Executive Team
Austin McGhie
President Strategy Group
Based in our San Francisco office, Austin has been President of the Strategy Group at Sterling Brands since joining in 2002. Since then he has overseen the more than doubling in size of the strategy practice.
Austin’s role is twofold — he is an active, working strategist and he is also responsible for the quality of all the strategic output from both the New York and San Francisco offices.
Brand positioning is one of Austin’s great passions — the others are cycling, soccer and his family.
Prior to joining Sterling Brands, Austin was CEO of Young & Rubicam, San Francisco and before that CEO of creatively acclaimed agency Cole and Weber in Seattle. Earlier he had worked his way up the packaged goods ladder to become Regional Director: Sales & Marketing for Kellogg’s Australasia.
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Simon Williams
CEOSimon has been the inspiration and energy behind the group's success since founding the business in New York in 1992.
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Austin McGhie
President Strategy GroupBased in our San Francisco office, Austin has been President of the Strategy Group at Sterling Brands since joining in 2002.
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Debbie Millman
President Design GroupDebbie has been a major influence in building the firm's creative business since joining Sterling Brands in 1995.
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DeeDee Gordon
President Innovation GroupDeeDee is the most recent addition to the executive team at Sterling Brands, joining the company in Fall 2010, as president of the Innovation Group based in Los Angeles.
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