Who we are

Mike Beckerleg

STRATEGY

Mike’s held C-Suite and Board positions and brings 30 years’ experience in Brand, Marketing and Communications. While overseeing Marketing for Sony, Vodafone and Seiko, The Australian Marketing Institute named him one of the country’s 10 most effective Marketers. BRW went further and put him in the top 5. He’s also worked agency-side as Executive Director of Ogilvy before taking on the role of Managing Director at Ogilvy Impact – a specialist Employee Engagement company. You can find out more about Mike and connect with him here at IN.

Simon White

MEDIA

Simon founded Ikon Communications with one of the largest advertisers in the country – the Commonwealth Bank. The agency won multiple awards for its blue-chip clients, was voted Media Agency of the Year six times and awarded National Ad Agency in 2009. Ikon grew rapidly with seven offices across Australia and New Zealand with over 200 employees. After selling Ikon to WPP, Simon helped establish Bohemia which became the fasted growing Media Agency in 2015 before being sold to M&C Saatchi. You can find out more about Simon and connect with him here at IN.

Nick Souter

CREATIVE

Nick’s worked as a Creative Director and Chairman for over 20 years in London, Tokyo and Sydney where he led Leo Burnett to Agency of the Year three times. His work has won many creative awards in different categories and markets. As a keynote speaker, he talks on Brand and Innovation and he’s also an author with three books published internationally. One of them, Breakthrough Thinking, forms the basis of his ‘Brain Box’ innovation program. You can find out more about Nick and connect with him here at IN.

Mike’s held C-Suite and Board positions and brings 30 years’ experience in Brand, Marketing and Communications. While overseeing Marketing for Sony, Vodafone and Seiko, The Australian Marketing Institute named him one of the country’s 10 most effective Marketers. BRW went further and put him in the top 5. He’s also worked agency-side as Executive Director of Ogilvy before taking on the role of Managing Director at Ogilvy Impact – a specialist Employee Engagement company. You can find out more about Mike and connect with him here at IN.

Simon founded Ikon Communications with one of the largest advertisers in the country – the Commonwealth Bank. The agency won multiple awards for its blue-chip clients, was voted Media Agency of the Year six times and awarded National Ad Agency in 2009. Ikon grew rapidly with seven offices across Australia and New Zealand with over 200 employees. After selling Ikon to WPP, Simon helped establish Bohemia which became the fasted growing Media Agency in 2015 before being sold to M&C Saatchi. You can find out more about Simon and connect with him here at IN.

Nick’s worked as a Creative Director and Chairman for over 20 years in London, Tokyo and Sydney where he led Leo Burnett to Agency of the Year three times. His work has won many creative awards in different categories and markets. As a keynote speaker, he talks on Brand and Innovation and he’s also an author with three books published internationally. One of them, Breakthrough Thinking, forms the basis of his ‘Brain Box’ innovation program. You can find out more about Nick and connect with him here at IN.