John Hegarty (advertising executive)

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Sir John Hegarty (born 1944) [1] is an advertising executive and a founder of the agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty.

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Education

Hegarty was educated at Finchley Grammar School (now Finchley Catholic High School), [2] in the North London suburb of North Finchley, followed by the London College of Printing (now London College of Communication).

Career

He joined Cramer Saatchi in 1967, and was a founding shareholder when it became Saatchi & Saatchi. In 1973. he co-founded the London office of TBWA, and then in 1982 started Bartle Bogle Hegarty. [3]

He has published two books: Hegarty on Advertising: Turning Intelligence Into Magic and Hegarty on Creativity.[ citation needed ]

Honours

He was a President of D&AD in 1989 [4] and in 1994 was given the President's Award. [5] He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 23 June 1991. [6]

He was knighted for his services to the advertising and creative industries in 2007. [3] [7]

Hegarty is a Trustee Emeriti of The Design Museum. [8]

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