Chris Beresford-Hill

Chris is Worldwide Chief Creative Officer at BBDO, partnering with CEO of the Americas, Nancy Reyes.

Previously he spent 2 years as North America President and CCO of Ogilvy, where he helped bring the agency and its clients a new level of relevance. He brought Workday to the Super Bowl with gold lion-winning “Rockstars,” lead the team that brought in the Verizon account, and one of the biggest Super Bowl campaigns ever, “Can't B Broken,” featuring Beyonce, and created the most celebrated Super Bowl campaign of 2024, the social & influencer lead "Michael CeraVe," for CeraVe.

Before that, Chris spent 4 years as CCO of TBWAChiatDay NY, alongside Nancy and Rob Schwartz, where they helped turn the storied agency around with disruptive work like adidas’ “Billie Jean King Your Shoes,” Columbia Journalism Review “The Fake News Stand,” and MTN Dew “Major Millions."

He also spent 8 years as ECD at BBDO NY, alongside partner Dan Lucey, creating famous and effective work like the Foot Locker APPROVED campaign, Guinness “Wheelchair Basketball,” and the Twix "Pick a Side" campaign. He’s held writer and CD positions at Saatchi NY, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, and Modernista! In Boston, where he started out as an intern writing automotive brochures for General Motors.

Chris and his teams have won every award for creativity and effectiveness many times over. He has been included in ADWEEK Best Creatives, the ADWEEK 100, Business Insider’s Most Creative People in Advertising, and the AdAge 40 Under 40, back when he was under 40.