Dara Lynch promoted to D&AD CEO as Jo Jackson steps down; Donal Keenan promoted to COO role

D&AD has today announced that Jo Jackson (top left) is stepping down from her part-time role as CEO to focus on her other business interests. D&AD chief operating officer Dara Lynch (right) will assume the role left vacant by Jackson.

D&AD has promoted awards and operations director Donal Keenan (bottom left) to the role of chief operating officer. Tim Lindsay remains as chairman and he and the Board offer them both their congratulations.

Jackson’s tenure has included the successful revival post-Covid of the annual D&AD Festival and healthy growth in both D&AD’s Professional and New Blood Awards programmes.

D&AD’s Board of Trustees thanks Jackson for her service and wish her well for the future, which may well include further collaborations.

D&AD’s mission will continue to be to celebrate, stimulate and enable excellence in commercial creativity; to develop talent, from emerging through to senior leadership; and to campaign for a fairer, more diverse industry in the belief that this creates better outcomes for all.