James Best

James Best is Chair of the Committees of Advertising Practice and of Credos, the advertising industry-funded thinktank, based in London, UK. Previously he was Chair of the Advertising Association, President of the EACA, a member of the Advertising Standards Authority Council, vice-chair of the History of Advertising Trust, Visiting Professor of Advertising at Richmond International University, and is a Fellow of the IPA.


In his executive career, he was Chair of BMP DDB, and then a board director of DDB Worldwide as VP Northern Europe and later Chief Strategy & People Officer.