Brand Republic
 
Edition:
UK |
Asia
 
Digital jobs

Jobs

Creative Artworker
£22000-£25000
Junior artworker
£-£23000
Senior Creative Group Head
£50000-£70000
Account Manager
£28000-£32000
Digital Designer/ Flash Designer
£30k - £35k
Find over 3000 jobs

Directory

 

Sir John Hegarty – recognition for John, BBH and the whole industry 

Comments:2   Add your comment
Almost forgotten what it was like to get good news in the morning paper. Then on Saturday we read that both Hegarty and Beefy have been knightedJohn’s has to be the first knighthood for someone who actually writes the ads – as opposed to a suit, whose citation is usually for good works of one sort or another. It is a bit like cricket, where they said Francis Drake was the last bowler to be knighted (before Alec Bedser received his overdue recognition). And now gongs for both a CD and another bowler! Very exciting. Sharp-eyed readers will also have spotted a CBE for a planner (Leslie Butterfield) and an OBE for a media man (John Ayling). So advertising is OK again. No nonsense either about services to the marketing communications industry. ‘Advertising’ is how it was described – and quite right too. 

I rejoice for this recognition of excellence. Hegarty is clearly the outstanding talent of his generation, BBH has done wonderfully well. And the industry – our industry – does a fantastic job in simultaneously making companies successful, consumers happy, and people laugh.

Comments

June 18, 2007 12:02 PM
 
Great point but I do think Mr Ayling would be very disapointed not to have been included in your list of bowlers, David - after his work with the annual media cricket game for the Lords Taverners ...
 
 
June 19, 2007 7:24 AM
 
true - but he still hasn't been knighted...........
 
To comment on this post you have to be logged in

About this blog

The Wethey Forecast

Musings from Agency Assessments' Chairman on agencies, clients and the business of advertising
 

About the author

David Wethey

Blogging for:

The Wethey Forecast

Member since: 03 Jun 2008

Last login: 09 Oct 2008

Total Posts: 69

 
 
 
 

Tags

 

Syndication