Campaign Brief salutes The Royal Family – Don’t miss the big farewell bash in Melbourne today
UPDATED – Up until a decade ago – some say a tad longer – if you were a part of The Campaign Palace family, you were considered Royalty – the best of the best.
Over the next week until the big Palace farewell bash in Melbourne TODAY Friday 13th July, Campaign Brief – with your help – will list all the big guns (creatives, suits, planners, producers) who played a part in the making of The Palace – in both Melbourne and Sydney – Australia’s greatest creative agency of all-time.
Please email us any of the many names we’ve missed (or add them in the Comments below) – and also info on where they are now. So by next Friday we should have a right royal definitive list.
The Kings:
Gordon Trembath
Director, Serious Fun Brands, Melbourne
Lionel Hunt
Retired, Palm Beach
Ron Mather
Creative Partner, It’s The Thought That Counts, Melbourne
Jack Vaughan
Owner, Jack Vaughan Creative Services, Sydney
Scott Whybin
Chairman, Whybin\TBWA Australia + NZ, Melbourne
The Princes:
Bruce Baldwin
Creative Director, Whybin\TBWA, Melbourne
Warren Brown
Creative Partner, BMF Australia, Sydney
Reg Bryson
Owner, Brand Council, Sydney
Terry Bunton
Owner, Dive Hotel, Coogee
Simon Collins
Creative Director, Quorum Advertising, New York
Chris Dewey
Creative Director, The Shannon Company, Melbourne
Terry Durack
Restaurant Critic, London and Sydney
Paul Fishlock
Owner, Behaviour Change Partners, Sydney
Mick Hunter
Creative Partner, Grown-ups, Sydney
Bob Isherwood
Adjunct Professor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville
Ian Morton
Creative Consultant, Sydney
Rocky Ranallo
Creative Director, BWM, Sydney
Grahame Smith
Creative Partner, Smith&Watson, Sydney
Des Speakman
CEO, Whybin\TBWA Australia, Melbourne
Tony Stewart
CEO, GoodStuff Brand Makers, Sydney
Rob Tomnay
Retired, Sydney
John Turnbull
Deceased
Ian Watson
Owner, Elementary Watson, Sydney
James Woollett
Creative Consultant, Melbourne
The Dukes and Duchesses:
Sarah Barclay
Executive Creative Director, JWT New York
Christine Barnes
Partner, It’s The Thought That Counts, Melbourne
Doug Byrnes
Principal, The Creative Store, Melbourne
Sue Carey
Creative Consultant, Sydney
Greg Daniel
Executive Chairman, Spin Communications, Sydney
Richard Dearing
Retired, Bowral
Tom Dery
Worldwide Chairman, M&C Saatchi, Sydney
Chez Gough
Ted Horton
Owner, Big Red, Melbourne
Michael Linke
Owner, MILK Creative Consultancy, Singapore
Sandy Lodico
Deceased
Peter Kirwan
Senior Art Director, Whybin\TBWA, Melbourne
Mark Mackay
Advisory Board Member, The Ministry of Food Australia
Mara Marich
Co-executive producer, Late Night Republic, Houston
Rodd Martin
Director, Vital Signs Productions, Sydney
John McCabe
Owner, Einstein’s Hairdresser, Auckland
Matthew Melhuish
CEO, Enero Group, Sydney
Craig ‘Moose’ Moore
Creative Director, One For All, Sydney
Andrew North
CEO, Plumb Source, Melbourne
Bart Pavlovich
Creative Director, B.ART Direction, Sydney
Philip Putnam
Owner, Me Myself and I, Sydney
Jeff Reeves
Ivan Robinson
Deceased
David Rollins
Novelist, Sydney
Danny Searle
Chairman/Chief Creative Officer, BBDO Asia, Singapore
Michael Syme
Art Director, Whybin\TBWA, Melbourne
Rudi Vranken
Senior Art Director, Saatchi & Saatchi, Sydney
Andrew West
The Barons and Baronesses:
Sean Adams
Susi Ainger
Liz Ainslie
Business Director, Droga5, Sydney
Monty Arnhold
Retired, Melbourne
Georgia Arnott
Creative Director, Banjo, Sydney
John Baldwin
Ian Barnes
Owner, Free Range Creative, Singapore
Peter Barry
Creative Consultant + author, Melbourne
Amanda Berry
George Betsis
Creative Director, VCD Creativity + Change
Bea BisitsChrissie Blackburn
Global Strategy Partner – Head of Brand Strategy, The Leading Edge, Sydney
Mike Boswell
Creative Consultant, Sydney
Susie Brown
Jon Burden
Senior Creative, Saatchi & Saatchi, Sydney
Andy Bryant
Jane Caro
Owner, Jara Consulting, Sydney
Alison Chambers
Reed Collins
Creative Director, JWT Sydney
Angela Cotter
Ben Court
Courtney Curtis
Barry Davis
Jacqui Dolan
Jonathan Drapes
Creative Director, Junior, Brisbane
Wendy (Wiz) Duncan
Nicky Dykes
Millie Evans
Lindsey Evans
Genera Manager Marketing, Pacific Brands
Glenda Ferguson
Sasha Firth
Genera Manager, Iris, Sydney
Simon Fitch
Genera Manager, Bang, Sydney
Fergus Fleming
Creative Consultant, London
Kay Ford
Donna Frost
Justine Gallacher
Creative Director, Whybin\TBWA, Melbourne
Bobbi Gassy
Creative Director, Icon, Nairobi
Margot Ger
Randall Glennon
General Manager, Grey, Melbourne
Sunita Gloster
Kare Godsell
Independent Producer, Sydney
Sally Grebe
Ben Green
Creative Director, Marketforce, Perth
Richard Grisdale
Creative Consultant, Cheshire
Paul Hackett
Tony Hale
CEO, The Newspaper Works, Sydney
Tim Hall
Creative Consultant, Brisbane
Tony Hall
Paul Hankinson
Creative Consultant, Auckland
Derek Hansen
Novelist, Avalon
Dave Hartman
Planner, BMF Sydney
Dennis Hearfield
Creative Consultant, Wellington
John Henderson
Scott Henderson
Creative Director, Y&R Wellington
Greg Hyslop
Print Production Manager, Telstra, Sydney
Cameron Hoelter
Creative Director, DDB Sydney
Dean Hunt
Senior Writer, BMF Sydney
Laurie Ingram
Rod James
Head of TV, M&C Saatchi, Sydney
Meredyth Judd
TV producer, Banjo, Sydney
David Judge
Rachel Kelly
Production Manager, Cubed, Melbourne
Alma Kettles
John Lamana
Connie Lane
Director, Louey & Lane Gallery, Melbourne
Tony Langmead
Tony Leishman
Creative Consultant, Melbourne
Drew Lees
Owner, Drew Lees Communications, Melbourne
Pat Lennox
Creative Director, Marketforce, Perth
Craig Love
Regional Creative Director, Y&R Hong Kong
Rosemary Marks
Michelle Marks
Head of Client Services, Red Bee Media, London
Chris Martin-Murphy
Owner, Interface Research & Strategy, Sydney
Wayne Maule
Deceased
Todd McCracken
ECD, Ogilvy & Mather, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Grahame McDonough
Stephen McLardie
Strategic Business Director, DraftFCB, Melbourne
Lois McKenzie
Independent Producer, Sydney
Kevin Meir
Lynn Minahan
Troy Moloney
Kristian Molloy
Creative Partner, JaM, Sydney
Graeme Moran
Reg Moses
President/CEO, APRAIS Asia-Pacifc, Sydney
Sue Newton
Fiona Parker
Janis Peterson
Lynne Phillips
James Poulos
Yanni Pountartzis
Creative Consultant, Sydney
Susie Preswell
Sophie Price
Planning Director, The Monkeys, Sydney
Richard Purdy
CFO, Colman Rasic, Sydney
Chris Rankine
Lindsey Redding
Street Remley
Owner, Streetnoise, Adelaide
Siimon Reynolds
Executive Chairman, OHKI, Los Angeles
Suzy (Bunty) Harris Rowland
Paul Sadgrove
Todd Sampson
CEO, Leo Burnett Sydney
Mark Sareff
Sion Scott-Wilson
Carol Shepherd
Deceased
James Sheffield
Amanda Slatyer
Rebecca Stambanis
Global Planning Director Nike, Wieden + Kennedy, Portland
Brett (Bob) Stewart
Jo Swan
Chris Swift
Dean Taylor
Partner, Contagion, Auckland
Michele Teague
General Manager Marketing, Metcash Food and Grocery, Sydney
Peter Tehan
Jonathan Teo
Travelling
Kim Terakes
Director, Kim Terekes Communications, Sydney
Dean Thomas
Peter Tien
Peter Timms
Andrew Town
Cathie Tulloch
David ‘Devo’ Walden
CEO, Whybin\TBWA New Zealand
Peter White
Rob Willett
Managing Partner, One For All, Sydney
Jodi Williams
Jo Yenken
Malcolm Young
55 Comments
What about all the illegitimate children?
Aaron Lipson
Grahame McDonough
Kim Terakas
Bobby Gassy
I think John Turnbull deserves elevation. Even if it’s only for No Knickers. He was truly gifted and died way too young.
Garret Fitzgerald
Monty Arnold.
Ask Monty!
How come Scott is a king?
A rocky but no Moose?
Major oversite..surely Courty should be a king!
Agree. John Turbull was an extraordinary talent and embodied what The Palace was all about. He deserves to be up there.
Pretty epic list.
When’s the coffee table book launch Lynchy?
Princesses (or Queens in my book) Alison Chambers and Jane Poulos (McDermott).
Quite surprised Reg isn’t much higher on the list.
Princes: Barry Davis. Brett (bob) Stewart.
Princesses; Suzy (bunty) Harris Rowland. Susie brown. Susi Ainger. Jo yenken. Wendy (wiz) Duncan. Lynn minahan.
Doug Byrnes, Todd McCracken and Craig Love. Doug did some great work with Tim Hall and was CD for a while.
Scott is a king because he was as influential as any CD the Palace ever had. the work speaks for itself – and he did it having to walk in the footsteps of Lionel, Gordon, Jack and Ron.
Reg is not a king because planning,even his, was never as important to the Palace’s success as the creative.
It would be great if you could show an archive of all the work.
Starting from the first ad.
Donna, you forgot the other princess, David Judge
Sean Adams, Susie Preswell, Nicky Dykes, Fiona Parker, Sunita Gloster
Lets do a where are they now?
Yanni Pounartzis
Dean Hunt
The cut-off point was about 1995.
Many creative legends here, what tip could we all learn from to make our agencies as great as this?
The biggest gentleman of all Mr Ivan Robinson. I still think of him every day and miss he’s special humor. Always in our hearts is where he is now.
That’s not a real pic of Jack – if it was the vino would be Lambrusco!!
@ The Awful Truth
What a stupid thing to say!
Street Remley, even though freelance, created most of the wonderful award winning Radio commercials during the Palace early years.
And don’t forget Glenda Ferguson and Jo Swan, the first of a long line of Producers…
Justine Gallacher
Whybin TBWA, Melbourne
Jodie Williams
Art Director
Ian Barnes
Free Range Creative, Singapore
Jack Geddes
Mark Sareff,one of the great planners.
And the beautiful unforgettable Head of Wireless – Carol S. RIP Carol – what a sad day it was when you passed away
What about ME…yes ME ME ME…Yeah…forgot about ME didn’t you….bastards.
Pete White,Andy Bryant,Angela Cotter,Alma Kettles,Courtney Curtis.All great!
What about that champion bloke Tony Hall?? Only there for 20 years!!
Yeah, Tommy Nails!
Hey, what about Tony Langmead’s grumpy brother!
Why not just create a category for people who weren’t in the ‘cool clique’ and call it Court Jesters?
The list has grown to include some from the past decade.
If a role call, there are still some truly dedicated people from both offices missing.
I’m not sure what this list is about now. It started as a list of people, to quote the article, “who played a part in the making of The Palace – in both Melbourne and Sydney – Australia’s greatest creative agency of all-time.”
Since it’s widely accepted that The Palace hasn’t been a great agency for some time, I’m wondering why some of the names are on that list? I’m sure they’re all nice people and all can do great work on their day, but now it seems that this is simply a list of people who have worked at The Palace, regardless of the quality of the work they did while there.
Wow Rhys, it’d be interesting to watch you at a funeral.
You’d ask all the mourners how long they were friends with the deceased? If they had been friends for under 10 years, you’d ask them to leave.
The only Baron is Benjamin Baron Hunt
He also ticks the box marked ‘legitimate children’.
Ben Hunt
World’s best selling writer, ECD and Bobby Gassy’s fluffer – Nairobi
I mean if it’s a family affair, why not invite Abby too?
Katie Ball?
Saving one of the best till last TROY.Twenty years at The Palace Melbourne.Print production manager and champion of great work.Thanks TROY.
Gilly Crawford
Peter Tehan
Tony McKay
3 Senior suits from melbourne right through the 90’s
Randal Glennon (AFL Holeproof etc)
Pete Tehan (ANZ bank etc)
Stephen McLardie (Target, adidas etc)
Nigel Morris
Geoff Reid
John Koay!
I second Mark Sareff. Best planner I ever worked with ( first at JWT, then at Palace).
Rita Worling
Sasha Wood
Melissa Beaumont
Megan Waine
Kerrie Liddle
Nicole Webster
Kelly Robinson Hicks
tony hall you da man!
Dub thee is perhaps more worthy of the title Court Jester. !
Just saw Monty on Hot Seat Millionaire. Can someone pass on our email address to him. He is a blast from the past to us and we would really love to talk with him again.
Nick George, an overpaid creative import from London who didn’t last more than a year at the Sydney Palace, but won an international gold award in London for the Taronga Zoo Giant Panda tvc (directed by Jon Kratovil), during that time. George shared an office with Linke.
Apparently this bloke started the first British meat pie bakery in Tokyo, and became very successful at it, and enjoys creating a product that people actually want to spend their money on, and time with.
Unlike ads.
Christ, pass a bucket.
Like Everest, the real who’s who relates to how early you were there.
That’s the first and last post I’ll ever make to an Advertising magazine.
Brett Glover …dub room DJ