Highly-awarded creative leader, Chaka Sobhani, has been appointed global chief creative officer of Leo Burnett, replacing Liz Taylor who leaves after two years with the agency. Sobhani, who has been CCO of Leo Burnett London for exactly five years, will take on this global role while continuing her
Chaka Sobhani promoted to global chief creative officer of Leo Burnett
Sobhani will still head up creative at Leo Burnett London.
by Emmet McGonagle
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Chaka Sobhani has been promoted to global chief creative officer of Leo Burnett. Representing Leo Burnett on a global stage, Sobhani will be responsible for evolving the Publicis Groupe network’s creative standards, as well as recruiting and growing the next generation of creative talent, with a focus on diversity and inclusion. Sobhani kicked off her creative career as a comedy and performance writer, previously working at Fox before setting up ITV’s first in-house creative agency, ITV Creative. She joined Mother in 2013, where she spent three years, before becoming Leo Burnett London’s chief creative officer.
Campaign. “I went from a decade in broadcast, interned at Mother and started getting my head around advertising, but I would never have thought 20 years ago that I was gonna end up in a global role.
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