Sir John Hegarty (born 1944) [1] is an advertising executive and a founder of the agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty.
Sir John Hegarty (born 1944) [1] is an advertising executive and a founder of the agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty.
Hegarty was educated at the Challoner Secondary School (now Finchley Catholic High School following merger with the Primary and Grammar Schools in 1971), [2] [3] in the North London suburb of North Finchley, followed by the London College of Printing (now London College of Communication).
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. [4]
He has published two books: Hegarty on Advertising: Turning Intelligence Into Magic and Hegarty on Creativity.[ citation needed ]
He was a President of D&AD in 1989 [5] and in 1994 was given the President's Award. [6] He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 23 June 1991. [7]
He was knighted for his services to the advertising and creative industries in 2007. [4] [8]
Hegarty is a Trustee Emeriti of The Design Museum. [9]
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