Talent Rankings
Talent Rankings

The Clio Awards Global Talent Rankings recognize the individuals behind the industry’s most awarded creative work. Rather than celebrating companies alone, the rankings shine a spotlight on the people driving that work across Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East & Africa, and North America. Spanning disciplines from Creative and Strategy to Production, Marketing, PR/Comms, and Account/Client Services, they map the talent shaping the ideas that define the industry today.

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Clio Awards
2026

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Ranking Name Title Discipline
1 Kalpesh Patankar Chief Creative Officer Creative
2 Sebastien Boutebel Chief Creative Officer Creative
3 Ali Rez Chief Creative Officer Creative
3 Joao Xavier Associate Design Director Creative
3 Ludmila Abramov Senior Art Director Creative
3 Rita Harbie Creative Director Creative
3 Vinicius Claudino Associate Creative Director Creative
4 Sylvia Trinidade Creative Services, Producer Creative
5 Andrea Moulas Creative Operations Manager Creative
5 Chafic Haddad Chief Creative Officer Creative
5 Firas Ghannam Executive Creative Director Creative
5 Marco Torni Associate Creative Director Creative
6 Muhammad Ali Executive Creative Director Creative
7 Andre Souza Senior Visualiser Creative
7 Divyan Kriplani Creative Director Creative
7 Farhan Siddiqui Creative Director Creative
7 Gautam Wadher Chief Creative Officer Creative
7 Kapil Bhimekar Creative Director Creative
7 Mohammed Sharique Art Director Creative
8 Anika Marya Creative Director Creative
8 Bruno Barbosa Creative Director Creative
8 Bruno Cavalcante Senior Art Director Creative
8 Maya El Kai Associate Creative Director Creative
8 Michael Marmito Motion Designer Creative
8 Paula Zambrano Senior Art Director Creative
8 Siddharth Joglekar Associate Creative Director Creative
9 Anas Odeh Senior Art Director Creative
9 Fran Luckin Chief Creative Officer Creative
9 Mahlahtse Mokautu Copywriter Creative
9 Michel Azar Associate Creative Director Creative
9 Mzolo Gcwabe Art Director Creative
9 Nhlanhla Ncgobo Executive Creative Director Creative
9 Thando Silimela Creative Director Creative
9 Tumi Moutlana Creative Director Creative
10 Diego Espinoza Associate Creative Director Creative
10 Khalid Maina Senior Arabic Copywriter Creative
10 Shaikhah Al-Otaibi Arabic Copywriter Creative
10 Stephanie Rodriguez Senior Copywriter Creative
10 Victoria Cordeiro Designer Creative
1 Karl Elhitti Head Of Social Marketing
2 Gaia El Khazen Content Executive Marketing
2 Rim Baroudi Senior Manager Content Marketing
2 Tarek Khalil Senior Executive, Influencer Marketing Marketing
2 Vikrant Shetty Head Of Content Marketing
3 Elizabeth Mokwena Chief Marketing Officer Marketing
3 Faisal Al Malki GM, Brand Marketing
3 Kenosi Matsebatlela Marketing Lead Marketing
3 Navini Ramsamie Marketing Lead Marketing
4 Essam Akhonbay VP, Marketing Marketing
4 Hassan Muhaimid Specialist, Media & Digital Marketing Marketing
4 Raad Alghuraybi Manager, Media & Digital Marketing Marketing
4 Shukri Aljudaibi GM, Brand & Marketing Marketing
4 Waseem Massis Brand Consultant Marketing
5 Yara Almashharawi Head Of Marketing And Branding Marketing
5 Yelena Ogbonna Chief Marketing Officer Marketing
6 Ahmed Elbeshbishy Content Manager Marketing
6 Ahmed Nour Social Media Director Marketing
6 Joel Pais Marketing Manager Marketing
6 Juan Encarnado Senior Content Creator Marketing
6 Mohamed Zibara Social Media Manager Marketing
6 Nizar Malaeb Marketing Marketing
6 Raghu Rangaswamy Marketing Marketing
6 Rami Rihani Chief Marketing Officer Marketing
6 Ravi Shankar Marketing Marketing
7 Amanda Zeitouni Head Of Social Marketing
7 Melhem Najm Chief Marketing Officer Marketing
7 Mirna Nafea Marketing Manager Marketing
7 Siddarth Sivaprakash Head Of Marketing Marketing
7 Vivek Narayanan Senior Marketing Manager Marketing
7 Yara Maroun Head Of Marketing Marketing
7 Ziad Sunna Head Of Social And Content Marketing
8 Bishara Touckly Associate Director Of Marketing, Confectionery & Snacking Marketing
8 Gregorio Szalontai Senior Content Creator Marketing
8 Ines Fates Senior Brand Manager, Confectionery & Snacking Marketing
8 Reqiah Saeed Asiri Marketing Marketing
1 Precious Armstrong Executive Assistant Ones to Watch
2 Gbolahan Ifeoluwa Jacob Set-Design Assistant Ones to Watch
3 Lea Nahed Influencer Manager Ones to Watch
4 Mohammed Alsaud Account Executive Ones to Watch
5 Anastassiya Ivanova Account Executive Ones to Watch
5 Anna Kostyleva Account Executive Ones to Watch
5 Michal Atyia Account Executive Ones to Watch
5 Salwa Eskandarani Account Executive Ones to Watch
5 Tal Fishbein Account Executive Ones to Watch
5 Tom Bar Account Executive Ones to Watch
6 Ahmed Mofti Account Executive Ones to Watch
6 Aya Ramadan Graphic Designer Ones to Watch
6 Elsa Gerges Senior Account Manager Ones to Watch
6 Farah Ibrahim Senior Account Manager Ones to Watch
6 Juan Mendoza Social Account Manager Ones to Watch
6 Mohamed El Cheikh Account Executive Ones to Watch
6 Nosipho Mkhize Project Manager Ones to Watch
6 Rami Mousa Senior Account Manager Ones to Watch
6 Sai Kumar Assistant Production Manager Ones to Watch
6 Vidhi Gupta Account Executive Ones to Watch
7 Leander Lacey Stunt Coordinator Ones to Watch
8 Cameo Smiljanic Account Executive Ones to Watch
8 Chloe Salloum Junior Art Director Ones to Watch
8 Deepika Varri Account Manager Ones to Watch
8 Harry Marino Junior Copywriter Ones to Watch
8 Luke Hibbert Art Director Ones to Watch
8 Nicola De Villiers Account Manager Ones to Watch
8 Ojasvita Chandra Assistant Manager Ones to Watch
8 Tamara Beaino Manager, Content Ones to Watch
9 Moataz Safar Associate Creative Coordinator Ones to Watch
1 Angela Bak Corporate Communications Director PR/Comms
1 Chhaon Bahl Corporate Communications Manager PR/Comms
2 Aya Abi-Saleh Communications Manager PR/Comms
3 Abdulrahman Hariri Communications Executive PR/Comms
3 Carmen Hatoum Senior Communications Executive PR/Comms
4 Leonid Nigmatullin PR Director PR/Comms
4 Mousa Bahri VP Marketing & Corporate Communication PR/Comms
5 Lea Moufarej Public Relations PR/Comms
5 Romy Abdelnour Public Relations PR/Comms
5 Simbongile Ndlangisa Public Relations PR/Comms
6 Alessandra Ziade Communications Manager PR/Comms
6 Naba Kadri Senior Communications Executive PR/Comms
6 Roksar Kamal PR Lead PR/Comms
1 Shereen Mostafa Head Of Production Production
2 Upasana Kumar Senior Producer Production
3 Fariba Buchheim Director Production
3 Korbinian Maier Line Producer Production
3 Manuel Lübbers Director Of Photography Production
3 Nengi Nelson Photographer Production
3 Yagazie Emezi Photographer Production
4 Ade Bantu Service Producer Production
4 Bola Belo Set-Design Production
4 Marie Izard Editor Production
4 Martin Linka – Thatsoundsmart Score & Sound Design Production
4 Oyetunji Ibrahim Olamilekan Production Manager Production
4 Prince Onwutuebe Sound Engineer Production
5 Jamil Ghrawi Agency Producer Production
5 Joe Aboudaher Agency Head Of Production Production
6 Alajhar Hussain Editor Production
7 Antonio Geagea Animator Production
7 Maricris Gatpandan Senior Traffic Manager Production
8 Daniel Masilang Animator Production
8 George Jaraiseh Photographer Production
8 Jesudass Manirajan Retoucher Production
8 Reem Hageali Producer Production
9 George Q Photographer Production
9 Joumana Haddad Production Director, Senior Producer Production
9 Oussama Ghannam Editor Production
9 Wendy Machanik Producer Production
10 Aly El Esseily Senior Producer Production
10 Edmond Mattar Producer Production
1 Tahaab Rais Chief Strategy Officer Strategy
2 Adrian Mutescu Head Of Strategy Strategy
3 Aakriti Goel Head Of Strategy & Insights Strategy
4 Fatima Talaat Senior Executive, Strategy & Insights Strategy
5 Inaan Budhiraja Associate Business Director, Strategy & Insights Strategy
6 Mongi Bhouri Strategy Director Strategy
7 Bhaskar Bateja Head Of Strategy Strategy
7 Catherine Bannister Chief Strategy Officer Strategy
7 Mbali Mchunu Strategist Strategy
7 Mohammed Aayaz Strategist Strategy
7 Rayhaan Mehtar Head Of Strategy Strategy
7 Rifaat Fakih Strategy Director Strategy
7 Yasmina Raydan Senior Strategy Manager Strategy
8 Dominic Sullivan Business Director, Strategy Strategy
8 Mazen Haddad Business Director, Strategy Strategy
9 Ana Julia De Oliveira Senior Manager, Strategy & Insights Strategy
9 Dalal Kareem Senior Manager, Strategy Strategy
9 Lina Ibrahim Manager, Strategy & Insights Strategy
9 Nadine Matar Head Of Strategy & Insights Strategy

Ties are included, some rankings may feature more than 10 individuals.