New D&AD deputy president revealed

New D&AD deputy president, Paul Brazier

Brazier began his career at Cogents before moving to WCRS to work on BMW and Carling Black Label. Then, in 1991, David Abbott lured him to AMV. Over the years he's won countless awards, including six D&AD Pencils and a dozen One Shows. He's won the top prize at Cannes both as a creative and as a creative director.

The D&AD executive committee is made up of members who are leading representatives from the creative community who have been elected by the membership. The executive oversee the affairs and set the objectives of the organisation. Three other members will join the executive committee, following elections in July:

• Simon Learman, joint executive creative director, McCann-Erickson London
  
• Sanky, partner/art director, AllofUs
  
• Jim Sutherland, director, Hat-trick Design Consultants

The full D&AD executive committee 2008/9

• President: Garrick Hamm, creative director, Williams Murray Hamm
  
• Deputy President: Paul Brazier, executive creative director, AMV.BBDO
  
• Rosie Arnold, creative director, Bartle Bogle Hegarty
  
• Simon Carbery, creative consultant
  
• Sebastian Conran, creative director, Conran & Partners
  
• Brett Foraker, creative director, Channel 4
  
• Brian Jensen, head of experience planning, OgilvyOne Worldwide
  
• Simon Learman, joint executive creative director, McCann-Erickson London
  
• Jeremy Leslie, group creative director, John Brown Citrus Publishing
  
• Professor Tim Molloy, head of strategic design, Science Museum
  
• Steve Mykolyn, VP, design & interactive, TAXI
  
• Greg Quinton, creative director, The Partners
  
• Sanky, partner/art director, AllofUs
  
• Jane Scherbaum, design manager, The Victoria & Albert Museum
  
• Professor Penny Sparke, pro-vice chancellor, Kingston University
  
• Jim Sutherland, director, Hat-trick Design Consultants

The following executive members will step down, having completed their three-year term:

• Simon Waterfall, creative director, Poke
  
• Paul Belford, art director, This Is Real Art
  
• Dinah Casson, partner, Casson Mann
  
• Roger Kennedy, creative director advertising & design EMEA, Saatchi & Saatchi London
  
• Al Young, joint creative Director, St Luke's Communications

For more, go to www.dandad.org/about/executive.html.