Derek is a highly versatile visual communications professional, combining his award-winning commercial photography with seasoned advertising creative prowess.
He has championed the creative direction for many international brands and co-directs MCA's creative product.

When Derek isn’t canoeing through the Florida Everglades or fishing on Cape Breton Island or with National Geographic in the high Arctic following in the footsteps of Franklin’s 1848 expedition, he enjoys solo synchronized swimming.