Chris Garbutt was named Global Creative President of TBWA and Chief Creative Officer of TBWA\Chiat\Day New York in July 2015. In his dual role, Chris oversees the creative direction for TBWA’s hallmark global clients, including Nissan, McDonalds, Adidas, and more, while also partnering with CEO Rob Schwartz to helm the network’s flagship New York office.

No stranger to the TBWA network, Chris started his career at TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris in his native South Africa before moving to TBWA\Paris to become its Executive Creative Director, where he produced some of the agency’s most celebrated work for Nissan, Absolut, PlayStation, Canderel and Pedigree.

Chris joined TBWA from Ogilvy & Mather East in New York, where he has served as Chief Creative Officer. As CCO, his oversight and leadership spanned all agency disciplines and he is credited with award-winning campaigns for IBM and Coca-Cola. Prior to joining Ogilvy in New York, Chris was Chief Creative Officer of the network’s Paris office, where he helped to propel the agency to new creative heights, producing global campaigns for Perrier, Louis Vuitton and Google.

In 2014, Advertising Age named Chris one of the most awarded Chief Creative Officers in the world. He has won nearly 100 Cannes Lions in his career, including three Grand Prix, as well as top honors in The One Show, D&AD, Webbys, Clios and the Art Director’s Club.