John has spent some 25-years leading some of the world’s most famous marketing services agency brands.


John Farrell is currently serving as a Senior Advisor / Non-Executive Chairman for several advertising, media, marketing services and technology businesses, including Transmission, Strata, RD Content and Been There Done That (BTDT).

John Farrell

John has also lead the successful exit of more than twenty businesses over the last eight years including amongst others: Oliver, Feed, Octopus Group, DWA, AML and Blis.

John also provides consultancy services to The Legends Golf Tour (formerly The European Senior Golf Tour) The Business Model Company, and various other media and marketing services specialists. John was most recently Executive responsible for all of Publicis Groupe Worldwide Specialised Agencies and Marketing Services (SAMS) with effect from the beginning of 2003.

Previously, John has been President and CEO of D’ Arcy Worldwide, one of the top ten global advertising and communication networks; President of the IMP (now ‘Arc’) European Network of Direct and Promotional Marketing Businesses; and has some client-side experience with Atlas Copco, Butlins UK and LRC International.

John is also Honorary President of the Institute of Sales Promotion, and Founder Member of the Direct Marketing Association of Great Britain. He was also recently The Master of the Worshipful Company of Marketors Livery Company. He has a BA (Hons) in Business Studies from Nottingham Trent University, where he is now Visiting Professor of Marketing.

See the full details of John’s experience on LinkedIn.