Stephen can draw on his global and local market experience with major corporate brand marketers who have valued their corporate reputation as highly as the equity of their brands. 

An Englishman in Chicago and New York

After graduate school in Chicago (research into stock market investors), Stephen was with J. Walter Thompson before joining McCann-Erickson where he was Vice President, Asia-Pacific Region.

Global brands in global markets

Stephen has helped some of the World’s most famous brands build value properties across cultures. Brand and corporate assignments have included the US,  UK,  New Zealand, Japan and Taiwan, where he has been Director-in-charge for clients like Nestle, Coca-Cola, Gillette, Kellogg’s, Johnson & Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb , British Rail, Air New Zealand and Cathay Pacific.

Right now!

Stephen directs the Organizational Reputation project at Auckland University of Technology. His involvement with organizations’ (companies, NGOs, not-for-profit organizations) reputations provides an opportunity to do what he does best: work with teams motivated by a strong strategic and commercial urge to ‘change the game’ and to help shape their organizations’ futures.

Local involvement

Stephen, wife Linzi and children, Briar and Thomas, live on a small farm northwest of Auckland . He has served as School Board of Trustees member and is a member of the Council of Auckland Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.

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