wunderman

Brendan Tansey

Chief Executive Officer

Brendan has 20 years' history in marketing and advertising behind him. His deep experience in advertising, direct and digital marketing have made him a true integrated marketer. Brendan founded his first digital agency in 1995, at the dawn of digital marketing, and has remained passionate about its possibilities ever since.

His experience encompasses digital strategy, building, maintaining and driving traffic to websites, e-CRM, e-commerce build plus web optimisation and analysis. Wunderman's ability to bring real direct marketing rigour to its web practice and its commitment to fast digital transition through growth, acquisition and talent management attracted Brendan to the UK to run Wunderman's largest office.

Brendan has practised his profession in Australia, China, USA, France and the UK, giving him a sound grounding in international marketing.

Sarah Atkins

Chief Operating Officer

Sarah joined Wunderman in 1997 and took on the responsibility for leading the Ford business and a team who deliver marketing solutions across all of the Ford Motor Company brands. She developed the automotive operation from simply communications and sales force support to a fully outsourced sales and marketing agency.

Prior to Wunderman, Sarah worked in a number of marketing and retail activities including promoting International Marketing for Royal Mail and Retail Planning for Laura Ashley in their Welsh HQ.

Promoted to COO in 2008, she ensures the agency shapes its resource to match the business requirements of our clients and helps execute the strategies developed by the management team. Recent challenges include leveraging WPP resource across Europe to build a stand-alone agency to support Dell, consolidating the work of over 250 agencies into one cross-functional team. Her second biggest challenge of 2008 was paragliding in the mountains of Verbier.

David Harris

Executive Creative Director

A passionate champion of creativity in all media David has 20 years of experience working in advertising, direct and digital marketing - the last 13 as a Creative Director. He joined Wunderman in September 2007 and heads up the creative department, ultimately taking responsibility for all the creative work produced by the agency. He also works closely with Creative Directors across the network helping to raise creative standards.

Prior to joining Wunderman he was the Creative Partner at LIDA, a digital direct agency he started in 1999 as part of the M&C Saatchi Group, which fast became very successful both commercially and creatively. Before LIDA he was Creative director at IMP London and took it to the top of Campaign's Direct Creative League table with a string of high profile awards. Before IMP he enjoyed success as an Art Director with several London advertising agencies.

When not creating at work he is restoring a medieval garden in Sussex.

Julian Ormerod

Chief Digital Officer

Julian heads up the digital operation at Wunderman, ensuring that the agency is at the forefront of digital innovation as well as ensuring pain-free delivery for clients.

He has specialised in interactive marketing for the past 10 years, joining Wunderman from AKQA where he was the senior client lead, managing the Orange and Microsoft accounts. Prior to that he managed his own online marketing consultancy following a successful time at Modem Media where, as Client Services Director, he was responsible for re-building the business following the dot.com crash.

His time before Modem was spent in a number of field and marketing roles including Porsche cars where he worked for seven years.

In his spare time Julian is head coach of the U10s at Tring Rugby Club and is challenged about how he can direct 45 children to pull in the same direction each week.

Mike Iles

Chief Finance Officer

Mike is a Chartered Accountant who has spent the vast majority of his career working in the Marketing Services industry. He joined Wunderman in November 2009, having spent more than 20 years in the Ogilvy group. His last role for 6 years was CFO of the Ogilvy UK Group, comprising 8 companies and 1200 employees.

As Chief Finance Officer, Mike works closely with the CEO on the financial strategy of the business. His role is to offer advice, guidance and support on business and financial consequences as well as relating outside the agency to a growing number of stakeholders in Wunderman, the wider Y&R Group and ultimately WPP. Mike is currently Chair of the Finance Policy Group of the IPA.

Mike is a keen sportsman, captaining his local village cricket team and when time allows, playing the occasional very poor round of golf.

David Reed

Chief Strategy Officer

As a strategist, David is responsible for the development of the insights at the heart of our work. He has created a strategy team that mixes account planning, data, digital strategy and user experience to create the big ideas that respond to consumers' needs.

David has 16 years' experience as a strategist working across many sectors. From re-launching Tesco Clubcard to make it the most successful loyalty programme in Europe to designing the brand strategy for British Gas and developing digital experiences for P&G. 

Prior to Wunderman, David worked at EHS Brann and Claydon Heeley where he was Planning Director.

Paul Confrey

MD, Ford EMEA,
Head of Account Management

Paul has been in marketing communications for over 20 years, and in what used to be called "new media" since 1997.  He joined Wunderman in 2001 as EMEA Planning Director, with a specialism in Automotive.  He became a "suit" in 2005 as Manager Partner, EMEA Automotive and then Managing Director, EMEA Automotive in 2007.  He led the account across Europe to record results in 2007 and 2008.

In 2009, Paul was asked to take an additional role as Head of Account Management, UK in order to raise the level of consistency, ability, and magic by which we engage all our UK clients.

Pre-Wunderman, Paul was with GM in UK & Germany.  His unique work there is covered in books from such notable authors as Peppers & Rogers among others.  He launched the first vehicle purchase e-commerce site in the world in 1999.

When not in the office, Paul enjoys a burgeoning mid-life crisis as a guitar hero with his best friend in the brilliantly named rock band, Paul & Jon.