Ed Palmer

Ed has nearly three decades of agency experience, including 10 years as managing director of independent creative agency St Luke’s. During that time the agency has been shortlisted for Campaign’s agency of the year four times, named in their Best Places to Work list seven years in a row, and was named as one of the twenty best agencies of all time.

Prior to St Luke’s, Ed has worked at Leo Burnett, TBWA and M&C Saatchi, where he rose through the ranks to be business director, head of account management and managing partner. Along the way, he’s led the double Gold IPA Effectiveness Award-winning travel demand management programme for the London 2012 Olympics, as well as overseeing numerous award-winning campaigns for Heinz, NatWest, TfL and the DfT. He’s been a keen supporter of the IPA, having co-chaired the Client Relationship Group, and helping St Luke’s to become a CPD platinum accredited agency four years in a row. In his spare time, he’s the occasional drummer in a band and collects nerdy facts about London history.