Worldwide Leadership Strength

A 10-year veteran of Omnicom, Daryl Simm is the architect of the Omnicom Media Group (OMG), where he has led the company’s record client successes through outstanding media ideas with quantifiable results. Under Daryl’s tenure, OMD has been honored as the world’s most creative media agency for four consecutive years by The Gunn Report for Media, which evaluates global media creativity.

Prior to OMG, Daryl spent 13 years at Proctor & Gamble (P&G), where he rose to Worldwide Vice President of Media, and General Manager of P&G Productions, a major producer of daytime dramas. During this time, he played a leading role in the decoupling of media services from ad agencies, resulting in the best media values and cost shares for clients. In the early 1990s, as the first head of P&G Media Europe, he consolidated the P&G business at a single media agency in 20 countries.

In addition to his Omnicom responsibilities, Daryl is on the Board of Lion’s Gate Entertainment, a leading independent producer of film entertainment. Daryl has received numerous industry awards over the years, including "Media Maven" by Advertising Age and the Media Executive of the Year and Media Innovator Awards.

Born in England and raised in Canada, Daryl has spent a majority of the last 20 years in the United States. He is based in New York and reports to John Wren, CEO of Omnicom Group.