David Thorpe
Global Director of Innovation, Ogilvy

David Thorpe is the Global Director of Innovation at Ogilvy where he helps the agency and its clients navigate the shifting media landscape. As Global Lead for Strategy & Insights at Young & Rubicam Brands he worked with Microsoft and established a practice for the nascent art of social media. At The New Yorker David was charged with bringing the magazine into the digital age, creating new footholds and revenue streams by leveraging content across a variety of media in new editorial ventures. He previously held a similar position at Random House and some time before that could be found tinkering with machines at art college in London.

David serves on the advisory board for the Rockefeller Foundation’s Cultural Innovation Fund and the Carnegie Mellon ETC-Press