Dave Nash and Damon O’Leary depart Sugar&Partners after five years at the helm
Executive creative director Damon O’Leary (left) and creative director Dave Nash (right) have announced their departure from Sugar&Partners after five years.
O’Leary joined the agency as creative partner in July 2012 from Ogilvy New Zealand and was joined shortly by Dave Nash as creative partner in September 2012, also from Ogilvy New Zealand.
Says Nash: “Personally I’m incredibly proud of what’s been achieved over the past 5 years – holding our own as creatives, CD’s and the agency in CB’s top 10 for more than a few years now is great validation of this. Damon & I have always tried to hire staff and work with clients who believe what we believe, we’ve been pretty lucky to partner with some great clients along the way in the likes of Red Seal, NZ Rugby, Hubbards and The Blues.
“Creating the Red Seal brand from scratch that was subsequently sold for $80 Million – and back to back Super Rugby launches were big highlights – helping shift things commercially with creativity and entertainment is what we do best.”
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Assignment / New Saatchi ECD’s?
Well done Damon and all the best for your next move whatever it may be. Now tell me what’s in that hair dye you use? You just don’t seem to age!
Not off the back of that performance surely.
That performance? How they pulled the agency from the total ruin of BNZ’s exit and transformed it into a solid indie competitor…
what’s the state of it now one wonders?
And the Blues crowds the last three seasons? Down, down, down.