About me

Having given up on his childhood dream of being a palaeontologist, Donevan stumbled upon the world of advertising as a copywriter.

In his career of 26 years, he has helped an array of global and local brands create work of proven effectiveness and creativity across various digital and classic channels. His portfolio includes Nestle, Unilever, Reckitt, Fonterra, Domino's, Libresse and Campbell's to name a few.

Donevan has won over 190 awards and shortlists from an array of advertising award shows across the globe, From Cannes Lions, the Clio Awards, the One Show, D&AD, Spikes Asia (including a Grand Prix & Malaysian Agency of the Year 2022), Adfest (including Independent Agency of the Year 2022) and MAD Stars to the Malaysian Kancil Awards.

Under his creative leadership, Havas Malaysia has risen to become the top 3 creative agency in Malaysia for two consecutive years in2024 and 2025.

He has been on the jury of the Cannes Lions, LIA Awards, One Show, New York Festivals, ONEAsia Awards, Spikes Asia, and MAD Stars (Korea).

He also gives back to the industry as a mentor to young creatives in the London International Advertising Creative LIAison mentorship programme since 2021.

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Creativepool Annual

Listing of award wins in Creativepool's awards

Annual 2026

Top 100 Creative Leaders

Judging

Donevan Chew has sat on the Creativepool Annual jury.

Annual 2026 Judge Creative Team of the Year

Featured work

Work picked by the Creativepool editors for the homepage.

The Campbell's Feeling

16 July 2026

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