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Ant Da Silva

Business Director - Creative Agencies

Ant Da Silva

About

I help brands unlock growth by bridging creative excellence with strategic precision. With over 20 years leading marketing and brand transformation for global agencies across London, Sydney and Amsterdam, I specialise in translating insight into action that drives measurable business results. I've had the pleasure of working at top tier creative agencies throughout my career including; Wunderman, M&C Saatchi, Droga5, We Are Social, and Anomaly. I’ve guided brands like Ford, Nissan, Netflix, Under Armour, Converse, adidas, Johnson & Johnson, Lenovo, Diesel and Qantas to connect more meaningfully with their audiences, blending data-driven strategy with creative storytelling to build relevance, loyalty, and revenue. My approach is simple: put the customer at the centre, align creativity with commercial goals, and build teams and partnerships that deliver lasting impact. I am a people-focused leader, I thrive in collaborative environments and am dedicated to mentoring my team, fostering their growth and development. I excel in fast-paced, high-energy settings that challenge my strategic and creative acumen. I strive to build strong, trust-based relationships both internally and externally.

Works acrossEU · AU · UK

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Role

Business Director - Creative Agencies

Ant helps brands unlock growth by bridging creative excellence with strategic precision. With over 20 years leading marketing and brand transformation for global agencies across London, Sydney and Amsterdam, he specialises in translating insight into action that drives measurable business results. His career spans top-tier creative agencies including Wunderman, M&C Saatchi, Droga5, We Are Social and Anomaly. Along the way he has guided brands such as Ford, Nissan, Netflix, Under Armour, Converse, adidas, Johnson & Johnson, Lenovo, Diesel and Qantas to connect more meaningfully with their audiences, blending data-driven strategy with creative storytelling to build relevance, loyalty and revenue. Ant's approach is simple: put the customer at the centre, align creativity with commercial goals, and build the teams and partnerships that deliver lasting impact. A people-focused leader, he thrives in collaborative environments, is dedicated to mentoring and developing his teams, and excels in fast-paced, high-energy settings that challenge both strategic and creative acumen, building strong, trust-based relationships internally and with clients.

Selected work in this role

  • Business Director at Droga5

    Led client, media and partner agency relationships on Kraft and Qantas Frequent Flyer, spanning brand strategy, creative development, production.

  • Client Services Director at We Are Social

    Group Head of Client Services, Content and Community, and leadership team member, Ant led new business and owned group revenue targets and P&L.

  • Business Director at Anomaly

    Led Client Service across Diesel Global and Converse EMEA, heading pitches, client onboarding, growth, contract negotiation and team development.

Focus areas

marketing communicationsClient ManagementBrand StrategyDigital StrategyCommunications Strategyadvertising strategies

Writing

Experience

  • Chameleon Collective

    Growth Strategy at Chameleon Collective

  • A

    Freelance Business Consultant at Ant Da Silva ZZP

  • Cloudfactory

    Business Director at Cloudfactory

  • N

    Business Director at Nomads

  • D

    New Business Development Director at DPDK

  • Pitch & Sync

    Director Of Business Development at Pitch & Sync

  • VICE Media

    VICE Media

    • Business Director
    • Business Director
  • S

    Satopia Travel

    • Client Relationship Director
    • Client Relationship Director
  • S

    Client Services Director at SUPERHEROES

  • Anomaly

    Anomaly

    • Business Director
    • Business Director
  • We Are Social

    We Are Social

    • Group Account Director
    • Senior Account Director
    • Client Services Director
    • Group Account Director
  • M

    Digital Account Director at Mark

  • Droga5

    Droga5

    • Account Director
    • Business Director
  • M

    Digital Account Director at M+C Saatchi Group AUNZ

  • M&C Saatchi Australia

    M&C Saatchi Australia

    • Digital Senior Account Manager
    • Digital Account Director
  • CX Lavender

    Senior Account Manager at CX Lavender

  • MercerBell

    Junior Account Director at MercerBell

  • T

    Account Supervisor at TMW

  • TMW Unlimited

    TMW Unlimited

    • Account Manager
    • Senior Account Executive
    • Account Supervisor
  • Wunderman UK

    Account Executive at Wunderman UK

  • N

    Account Supervisor at Nissan EU

  • Johnson & Johnson

    Business Director at Johnson & Johnson

  • Netflix

    Client Services Director at Netflix

  • Q

    Business Director at Qantas Loyalty

  • Diesel

    Business Director at Diesel

  • Young & Rubicam Group

    Account Manager at Young & Rubicam Group

  • W

    Digital Account Director at Woolworths Supermarkets

Expertise

Marketing CommunicationsIntegrated Marketing CommunicationsCreative ManagementNew Business DevelopmentBusiness DevelopmentClient ServicesTeam ManagementCreative Services WorkflowAccount GrowthAccount DevelopmentClient ManagementBrand Strategy+56 more

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