Gary Leih

Gary has been involved in the advertising and communications industry for 37 years and operated on three different continents.

He started his career at Ogilvy SA and worked his way through the ranks to become their Group Managing Director for South Africa and Africa. He later headed the Ogilvy Group UK as Chairman and CEO and sat on Ogilvy’s Worldwide Board.

Along the way he also co-founded The White House, which was one of South Africa’s hottest shops in the early 1990s and co- founded Public Image in Australia.

Gary is a past President of the European Advertising and Communication Association and has sat on the boards of both Think London and the London 2020 Legacy project.

Gary co-founded OFyt in March 2012, and is the Founder – Leih’s Truth and Propaganda.