Performance powered by excellence

Philip Huzzard

With more than three decades of experience in advertising, brand strategy and agency leadership, Phil’s career has been built around helping ambitious businesses find sharper propositions, stronger ideas and more effective ways to grow. He sits on the Global Board of AMIN Worldwide, and is the co-creator of Ubiqitum, a real-time AI brand intelligence platform developed to give marketers a clearer view of brand performance as it changes.

Domenic Brasacchio

Domenic has helped shape DPR&Co’s culture, growth and commercial direction since our inception. He believes great client outcomes begin with a team that feels invested in its work, and is focused on building an environment where talented people are trusted, supported and empowered to do their best.

Domenic remains involved in DPR&Co’s major client relationships, working to shape effective strategic direction and build enduring partnerships. He is also an advocate for the ethical use of AI in strategy and creative, helping our clients be agile and gain sharper insight without compromising their brand distinctiveness.

Richard Ralphsmith

Richard has built his career around the belief that the most powerful ideas combine two vital attributes; they are sufficiently new and fresh to overcome the human brain’s capacity to ignore the familiar, and they are unassailably true so as to inspire brand trust. This passionate belief led him to play a leading role in the creation of The New Truth®, DPR&Co’s proprietary strategic ideation methodology, developed to give brands and creative work their greatest power.

Leanne O’Connor

Leanne leads DPR&Co’s client service team, bringing more than two decades of agency experience and an exceptional understanding of how strong client relationships are built. Since commencing her career in 2003, she has progressed to become a member of the DPR&Co Executive team, combining strategic counsel, commercial awareness and a commitment to ensuring clients receive the attention and thinking their businesses deserve.

Sarah Ponte

Sarah leads DPR&Co’s digital media capability, bringing together media strategy, audience insight and performance thinking to help clients maximise their return on media investment. With professional experience developed in both Australia and the UK, she joined DPR&Co in 2018, bringing with her a broad perspective on an increasingly complex media landscape, ensuring digital activity remains closely connected to wider brand, creative and business objectives.

Nicole Vile

Nicole leads DPR&Co’s financial management, bringing rigour, clarity and commercial discipline to the agency’s operations. After building her experience as part of a senior finance team at Jetstar, Nicole joined the DPR&Co leadership team in 2012, helping to shape the financial structures, reporting and controls that have supported our sustained growth, while providing the practical commercial oversight that allows teams to focus on delivering outstanding work for our clients.