Leo Macias
Leo has been working in the advertising market since 1992. In 1996, he moved to Brazil where he worked as a creative leader in some agencies such as Publicis, Talent Marcel, Havas and DM9DDB, handling brands like P&G, Johnsons, Santander Bank, Mizuno, Sony Ericsson, Walls, Nestlé, among others. As a creative, he had won 25 Cannes Lions and many other important awards around the world. Besides that he was jury in more than 15 of this festivals. Last year, he moved to Colombia to be the CCO of DDB Group and to be member of the global creative council of DDB Worldwide. When he’s not at the agency, he also runs a successful Art Gallery in Sao Paulo, New York and Bogotá. In the last 8 years he has made many exhibitions in Brazil, as an artist that he also is in his free time.
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