Barrett and Welsh

Specialties

Barrett and Welsh is an idea consultancy that focuses on producing extremely creative, channel-​agnostic, idea-​centric advertising for a variety of clients in mass and multicultural markets.

Specialties: Advertising (Mass media, multicultural, web), Marketing, Branding and Brand Design, Web Design.

Category expertise: Alcohol, Automotive, Financial Services, Government and Public Service, Telecom, Transit

History

Established in 2003.

Founded in 2003 by Mike Welsh and Gavin Barrett.

Meet the Business Owner

Gavin B.

Business Owner

Gavin Barrett began at Lintas: Bombay, moved on to DY&R Rediffusion and then to HK, where he worked first for JWT as Sr Writer, and Leo Burnett as Associate Creative Director. In Canada, Gavin worked at Maclaren McCann as Sr Writer and at Vickers & Benson (Arnold Canada), where he was Vice President, Sr Art Director. He launched Jabberdust Advertising in 2001, and co-​founded barrettandwelsh in 2003. In search of ideas he has nibbled on pig’s ears (not on a live pig at the time); gone elephant-​back in the Thai jungle; gambled in a Macau casino, eaten focus-​group lasagna. His spots have been shot by Louis Ng, David Carson and Deepa Mehta; he used Shekhar Kapur (director of «Elizabeth») in a sales promo film; a headline he wrote appeared in a John Irving novel. He has owned a publishing company, written a guide to doing business in 10 Asian countries, helped elect a Prime Minister. His poems are in Penguin’s anthology of Indian poets Reasons for Belonging