D&AD President
Simon Waterfall
Poke
With a masters degree in industrial design from the Royal College of Art, Simon established the Deepend studio with friends and partners Gary Lockton and David Streek in 1994. His passion for creative freedom and innovative ideas was the driving force that gave Deepend its distinctive creative approach.

His often controversial but always entertaining insights make Simon a valued contributor at international events, including ICOGRADA, Hyper Island, Parsons School of Design, the Royal Society of Arts and Institute of Contemporary Arts. The Royal Society of Arts has honoured him with a fellowship in recognition of his contribution to British design and he's a member of D&AD and the Art Directors Club of New York.

He now intends to spend his twilight years in the company of people who can actually make a difference and challenge the conventions - in clients and themselves.

Simon is single and broke, but an endless source of amusement; he loves tall women with attitude and is available for parties, weddings and bar mitzvahs. Simon also says, "Creative Dictation is Dead, Up the Resolution".

D&AD Deputy President
Garrick Hamm
Williams Murray Hamm
Garrick Hamm is Creative Partner at Williams Murray Hamm, the London based branding consultancy, whose growing creative reputation has been under-pinned by being listed as number 2 in Design Week’s Creative Top 50.

Garrick left Somerset College of Art in 1989 to join Michael Peters and Partners where he completed his “design apprenticeship”. He left after four years to join Tuttsels/Lambie-Nairn where he gained experience working across a variety of different design disciplines, from TV, Corporate Identity and Packaging. He joined Williams and Murray in 1999 and picked up his first D&AD Yellow Pencil in 2001.

He is a passionate exponent of ideas based design, advocating the delivery of creatively executed, single-minded solutions working across all communication levels.

Garrick has judged on many International Design Awards panels and has a keen interest in design education. He currently sits on D&AD’s Education Committee and is an adviser to Buckingham and Somerset College of Arts.

Rosie Arnold
BBH
Rosie joined BBH straight from art school in 1983 and has been there ever since.

She has not only worked for the same agency for her entire professional life, but has lived in the same house. If some people feel the need to change jobs frequently, Rosie feels the need to change dresses and is well known for her flamboyant fashion sense.

BBH has continued to offer her the best opportunities to do great creative work and her string of creative awards is testament to this.

Her work has included the famous “Ideal Woman” TV ad for Lynx (Axe) deodorant that won a Cannes Gold. She also created the iconic TV ad for Pretty Polly tights and Levi’s jeans “Shrink to Fit” poster campaign.

As a Creative Director she oversaw the multi-award winning Lynx “Getting Dressed” TV ad and the Lynx “Pulse” commercial which resulted in a number one record in Europe and a media phenomenon

Rosie has won D&AD, British Television, Campaign, Clio and Cannes awards. She may have to move house now.

Rosie was appointed to the BBH board in January 1990 and became a Creative Director in 1999. She still likes to do her own work too. She’s married to her sweetheart from art school and is the mother of two boys. When she gets a spare moment her passion is for fencing and she is ruthless with a sword.

Paul Belford
Paul is one of the most awarded art directors in the world.
After completing a PhD in Biochemistry, he began working as an art director in 1988. He has held senior management positions at TBWA, Ogilvy and AMV BBDO where he was Joint Creative Director. He is often asked to lecture, write, teach and judge awards shows all over the world. Paul has a strong interest in promoting craft and has won D&AD Pencils for both advertising and graphic design.

Paul Brazier
AMV.BBDO
Paul has spent the last 16 years at AMV after stints at WCRS and Cogents. During that time he’s won numerous awards including D&AD pencils, One Shows and Cannes Gold Lions. He was made Executive Creative Director in 2005.

That’s the top line, but if you want to know a little more, grab a cup of tea and make yourself comfortable.

Paul was born in Tipton and hated school. The only things he was good at were football and art. But to everyone’s amazement, at the age of 16 he suddenly took an interest in further education. (Probably because the only alternative was an apprenticeship at the local steel works.) Nevertheless, Paul eventually obtained a BA in Graphic Design at Wolverhampton. He still follows the Wolves and feels guilty about his recently acquired season ticket at Arsenal.

He’s married to Diane, a copywriter at AMV. They have two children: Eva who ‘s five and a half and Jude who’s two and a half and was born the very same day that AMV gave Paul the big job. After many sleepless nights with Jude and the job, both seem to have settled down nicely.

Simon Carbery
Simon worked for Saatchi & Saatchi and Lowe London before becoming a globetrotting freelance creative consultant working in Australia, New York, SE Asia and throughout Europe. In London, he also worked extensively at Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe.

Simon now alternates between advertising, integrated, design and digital projects, as a creative consultant, concepts person and writer.

From time to time he also teaches, lectures and writes articles, often on his favourite subjects of advertising integration and new media.

He has written a (so far) unpublished novel, and is labouring away at a play and another couple of books. He’s probably not the only person on the Board to have written a novel or been in a rock band, but as far as he knows, he is the only person on the Board to have been paid to sing opera.

Dinah Casson
Casson Mann
Dinah Casson is a director of interior design practice Casson Mann. Established in 1984 in partnership with Roger Mann, the innovative consultancy has set about transforming the staid world of museums and galleries with its fresh, creative approach to design. Major recent projects have included the Churchill Museum, Portrait Miniatures and the glamorous Art Deco exhibition at the V&A, the refurbishment of the V&A's 15 British Galleries and the design of Great Expectations - a Design Council exhibition of originality in British design which toured North America and the Far East. Casson Mann's work is, however, wide-ranging and now includes projects for hotels, offices and visitors' centres in addition to exhibitions and museums: these are for Moscow, the West Indies, France, Italy as well as the UK.

Graduating in 1968 from Ravensbourne College of Art & Design, Casson worked in product and furniture design before making the transition to interior design. It was whilst teaching at Kingston Polytechnic that she met Roger Mann and, in 1984, their highly successful partnership was begun with the acclaimed design for Grangelato, a visionary new ice-cream shop in Knightsbridge. Casson Mann has continued to build on this early critical success with their democratically run team of designers and architects. Their work is characterised by an eye for even the smallest detail, their sensitivity for original structures and their desire to entice the viewer into a journey of constant discovery and engagement. Much lauded, Casson has received commendations from the D&AD, FX and Design Week. She has been involved in design education for many years, including being Architecture & Interior Design course leader at the Royal College of Art, where she is still an external examiner.

Sebastian Conran
Conran & Partners

Sebastian Conran is creative director responsible for products, graphics and branding at Conran & Partners.

Sebastian was born in London as eldest son of Terence and Shirley Conran. After leaving school with A’ levels in Math’s, Physics and Chemistry, Sebastian enrolled at the Central School of Art and Design (now ‘Central St. Martins’) to study Industrial Design Engineering. During this time Sebastian also worked with seminal rock-group ‘The Clash’, helping create their distinctive visual style, branding and designs for record sleeves, posters, advertising, clothing, merchandise and stage sets.

In 1979 he joined Wolff Olins - then Britain’s leading corporate / brand identity consultancy - taking creative responsibility for key accounts. In 1982 he joined Mothercare as senior development executive with responsibility for the design and development of all childcare equipment and non-fabric merchandise. As a result Mothercare soon became an international benchmark brand in its product identity design.

In 1986 he founded his own independent merchandise and brand development studio, Sebastian Conran Associates, successfully collaborating with a variety of leading international businesses on a wide range of projects. In 1999 the studio merged with the Conran Group to form Conran & Partners, where Sebastian is now the Director responsible for all the Product and Graphics work.

In the past 20 years his studio has collectively been involved with the development of thousands consumer goods in a wide variety of markets from initial ideas through to successful merchandise. Sebastian’s technical innovations and inventions have been involved in dozens of patents in a wide variety of fields and their acclaimed work has been awarded many design, marketing and innovation awards.

Sebastian has written several books and papers on design, was founding contributor to Blueprint magazine, has taught furniture design at the RCA, and lectures frequently and was a founding trustee of the Design Museum.

Passionate about all vehicles, he lives in Bayswater, is a keen cook & gardener, and has twos sons; Sam 17, and Max11.

Brett Foraker
Channel 4
Brett Foraker started his career as a painter and photographer before moving into film and television. He honed his directing skills with a series of award-winning campaigns for TCM, FilmFour and E4 which led to his appointment as Creative Director of Channel 4 in 2003. He was recently awarded a Black and two Yellow Pencils at the 2005 D&AD awards. He was part of Saatchi & Saatchi's New Directors Showcase at Cannes and was listed as one of Campaign's 10 hottest new directors of 2005. His work has appeared in Creative Review, Shots, and numerous other publications. He recently completed "Buying Porn" a short film starring Karl Theobald ("Greenwing") and is currently prepping a series of photographs called "Drifter Pictures" for exhibition in 2006. He enjoys vodka and writing crap bios.

Brian Jensen
OgilvyOne Worldwide, London
Brian Jensen is the Head of experience planning at OgilvyOne, London. A
veteran of the digital industry he’s been a writer, art director, creative
director, information architect, brand strategist and planner in the US and
UK.

Brian began working in digital media in San Francisco in 1994 for Hal Riney
& Partners helping to create the first online advertising and websites for
General Motors, Mirage Resorts and others. In 1996, he joined Organic, Inc.
in San Francisco as their first information architect, developing the role
and methodology whilst also leading design and copy teams on projects. In
1999 he moved to London to found the creative department for Organic’s
London office and moved to Agency.com in 2002 as a strategist, then head of
creative.

He’s been a judge and/or guest speaker at D&AD Congress, BIMA, COMDEX,
Middlesex University and other industry events. His interests include
music, digital photography, visual culture and typography. He holds a
degree in visual cultural theory from the University of California, Davis.

Roger Kennedy
Saatchi&Saatchi London
Roger Kennedy is Saatchi & Saatchi EMEA Creative Director of Graphic Design.

He started his career as a typographer at Masius Wynne-Williams and worked for other leading London advertising agencies before joining Saatchi & Saatchi in 1975. Since then he has worked on virtually every piece of their business, including 3 winning general election campaigns. He was elected to the board of directors in 1987.

He prizes his D&AD Yellow Pencil for typography along with 6 Campaign Press and Poster typography silvers, 3 Creative Circle typography silvers, The Creative Circle President’s Award and has also co-designed work winning 4 Gold Cannes Lions. He has been credited more than 200 times in the D&AD Annual.

He has served on many awards juries including those for D&AD on 5 different occasions, Campaign Poster and Campaign Press awards, The Scottish Advertising Awards, The Irish Advertising and Design Awards and The Roses Awards.

He lives in Surrey and is married with two children.

Jeremy Leslie
John Brown
Jeremy Leslie is Executive Creative Director at the John Brown Group, where he has worked for eight years. The company has grown to become the UK’s leading customer publishing agency and recently made its first appearance in Designs Week’s top 50 creative agencies list. Previously he ran his own studio working for clients including Blitz magazine and The Guardian and spent three years as group art director at Time Out.

He has won many awards, including most recently a D&AD Yellow Pencil for his work on M-real magazine and a Design Week award for Best Editorial Design for the children’s encyclopedia Pick Me Up.

Leslie is a passionate advocate of editorial design, regularly contributing to the creative press and design conferences on the subject. He is one of the three founders of the bi-annual independent magazine exhibition/conference Colophon, which launched earlier this year in Luxembourg, and has sat on many awards juries including three times for D&AD.

He has written four books, two of which were about magazine design: ‘Issues’ (2000) and ‘magCulture’ (2003), both published internationally. His blog about magazine design can be read at www.magCulture.com.

As well as magazines, Leslie enjoys his family, his football and the 4342 items on his iPod.

Tim Molloy
Science Museum, London
Tim Molloy was appointed Head of Design at the Science Museum in 1993, fourteen years after graduating from the Royal College of Art. In the intervening years he gained experience in a number of commercial multi-disciplinary consultancies, including Minale Tattersfield and Conran, before establishing a successful practice with furniture designer Graham Simpson. A three-year period as a Creative Director of Crighton included the masterplanning of large scale mixed-use developments and design responsibility for a number of permanent galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. A determined non-specialist, he is committed to the development of design education, has taught regularly at under and post-graduate levels and is currently external examiner/advisor to a number of UK design courses. Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and visiting Professor at the University of the Arts, London, Tim was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the RCA in 2005. He has recently been invited to join the executive of D&AD.

Steve Mykolyn
TAXI
Bio to follow

Paul Priestman
Priestman Goode
Paul Priestman is the founding director of Priestman Goode, the award- winning London based product, environment and transport design consultancy. His work has been exhibited extensively throughout the world and has received design awards and won major international competitions for his design work in the Far East, Europe and the USA.

Paul has spoken widely around the world about his work and on the importance of design on behalf of organisations such as the British Council, the Design Council and UKTI. Paul is a Member of the Design Council and Chair of the Design Sector Skills Panel and was President of the Design Business Association from 2001-3, and is currently a member of the D&AD Executive.

Greg Quinton
The Partners
Greg is the overall creative director at The Partners and over the past two decades he has contributed significantly to our reputation for creative excellence, winning over 100 awards including 3 D&AD yellow pencils, Gold and Silver NYADC awards, Grand Prix at both the DBA Design Effectiveness and New York Festival awards. He is also a frequent judge for many leading creative competitions.

His recent clients include Saks Fifth Avenue and Random House in New York, The Connaught, the National Gallery and Jaguar in the UK. Previously at Interbrand Newell & Sorrell, he worked with clients such as WHSmith, Boots and the Royal Academy. Greg is passionate about creative branding but it was only after his fourth child, Phoebe, was born that he achieved his ambition of branding his own kids by their initials – S.T.O.P!

Professor Penny Sparke, BA, PhD, PGCE, FRCA, FRSA
Penny Sparke is a Pro-Vice Chancellor with responsibility for the Arts Division, and a Professor of Design History at Kingston University. She studied French Literature at the University of Sussex from 1967-1971 and was awarded a PhD in 1975. She taught the History of Design at Brighton Polytechnic (1975-1982) and at the Royal College of Art (1982-1999). From 1999 to 2004 she was Dean of the Faculty of Art, Design & Music at Kingston University.

She has also participated in conferences, given keynote addresses, been a member of journal editorial boards, curated exhibitions, delivered lectures, broadcast and published in the field of Design History both nationally and internationally.

Her most important publications include An Introduction to Design and Culture, 1900 to the present (1986 and 2004); Italian Design from 1860 to the present (1989); As Long as It’s Pink: The Sexual Politics of Taste (1995); and Elsie de Wolfe: The Birth of Modern Interior Decoration (2005). Currently she is a member of the RIBA research board; the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s peer review College; and sub-panel 64 of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise.

Jane Scherbaum
V&A Museum
Jane Scherbaum joined the V&A in 2004 and was recently appointed Head of Design. Her team is responsible for creating and sourcing the best and most appropriate design solutions for exhibitions and displays; and for creating a stylish and coherent look and feel to the Museum’s galleries and public areas.

She studied French & Art History at Manchester University (1986-1990) and completed a post-graduate Design and Publishing course at LCP in 1992. She was Design Manager at Tate from 1996 until 2004, where she worked on the development of the Tate brand and was responsible for implementing the new identity at Tate Britain and Tate Modern in 2000.She has also participated in conferences, delivered lectures and has been a member of D&AD since 2002.

Al Young
St Luke's Communications
After college, Alan spent three years as a commercial writer whilst creating comedy and stage-plays in his spare-time. In 1990, he enrolled on a D&AD Workshop and was bitten by the advertising bug. He went on to write a number of famous advertising campaigns for Boots 17, IKEA, Fox’s Biscuits, COI, Mothercare and BT.

Alan is a founding member of St. Luke’s and after his first year as Creative Director, the agency was voted Campaign’s agency of the year. In January 2001 and 2002, Campaign magazine listed Alan as one of the UK’s ten “hottest” Creative Directors. In 2004 Al was elected to the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising Creative forum and in 2005 he was voted onto D&AD’s Executive Committee. In 2005 he also Chaired both the Newspaper Society’s Creative Juice awards and Radio Advertising Bureau’s Aerial Awards.

His approach to advertising attracts considerable media attention, and he is interviewed regularly by the national press, television and interviews with him have been broadcast on the Today Programme and Pick of the Week on Radio 4.

Alan is now active on the lecture circuit , runs D&AD workshops, delivered talks to MA students at St. Martin’s School of Art and at the National Film Theatre.

Chairman
Anthony Simonds-Gooding
Anthony Simonds-Gooding’s career has spanned the fields of business, advertising and media. He started in marketing with Unilever. Having learned his trade there, he was appointed Whitbread’s Marketing Director and then progressed to Group Managing Director. Under his management the famous “Heineken Refreshes the Parts”, Stella Artois “Reassuringly Expensive” and R.White’s “The Secret Lemonade Drinker” campaigns were born. He also signed the first UK trading agreements with Pizza Hut and TGI Friday.

In 1985, he moved to Saatchi & Saatchi, working with the company's founders as Executive Chairman of all communication companies worldwide. In 1988 he was invited to set up British Satellite Broadcasting, which he ran for four years until its merger with Rupert Murdoch’s Sky.

Since 1992, he has pursued a non-executive director career with a wide variety of companies, over a dozen, sometimes as Director, sometimes as Chairman.

His pro-bono charity work has been as diverse as setting up The Macmillan Nurse Appeal, a trustee of the ICA and mentoring the Governor of HMP Brixton.

He has chaired D&AD since 1993.

Treasurer
Bruce Gray
Bruce Gray is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and currently a member of its national governing Council. He has twice been president of the Croydon & District Society of Chartered Accountants. He is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Over many years he has lectured on accounting, auditing and taxation topics for the ICAEW and other bodies.

Apart from three and a half years with a public company, he has spent the whole of his professional life in public practice. Over the last sixteen years, Mr. Gray has operated as a sole practioner providing general financial and taxation services to a wide range of clients from large private companies to partnerships, sole traders and individuals.

Mr. Gray recently retired after twenty two years as a Trustee and Treasurer of Breast Cancer Care, a substantial national charity which provides practical and emotional support to women who have, or fear they may have, breast cancer and also to their family and friends. He was also a trustee of The Industrial Careers Foundation, a charity which promotes an understanding of industry and management to schools – in particular sixth formers, for sixteen years. In addition, he was a governer of St. Teresa’s School at Effingham for two years with particular responsibility for financial matters.

His interests include golf, theatre, food, travel and wine. He is married to Sue and they have four children, all of whom are happily gainfully employed.