John Barratt, President & CEO, Teague

As President and CEO, John Barratt dedicates his time to positioning Teague for future success while building on the company’s rich heritage; striking a careful balance between building the Teague brand, and safeguarding the legacy. During his five years in this position, he’s established and strengthened Teague’s partnerships with some of the world's leading brands including Hewlett-Packard, Nike, The Boeing Company, Starbucks, Panasonic, LG, Samsung, Rockwell Collins and Microsoft among others; the result, happy clients and a growing roster of international design awards.
 
John began his career in 1990, working as a product designer at Exatiss Concept in Paris. After nearly five years of exhausting hours, exhausting clients, a few design awards and 2400 hours in the Parisian Metro, he moved on to Philips Design in Holland. There he had the great fortune to work under the direction of Stefano Marzano, building and leading design teams that embodied poetic design, articulate and passionate creative direction and a missionary zeal to exceed expectations.
 
Spending five years at Philips, John held leading positions in their Hong Kong, Eindhoven and New York studios. In his final role as Strategic Design Manager, he established and implemented a coherent brand language across Philips' ranges of telecommunication products; and initiated, mentored, and implemented a future-focused ideation process for the burgeoning mobile phone market. His global experience in both operational and strategic roles at Philips Design facilitated his move to Teague in 1999.
 
John earned his master’s degree in Industrial Design from Leicester Polytechnic, United Kingdom after receiving a bachelor’s degree in Three Dimensional Design from Teesside Polytechnic, United Kingdom.
 
Recognition
Under John’s direction, Teague’s contributions to design have been honored with dozens of prestigious awards including multiple IDEA, Good Design and iF awards. In 2006, the company was presented with DMI’s Design Management Team of the Year Award.