Piers Newson-Smith

Director of Brand Strategy and Planning, EY

Piers is the Director of Brand Strategy and Planning at EY UK. He previously led brand strategy across the brand portfolio at Direct Line Group, including the design of the relaunch of Direct Line as a ‘fixer’. He began his career at various consumer PR agencies, before moving client-side to work on brands including cahoot, Abbey, Bank of Ireland and the Post Office. Outside of work, he’s a dad of two and a keen cyclist


Piers Newson-Smith reflects on The Marketing Leaders programme and the chance to reconnect at the recent 20th anniversary event