FOUNDERS

ANDREW DOWLING

TOM ORMES

ANZ LEADERSHIP

NEALE HORRIGAN

PAUL COLES

ASIA LEADERSHIP

PARTNER & EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR

PARTNER & MANAGING DIRECTOR

After a decade, Beer left Thailand with a suitcase packed with Thai humor, and he spent the following decade leading the team and combining his Thai flair with global expertise across Asia. This won him hearts, minds, and businesses for brands such as adidas, Red Bull, Land Rover, Guinness, Tiger Beer, Nintendo Switch, P&G, and others, earning him over 50 global awards. Now, he has decided to get a new suitcase, hoping to fill it with even more valuable experiences as he collaborates with like-minded individuals at DO.ASIA.

Simon is the product of two decades of marketing, agency and digital experience fuelled by a lifelong obsession with big ideas. From the Spirit Of Hong Kong at Cathay Pacific to highly impactful integrated campaigns at Ogilvy, DDB and FCB. From there, digital reinvention and experience design at IBM iX and Cognizant, his work fuses strategy, creativity and tech — turning complex business problems into bold, human-first content and experiences.
Simon has led teams of five to five hundred, launched new products, a start-up or two and reimagined campaigns and digital journeys for telco, auto, public sector, financial services and FMCG.
Always on the move, Simon collects licences like others collect sneakers — car, motorcycle, pilot, boat, and coming next, heavy goods vehicle.
He doesn’t just make ideas work. He makes them matter — and ensures they get there fast.

JUSTIN CONLEY

PARTNER & GENERAL MANAGER DO.JPN

Justin began his career in the entertainment industry, working both in front of and behind the camera. His journey took him through New York City, Dublin, Toronto, and Vancouver, where he honed his skills as a performer, director, and producer. After years in the creative arts, he transitioned into community building and engagement, dedicating a decade into designing purpose driven communities. Drawing on this experience, Justin moved into the brand space, helping companies deepen their relationships with their audiences by building culturally specific campaigns. He has played a key role in successfully scaling brands both in Japan and internationally.

EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Nina Taylor is a London-based Creative Director and co-founder of The Elephant Room known for her bold visual storytelling and innovative brand thinking. With a background spanning fashion, culture, and advertising, she crafts work that merges artistry with strategy. Nina leads teams to create distinctive, emotionally resonant campaigns that push creative boundaries and inspire genuine connection.

FOUNDER & GROUP CCO

FOUNDER & GROUP CEO

Tom has been working in the creative advertising industry for a loooong twenty-five years. In that time, he has lived and worked in Sydney, India, Dubai, Colombo, Singapore, New York and Amsterdam, and remembers at least 85% of it. Tom has led creative teams in most of those markets and has specialised in behavioural change campaigns across all disciplines. He has won awards at all major advertising shows, and together with Andrew Dowling founded DO. in 2016. It has been a series of highs, lows and a lot in-between ever since, just like his favourite team, the Houston Rockets.

After twenty-five years of leading Creative, PR & Digital businesses, Andrew along with his DO Co-Founder Tom Ormes decided it was time they used their experience and expertise to only benefit the clients they work for, rather than the network agencies they were previously employed by. Andrew has led teams across most categories from global FMCG, Tech Companies, Airlines, Automotive and Government Departments. Before DO, Andrew was with Y&R Group ANZ as Group Managing Director of GPY&R, VML & IdeaWorks. Andrew has worked extensively throughout Asia and Australia, leading agencies, teams and senior client relationships. Answers to Sharkie (or Bruce from Finding Nemo).

PARTNER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

OWNER & MANAGING DIRECTOR

Neale has recently relocated to DO from London where he has spent most of his creative career to date working across every different discipline on a huge range of brands, ranging from global giants to new start-ups. Before leaving London he had been Executive Creative Director at ELVIS for the last 10 years, where he played a pivotal role in scaling the agency and steering it to major creative acclaim. Under his leadership, the agency earned multiple Cannes Lions, D&AD Pencils, Clios, and Drum Grand Prix awards, alongside recognition for effectiveness and the agency’s achievement of B Corp certification.

Paul has close to twenty years’ experience in Advertising. Having started his career at Ogilvy NZ, he then shifted to Saatchi & Saatchi London to lead the Visa business across Eastern Europe and T-Mobile. After a stint at JWT London & Sydney on the HSBC Global and Nestle accounts, he then moved to Y&R Group, working across both the Y&R and VML businesses. In 2014 he was brought into M&C Saatchi to run the newly won IAG Insurance Group and travel site, Wotif.com. He later moved into a leadership role to support the growth of their retail start–up, 1440/M&C Saatchi. Before joining DO, Paul was General Manager at BMF, one of Australia’s best creative Agencies. Part of his role was also leading ALDI, who were named Effective Advertiser of the Year (3-years running) and the retail business for Audi.

SIMON LOCKYER

BEER POONNOTOK

GUADA DELOS REYES

SANDRA HSU

PARTNER & HEAD OF MEDIA

PARTNER & GENERAL MANAGER DO.PHL

Guada’s stint in digital advertising started in 2013 with ad trafficking, optimizing and client facing as a campaign manager for Google. Along with the senior team in Google UK, she pioneered migration of rich media display ads to dynamic remarketing ads.
Her experiences and people skills has built client’s trust and confidence over the years and she hopes to keep it that way for a long time. With thousands of campaign launches, she has developed extensive digital knowledge and is vital to DO. ASIA's success.
Spontaneous road trip is always a good idea on weekends but need to ensure that the destination is pet friendly as she’s not leaving her dogs behind.

Sandra started her media career as a one of the first media buyers in Mediacom Philippines when the agency won the Procter & Gamble account. Her digital media exposure kicked off when she moved to Singapore back in 2009. She took on regional roles to plan for APAC markets under OMG, Ogilvy and Upfront Media, a boutique digital media agency where she launched the Effie award winning Aviva campaign.
With over 18 years of media experience across traditional and digital media, she lives and breathes on excel. Sandra’s love of travel gives her deep insights in understanding how advertising impacts consumers across different cultures. With the combination of all of that and her strategic thinking, Sandra’s campaigns just translate to success. The success of DO. under her leadership just proves how she was able to Defy Ordinary.

UK LEADERSHIP

SHANNIE MEARS

DAN SAXBY

HEAD OF CULTURE AND COMMUNITIES