Johnny Hornby
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
Founder & CEO
London, GB
Profile Verified by The Marque
Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
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In Their Own Right
Biography
Johnny Hornby began his career at advertising agencies including Ogilvy, CDP and TBWA before setting up Clemmow Hornby Inge (CHI) in 2001. Rebranded in 2013, and backed by WPP, T&P (as a full-service agency) has grown organically by an average of 23% per annum over the last five years. It attributes this rapid expansion to the success of its in-sourced ‘&Model’ agencies, with multi-disciplined, dedicated teams working alongside clients’ marketing departments to a single bottom line; delivering data-driven innovative work to fit new marketing agendas. T&P was one of Fast Company’s ‘Most Innovative Companies’ in 2020, has been named winner of Campaign’s Best Places to Work in 2022 and its clients include Mars, The Coca Cola Company, Toyota, News Corp, Natwest Group, TELUS, Centrica, Aon and TalkTalk. Johnny is also a co-founder (with Jeremy Clarkson) of Hawkstone - a lager and cider brand which launched in 2021 and rapidly became a best seller on Amazon.
Johnny was recently appointed as Member of the WPP global Executive Committee
The Record
Background
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2024 — Present
Founder & CEO
T&P
In March 2024, The&Partnership combined with its media buying and planning agency mSix&Partners to create T&P.
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1991 — 1994
Graduate Trainee to Account Director
Ogilvy
Ogilvy, formerly Ogilvy & Mather, is a global advertising, marketing, and public relations agency, founded by David Ogilvy. It excels in brand strategy, creative content, and innovative solutions, making brands matter worldwide.
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1994 — 1998
Client Services Director
CDP
Founded in 1960, Collett Dickenson Pearce & Partners (CDP) was a UK-based advertising agency until its closure in 2000.
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1998 — 2001
Managing Director
TBWA
Johnny led the campaign which saw the UK’s Labour Government win a second landslide victory in 2001.
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2013 — 2024
Founder, CEO & Chairman of The&Partnership and WPP Global Council Member
The&Partnership
The&Partnership was the UK’s largest and Europe’s fastest-growing independent agency network, known for its innovative in-sourced model. Backed by WPP and spanning four continents, with 1,500 staff, the multi-disciplined agency group saw record growth last year, expanding across 17 new European markets and doubling in size against a challenging industry backdrop.
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2001 — 2024
Founding Partner
The&Partnership London (formerly CHI&Partners)
Founded in 2001 as CHI & Partners, the agency rebranded in 2018 as The&Partnership and aims to bring creativity, data and technology together in exciting, new and effective ways.
In The News
Newsfeed
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2 October 2025 · UK Fundraising
TELUS brings its community board model to the UK with £1 million for good causes
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26 September 2025 · The Standard
Tech giant TELUS launches £1million fund to support disadvantaged young people in London
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25 September 2025 · TELUS
TELUS launches Greater London Community Board, committing £1M to youth-focused charities
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3 June 2025 · Campaign
Johnny Hornby expands role at WPP as he takes charge of specialist comms agencies
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15 November 2024 · The Times
Johnny Hornby on AI, Jeremy Clarkson and his Labour links
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14 November 2024 · The Times
WPP takes full control of The & Partnership
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24 March 2024 · Campaign
The & Partnership and MSix & Partners merge to form full-service shop
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10 November 2022
Pupils leaving school without essential future job skills
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10 November 2022 · The Times
A digital skills crisis is brewing among our young people
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Formative Years
Education
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The University of Edinburgh
1986 — 1990
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Marlborough College
1983 — 1985
Areas Of Focus