Chaka Sobhani
President & Global Chief Creative Officer
DDB Worldwide
Chaka was recently appointed Global Chief Creative Officer of DDB Worldwide. She is a world-renowned creative talent having been named Campaign’s Creative Leader 2022, was featured in Campaign’s Top 10 Creative Leaders consistently for the past 5 years, and has also held a top spot on Adweek’s Creative 100 list. While in her previous role as CCO of Leo Burnett, she fueled several Agency of the Year awards and major creative accolades including being named Network of the Year at Clios, ADC, Dubai Lynx and Spikes. Chaka's multiple award-winning campaigns include “Raise your Arches” and “Lights On” for McDonalds, “The Missing Chapter” for P&G, “One House” for Suncorp” and “Lost Class”.
Sobhani has also served as jury member and President numerous times at the world’s greatest awards shows including Cannes, D&AD, One Show, the Andy’s, Art Directors Club, Eurobest, Clios, LIA’s, the IPA, the Creative Circle and the British Arrows. Sobhani sits on the External Affairs Committee for the Design Museum, as well as on the board of D&AD, The One Show, the British Arrows, Creative Circle and Facebook EMEA Creative Council, Snapchat Global Creative Council and WARC Advisory Board.
Before joining DDB Worldwide and Leo Burnett, Chaka spent a number of years at the leading independent agency Mother and worked on large global brands including McDonalds, Coca Cola, Google, Kelloggs, Samsung, Boots, Skoda, Disney, AXA, Morrisons, Tui, Premier Inn, Sky, P&G, General Motors, Stella Artois, National Lottery, Agent Provocateur and Adidas.
Sobhani has also served as jury member and President numerous times at the world’s greatest awards shows including Cannes, D&AD, One Show, the Andy’s, Art Directors Club, Eurobest, Clios, LIA’s, the IPA, the Creative Circle and the British Arrows. Sobhani sits on the External Affairs Committee for the Design Museum, as well as on the board of D&AD, The One Show, the British Arrows, Creative Circle and Facebook EMEA Creative Council, Snapchat Global Creative Council and WARC Advisory Board.
Before joining DDB Worldwide and Leo Burnett, Chaka spent a number of years at the leading independent agency Mother and worked on large global brands including McDonalds, Coca Cola, Google, Kelloggs, Samsung, Boots, Skoda, Disney, AXA, Morrisons, Tui, Premier Inn, Sky, P&G, General Motors, Stella Artois, National Lottery, Agent Provocateur and Adidas.