mahen
Mahen Chanmugam has been in the business of media communication since 1982. Prior to his engagement as Creative Director of MCN, Mahen was employed as the Executive Creative Director of Q&E Advertising (Pvt) Ltd where he headed an industry leading team of visualisers, art directors and writers.

Mahen started his career as a graphic designer with Team
Advertising (Colombo, Sri Lanka) and after many high pressure
years in advertising, moved to Hong Kong to work full time as illustrator/art director for Time Warners Asiaweek Magazine. Mahen
was eventually recruited by HBM Publishing in Hong Kong,and
moved to the Singapore office in 1994 as Editorial/CreativeDirector, where he headed a team that was responsible for planning and producing a host of high quality publications such as M3, (the
definitive movie, music publication) Apartment Living, Homes and
Living, and NTUC Lifestyle, Singapore’s largest circulating magazine.

After the launch of MCN Creative Associates in Singapore in
early 1997, he became an active member of the Design Association
of Singapore, and played a key role in the training of young graphic designers through the Nanyang Design Academy and LaSalle’s internship programme. During this time, he also started a collection
of paintings which reflect his long standing interest in the
iconography and symbolism of lord Ganesh and has had 4 solo exhibitions of his paintings in Singapore and Sri Lanka.

Limitless energy, dedication and an unflinching commitment to
quality has been Mahen’s driving force, in a career that spans
24 years as an artist and a visual communicator.