AKQA appoints Kyle Duckitt as Executive Strategy Director of Australia

AKQA Australia announces the appointment of Kyle Duckitt as Executive Strategy Director, strengthening its leadership team and reinforcing its commitment to delivering transformative, innovation-led growth for clients.

As part of the Australian leadership team, Kyle will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering the vision for AKQA Australia. Reporting to Managing Director AKQA Australia, Justine Leong, he will work in close collaboration with Chief Creative Officer, Tara McKenty; Executive Experience Design Director, David Clarke; Data & AI Director, Rodney Greenfield; and Chief Technology Officer, Eric Orton.

In this role, Kyle will lead the agency’s strategic discipline, partnering across creative, experience design, technology, data, and client services to solve complex business challenges and unlock new opportunities for clients. His appointment reflects AKQA’s continued focus on finding new value at the intersection of imagination and technology.

Kyle joins AKQA with over a decade of global experience, having worked across five continents with brands including Nike, Porsche, Samsung and WWF. Known for his provocative and action-oriented approach to strategy, he has built a reputation for challenging convention and driving meaningful change. His work has been recognised internationally, including being ranked #3 strategist globally by The One Club, alongside accolades from Cannes Lions, D&AD, The One Show and more.

Managing Director AKQA Australia, Justine Leong said: “We are thrilled to welcome Kyle to AKQA Australia as Executive Strategy Director. Kyle’s global insight and impressive client experience provide a solid foundation, but it's his visionary perspective on the future of strategy that truly excites us. His forward-thinking mindset will be crucial in empowering our clients to not just adapt, but to boldly imagine and shape what's next. I am genuinely excited about the fresh thinking he will bring.”

On his appointment, Kyle added: “Our industry, and our clients' industries, are going through the most dramatic shift we've seen in a generation. Yet most agencies are responding by running the same old playbook, just faster and with fewer people. I didn't come to AKQA to do that. I came because this is a place that has always operated at the frontier, where creative ambition and technical capability aren't just talk but how the place actually operates. Where the focus isn't efficiency but rather knowing where new value lives and helping our clients get there first. That's why I'm here, and I can't wait to get to work.”

AKQA continues to evolve as a frontier agency, bringing together multidisciplinary expertise to solve its clients’ hardest problems and create work that drives meaningful impact. Kyle’s appointment marks a significant step in advancing the agency’s strategic capabilities in Australia and beyond.