Douglas Palau holds the dual roles of Vice President, IMPACT BBDO and Managing Director, Impact Proximity the region’s first digital agency network.
Douglas started his career at Ketchum in London in 1985 later moving to McCann Erickson to manage the Coca-Cola business from 1987 to 1989. In 1990 he joined BBDO Cyprus, the base from where he managed the Pepsi-Co Middle East Africa account for three years.
In 1993, Douglas moved to Dubai to take up the role of Regional Director for IMPACT BBDO with network client management responsibilities for Pepsi, Emirates and Yum International. In 2001, he was responsible for establishing Impact Proximity (part of Proximity Worldwide) which now has offices in Dubai, Jeddah and Beirut. Proximity was the region’s first branded agency specialising in digital communication.
Douglas attended the London School of Business Studies and holds a BA in Business (marketing major).
In his spare time he develops movie scripts and plays the guitar…badly.
