SEO & GEO Strategist . Regulated Verticals . SouthEast Asia

Search Growth Strategy for Regulated Brands

I’m Kevin Jonas, specialising in building SEO & GEO roadmaps for brands that can’t afford to get it wrong such as iGaming operators, medical, financial & property listing sites.

Kevin Jonas, SEO and GEO strategist specialising in regulated industries across Southeast Asia
Where I built organic growth
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industries served

iGaming / Sportsbook & Casino

Real Estate / Proptech

Aesthetic/Medical

Ecommerce

Education

What peers & clients say

About Me

My career started as an Senior FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) analyst at Intel in Penang, four years spent buried in forecasts, analysis, and financial modelling.

I graduated with an Economics degree from Cardiff Uni (BSc) and Uni of Bristol (Masters).

When I moved into SEO, I started with the largest SEO agency in APAC (SearchGuru) before moving to inhouse and transitioning back to agency again to build my own SEO team from scratch. Today I lead SEO strategy for a PAGCOR-licensed iGaming operator, one of the most regulated, highest-stakes categories in search.

My biggest SEO pet peeve is seeing many local SEO agencies in Malaysia selling SEO and promising the world to clients, but they only optimize page titles and invest in PBNs.

Kevin Jonas, SEO Lead Strategist and consultant specialising in regulated industries across APAC

My favorite SEO tools:

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From FP&A to SEO

I spent four years at Intel Penang in FP&A, approving marketing budgets, reviewing campaign decks, and somewhere along the way, signing off on a League of Legends sponsorship that made me realise I was on the wrong side of the table.

Penang

2013-2017

Held Senior Financial Analyst and FPNA Team Lead roles at Intel

Kuala Lumpur

2017

Marketing Lead at SelfDrvn

Kuala Lumpur

2018-2021

Held SEO Specialist, SEO & Performance Marketing, Senior SEO Specialist, and Assistant SEO Manager roles at SearchGuru (Now is Neil Patel Digital – NPD)

Kuala Lumpur

2021

Country SEO Lead at PropertyGuru Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

2022

Head of Digital at RA Marketing

Manila

2025

SEO Lead at DigiPlus

On the stage & in the room

I’ve moderated panel at SiGMA Asia Manila and spoken at Google Search Central Live Bangkok. I also mentor junior SEOs through Futurelabs and run SEO 101 sessions at university events. Available for speaking enquiries.

things that aren’t seo

There’s more to the story

Boxing: With a 0-0-1 record, I've decided padel is the safer career pivot.

Plays guitar, drums, piano, and ukulele. Commitment issues, but musical ones.

Breakdancing, they call me B-boy Jonaz

Lifelong West Ham supporter. Builds character.

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah-born. Cardiff and Bristol educated.

Started as a potential rugby star in the UK. Pivoted to fencing. Failed to qualify for London Olympics 2012. Quietly accepted that the office was my arena.

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How I can help

Regulated industries need SEO that works within constraints – compliance, restricted keywords, limited content angles.

Every service I offer is built around that reality, not adapted from a generic playbook. That playbook comes from years across agency, in-house, and enterprise SEO where I managed everything from custom-built sites to platforms at millions of pages scale.

SEO Growth Strategy & Advisory

Website Technical Audit

AI Search Visibility (GEO)

Content Strategy

App Store Visibility

Authority Building (PR/Backlinks)

SEO Training & Workshops

HRDF-Certified SEO Training for In-House Teams

Most SEO training teaches theory. This is built for teams that need to apply it the next day. I’ve trained MNC teams across Malaysia covering everything from technical fundamentals & content to getting your brand cited in AI search.

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Kevin Jonas conducting an SEO talk for university students in an auditorium
Group photo of participants after an SEO training workshop by Kevin Jonas