Ali Rez

Ali Rez

Chief Creative Officer, Impact BBDO

Named Creative Person of the Year twice by Campaign magazine, Ali Rez is the most awarded creative leader in the Middle East, and currently leads creative output for the IMPACT BBDO Group across the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan region. Rez’s work has been instrumental in Impact BBDO Dubai being named the No.2 Agency In The World on the WARC report, while winning 10 different Agency of the Year accolades in 2022 for bringing tremendous business success and creative excellence to the Group, and positive impact to social causes. Rez has won more than 900 international accolades in his career spanning four continents over 20 years, awards which have led him to be ranked No.1 ECD in MENA and APAC on several creative rankings. He is the first jury president ever at Cannes Lions to represent the Middle East. Rez has previously spoken at Oxford University, Tedx, Cannes Lions, The US Dept of State, The Hamburg City Hall, amongst many other venues.