Mark D'Arcy
Chief Creative Officer, Time Warner Global Marketing

Prior to joining the Global Marketing group, Mr. D'Arcy, 34, worked for advertising networks, small agencies, and a wide range of worldwide clients for 15 years. Among his past clients were Virgin Atlantic Airways, SONY, Qantas, M&M Mars, Discovery Networks, Star Alliance, Nissan, and UMRBO.

Mr. D'Arcy began his career in his hometown of Auckland, New Zealand in 1989. At 23, he was named Creative Director of D'Arcy, Masius, Benton & Bowles' local office. One year later, he was transferred to the agency's US office. In 1997, Mr. D'Arcy joined a New York agency as Executive Creative Director on Virgin Atlantic Airways. There he helped lead creative efforts on a multitude of award-winning campaigns - including one that partnered with New Line Cinema's 1999 launch of "Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me."

As Creative Director on Sony Electronics at Y&R Inc. in New York, Mr. D'Arcy helped create and launch several major advertising campaigns, including the much-celebrated "Message from America" program. In partnership with CBS and Circuit City, "Message from America" enabled the American people, and in particular military families, to send messages of support to our troops serving overseas.

Mr. D'Arcy has won numerous creative awards and accolades for his work, both in the U.S. and internationally, including two of his commercials being named in Ad Week's Top 50 commercials of the year in 2001 and 2002.