Tag Archives: David Droga

David Droga (below) has been annointed as the new CEO (and creative chairman, of course) of Accenture Interactive, the consultancy-owned marcoms group that acquired D5 in 2019. He succeeds Brian Whipple who’s retiring. The move is, presumably, a sign that ...

David Droga was the youngest recipient of the Cannes Lion of St Mark award – honouring top creatives. Lots of interesting stuff here. Here’s an excerpt with Dave, as he was then, describing the first commercial he worked on aged ...

David Droga is this year’s choice as Lion of St Mark, the Cannes International Festival of Creativity’s lifetime achievement award. Droga’s Droga5 is Cannes’ currently independent agency of the year and, in his time, Droga has won buckets of lions ...

This isn’t just a case of being wise after the event but I’ve had a feeling that Droga5 wasn’t an entirely happy ship ever since the sale of a 49 per cent stake to William Morris Entertainment (WME) a couple ...

Droga5 has promoted New York CEO Sarah Thompson to global CEO, which means she’ll also be overseeing the agency’s operations in Sydney (big) and London (not nearly as big as they’d like it to be). CSO Jonny Bauer has also ...

What ails Droga5 in London? It’s arguably the sexiest agency in the world, with founder David Droga the guy everybody wants to hear from and a big new a new investment/partnership with Hollywood talent agency WME. So Droga is where ...

Cannes 2014: The Cannes speaker line-up this past week has been staggering. The sublime to the ridiculous. We’ve had actors, musicians, activists, scientists, business leaders, tech pioneers and Kanye West. But sometimes what you really want is to just hear ...

Cannes 2014: There are some that would argue the Cannes festival is nothing more than a money making exercise, while others see it as a showcase of inspirational ideas to lift the industry to new heights. For those who fall ...

***We’re still waiting for the Film Lions from Cannes plus some other categories including Titanium (can never remember what that is) and Branded Content. I have a feeling that Volvo’s ‘Epic Splits,’ the Film GP favourite, might be confounded. Some ...