Our Team

Chris Maxwell

Founder & MD

Chris brings 18 years senior marketing experience working on both agency and client side on brands including: Victoria Bitter; Carlton Draught; Coca Cola; PlayStation; and Ford.

In 2017, Chris was APAC Connections Director for Anheuser Busch InBev and CUB when he led the digital transformation agenda and successfully launched an in-house agency, Speakeasy Studio delivering transformational results.

It is this experience and passion for the in-house model that led Chris to found lution.

Nick Garrett

Creative Leadership

Nick spent 23 years leading some of the most creative agencies in the world.

Nick was part of the Clemenger Group for 10 years as the MD and then CEO of Colenso BBDO, CEO of Clemenger BBDO Melbourne and then Clemenger BBDO Australia. During this time, agencies Nick led have been named #1 creative agency in the world three times. He is the only person to have ever won this accolade three times and across two agencies.

Nick leads our enhanced creative panel, hand selecting the best independent creative partners for lution clients.

Andy Gibson

Brand & CMO Advisory

Andy is one of Australia’s most accomplished marketers having held global CMO roles at Foster’s Group, Bacardi and Walgreens Boots Alliance, as well as, senior marketing and general management roles at Diageo and Mars.

He brings over 25 years experience in brand strategy, consumer centricity and marketing capability.

Andy brings his C-suite perspective to lution to ensure everything we do is for the benefit of our client’s brands and businesses.

Marty Wirth

Strategy & Growth

Marty is a board member of lution and founder & MD of Present Company one of Australia’s leading independent creative consultancies & digital agencies.

Denise McKeon

Production

Denise is our resident expert on production and one of the most experienced and connected production leads in Australia having led production at Clemenger BBDO and built their in-house production agency.

Stephen Hunt

Programmatic Media

Stephen is our lead on programmatic media and adtech. He launched TubeMogul into APAC before becoming RVP West Coast in Los Angeles. Most recently Managing Director at Universal Music Australia and built their in-house agency.

Ben Grace

Martech, Adtech & Data

Ben is our data & tech lead, he built the Omnicom trading desk (Accuen) in Australia before becoming General Manager in New York. Most recently CTO of Havas Australia.

Josh Barter

Marketing Automation & Workflows

Josh is an expert in marketing workflows and automation and one of Australia’s only Asana Certified Pro’s.

Barney Howells

Creative & Production

Barney is a highly experienced creative & production expert having run his own production house and more recently as head of content production at Sportsbet, one of Australia’s most prolific in-house creative teams.