John Hegarty (advertising executive)

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]

• —— (2011). Hegarty on Advertising: Turning Intelligence Into Magic. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0500515563.
• —— (2014). Hegarty on Creativity: There are No Rules. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0500517246.

• Meet the Author: Sir John Hegarty on creativity in advertising - BBC video interview

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