Omnicom Group Inc. is an American global media, marketing and corporate communications holding company, headquartered in New York City.
BBDO is a worldwide advertising agency network, with its headquarters in New York City. The agency originated in 1891 with the George Batten Company, and in 1928, through a merger with Barton, Durstine & Osborn (BDO), the agency became Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn. With more than 15,000 employees at 289 offices in 81 countries, it is the largest of three global networks of agencies in the portfolio of Omnicom Group.
Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO is an advertising agency that works with over 85 brands, including BT, Diageo, Walkers, and Mars. AMV campaigns may incorporate digital, social, experiential, print or broadcast media.
Dame Katharine Mary Barker is a British economist. She is principally noted for her role at the Bank of England and for advising the British government on social issues such as housing and health care.
Dame Kay Elizabeth Davies is a British geneticist. She is Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. She is director of the Medical Research Council (MRC) functional genetics unit, a governor of the Wellcome Trust, a director of the Oxford Centre for Gene Function, and a patron and Senior Member of Oxford University Scientific Society. Her research group has an international reputation for work on Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). In the 1980s, she developed a test which allowed for the screening of foetuses whose mothers have a high risk of carrying DMD.
Dame Bridget Margaret Ogilvie, is an Australian and British scientist.
Dame Patricia Anne Hodgson, is a broadcasting executive, competition regulator, and academic administrator. She is a board member of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation having served as Chair of Ofcom from 2014 to 2017, having succeeded Dame Colette Bowe in April 2014, She is also a trustee of the Policy Exchange and is Chair of the School Teachers' Review Body. From 2006 to 2012 she was Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge.
David John Abbott was a British advertising executive who founded Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO. He was one of the most celebrated advertising executives in the world and regarded as the greatest copywriter of his generation. Highlights of his career include the creation of the J.R. Hartley television commercial for Yellow Pages as well as work for Volkswagen, Volvo, The Economist, The RSPCA, Sainsbury's Supermarkets and Chivas Regal.
"Good things come to those who wait" is an advertising slogan used by Diageo in television, cinema, and print advertising campaigns promoting Guinness-brand draught stout in the United Kingdom. The slogan formed the cornerstone of advertising agency Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO's successful pitch to secure the Guinness account in 1996. Their proposal was to turn around the negative consumer opinion of the length of time required to correctly pour a pint of Guinness from the tap, usually quoted as 119.5 seconds, as well as to encourage bartenders to take the time to do so. A similar idea had been incorporated into a number of Guinness campaigns in the past, such as the Irish "Guinness Time" television and cinema spots of the early 1990s.
noitulovE is a British television and cinema advertisement launched by Diageo in 2005 to promote Guinness Draught stout. The 60-second piece formed the cornerstone of a £15 million advertising campaign targeting men in their late twenties and early thirties. The commercial shows, in reverse, the adventures of three characters who evolve from mudskippers to present day humans before tasting Guinness in a London pub. The commercial was handled by the advertising agency Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, with a budget of £1.3M. It was directed by Daniel Kleinman. Production was contracted to Kleinman Productions, with post-production by Framestore CFC. It premiered on British television on 3 October 2005.
Dreamer is an integrated advertising campaign launched by Diageo in 2001 to promote Guinness-brand draught stout in the United Kingdom. It is the fourth piece of the Good things come to those who wait campaign, following on from Swimblack, Surfer, and Bet on Black. As with the previous pieces of the campaign, Dreamer was handled by advertising agency Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO and comprised appearances in print, posters, and television and cinema spots. The centrepiece of the campaign was the sixty-second television and cinema commercial directed by Jonathan Glazer, who had also directed two of the three previous ads. Post-production work was completed by The Computer Film Company which animated the squirrel sequence. The piece was premiered on SKY television on 6 April 2001, appearing on terrestrial television channels the following day.
Anita Margaret Frew is a Scottish businessperson and Chairman of Croda.
Dame Amelia Chilcott Fawcett is an American-British business executive who is currently Chairman of Kinnevik AB in Stockholm and the Lead Director of State Street Corporation in Boston, Massachusetts. Fawcett is the Chairman of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, a Governor of the Wellcome Trust and a Trustee of Project HOPE UK.
Naguib Kheraj is a British banker.
Lucy Jeanne Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Neville-Rolfe is a British businesswoman and politician serving as Minister of State in the Cabinet Office since September 2022. She is currently Chair of Crown Agents. A member of the Conservative Party, she served as Commercial Secretary to the Treasury from 2016 to 2017. In December 2021, she was appointed by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to lead the statutory review into the state pension age.
Peter Souter is the chairman and chief creative officer of TBWA London and former executive creative director of Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO.
Michael A. Fyshe is a Canadian management consultant, advertising executive and former President and CEO for BBDO Canada.
Dame Helen Anne Alexander DBE was a British businesswoman. She served as the chairman of UBM plc. She had an MA from Oxford, an MBA from INSEAD and in 2016 was awarded the Legion d'Honneur. She was Chancellor of the University of Southampton (2011–2017).
Dame Vivienne Cox, is a British businesswoman, chairman of the supervisory board of Vallourec, the French multinational steel components company.
Allen G. Rosenshine is an American advertising executive who previously served as chairman and chief executive officer of Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn (BBDO). He was also the founding chairman (1986-1989) of the Omnicom Group, the second largest advertising agency in the world.
