Former Droga5 London head of strategy Toto Ellis dies |
Former Droga5 London head of strategy Toto Ellis dies
Ellis began his career at TBWA, before moving to Droga5 and latterly PR agency Here Be Dragons.
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Toto Ellis, former head of strategy at Droga5 London, has died at the age of 44.
Friends and former colleagues have described him as "an inspiration" who was "always fizzing with ideas" with "one of the fastest minds I have ever worked with".
Ellis had a career spanning TBWA, Pablo and Droga5 as well as a switch to PR. But he also moved into directing, was a qualified yoga teacher and meditation coach, and became involved with several charities.
Kit Fordham, founder of Strategy Kit, who worked with Ellis at Droga5, described his first encounter with Ellis: "'Like the 1950s Italian comedian?' I said, when I met Toto in Droga5's Soho garret. 'Love it! I normally get Wizard of Oz!'
"Prodigiously talented and with all the energy of Dorothy’s eponymously named dog, Toto and I worked........