Phil has more than thirty years of experience in brand advertising and digital marketing. He is currently a freelance brand strategy consultant, and was formerly Managing Director of The Leith Agency and Chair of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) in Scotland. He has served on the board of Puppet Animation Scotland since 2015, and has been non-executive chairperson since December 2018. Phil is also co-founder of All Hands On, a not-for-profit documentary production company that specialises in films about innovations in democracy.