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Chris Hunton

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Founder at Global Client Leader Gym
📍 London Area, United Kingdom

Chris Hunton is an advertising veteran and founder of the Global Client Leader Gym, a consultancy optimizing agency account leadership. With over 18 years at WPP leading global clients like Land Rover and Emirates, his career also includes roles as an agency CEO and Managing Director, where he excelled in new business growth and team development.

Outside of his advertising career, Chris is deeply committed to social causes, serving as the Chair for The Simon Community, a homeless charity, and as a Trustee for Glaucoma UK. A former teacher, he is passionate about exercise, mentorship, and advocacy, driven by personal experiences including his own glaucoma diagnosis over twenty years ago.

Unique fact: Chris began his career as a PE teacher before moving into the advertising industry and rising to CEO-level positions.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
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Client Leadership
He founded Global Client Leader Gym, a consultancy dedicated to helping clients optimize the performance and selection of their agency account leaders after a long career in that role at WPP.
Homelessness Advocacy
As the active Chair of The Simon Community, a charity for London's street homeless, he is a vocal advocate for raising awareness and changing perceptions of homelessness.
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Career

Work history

3-2025
Founder
Global Client Leader Gym
2-2022
Non Executive Director
Glaucoma UK
8-2021
Non Executive Chair
The Simon Community (Homeless Charity Founded 1963)
2-2007 - 2-2025
Global Client Leader
WPP
Managing Director
Lowe
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University of Cambridge
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University of London
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