John Raul Forero, President and Chief Creative Officer, DDB Colombia 

Throughout his career, he has been CCO of Ogilvy Latin America, member of the Ogilvy Worldwide Creative Council and Global Creative Leader of The Coca Cola Company account. He has also been CCO in Latin America for accounts such as McDonald’s, Pfizer, Kimberly Clark and global project leader of the Milo brand for Nestlé.

As President of DDB Colombia, he led the agency to be named Agency of the Year at Effie Colombia on several occasions and, for the first time in its history, Agency of the Year at Effie Latam.

He also led DDB Colombia to be the second most creative agency in Latin America at El Ojo, the second most effective agency in the world according to Effie Index and the Colombian Agency of the Year at Cannes Lions.

As CCO of the Ogilvy network in Latin America, he led the process that led it to be the Most Innovative Network in the World according to Cannes Lions, Latin American Network of the Year at Cannes Lions, LIA, One Show, D&AD, Clio and Crema. Throughout his career he has won more than 1,000 awards and recognitions in the main festivals of creativity and effectiveness, including 69 Cannes Lions, also the Grand Prix, as well as the Grand Clio, Most Innovative Agency in the World according to Cannes Lions, Agency of the Year in El Sol, and has been named the best Creative Director in Colombia and one of the 10 best Creative Directors of the Continent for 10 years in Ojo de Iberoamérica. He has also been listed as one of the 101 most important advertisers in the world according to Forbes.