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Ali Rez
Chief Creative Officer
IMPACT BBDO
Dubai
Named Creative Person of the Year four times by Campaign magazine, Ali Rez is one of the most awarded creative leaders in the world, who currently leads creative output for the IMPACT BBDO Group across the West Asia region.
Rez’s work has been instrumental in Impact BBDO being named the No.2 Agency In The World on the WARC report, while winning 41 different No.1 Regional Agency accolades in three years for bringing tremendous business success and creative excellence to the Group, and positive impact to social causes.
Rez has won more than 1000 international accolades in his career spanning four continents, which include Grands Prix at all the major shows including Cannes Lions, Clio, OneShow, Loeries, Effies, LIA – awards which have led him to be ranked No.1 ECD in MENA and APAC on several creative rankings.
Moving from California, Rez currently lives in Dubai, where he is an avid mountain biker. Besides lecturing at Oxford University, Rez has exhibited at Tate UK, spoken at Tedx, and has traveled to 153 countries.
Rez’s work has been instrumental in Impact BBDO being named the No.2 Agency In The World on the WARC report, while winning 41 different No.1 Regional Agency accolades in three years for bringing tremendous business success and creative excellence to the Group, and positive impact to social causes.
Rez has won more than 1000 international accolades in his career spanning four continents, which include Grands Prix at all the major shows including Cannes Lions, Clio, OneShow, Loeries, Effies, LIA – awards which have led him to be ranked No.1 ECD in MENA and APAC on several creative rankings.
Moving from California, Rez currently lives in Dubai, where he is an avid mountain biker. Besides lecturing at Oxford University, Rez has exhibited at Tate UK, spoken at Tedx, and has traveled to 153 countries.