Spouse Neomie Sampson Nationality CanadianAustralian | Name Todd Sampson Education Bachelor of Arts, MBA Role Television Personality | |
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Occupation CEO of Leo Burnett AustraliaTV personality Profiles | ||
Children Coco Sampson, Jet Sampson | ||
Todd sampson talks science
Todd Sampson is a Canadian-born Australian award-winning documentary-maker, television presenter and former CEO of the communication company Leo Burnett Australia. He appears as a co-host on the marketing discussion program Gruen and as a guest host on The Project. He wrote, produced and presented the science documentary series, Redesign My Brain which won Documentary of the Year. He wrote, produced and hosted BodyHack, an adventure science documentary for Discovery International which was nominated for Best Factual Series and Most Outstanding Documentary of the Year. He is the host and producer of the upcoming ABC science documentary series, LIFE ON THE LINE. In 2016, Todd also acted a small part as Provost in the Oscar-nominated feature film, LION. Todd is an adventurer and has climbed to the summit of Mount Everest.
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- Todd sampson talks science
- Adobolive leo burnett australia ceo todd sampson on how creativity can change the world
- Early life and education
- Business career
- Television career
- Awards
- Personal life
- References
Adobolive leo burnett australia ceo todd sampson on how creativity can change the world
Early life and education
Sampson was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. He left Cape Breton at age 16, completing his schooling at a United World College, to which he won a $30,000 scholarship. He then studied economics and biology at Queen's University in Ontario, working as a college counsellor to supplement his income. He applied for another international scholarship and went on to complete an M.B.A. at the University of Cape Town.
Business career
Sampson started in at the Cape Town agency The White House. In the mid-1990s, he worked as a strategist at Australian company The Campaign Palace. He joined Leo Burnett Sydney in 2002 and was later appointed CEO of Leo Burnett Australia. In August 2015, Sampson stepped back to the role of non-executive chairman. In December 2016, Sampson resigned as Chair of Leo Burnett and is no longer a part of the advertising industry.
He is the co-creator of the Earth Hour initiative – one of the largest environmental movements in history, reaching more than 1.4 billion people in more than 5,500 cities.
In 2014, Sampson was appointed to the board of directors of Fairfax Media, a 2.5-billion-dollar multi-platform media company in Australasia. Effective February 2015, Sampson joined the Qantas board of directors as a non-executive director.
Television career
Sampson is a regular panellist on the ABC television media review program, Gruen. He often appears as a panellist and guest host on Network Ten's The Project.
In October 2013, he was the subject of a science documentary series, Redesign My Brain. The documentary won the 2014 AACTA Award for Best Documentary Television Program. Sampson has also written and hosted an adventure science series for Discovery International called BodyHack with Todd Sampson. BODYHACK was nominated for two Logie Awards - Best Factual Series and Most Outstanding Documentary Series. Sampson also acted a small part as Provost in the Oscar-nominated feature film, LION. He is currently hosting an epic ABC science documentary called Life on the Line.
Awards
The Financial Review and News Limited ranked him as one of the most influential executives in Australia. He has won a CEO of the Year Award twice and has featured on the cover of BRW magazine. He was ranked as one of the most influential men under 45 by Men's Style and was nominated for GQ's Man of the Year Award.
An art piece by Michelle St Anne called I Love Todd Sampson – Voices of the Vulnerable was performed at Walsh Bay in February and March 2013.
Personal life
Sampson is an adventurer, having completed an unguided ascent to the top of Mount Everest. He is married to wife Neomie and has two daughters, Coco and Jet.