Chris Brown

Chris Brown serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of DDB New York, joining in September 2014. Brown brings to his new position 17 years of experience with DDB Worldwide, both in the UK and Australia. He was promoted to Chief Executive Officer of DDB Group Australia in 2012, after serving as Group Managing Director of DDB Sydney from 2007 to 2012.

Under his leadership, Brown created a nationally integrated offering centered around creativity, data and technology, effectively merging DDB Sydney and DDB Melbourne to form DDB Group Australia. The Group went on to win numerous accolades including Agency of the Year, PR Agency of the Year, Experiential Agency of the Year, Ad of the Year, Campaign of the Year and Best in Show at the IAB awards. In 2012, the agency won the prestigious Spikes Agency of the Year honor for Asia Pacific.