Sharmaine Selvakumar is Director and Head of Event Marketing, Asia-Pacific at S&P Global Ratings, where she leads strategic B2B event programmes across key APAC markets. With over 16 years of experience spanning experiential, virtual, and hybrid formats, she has delivered more than 700 events across Asia-Pacific, CEE, and CIS, consistently driving strong attendee engagement and measurable contribution to sales pipeline.

Having progressed from hands-on event operations to integrating marketing strategy with event execution, and ultimately to regional leadership across two S&P Global divisions, Sharmaine brings both practical delivery expertise and commercial acumen to complex, multi-market programmes. She is passionate about building high-performing teams, fostering trust-based stakeholder partnerships, and elevating the role of events from tactical execution to a strategic growth driver.

She regularly contributes to industry conversations on event ROI, stakeholder alignment, and the evolving future of business events in APAC.