Disney’s Belina Tan To Receive 2024 Individual Achievement SABRE

Belina Tan, VP of corporate communications at the Walt Disney Company, will be honoured with the Individual Achievement SABRE Award on 19 September 2024, at the Asia-Pacific SABRE Awards in Singapore.

At The Walt Disney Company, Tan leads corporate communications teams across Asia-Pacific to support the growth and creative strength of the company’s portfolio of entertainment media and content businesses, including its film studios and streaming service (Disney+). Reporting to Asia-Pacific president Luke Kang, Tan joined Disney in 2021 to oversee the company’s external and internal communications strategy as well as its corporate social responsibility initiatives.

Prior to Disney, Tan spent more than nine years at Bloomberg LP where she established the company’s corporate communications function in Asia and co-founded the Bloomberg Women’s Buyside Network, now a global community of senior female investment professionals.

Having spent her early years in luxury PR in New York, eight years with Burson-Marsteller in China and the last 12 years in senior in-house roles in Asia, Tan’s global view is relatively unique among in-house communications in Asia. She has led global communications for high profile and complex assignments including the Beijing Olympic Games, China’s index inclusion, the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore and Beijing, and Disney’s first APAC Content Showcase.

“Belina is a consummate corporate affairs professional and leader,” said Simon Pangrazio, who worked with Tan at Burson-Marsteller. “She’s always on, proactive with trying new ways of doing things and develops a deep understanding of the brands and the business of the organisations she works for. Calm in a crisis and proactive in anticipating and identifying issues, she leads and develops her team from the front.”