Nationality British | ||
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Occupation Co-founder of Kitcatt Nohr
CEO of Fold7 Alma maters University of London, University of Oxford, London Business School | ||
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Marc Nohr is a creative entrepreneur best known for co-founding integrated agency Kitcatt Nohr. He is currently CEO of London advertising agency Fold7.
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Early career
In his early years Nohr was a child actor with stints in TV, radio and theatre for the likes of Channel 4 and the BBC. After university Nohr embarked on a career as a freelance journalist, writing for broadsheets and specialist arts titles. He also appeared as a commentator on advertising on the BBC and Sky.
Advertising career
Nohr’s first agency role was as an account handler, then transitioning into creative. He became executive creative director of Burnett Direct Marketing, before moving on to become managing director.
In 2001 he started his own agency alongside industry friends, Paul Kitcatt, Vonnie Alexander and Jeremy Shaw, forming Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw. In the same year he was the founding columnist for Financial Times's weekly supplement for the creative and media sectors, writing about creativity in business.
In 2007, Nohr voted number 1 in Marketing Direct’s ‘Agency Power 100.'
In 2011 he was named CEO of Kitcatt Nohr Digitas, when the agency was acquired by Publicis Groupe and merged with Digitas. He joined advertising agency Fold7 in April 2015 as its CEO.
Investments and non-executive roles
Nohr is an active investor and advisor to tech start-ups in the mobile, delivery and entertainment sectors. He has a long history of advising charities nationally and internationally including Red Cross, UNICEF, Greenpeace, NSPCC, Cancer Research and the Tate.
He’s currently a trustee of JW3 (Jewish Cultural Centre) and a member of advisory boards of independent digital agency Zone, and digital re/invention company Pivot.
Other roles
Nohr twice elected to the board of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, chaired the Direct Marketing Association awards and awarded Honorary Life Fellow of the Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing for services to training.
Nohr has spoken at various marketing conferences around the world including Canada, Cape Town and Korea, and has spoken at the London Business School and at the Institute of Directors. He also runs training seminars internationally for brands on a variety of subjects and has contributed to several books including the 2nd edition of Industrial Organization, published by the Financial Times and Prentice Hall.