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About me

Ling
Koay

A Stockholm-based Brand Builder with a passion for B2B brands, storytelling, startups and AI. I've spent the last two decades working at the intersection of brand, marketing, and decision-making — from co-founding a marketing agency in the early 2000s to leading brand and marketing at high-growth B2B and SaaS companies.

20+
Years in B2B marketing
Founding CMO
22+
Speaking events
Ling Koay — Speaker, writer and B2B brand builder based in Stockholm
My story

Strategy, storytelling,
systems.

My background combines formal study (including a Master's thesis on cult branding) with hands-on leadership as a startup CMO, where brand wasn't a "nice to have" but a real lever for growth, focus, and resilience.

Along the way, my work has been recognised by industry peers, from "CMO to Watch" to helping build award-winning B2B brands mentioned alongside some of the most recognisable names in tech.

Today, I work with founders and marketing leaders who don't need more activity — they need clarity and leverage. I help companies sharpen their positioning, craft master narratives that actually travel, architect product and content marketing systems, and design work systems with AI that remove "monkey work" from modern marketing teams.

My approach blends strategy, storytelling, and systems thinking: brand as decision infrastructure, narrative as behaviour change, and AI as a way to free creative humans from low-value work. The goal is always the same — fewer wrong turns, faster alignment, and marketing that compounds instead of exhausts.

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Brands I've built in B2B

Some of the brands I've
had the privilege to build

Oneflow ReadSoft Edgeware Arevo Bank Industri Stadium Glaxo Smith Kline Nokia Munchy's
Awards & recognition

Industry-recognised for
building bold B2B brands

2025
Author, The Rise of Cyborg Marketers
Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
2025
Keynote — Brand Marketing Summit
CMO Alliance
2024
Speaker — Berghs AI Unconference
Berghs School of Communication
2024
Jury — Breakit SaaS Summit
Breakit
2024
Power Player in SaaS
Industry recognition
2024
Brand Strategy & Communication Top Voice
LinkedIn
2023
B2B Brand to Watch
Revenue Marketing Alliance
2023
Gold — Transform Award Best Visual Identity
Transform Magazine, Technology Sector
2022
CMO to Watch
CMO Alliance — 1 of 12 global CMOs

Let's build something
worth talking about.

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