Hello and welcome to Grey London

Chris is a graduate of Oxford and Harvard Business School. He joined Grey in 2003 as Managing Director following 4 years stints at BBH and Fallon. He was made CEO in January 2010.

During his time at Grey the agency has been transformed from a dull outpost of a US network to one of the most dynamic agencies in London.

Grey has invested heavily in diversifying its talent base and structuring itself to meet the needs of today's media landscape. The agency now has a fully integrated and digitally literate workforce, one of Europe’s most successful social media businesses, Wildfire, and an industry leading production facility, GreyWorks.

As a result Grey London is a regular in new business league tables – having recently won a global brief from the world’s largest insurer, Allianz, mobile phone briefs for Samsung and a major pan-European social media project for the launch of the Honda CR-Z hybrid sports car.

Grey’s creative product too has been transformed – with the agency focussing on innovative solutions which create genuine consumer talk-ability. Examples include the Toshiba Space Chair Project, The Frijj Swamp Soccerettes, Honda - Live Every Litre and Yoobot for the British Heart Foundation.

Nils has more than 15 years experience working with some of the most successful agencies in London. He has won numerous awards for his work clients from fashion houses, bands and record labels to premium drinks and fragrances. Prior to joining Grey, Nils was Head of Art at United London, Previously he worked at AMV BBDO, Ammirati Puris Lintas, TBWA and RKCR/Y&R where he was part of the team responsible for the massively successful re-brand of M&S.

He joined Grey in 2007 as Creative Director on Hugo Boss and has since headed the creative output on a number of clients including Channel Five, Samsung and Toshiba 'Space Chair' and been instrumental in our spate of new business success that has seen wins including Macleans, Ginsters, Samsung, Findus and the biggest pitch of 2009, Allianz.

Nils was promoted to Executive Creative Director in January 2010.

Neil started in research in 1993 and moved into planning in 1995, first with Grey, followed by a decade at TBWA, before rejoining Grey again in 2008 as Chief Strategy Officer.

During his career Neil has worked with the likes of Sony PlayStation, Cadbury, Apple, Muller, McCain, News International and Samsung, and has been involved in campaigns that have been awarded for both creative and effectiveness excellence.

2009 also saw Grey London pick up more IPA Effectiveness Awards than any other ad agency. For his part in driving the resurgence of Grey London, Campaign magazine said "the revitalisation job at Grey would not have such weight or credibility without Hourston's planning nous".

Neil has recently taken on the expanded role of Chief Strategy Officer for Grey EMEA.