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Malcolm Poynton
Global Chief Creative Officer
Cheil Worldwide

LONDON, UK //  Credited with award--‐winning firsts such as Unilever's smile activated ice cream vending machine and Foot Locker's Sneakerpedia, Malcolm is a recognized industry influencer and speaker, member of the prestigious International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, former Cannes and Clio awards Jury President and was recently named by TechCity Insider as one of the UK’s Top 100 Digital innovators and one of AdAge magazine’s “World’s Top 10 Digital minds”. With over 100 international industry accolades, Malcolm’s work has been recognized by Cannes Lions Film, Print, Innovation, Outdoor, Cyber, Mobile and Media, SXSW Interactive, and more.

Before joining Cheil, Malcolm was a member of Sapient’s global board and SapientNitro’s European Chief Creative Officer. During his Time with Sapient, Malcolm recruited and led the creative team responsible for all SapientNitro’s Cannes Lion wins between 2010 and 2014. As Executive Creative Director of Ogilvy UK he lead teams that created Dove's legendary 'Campaign for Real Beauty' and CRUK’s internationally recognized campaign ‘Together we will beat cancer’. M&C Saatchi, Saatchi & Saatchi, Ogilvy and SapientNitro have all won Agency of the Year titles during his creative leadership.

In January 2015, Malcolm joined Cheil as the Network’s first Global Chief Creative Officer. The Cheil Network is the world’s fastest growing Network and includes The Barbarian Group, Iris Worldwide, McKinney, BMB, PengTai and MDLab. Malcolm chairs the Cheil Network’s Global Creative Council, sepng the creative agenda and connecting Cheil’s many creative specialisms to become one of the world’s top ten creative Networks. Successes to date include CheilPengTai being named Agency of the Year at the Great Wall of China Awards, Cheil Spain, Seoul and Barbarian Group all winning at Cannes, not to mention Cheil Network entering the Gunn Report for the first time ranking as one of the world’s top 20 Creative Networks.