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Suhana Gordhan

Founder and Chief Creative Officer
LoveSong
Cape Town
, South Africa

Suhana Gordhan is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of LoveSong, a creative consultancy dedicated to ideas that sing. 

LoveSong’s mission is to give big love to small brands and more love to big brands. LoveSong was created, because Gordhan believes that everything is made better with love. But also because the world needs more laughter and joy, more unforgettable experiences, more serendipity, more irreverence, more hope, and more meaning. 

Gordhan is a Hindu, who learned quickly that there are no sacred cows in advertising. One of her favourite moments in her 20-year career, was during her time as Creative Director on Nando’s, when she pissed off a dictator and won an award for it. Other accolades include a Black Eagle, multiple awards at the Loeries, Creative Circle Ad of the Year, Pendorings, The Bookmarks, Cannes Lions, D&AD, and Best of Show in Radio at The One Show Awards. 

Career highlights include being selected by FCB Global as one of two Creative Directors to attend a surfing and leadership program in Nicaragua in 2016, and in 2017 being named one of Destiny Magazine’s Power of 40 Candidates. She has judged Cannes Lions twice, as well as other major award shows like One Show and The Clios. Gordhan’s work for Coca-Cola featured in Contagious Magazine as one of three campaigns in The World’s Best Strategies.

Gordhan represents South Africa and Africa on the International Board for The One Club. She also serves on The Loeries and the Creative Circle Exco - key industry boards in South Africa. She is the former Chairperson of The Loeries and the Founder of Open Chair – a non-profit that creates space for young women in advertising to have face time with senior women leaders. 
When not making ads, she enjoys people watching and Capoeira - a 400-year-old Afro-Brazilian Martial Arts (often mistaken by her colleagues to be an innocuous dance form).