Peter Pek

Background Pek hails from Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, and studied at St. Michael's Institution, before moving to Sydney, Australia when he was 13. Educated in Sydney, Pek qualified as a Chartered Designer in 1993.

Publishing and design Pek began his career in publishing as a columnist for Sydney-based Livewire Magazine in 1987. In the 1990s, Pek designed launch publications, having worked on the launch editions of Microsoft magazine and SkyPlus magazine (now known as Sky Magazine) for Sky TV. In 1995, he was appointed designer to The Voice, Europe's largest African-Caribbean newspaper. The following year, he was hired to design the launch edition of New Nation newspaper, a British tabloid. He had a stint at the Australian Financial Review before being appointed in 1999 as editor-in-chief of Manila-based Food & Beverage Magazine. He was formerly the honorary secretary of the Malaysian chapter of the International Advertising Association.