Following forty years of service to the marketing and advertising industry

David Morgan, executive chairman of The Mission Marketing Group plc (the missiontm), received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the MiNetwork Awards this month

The award celebrates David's achievement in the marketing and advertising industry since he left a London firm for Devon, where David started integrated Agency Bray Leino almost forty years ago.

Since then, David has gone on to become executive chairman of the missiontm, which now combines ten agencies across the UK: Addiction (acquired in September), April-Six, balloon dog (acquired in October) Big Communications, Bray Leino, RLA, Robson Brown, Story, ThinkBDW and Yucca.

David oversees the missiontm board, comprising of the heads of each Agency. The Group now employs over 800 staff in 17 offices across the UK.

Richard Draycott, managing director of MiNetwork, said: "The MiAwards Lifetime Achievement Awards recognises somebody who has made a huge impact within the UK's marketing industry and through his work and dedication over many years, David has certainly done that.

"By launching and building Bray Leino into one of the UK largest independent Agencies he showed that Clients didn't need to go to London to get big agency thinking. His achievement with the missiontm in recent years has again proven his incredible business acumen and his overall commitment to improving the quality of marketing services right across the UK.

"Over the years David's work has offered hundreds of people opportunities to enjoy fruitful caterers in advertising and marketing and many owe his a great debt of gratitude," Richard added.

In its fourth year, the MiAwards aims to identify and highlight the very best in marketing, media and communications agencies, teams and individuals working in every city across the UK.

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