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After 8 years in the industry Brett was appointed Executive Creative Director of FCB Johannesburg. Under his leadership the agency won more awards than ever before in its 90-year history, including South Africa's first ever Cannes Grand Prix and One Show Best of Show.

He has been recognised numerous times at major award shows including Cannes, One Show, D&AD and Clios; and also has 3 AdReview Campaigns of the year and the Sunday Times Marketing Excellence Grand Prix to his credit.

He's worked with many of South Africa's iconic brands including Toyota, Lexus, Coca Cola, Vodacom, Distell, Wimpy, Debonairs Pizza, Cell C, ABSA, Tiger Brands, The National Lottery, First National Bank and Nando's.

After briefly leaving the FCB fold in 2007, he rejoined FCB as Chief Creative Officer in 2009. He was elected chairperson of South Africa's industry body, the Creative Circle, in 2010 and was ranked as one of the top 5 creative directors in the country by his peers. In 2011 FCB Joburg won both Financial Mail and Finweek's agency of the year.

In 2014 Brett was appointed Group Chief Executive and has since been voted by his peers as most admired agency leader in Johannesburg for five years in a row and three times across South Africa. In 2016 FCB Africa won the Sunday Times Top Brands Agency of the Year for the third year in a row and at the Financial Mail AdFocus awards he was voted Industry Leader of the Year, Hellocomputer won Digital Agency of the Year and FCB Joburg won Large Agency of the Year and for a second time in 2017.. In 2016 FCB Africa won the Sunday Times Top Brands Agency of the Year for the third year in a row and at the Financial Mail AdFocus awards he was voted Industry Leader of the Year, Hellocomputer won Digital Agency of the Year and FCB Joburg won Large Agency of the Year and for a second time in 2017.