2024 Creative LIAisons Coaches

Currently the CCO of VML Ogilvy Japan, Doug has looked after the creative product of Spotify, VW, IBM and other international accounts for the past 5+ years there. Before landing in Tokyo, he spent a decade as CD, ECD and National ECD of Ogilvy, China, leading the agency's biggest accounts, including Nestle, Siemens, VW, Lenovo and Mercedes Benz, while picking up metal in the world's toughest shows, including China's first ever Yellow Pencil, Spikes Grand Prix and mulitiple Gold winners at Cannes, Clios and LIAs. Before China, Doug worked at FCB/San Francisco during the Levi's years, JWT in Singapore and Dentsu, Tokyo after starting out at Leo Burnett, Chicago. He's married to a Chinese woman and enjoys nothing more than his two bilingual sons correcting his broken Mandarin.