Brian Swords

Chief Client Officer

Brian started his advertising career in Dublin, in an agency where he was one of the main partners. That agency was bought by TBWA in 2002. Since then, he has been Managing Director of TBWA\Dublin, TBWA\Shanghai, and TBWA\London.


For the past number of years, Brian has primarily focused on managing and running global clients for TBWA. He is currently the TBWA global lead on McDonald’s.


As Chief Client Officer for TBWA\Amsterdam, he is involved in managing global clients and leading global new business out of that office.


Selected Global brands Brian has worked on include Philips, McDonald‘s, Liberty Global, The London Stock Exchange, Refinitv, AMD, Nissan, Pernod Ricard, Michelin, and Adidas.