About
Us
We Built This Firm On Purpose.
By calling the best people we knew.
From around the globe. The ones who had already built brands, led teams, and delivered results. Then we put them in the same room. Or, rather, the same Zoom screen.
What Makes Us Different
We have built global brands.
Led agencies under real pressure.
Sat in rooms where the numbers had to work.
We understand cultural energy.
We understand revenue gravity.
We respect both.
Ignore either and things wobble.
Experience
Is Not
Nostalgia.
It's
Leverage.

Lee St. James
Chief Creative Officer
Known as SaintLee here at OG, Lee built his career at leading global agencies, including TBW\A, Grey, Publicis, and Saatchi & Saatchi, shaping brand and content platforms for some of the world’s most recognized organizations. A Cannes award-winning, multidisciplinary Creative Director, he has spent more than 20 years helping brands communicate authentically with the 50+ audience, often long before the industry recognized its importance. A born sculptor, Lee approaches ideas the same way. Starting with raw material - insight, culture, human truth - and carefully shaping it until something clear, resonant, and enduring emerges. His work with UBS, AARP, Sanofi, and GSK has given him deep understanding of what it means when consumers feel invisible, and how powerful it is when brands truly see and hear them. From strategy through execution, Lee leads cross-functional teams to deliver work that balances creative ambition with business realities, timelines, and results. Equally comfortable inside global networks and fast-moving startup environments, he embraces new technologies and evolving processes to keep ideas effective and culturally relevant. At his core, Lee believes great creative work is collaborative: aligning people, process, and purpose to create ideas that resonate long after the campaign ends.
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Sara Bamber
Leader Global Brand Strategy
Sara is a globally recognized brand strategist who has held some of the industry’s most influential leadership roles: Head of Planning at Anomaly NY, Chief Strategy Officer at FCB NYC, and Global Head of Strategy for Coca-Cola at Sapient Nitro. She has partnered with world-class brands including Mercedes-Benz, Virgin America, Coca-Cola, Glenfiddich, Absolut, The Economist, Nivea, Cunard, Wipro, and Amgen, building platforms designed to drive enduring business advantage. Her experience spans continents and categories. She has launched airlines, automobiles, cruise lines, global media brands, premium spirits, pharmaceutical innovations, and even the world’s first negative-calorie drink. She has worked shoulder-to-shoulder with C-suite leaders worldwide, served on agency management teams, and led strategy departments, mentoring and elevating the next generation of strategists. A Londoner who has spent decades in Manhattan, Sara retains her accent, her sharp wit, and her devotion to a proper cup of tea. A lifelong runner and a triplet by birth, collaboration and endurance define both her professional philosophy and her life outside the office.

Richard Bell
CEO/Strategy
A "recovering attorney", Richard brings decades of experience leading U.S. growth for multinational organizations during moments of structural change. A seasoned brand strategist, his deep experience in brand, creative, and research leadership through senior roles at some of the world’s most respected agencies and consultancies, including Omnicom (BBDO, Brighthouse, Colangelo), Kantar, and PRS IN VIVO. Ever the entrepreneur, he launched the world's first neuromarketing research firm, built Fabulous Fanny’s NYC - transforming a quirky East Village eyewear boutique into a nationally recognized vintage icon, and led the re-launch and expansion of PRS INVIVO, Americas, leading to the acquisition by Ipsos. Richard is a graduate of Emory University School of Law, served as Editor-in-Chief of a Law Review, and received his BA in Economics from Tufts University. He’s also the proud father of three, a certified yoga instructor, a daily Pilates practitioner, and living proof that healthy aging isn’t an abstract idea, but a design challenge worth taking seriously.

April Jimenez
Head of Digital Marketing Strategy
With over 20 years of strategic marketing experience, April specializes in leveraging digital channels to amplify messaging, attract new audiences, and grow market share. She has worked across a variety of industries, including CPG food and beverage, real estate, non-profit, and technology, bringing a versatile and innovative approach to marketing. Always focused on impact, April continuously explores new strategies to enhance marketing effectiveness and drive meaningful results.

Canice Neary
Co-Chief Creative Officer
Canice came of age creatively at Wieden & Kennedy before continuing his career at other legendary shops, including Element79 Partners. Across that journey, his work has been recognized by virtually every major awards body in the industry: Cannes Lions (Gold), D&AD, One Show, Effies, New York Festivals, among others. His career has taken him around the world, collaborating with world-class athletes, celebrities, and cultural institutions - often in places he never would have seen on his own dime. Along the way, he’s helped shape brands that sit squarely at the intersection of culture and commerce, including Nike, ESPN, Eddie Bauer, Quaker Oats, Gatorade, Propel, Tropicana, La Quinta Hotels, Supercuts, and multiple major healthcare systems - including ten years with Northwestern Medicine. If you’ve watched baseball at any point over the last quarter century and heard an announcer declare, “Chicks dig the long ball,” you’ve experienced Canice’s work firsthand. He wrote that line. He does not receive residuals. And, he insists he’s not bitter.

Matt Thornhill
President/Author
Matt began his career at Ogilvy, grounding his strategic instincts inside one of the world’s most respected agency networks. He later built and led the Interactive Department at The Martin Agency, shaping its early digital capabilities when “interactive” was still an emerging frontier. That blend of classic brand rigor and forward-looking innovation continues to define his work. When it comes to understanding the 50-plus consumer, Matt quite literally wrote the book, "The Boomer Consumer". As Founder and President of the Boomer Project and author on the boomer demographic, he has become one of the foremost authorities on the longevity economy. For decades he has advised Fortune 500 companies and growth brands across financial services, healthcare, CPG, travel, housing, and technology, translating demographic reality into sustained competitive advantage. Matt combines proprietary research with sharp commercial strategy, leading national studies on aging, retirement, healthcare decisions, and financial behavior. He has consistently reframed the 50 plus audience from overlooked segment to economic powerhouse. A sought after keynote speaker, he challenges marketers to confront youth bias and recognize where wealth, loyalty, and influence truly reside. His belief is unequivocal. The 50 plus market is not niche. It is the center of economic gravity, and brands that fail to see it are leaving serious growth on the table.

Jessika Janene
Creative Director/Art
With more than 25 years in advertising and branding, Jessika has shaped bold, growth-driving ideas at respected agencies and studios including MARC USA and Smith Brothers Agency, leading creative for brands that demand both cultural sensitivity and measurable results. She has delivered high-impact work for institutions such as The New York Philharmonic, UPMC Health Plan, and The Andy Warhol Museum - blending artistic vision with strategic precision to create campaigns that resonate deeply and perform decisively. Her work has earned Gold and Silver Healthcare Advertising Awards, multiple ADDYs, and a reputation as a trusted creative partner who elevates both brands and the teams behind them. Known for crafting powerful narrative platforms, Jessika builds ideas that don’t just capture attention, they shift perception. As a proud transgender woman, she brings authenticity, empathy, and cultural fluency to her leadership, championing inclusive storytelling and meaningful representation in marketing.

Simon Derungs
Principal, European
Market Development
Simon has built his career inside some of London’s most formidable creative agencies, including Gold Greenlees Trott, M&C Saatchi, Publicis, and McCann, shaping bold, business-driving ideas for global brands. He later brought that expertise client-side as Head of Marketing at BT plc, gaining firsthand experience in aligning creative ambition with boardroom accountability, a rare dual perspective that sharpens everything he does. Across domestic and international markets, Simon has led high-profile campaigns for iconic brands including Foster's, Cadbury, and UBS, helping transform brand perception and commercial performance. His work is defined by big ideas, disciplined execution, and a relentless focus on impact. An unapologetic adman at heart, Simon believes creativity should move markets, not just win meetings. He is also a vocal advocate for the vast, often-ignored power of the gray market, convinced that brands overlooking it are leaving serious growth on the table.
Canice Neary
Co-Chief Creative Officer
William Shatner joins Openly Gray as Chairman not as a symbol, but as proof. For more than seven decades, he has defied the cultural script around aging. From Captain James T. Kirk on Star Trek to a career spanning television, film, music, and writing, Shatner has remained active, visible, and relevant across generations. At 90, he became the oldest person to travel to space. His recent Super Bowl appearance for Kellogg’s Fiber sent the same signal: longevity is not retreat — it is presence. Shatner embodies Openly Gray’s belief that aging is expansion — perspective, authority, and earned confidence. As Chairman, he brings lived credibility to a movement determined to replace age bias with ownership. Few leaders represent that conviction more clearly than William Shatner.

LeeDavis
Leader Global Account Managment
Over the course of his career, Lee has led from every side of the table: agency, consultancy, and Fortune 500 brand. As VP of Integrated Marketing Communications at Johnson & Johnson, he drove the globalization and modernization of marketing strategy, content, media, and agency partnerships for its Consumer Brands portfolio. As Managing Director at Dunn&Co. and previously EVP, Managing Director at Riney, he led agency growth, culture, and client transformation. Earlier, Lee spent nearly a decade at Wieden+Kennedy stewarding iconic brands including Nike, Coca-Cola, Heineken, and Delta Air Lines — shaping work that defined categories, not just campaigns. At Openly Gray, Lee leads our partner relationships, ensuring collaboration and transparency from the foundation. Across every chapter, his thesis has remained consistent: brands outperform when they articulate a distinct point of view and embed it into everything — strategy, operations, culture, and communications.

Anne WebsterAssociate Creative Director/Copy
With more than 30 years in the business, Anne has built her craft at some of the industry’s most respected agencies, including FCB Global and Leo Burnett, shaping ideas that marry strategic rigor with fearless clarity. She has led creative for global brands such as McDonald's, Boeing, Kellogg's, and Costco, while also developing standout work for regional leaders across healthcare, hospitality, education, and real estate. Anne relishes digging deep into a product or service to uncover provocative, differentiating ways to talk about it. Her work has earned recognition at Cannes Lions, London International Awards, the ADDYs, the Effies, and the Radio Mercury Awards - a testament to ideas that not only resonate creatively, but perform commercially.

Tim Love
Chief OG/Truth Seeker
Advertising legend, scholar, and media personality Tim Love has done it all. He is former Vice-Chairman of Omnicom Group, award-winning author of “The Book That Gets Better With Age,” and noted lecturer of marketing at institutions such as Oxford University (UK), Harvard, Yale, Columbia, UCLA, and Syracuse Newhouse. During his 50-plus years in the advertising industry, Tim led the charge for global insight and collaboration, on behalf of clients such as Procter & Gamble, Nissan and Infiniti Motors, Mars, Johnson & Johnson, PepsiCo, UBS, Kraft, Philips, Unilever, and Apple. He has lived and worked in Tokyo, Singapore, Brussels, and New York obtaining first-hand experience with consumers in over 120 countries. Tim was a founding member and first Chairman of the American Federation of Advertisers (AAF) Multicultural Advertising Internship Program in 1973.
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At this stage of life, we stop letting others define us.
Yes, time passed. We grew older. Our hair turned gray — or disappeared entirely. That was never the point.
The point is this: we are not finished.
The Openly Gray Movement begins here — reshaping how the world sees aging, and how we see ourselves. It starts with a simple truth: growing older is not something to hide. It’s something to claim.
For too long, culture has worshipped youth and treated age like a flaw. That narrative is wrong. Longevity is a gift. Every line on our face is proof we were here, that we tried, that we endured.
Our years do not define our limits. Our mindset does.
Openly Gray means we are at ease in our own skin — however it looks. We are still building, still dreaming, still contributing. We carry wisdom, resilience, and hard-earned perspective.
If you believe your best qualities don’t expire with age — you belong here.
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