxury consumers, while positioning the agency strategically at the leading edge of the fast-changing communications space.

Head Of Travel, Sneha Rupani-Nagpal

Sneha leads COMPANION's travel and hospitality clients including Raffles Hotels & Resorts, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Teardrop Hotels in Sri Lanka, Genghis Khan Retreat in Mongolia, Island Shangri-La in Hong Kong and Andaz One Bangkok, amongst others.

In addition to travel, Sneha’s deep knowledge of Singapore and SE Asia, its media and its influencers, are pivotal for broader launches - including F&B clients such as S.Pellegrino, Coravin, Black Sheep Restaurants and many more.

Hong Kong Director, Jacqueline Shutt

Jacqueline focuses on travel and dining clients of the Hong Kong office. Her clients include the launch of Capella at Galaxy Macau, Raffles Hotels & Resorts, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Island Shangri-La, Mondrian Hong Kong and, Andaz One Bangkok, amongst others.

Jacqueline has 13 years of PR account management experience, and a deep understanding of how to get a launch off the ground, from strategy to handling internal stakeholders, content development and external communciations.  

Hong Kong Director, June Heung

June Heung leads COMPANION's Traditional Chinese strategy, c  focusing on building strong relations with local Chinese media and influencers, as well as translation, branding and positioning into the local language.

June has played a key role in launching dining clients that include Black Sheep Restaurants, Maximal Concepts, Bar Leone, The Arcane Collective by Shane Osborn, JIJA by Vicky Lau.  June also handles the TC for hotel clients including Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Raffles Hotels & Resorts, Island Shangri-La and Capella at Galaxy Macau, amongst others. 

Social Media Director, Karen Chiang

Karen leads COMPANION's social media strategy, supporting many hospitality clients with incisive strategy and fun creative content - including Capella at Galaxy Macau, The Aubrey at MOHKG, BaseHall 01&02, The Hari Hong Kong and many more. 

She firmly believes that social media should be a big part of every brand’s communication strategy, integrating with PR and offline marketing to maximize every dollar and click.