Hilbrich Group

Acquisition and leadership of marketing communications companies to bring more and better services to clients.

CEO | Founder | Investor l Business Turnaround Expert l Author l Coach

I have combined four decades of experience into instant insight. To help businesses create good times out of bad and to learn from the mistakes I made to help amplify their success.

Executive Coach

Global organization of company Presidents who believe in education, idea exchange and family work/life balance. Have held many officer, day chair and global champion roles.

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The Sandbox Agency

Our vision is to create a global challenger agency. Sandbox not only creates great work and executes flawlessly—we focus on the important and undervalued virtue in the agency business of playing together nicely in the sandbox. After growing from a startup to $62MM in revenue, Sandbox successfully combined with MERGE in March 2020.

Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO

Brandimage - Desgrippes & LAGA

Acquired Brandimage - Desgrippes & Laga, one of the world’s largest design firms, was formed from the combination of Desgrippes Gobé, a global design firm, and laga, a leading American design and innovation agency. With a team of experts in the U.S. Europe and Asia, Brandimage offers holistic services designed to deliver rich emotional brand experiences for consumers, from brand strategy and consumer insight, to brand identity, industrial design, package design, graphics, innovation, interactive, retail experience and architecture in one integrated offering. Brandimage was acquired by Schawk in October 2011.

Owner and CEO

The Marketing Store

Global promotional marketing communications agency with offices in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, U.K., France, Australia and China serving McDonald's, Nissan, Diageo, Vodafone and Coca Cola. Having created the awesome team that grew The Marketing Store Canada from a startup to $25MM in revenue, earned TMS global agency of the year three years in a row and achieved a top 5 independent agency status in Canada, I moved to the role of Global President of the company.

Global President

Leo Burnett

Started my career at Leo Burnett in Chicago and moved on to Burnett offices in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Canada in various senior leadership positions while growing the agency and client business for Kellogg's, Proctor & Gamble, Kraft, Heinz, Fruit of the Loom, Glad and McDonald's. Although I loved working with many major multinational clients, I especially enjoyed successfully leading smaller, more entrepreneurial offices in Leo Burnett International. Having experienced helping clients navigate the crumbling of the Berlin Wall and executing turnarounds in smaller offices in Scandinavia, I developed my deep love of the agency business and the people who work so hard to make it tick.

Senior Vice President

CEO | Entrepreneur | Investor | Author | Executive Coach

Leaders need perspective and broader thinking to create success. I can help you achieve that success. 

After almost three decades as a CEO, entrepreneur and investor, I have navigated organizations large and small, struggled through recessions and successfully managed companies to success who were once drowning in poor management or deeply in debt. I have grown business organically and through acquisition; and I have exited two companies as an entrepreneur.

I have seen a lot. I'm not perfect. I have struggled and laid awake many nights to try to figure out the right answer. 

My passion is to serve. That is why I have combined four decades of experience into days of learning for you. To help you create good times out of bad, to help you learn from the mistakes I made and to help you amplify your success. 

I will engage in your success. I will help you turn your company around. I will sell your company. I will invest in or purchase your company. 

If I have entered the conversation you are already having in your head, I would be privileged to chat with you.

John Hilbrich

No-company. (Self-employed.)

Soul Coach

Book Author

I used to run a personal/author blog to connect with readers, book reviewers, publishers, and other authors but now I post mental health-related stories and articles on Medium instead.

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Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Pure Therapy Clinic

I maintained the business blog whilst working at Pure Therapy Clinic, writing articles related to health and Hijama therapy.

Therapy Blogger

Creating safe spaces for depressed and anxious healthcare professionals

Every day is a struggle.

A constant battle between what needs to be done and what we want to do.

And sometimes life feels a war we can't win.

Have you ever had similar thoughts? If so, I invite you to keep reading.

Pursuing your life goals is often an admirable ability but not one that everyone can achieve straight away. Not when they're already burdened by their daily tasks. 

For some, that's managing a stressful job or two. 

For others, it's simply getting out bed in the morning.

Still reading and finding this relatable? Good (but also not good. I'm sorry you're experiencing life like that).

If you're still walking the long walk and fighting every step of the way, odds are your hands are too full to reach for more stars. You're probably not looking to be a "winner" because the truth is you're already winning. 

I imagine what you're really looking for is peace.

And soul coaching can help you find it.

Feel free to get in touch if you ever feel like things are becoming too much. 

I'm listening.

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The Battle

John Hilbrich

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