A brand is the single most important asset any company has. We believe in brands. In their power. Their value. Their increasingly important place in consumers' lives.

We are also an agency driven by ideas.

Because it is ideas that ignite brands. Ideas that come from a spark of insight. A moment that exists between logic and magic. Ideas can cause thousands of people to do things they never would have dreamed they would do. Ideas can change the course of history or lead to a better soap flake. Ideas help you create something out of nothing.

That is what we are hired to do. Every day. For all our clients. We have a way of going about this. Of applying ideas to brands so they have maximum power. It is a proprietary way of thinking and working we call 360 Degree Brand Stewardship™.

This approach makes sure that, at all touch points, big or small, the brand delivers a consistent experience that affirms its proposition. To every audience. At every brand intersection point. At all times.

It is an approach that seems to be working.

• In 2005 Finance Week voted Ogilvy Cape Town as Best Cape Agency of the Year
• In 2006 The Financial Mail voted Ogilvy Johannesburg as Agency of the Year. Ogilvy Cape Town - Finalist

We are also a company acutely aware of the changing realities of our society.

Ogilvy South Africa is the first of South Africa's top agencies to be majority black owned, 50.1%. Black management will hold 35.1% of the total equity with Mamalu members, Moss Mashishi, Wendy Luhabe and Graça Machel sharing 15%. 25% of the equity will be held by black women. Ogilvy Worldwide are fully behind this initiative and have increased their commitment to the company by increasing their share to 49.9 %.

Ogilvy South Africa
Nunu Ntshingila
tel: +27 11 709 6895
e-mail: nunu.ntshingila@ogilvy.co.za

Ogilvy Johannesburg
Julian Ribeiro
tel: +27 11 709 6849
e-mail: julian.ribeiro@ogilvy.co.za

Ogilvy Cape Town
Rob Hill
tel: +27 21 467 1410
e-mail: rob.hill@ogilvy.co.za

Gavin Levinsohn
tel: +27 21 467 1390
e-mail: gavin.levinsohn@ogilvy.co.za

Ogilvy Durban
John Gale
tel: +27 31 277 1800
e-mail: john.gale@ogilvy.co.za