Iris Worldwide co-founder relocates to Asia to head regional growth

Tim Burrowes

March 25, 2010 8:24

Iris Worldwide co-founder and global CEO, Ian Millner, is relocating to Asia as part of plans to increase the agency network’s focus on the growth markets of South East Asia, Australia, India and China.

The independently-owned marketing communications agency currently has 17 offices across 10 countries, including a presence in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.

Millner, who will move from Iris’ London office, will remain involved in client business globally, working on accounts including Sony Ericsson, Adidas, Barclaycard, Shell and Hertz.

He said: “We think that we can reproduce the sort of growth we’ve enjoyed in our most mature offices throughout Asia. This will be the making of iris as a real threat to the advertising-led global networks.”

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.