Peter Horgan

OMD Australia, has donated more than $3 million to the Humpty Dumpty Foundation since its Chief Executive Officer, Peter Horgan, was introduced to the charity by fellow advertising executive and Humpty board member, Nick Cleaver, almost eight years ago.

“Several years ago I came to a Good Egg Lunch and the Balmoral Burn, and was incredibly moved by how Humpty has saved lives, and some of the inspirational life journeys that some of these kids have been on,” Peter told The Good… Show more

OMD Australia, has donated more than $3 million to the Humpty Dumpty Foundation since its Chief Executive Officer, Peter Horgan, was introduced to the charity by fellow advertising executive and Humpty board member, Nick Cleaver, almost eight years ago.

“Several years ago I came to a Good Egg Lunch and the Balmoral Burn, and was incredibly moved by how Humpty has saved lives, and some of the inspirational life journeys that some of these kids have been on,” Peter told The Good Egg.

That was in 2005 and since then, Peter – with a lot of help from his clients and industry friends including Channel 9, Network Ten, the Seven Network and Fox Sports – has put together an annual media (advertising) package worth $400,000 that has been successfully auctioned at
the annual Balmoral Burn Sponsors’ Dinner. “The generosity of OMD is awesome. I can’t underscore enough how important Peter and his team around Australia are to Humpty’s ongoing ability to help kids’ hospitals across the nation,” says the charity’s Founder, Paul Francis.

“The amount of money is staggering and Peter and OMD manage to come through for us every year. That consistency of generosity has become an unofficial foundation stone on which the charity proudly stands and, just as importantly, it’s meant that we could extend beyond the New South Wales borders to every state when the doctors and nurses came knocking.”

Three years ago the company had a national conference at which staff came up with a scheme called Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals. As Peter explains, one goal that came from that scheme
was to “give back” to the community as a company and also give staff individual days off to get involved with their own charities. By the end of this year, they will be close to beating their three year target to raise $3 million by an impressive $1 million. And that does not include OMD’s annual gift to Humpty. Peter says the OMD staff makes him “incredibly proud”. Show less