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About Matt Buchanan
I'm an inspirational agency leader, mentor and communicator with 20+ years strategic communications experience spanning consumer brands, technology, travel and healthcare sectors. I am passionate about the role earned communications can play in delivering real business impact and growth. Demonstrated and award-winning strategic focus combined with commitment to flawless, high impact execution across some of the world's biggest brands. I am creative, energetic, highly personable and collaborative with a true commitment to creativity and quality from strategic inception to delivery and measurement. A recognised industry leader and regular awards judge, I have been a juror for the Cannes PR Lions.
Matt Buchanan Work Experience Details
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Chief Operating Officer, EmeaBursonUnited Kingdom -
Global & Emea President, Ogilvy PrOgilvy Nov 2023 - PresentNew York, Ny, UsI was promoted into this role in November 2023. As EMEA President I oversee the Ogilvy PR business in the region and focus on our go-to-market and integrated creative capability across PR, Influence and Social. As Global President, I continue to drive our earned-first integrated consumer PR offer across all Ogilvy markets, along with leading key global clients including The Coca-Cola Company (WPP Open X Global Brand PR lead), Bacardi Group, TKMaxx, L'Oréal and Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture & Tourism. -
Global Head Of Consumer PrOgilvy Apr 2021 - Nov 2023New York, Ny, UsIn 2021, I was promoted to Ogilvy’s Global Head of Consumer PR where I lead consumer brand communications globally – evolving the go-to-market strategy, driving innovation, enhancing capability and overseeing multi-market consumer brand business.I report to Ogilvy PR’s Global CEO, Julianna Richter and sit on the agency’s executive leadership team.In addition to my Ogilvy role, I am the Global Brand PR Lead for OpenX - WPP's bespoke agency dedicated to Coca-Cola globally.
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Managing Director - Ogilvy PrOgilvy Mar 2019 - Apr 2021New York, Ny, UsI led Ogilvy UK's PR capability, a team of 100+ PR and Influence specialists.Clients include Bacardi Group, Boots, Google, TK Maxx, J&J, Nestlé and HBSC. A key part of this role was integration with the wider Ogilvy UK agency from advertising, brand and content to customer experience.
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Board MemberPrca Jan 2020 - PresentLondon, GbI represent Ogilvy on the board of PRCA - the world’s largest and most influential PR professional body - challenging, supporting, and raising standards. -
Managing Director (Uk)One Green Bean Jan 2015 - Apr 2019The Rocks, New South Wales, AuOne Green Bean is a multi award-winning agency with a simple ambition - to be brilliant at helping brands engage audiences through big integrated thinking and ideas, not big media spends.As one of the founding UK partners, I launched the London business in January 2015 (having been MD of One Green Bean Australia) and grew it to a team of 30 Beans. OGB is part of the Havas Group, based at the unique Havas Village in London.Clients won included Sky, Virgin Holidays, Virgin Atlantic, Costa Coffee, Molson Coors, DEFRA and The Body Shop. I built a multi-skilled team that included people from PR, social media, technology, editorial, content makers and design to help us do this. Good people, who genuinely care and go above and beyond every day.www.onegreenbean.com -
Managing Director (Australia)One Green Bean May 2012 - Jan 2015The Rocks, New South Wales, AuOne Green Bean is one of Australia's leading consumer PR and social/digital agency. I was Managing Director of the award-winning Australian business before moving back to the UK to launch and run the UK business in January 2015. In my time at One Green Bean Sydney, the agency continued to grow and dominate the Australian communications landscape. Responsible for the agency's P&L, new business, operations and leading One Green Bean's multi-skilled client teams - ensuring we help our clients find genuinely interesting and creative ways to tell their brand story. With a strong background in integration. I also oversee key inter-agency relationships to ensure seamless collaboration and an integrated approach.Clients included Woolworths, Commonwealth Bank, Toyota, Westfield, Coca-Cola, Virgin Mobile, Weight Watchers, LEGO and Mondelez.We won an array of awards for our work, including four Cannes Lions.www.onegreenbean.com.
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Managing Director (Pulse)Ogilvy Australia Aug 2010 - Jun 2012Sydney, New South Wales(Nsw), AuI moved from the UK to Sydney in 2010 to take up the Managing Director position at Pulse Communications.Pulse is the consumer brands agency within Ogilvy PR Australia.Clients included Tourism Australia, Telstra, Ford, Canon, Carnival Cruise Lines and Nestlè Australia. -
Board Director / Head Of Consumer BrandsRed Consultancy Sep 2006 - Aug 2010London, GbRed is one of the UK's leading and most respected PR agencies employing 130+ of the best PR people in the country - ranked second in top 100 consumer agencies in 2009. Red combine original thinking and award-winning creativity to change perceptions, raise awareness and generate belief. At Red, I headed the agency's Consumer Brands division. I was responsible for new business, operations and overall client relationship and was the creative/strategic lead for some of the agency's key clients including Samsung, Molson Coors (Grolsch, Coors Light, Cobra, Specialty Brands and Innovation), Pfizer (Viagra and Champix brands across Europe and UK), Cadbury, Habitat (retail).I also ran 360 degree communication campaigns for B&Q (retail), MySpace and The AA. -
Director - ConsumerLexis Agency Dec 2004 - Nov 2006London, GbAt Lexis, I headed up some of the agencies key consumer clients and helped grow the consumer division both organically and with new business wins. My clients included Coca-Cola (Global and UK work for diet Coke, Coke Zero), Aviva (home, motor, life, healthcare), Gumtree and eBay. During my time at Lexis I also worked on insurance brand esure (PR Week Award wining campaign) and Vauxhall Motors. I sat on the Lexis board and helped run the division operationally (staffing, HR etc) over the three years I spent at the agency. -
Account Manager To Associate Director, LondonBell Pottinger Jan 1999 - Dec 2004London, Greater London, GbStarted working with QBO in 1999 and promoted over the six years to Associate Director. A real mix of clients over the years including The Body Shop (Global and UK), Norwich Union, Royal Mail, Virgin Group (Virgin Money and Holidays), The Co-operative Group (supermarket and bank) and Equal Opportunities Commission. -
Campaign ManagerTelstra Jan 1996 - Dec 1998Sydney, Nsw, AuTelstra is Australia’s leading telecommunications provider. As Campaign Manager (on secondment), I implemented a series of media relations campaigns, sponsorships, partnerships and media contact programmes to build Telstra’s profile as a corporate citizen. -
Account ExecutiveHill+Knowlton Strategies Dec 1993 - Jan 1996New York, UsA graduate at H+K, this role gave me a real flavour for PR and agency life. Mix of consumer and corporate work for BMW Australia, Kraft and Department for Education.
Matt Buchanan Education Details
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Rmit UniversityPublic Relations/Politics
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