Our Team
Our leadership team brings together some of the brightest minds in brand strategy and creativity, supported by dedicated teams across the Middle East and Africa who work fluently across Arabic, French and Swahili.
Jasmine
Montgomery
Founder and CEO
Jasmine Montgomery founded Seven Brands in 2009, bringing with her over two decades of experience at the forefront of brand strategy. Her career spans some of the industry's most respected names - Interbrand, Fitch, Millward Brown (now Kantar) and FutureBrand, where she served as Managing Director. She has also led marketing and branding for DBS, Singapore's largest bank. Jasmine holds a Magna Cum Laude degree from Harvard University.
Piers
Guilar
COO and Head of Strategy
Piers Guilar joined Seven Brands in 2016, bringing with him a wealth of strategic leadership experience from some of the industry's most respected agencies, including Saatchi & Saatchi, Interbrand, FutureBrand and Havas. As COO and Head of Strategy, he now oversees the agency's operations and drives its strategic output. Piers holds an MBA from Imperial College London.
Yasser
Akram
Managing Director MENA
Yasser Akram is the Regional Managing Director for the Middle East region at Seven Brands, based in the Dubai and leading the agency’s team across our four offices in MENA.
Tomas
Omamo
Managing Director Africa
Tomas Omamo runs the Nairobi office and advises clients on advertising campaigns, brand development and social media strategy and management. Tomas has led agencies in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia.
Hannah
Shore
Global Creative Director
Hannah Shore has been with Seven Brands since the very beginning. As Global Creative Director, she leads the Creative Practice and brings deep expertise in branding, advertising and social media to clients including Zain and Coca-Cola. Hannah is also an accomplished photographer, with work recognised by both the Oman and Kenyan Tourism Boards.
John
Winter
Senior Designer
John Winter joined Seven Brands in 2018 and is now one of our lead designers. He graduated from the Brighton School of Art with a BA in illustration. In his spare time John enjoys the outdoors, playing this his dog Bailey and watching absolutely any sport.