Across 30 successful years in advertising, Daren has been responsible for hiring and/or leading some of today’s most successful names in the marketing industry. His belief is that motivated talent, in the right environment, can achieve anything. In his 10 years as MD and CEO of PHD in the UK, the agency experienced unprecedented success, including eight individual Agency of the Year awards and four consecutive top 100 Best Companies Awards.
Daren co-created the industry-accreditation Advanced Media Certificate, for which he received an IPA Fellowship and has spoken on numerous platforms about talent and diversity, including the 3% Conference, WACL, Token Man, Omniwomen, Bloom and HeForShe.
In 2017, Daren became CEO at The Lighthouse Company, and then went on to launch Conker in 2019 with Liz Jones. They currently represent businesses including Channel 4, OMG, Snap, Brainlabs, ASOS, Sky and News UK.
As an early sponsor and supporter of The Marketing Academy, Daren has been a final stage judge in almost every year of its existence.
