Tanglin roots help creative agency founder grow and branch out

In this series, The Straits Times speaks to designers and residents about urban spaces that inspire them

- Chantal Sajan

Who: Serial entrepreneur Bernard Oh, 59, is the founder and chief executive of amc asia!, an award-winning regional creative experience lab with offices in seven cities across the Asia-Pacific and Middle East, and an annual turnover of more than $50 million. It designs and crafts brand journeys for its clients. His work includes event marketing campaigns across China for global sports brand adidas.

Mr Oh started his company in Tudor Court in Tanglin Road in June 1995. Modelled after Tudor-styled cottages in Britain, Tudor Court - which now houses shops selling art and lifestyle goods - is a row of stately two-storey shophouses built in the 1920s.

The company is now headquartered in Jalan Klapa in the Kampong Glam precinct, and Mr Oh lives in Katong with his family.

"When I think about a place that really shaped my personal journey as an entrepreneur and the creation of my company, Tudor Court is seared into memory.