AWARD Advertising School / Tutor - Sydney - 2015 / 2019
AFTRS / Screenwriting Course - Sydney - 2019
LIA / Creative Liaisons - Las Vegas - 2017
APG / Strategic Planning - London - 2010

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I’ve done lots of things for money.

Not all of which I’m proud of. Some were performed out of necessity and others were undertaken gleefully. Some legal, some not so much. Some I’ll happily tell you about and others…well, I’ll probably save them for the death bed.

I’ll no doubt have a few more ‘professions’ before I kick the bucket, but right now I find myself exchanging creativity for dollars at TBWA in Sydney.

“Makes Sense. As a kid you were always coming up with stupid ideas.”
Thanks Mum.

I’m part of an exclusive group who have been a suit, a planner and a creative. I also accidentally founded and part-owned an ad-agency in London, but decided after a few long but quite successful years, to sell out and travel the world.

My work has been recognised at almost every global award show, it’s trended on social media, been written about by the likes of the BBC, The Guardian, The Times, The Huffington Post, Forbes and Mashable, and more importantly has been parroted back to me by a cabbie and the guys helping move my house. At the time of writing this, I’m the proud owner of Australia’s first and third most complained about ads.

All of this aside, my greatest ever creative achievement is a ‘tell us in 25 words or less’ competition, where I won $10,000 but had to spend it in 30 hours. Not as easy as it sounds.

I’m a sucker for a good story and a bad movie.
I climb rock and run trails.
And my best friend is a dog.