2026 Virtual Coaches
Chris Wellard
Executive Creative Director
Havas Lynx
Manchester
Chris Wellard
Executive Creative Director, Havas Lynx
As a creative leader at Havas Lynx, Chris has developed an unhealthy love for the power of transformational ideas in health. He has moved into the pharmaceutical sector from consumer to help prove that the most regulated industry is actually the most fertile ground for radical creativity and human connection.
With a deep foundation in Art Direction, he pushes his teams to create work that doesn't just inform, but intervenes—turning scientific data into cultural fame and patient journeys into visceral experiences. His goal is to elevate health communications ensuring every piece of work earns the audience's time rather than just demanding it.
Chris has worked in South Africa and in the UK, across all sectors. He has worked his way through most of the big agency names that no longer exist such as JWT, Wunderman FCB and Leo Burnett as well as some that remain like Grey and Havas.
He has been recognised at all of the big award shows but is happiest when the teams he leads produce the type of work that becomes a benchmark.
Executive Creative Director, Havas Lynx
As a creative leader at Havas Lynx, Chris has developed an unhealthy love for the power of transformational ideas in health. He has moved into the pharmaceutical sector from consumer to help prove that the most regulated industry is actually the most fertile ground for radical creativity and human connection.
With a deep foundation in Art Direction, he pushes his teams to create work that doesn't just inform, but intervenes—turning scientific data into cultural fame and patient journeys into visceral experiences. His goal is to elevate health communications ensuring every piece of work earns the audience's time rather than just demanding it.
Chris has worked in South Africa and in the UK, across all sectors. He has worked his way through most of the big agency names that no longer exist such as JWT, Wunderman FCB and Leo Burnett as well as some that remain like Grey and Havas.
He has been recognised at all of the big award shows but is happiest when the teams he leads produce the type of work that becomes a benchmark.