Tom Dery has decided to step down from the position he has held since 2008 – worldwide chairman of M&C Saatchi Network.
He will remain chairman of M&C Saatchi Australia, which he founded in 1995, shortly after the Saatchi brothers established their agency in London.
Dery was also executive chairman of M&C Saatchi Asia Pacific from 1995 – 2008, so he has been a key player in M&C’s growth. He founded the Australian, Asian and West Coast US businesses.
Tom Dery
Maurice Saatchi, M&C Saatchi co-founder commented, “Tom Dery is a legend in advertising and deservedly so. He is the creator of many highly successful and respected companies in our network. We are proud and privileged to have shared in his historic personal achievements.”
Dery commented, “I’m delighted to be continuing to work with the Australian business and doing everything I can to assist Jaimes Leggett and his management team. The past nine years as Worldwide Chairman and thirteen years as Chairman of Asia Pacific have allowed me to establish and nurture some very dear relationships with our clients and people.”
As worldwide chairman, Dery has been a major force behind M&C’s successful marriages of business and not-for-profit causes. As a chairman of the Australian Cancer Research Foundation, the nation’s leading body that raises funds to fight cancer, Dery helped its total grants funding to reach $103.9m in 2014. He also played an integral role in launching M&C’s striking campaign for ACRF on World Cancer Day.
This year, he also spearheaded the global launch of AIME Mentoring.
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Dery was a founding partner of The Campaign Palace, chairman and founder of Whybin Dery &Barnes (precursor to TBWA in Australia) and managing director of DDB Melbourne before he joined M&C Saatchi as executive chairman, Asia Pacific.
Prior to joining adland, he was a client. He was general manager, commercial of Ansett and cut his teeth at Qantas, working his way up from commercial trainee to market research manager.
In 2015, Dery was one of only 30 Fellows globally selected for the highly prestigious Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. The same year, he became an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday honours list.
Dery will continue working out of the M&C Saatchi Sydney office.
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