Dorothee Gomez, Head of Suncorp for OMD Sydney

Dorothee has over 11 years experience in media (7 of those in Australia), with over 5 years at OMD. Her skillset includes Strategy, Planning and Trading across FMCG (Unilever), Telco (Optus, Virgin and Telstra), Travel (Qantas) and Luxury (ELC).

Dorothee is a Business Director at OMD and has been leading the Qantas account since December 2015. She also recently took the lead role on the Estee Lauder Companies account. Over the last 3 years, Dorothee has become a trusted and valuable member of the Qantas Marketing team working with them to develop annual strategies and identify the right opportunities to future proof the business. Dedicated and invested, Dorothee prides herself in caring about the business as if it was her own and ensuring her team applies the same enthusiasm.

Prior to this, Dorothee was the Business Director leading the Telstra account at OMD. She ensured the team of 35 people developed and implement integrated and innovative campaigns delivering strong results for each portfolio. Before taking the lead role, Dorothee was the Account Director on Telstra Consumer Portfolio, leading the Strategy, Planning and Buying. During that period, Dorothee was instrumental in driving change across the business. She not only developed a culture of performance within the Telstra team but also cemented strong relationships & collaboration with senior clients and partner agencies.

Prior to this, Dorothee was managing Virgin Mobile, and Optus consumer division at MPG Sydney. But she really started her career in London where she was working at Mindshare in the Unilever Global team for 3 years.

Dorothee Gomez

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