CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA //  Alistair King is the founding creative partner of King James Group, a defiantly independent South African agency network that covers the full spectrum of brand communication. Since it began in Jan 1998, King James has won emerging, small, medium and (in 2015) Large Agency of the Year. They were also named the Annual’s Agencies’ Agency of the Year 2011/2012/2013 and won Overall South African Agency of the Year in 2010. It is currently one of South Africa’s largest agency networks.

Alistair has always believed in medium-neutral creative thinking and strives to live, breathe and influence pop culture, not merely observe or follow it. This philosophy has led him to produce South African music, magazines and literature as a side hobby. He has sat at the forefront of South African creativity for well over a decade and has been ranked the countries No1 creative director on numerous occasions, including 2015. Financial Mail AdFocus named him Agency Leader of the Year 2008.

Alistair lives in Cape Town.