Ogilvy ANZ chief creative officer departs

August 12, 2025 1:01

Ogilvy Network ANZ’s chief creative officer Toby Talbot is departing the agency this week, to find “a new challenge”.

Talbot joined Ogilvy in January 2022 as its inaugural trans-Tasman CCO. He oversaw creative teams across the business, and creative output, in both Australia and New Zealand.

During his tenure he lead initiatives including the “Return on Creativity” framework launch. Under his leadership, the agency had a “creative resurgence”, according to Reed Collins, Ogilvy APAC’s chief creative.

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Lauren McNamara

Lauren McNamara is a freelance journalist. She previously spent three years at Mumbrella, most recently as the associate editor. She left her staff role in August 2025.

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Roger 12 Aug 25

A sign of the times. Another respected and experienced CCO leaves the multinationals. The same is happening at the CEO level, as we’ve all been reading. The cost-cutting continues.

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