Chairman, OgilvyOne London and EAME

Paul has been with Ogilvy for over 20 years. He joined the London office in 1985 as a telebusiness and data services consultant, but was soon lured into client services, where he rose to Group Director on the British Telecom account, then the agency’s largest. He changed roles again in 1988, becoming one of the creators of the UK’s first Account Planning department in a direct marketing agency.

From 1991, Paul spent eight years in Asia, running O&M Direct in Singapore and then Hong Kong before becoming President of O&M Direct Asia/Pacific in 1995, with responsibility for 14 separate businesses across the region. He was also a founder member of the OgilvyOne Worldwide Board.

In the spring of 1998 he returned to London to work on international business development, creating new service offerings and driving international acquisition. He has been directly involved with over 20 deals in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

In September 2002, he became Chairman of OgilvyOne London and, two years later, assumed responsibility for OgilvyOne’s business across the entire EAME region.

Paul also has a particular interest in organisational psychodynamics and the management of change within companies. He recently completed the inaugural International Diploma Programme at INSEAD and holds a Masters Degree from the Haute Etude Commercial in Paris. He is also a leading industry contributor as a member of the Institute of Direct Marketing’s management council and a founder of the IPA Direct Marketing Group.

He is married with a young daughter and lives close to Ogilvy’s Canary Wharf offices in the heart of London’s docklands.