Dougie (as he is called by everyone except his parents) has over 25 years experience in the industry, cutting his teeth at WCRS, BBH, TBWA and Grey before joining VCCP in 2008 to head up the agency’s founding account, O2. Since then he has helped create many award-winning campaigns for national and international brands and today is responsible for the agency’s global offering as International CEO and Vice Chairman. A passionate believer in advertising as a force for good, he is an active member of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) Council where he was IPA President 2021-2023, the UK Advertising Export Champion at UKAEG, sits on the Meta UK Client Council and is Chair of Black Representation in Marketing (BRiM).

Beyond the industry, he is an Independent Trustee at the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) and Co-Founder of Lucky Voice, the UK’s premier private karaoke company that he launched with VCCP Global CSO Jonny Shaw in 2006.