TOMMY COTTAM // Creative Global Brand Leader

Tommy Cottam is a creative, strategic, and award-winning brand leader. While working at some of the industry's leading agencies, and partnering with the marketing leaders of brands that people love, including Heineken, Gatorade, Harley-Davidson, Leinenkugel’s Beer, Google, and more, he has led the development of integrated campaigns that have been customer-focused, culturally disruptive and delivered real business results.

Tommy has championed work that has won the advertising industry’s highest honors, including winning multiple Cannes Lions, Clios, Effies, The One Show, and more.

A leader of high-performing, diverse teams, with a personal commitment to developing talent and providing constant mentorship, Tommy likes taking on first-ever projects, challenging conventions and pushing the boundaries of brand-building. Everyone involved seems to have some fun along the way, too. 

Tommy possesses an MBA from the University of Notre Dame and an MS (Creative Brand Management) from the nation’s top school for creative commerce and branding, the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Brandcenter.