David Abbott is a British advertising executive who founded Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO. Abbott started as a copywriter at Mather & Crowther and then at DDB, London. In 1966 he was sent to their New York office, then returned to London as a director. In 1978 he founded Abbott Mead Vickers (AMV), handling clients including Volvo, Sainsbury's, IKEA, Chivas Regal, The Economist, Yellow Pages, and the RSPCA. The One Club for Art and Copy inducted Abbott into its Creative Hall of Fame in 2001. His first novel, The Upright Piano Player was published in 2010.