Meet Our Team

Nicholas Fang

Founder & Managing Director

Nicholas has over two decades of experience in the media and communications industry. He was a senior correspondent at the Straits Times for nine years, and later moved to Channel NewsAsia at Mediacorp as Business Desk Editor and presenter. He was most recently Deputy Chief Editor of Singapore news at Mediacorp. Nicholas also leads Singapore market and social research agency Black Dot Research, which specialises in understanding and analysing the views and opinions of Singaporeans.

Cross-trained in television, print and new media, Nicholas also served as a Nominated Member of the Singapore Parliament. He is keenly attuned to key issues pertaining to public relations, media management, regional politics and security, and defence. Nicholas concurrently serves as director for security and global affairs at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, and also chairs the Strategic Communications Expert Panel at Singapore’s Ministry of Defence.

Nicholas holds an MA and BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University.

Amelia Amari

Senior Consultant

Amelia specialises in public relations, social media marketing and event management. With over six years of experience working with some of the biggest names in the local arts scene, Amelia has worked alongside notable musicians such as Jon Chua JX of The Sam Willows and Gentle Bones, ranging from providing PR and marketing services to artiste management and development.

Since 2022, she has actively been involved and engaged with accounts such as Golden Village, Cold Storage, Dementia Singapore, Tour de France Singapore and Tchoukball Singapore. She specialises in social media strategies and content creation and is passionate about pop culture, music and movies.

Steven Paul Vincent

Consultant

Steven is a Consultant at Black Dot with two years of experience in public relations.

Prior to joining Black Dot, Steven worked at APRW, where he participated in numerous PR campaigns for clients including RSAF, NEXUS (MINDEF), NTUC, finbots.ai, Blockchain Association of Singapore, and others.

Steven graduated from The University at Buffalo with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications.

Aidan Woodford

Account Director

Aidan is an Account Director at Black Dot and has managed a broad range of diverse accounts, including projects for the National Council Against Drug Abuse, PhillipCapital and International SOS.

Prior to joining Black Dot, Aidan was manager at the Ministry of Manpower’s Assurance, Care and Engagement Group’s Communications and Engagement Centre. He oversaw critical communications activities during the height of the pandemic that included managing information pertaining to border measures and on-arrival procedures for incoming migrant workers, as well as the management of educational programmes for migrant workers.

Aidan graduated from National University of Singapore with a BSocSc in Geography.

Lee Seo Young

Senior Consultant

Seo Young is a Consultant at Black Dot and has worked on diversified accounts such as Kuehne+Nagel, PhillipCapital, Singapore Aquatics, and OCBC Cycle.

In her earlier career, Seo Young worked as an Early Childhood Educator at Odyssey The Global Preschool where she strategically developed and expanded curriculum planners during termly and annual reviews of curriculum planners as well as designed, planned, and implemented lesson plans for various subject areas.

She graduated with a Diploma in Early Childhood Education from Temasek Polytechnic and is presently pursuing a BA in Counselling from the Singapore University of Social Sciences.

Trevor Tan

Account Director

Trevor joined Black Dot as an Account Director and has led the team’s work on accounts from a range of industries, including property, logistics, fintech and also on national campaigns.

Before joining Black Dot, Trevor spent over 17 years in the newspaper and online media industry at organisations including The Straits Times, TODAY and SGEEK. He started his journalism career as an award-winning photojournalist before switching to reporting on consumer technology. He served as the deputy technology editor of The Straits Times for over five years.

Trevor holds a Bachelor of Communication Studies, majoring in communication research, from Nanyang Technological University.

Tasreen Kaur Khaira

Consultant

Tasreen is a Consultant at Black Dot and has worked on diverse accounts such as Frasers Hospitality, Frasers Property Singapore and Business China.

Prior to joining Black Dot, Tasreen was a teaching and research assistant at Nanyang Technological University, specialising in the fields of Disability and Gender Studies as well as Children’s Literature. She has also previously worked as a primary school teacher and a language teacher.

Tasreen graduated with a Master of Arts degree in English from Nanyang Technological University.