AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS // Sandra moved her ad career from Bucharest to London, from London to Milan and from Milan to Amsterdam in pursuit of life’s meaning, good work and great people.
During this quest, she managed to land awards in major ad festivals like Cannes, One Show, Clio, Eurobest and D&AD and titles like Copywriter of the year and Top 100 Superwomen. She also found great people.
Her work put a shoulder in McCann Romania… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO, USA // Xanthe is currently VP, Global Creative for Pinterest running the House of Creative team. Since arriving at Pinterest in November of 2022, Xanthe has been driving the brand’s creative transformation, delivering a major step change in creative quality and ROI for campaigns, product launches and events. Prior to going into tech 7 years ago, she spent 14 years on the agency side at TBWAChiat Day, Los Angeles, Pitch, Ground… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Pelle Sjoenell is the Worldwide CCO of Droga5. Previously, he served as the first-ever CCO at Activision Blizzard, where his role was specifically designed to drive marketing innovation and creativity across the world’s most successful entertainment gaming franchises, including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, and Candy Crush. Prior to that, he was Worldwide CCO at BBH, where he oversaw the firm’s creative… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Tiffany Rolfe is Chair and Global Chief Creative Officer of R/GA, a creative innovation company who designs valuable experiences for people and brands. R/GA’s clients include Google, Nike, Verizon, Samsung, TurboTax, Enterprise and more. Tiffany thrives on developing new creative solutions across channels and platforms that lead to business growth and cultural impact.
Prior to joining R/GA, Tiffany served as Chief… Read More
CHICAGO, USA // A Bogotá, Colombia native with a depth of global experience, Andrés is one of the most decorated creatives in the advertising industry, with 20+ years of experience dedicated to crafting compelling narratives for some of the world’s most renowned brands. He was named Global CCO in 2024.
As a member of FCB’s Global Leadership Team, Andrés is responsible for supporting FCB’s all-star creative leadership community, keeping… Read More
TOKYO, JAPAN // Yasuharu Sasaki, known as Yasu, began working at dentsu as a copywriter in 1995. Drawing on his skills as a Computer Science graduate he was an early pioneer of interactive advertising. His passion for creativity and technology has been a marked characteristic throughout his career, notably when he founded cutting edge R&D offering, Dentsu Lab Tokyo in 2014. His time at dentsu, which has included working in New York as an… Read More
TORONTO, CANADA // Aaron Starkman leads Rethink globally as Chief Creative Officer. This year Aaron led Rethink to become the most awarded agency in the worldthis is the first time an independent agency has accomplished this – The Drum World Creative Rankings).
So far in 2024 Aaron has led Rethink to win Independent Network & agency of the year at Cannes, The One Show, The Andy’s & the Clios. Rethink was also named this year’s Campaign… Read More
CHICAGO, USA // Joe joined Ogilvy in 2000 and was appointed to Global Deputy CCO in 2018.
Under Joe’s creative leadership, Ogilvy Chicago was named the 2018 Clio Awards “Agency of the Year.” He was part of the creative team that won the 2006 Grand EFFIE for Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty.” His work has also won numerous Cannes Lions, One Show Pencils, Clios, Communication Arts, London International Awards, and D&AD Awards.
Joe… Read More
SHANGHAI, CHINA // Lily is the Managing Director of The Mill Shanghai studio. With over 20 years experience in both production and VFX, Lily has an unrivaled knowledge in advertising of the China and Asian market. Initially joining as Head of Production under the Technicolor banner in 2012, Lily has overseen the development of the team. She captained the studio since 2017, through stormy period of pandemic and led The Mill to flourish as the… Read More
MIAMI, USA // Fernando Pellizzaro is the Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director at AKQA Bloom. With over 18 years of experience in the US, Brazil, Portugal, and Argentina, he has won recognition from all major festivals, including over 50 Cannes Lions, 58 Clios, 54 One Show Pencils, and 29 D&ADs, including a Black Pencil.
Cannes Global Creative Report ranked him #1 most awarded Creative Director in 2020/2021 and #8 Creative Director… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Diego is an award-winning industry leader in creative production, currently the Head of Production at Deutsch. He drives innovation across broadcast, film, music, content, print, and experiential projects for iconic brands like Taco Bell, Walmart, Nintendo, and more. Diego also manages Steelhead, Deutsch’s 50,000 sq ft production company, leading global campaigns for brands such as Yonex, Interscope Records, and Drizly… Read More
LIMA, PERU // Peruvian producer and businessman, with over twenty five years in the audiovisual business. He studied at Instituto Peruano de PublicidadIPP) and have a Master in Marketing and Commercial Direction in CesmaMadrid).
Founding Partner and Executive Producer in companies that made difference in peruvian business. In 2012 he founded Rebeca Productions, matrix of two major production companies: SANTIAGO, focused on branded… Read More
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS // When music supervisor Sander van Maarschalkerweerd founded SIZZER in 2005, he wanted to bridge the gap between explosive music talent and the finest in the ad industry. It’s safe to say he succeeded – under his leadership, SIZZER developed from its Amsterdam roots to an all-round music partner for international agencies and brands.
SIZZER is an independent music agency, helping brands tell powerful, authentic… Read More
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES // When she first graduated from Mass Communication and Broadcasting, she was asked: What’s next? What will you do now? And she had no clue! Shereen loved writing, cinematography, anchoring, editing, directing and anything related to film production, equally, but had no idea from where to start! The absolute answer for this was: Become a producer. The only person who can get the chance to be part of all those… Read More
BROOKLYN, USA // Cavel Khan is the Chief Growth Officer of Group Black and is responsible for developing growth and revenue strategies for the company. Khan has close to 20 years of experience managing growth in advertising and client partnerships for many high-profile organizations and is widely recognized as a business leader, startup advisor, and board member in the tech and media space. Prior to Group Black he served as the CRO of Tumblr,… Read More
PARIS, FRANCE // Marco Venturelli is CEO and CCO of Publicis Conseil in Paris and CCO of Publicis Groupe France, leading around 900 creative talents. He started out in 2001 as a copywriter in Milan at BGS/D’Arcy, Publicis, BBDO and Havas.
In 2010, he moved to Paris and joined the Havas-owned Agence H as Creative Director, winning all major awards in France and globally. In 2014 he was appointed Executive Creative Director of the… Read More
Marie Claire is the Chief Creative Officer across EMEA and the Middle East at the world’s leading public relations consultancy firm, Edelman.
Throughout her career, starting in 2006 at BBDO, Marie-Claire has worked with an extensive portfolio of both international and MENA brands across sectors, including Mars, J&J, PepsiCo, Essity and Annahar Newspaper. Marie Claire has contributed to hugely impactful and effective campaigns driven by… Read More
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL // Joanna is currently Co- Chief Creative OfficerCCO) at Africa Creative DDB. She has won more than 200 international awards: 38 Cannes Lions, including a Grand Prix in Mobile, LIA, D&AD, Clio, and The One Show, among others. In 2014 she was named “Woman of the Year” by Advertising Age, “The Number 1 Creative Woman in the World” by Business Insider, “Top 5 Most Awarded Creative Directors in the World” by the Big Won Report,… Read More
