Grant Millar

Grant joined ZenithOptimedia Group as UK CEO in January this year. As part of his role leading the agency, Grant is responsible for driving business growth and reinforcing the agency’s integrated approach for clients.

Prior to joining ZenithOptimedia, Grant helped to run the Carat global network for two years (part of Dentsu Aegis Media) as Brand Director & President of Global Clients (overseeing brands including Mondelez and MasterCard), helping the network achieve Campaign’s Network of the Year and win giant global accounts.

Grant originally joined the Dentsu Aegis Network as MD of Vizeum UK in 2005. Across seven years in this role he doubled agency revenues, tripled profits & transformed the business into a formidable new business agency that outpunched its weight & carved out a strong identity for innovation. Clients at this time included Coca-Cola, BMW, IKEA & 20th Century Fox.

More distantly he was Head of Planning and Media at BT, where he helped to launch Broadband in the UK, the first-ever client-side Face to Watch in Campaign Magazine and was recognised as a Marketer of the Year from a field of hundreds.