Founder/Co-Creative Director, GBH
President, D&AD

Mark Bonner

Mark graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1993 and worked at The Partners, Carter Wong & Partners and SAS before co-founding multi-disciplinary creative agency GBH In 1999.

Now 20 strong, GBH works internationally across disciplines solving communications problems for clients such as Apple, Arsenal Football Club, Puma, Royal Mail, Land Securities, Eurostar, Flos, Mikli Eyewear, Parrot, Starck Network, SBE Entertainment, Virgin Galactic and Yotel.

GBH have consistently ranked within the UK’s top ten most creative design groups by awards won (DW Hot 100 Survey) since its foundation in 1999, reaching No 2 in 2007 and 2011.

Mark won a Student Yellow Pencil in 1991 and 4 Professional D&AD Yellow Pencils between 2005 and 2011 and has received 9 D&AD Graphite Pencils, with more than 20 Wood Pencil wins, 6 Design Week Award wins including Best of Show in 2003 and a Silver Award at the New York Art Directors Club and Bronze, Silver and Gold One Show Awards amongst others.

Mark is currently President of D&AD and is a regular judge in industry awards schemes – eight times at D&AD. Mark is also a regular visiting lecturer at Kingston, LCC, New Bucks and Bournemouth Universities. Mark was voted one of the UK’s ‘Top Ten Graphic Designers’ by The Independent Newspaper and is listed in Who’s Who from 2007.