With a philosophy of “if it doesn’t work it doesn’t count”, Dante is tasked with leading MRM Singapore’s creative team in delivering creative digital solutions that establish meaningful roles for global brands across the region.

Having over 16 years of experience in integrated and digital work across APAC markets, Dante’s work has garnered multiple creative, marketing and effectiveness honours including LIAs, Clios, New York Festivals, Spikes Asia and the Effies among others.

Satyen is a seasoned creative director with 25 years of experience spanning traditional, digital, and activation agencies in Mumbai and Dubai. For the past 2.5 years, he has been leading a team at DDB Dubai, following successful stints at JWT and Ogilvy. His extensive portfolio features prominent regional and local brands, including Etisalat, Saudi Tourism, Americana, Al Safi Danone, Jumeirah, Dubai Festival City, Nakheel, The Landmark Group, Audi, Volvo, Gulf Air, Etihad Airways, American Express, Aster Healthcare and Lipton, among others. Satyen's work with Volvo at Ogilvy earned the agency "Agency of the Year" honors at Dubai Lynx 2010, while his innovative campaign targeting underprivileged laborers in the UAE secured the region's first gold and silver Cannes Lions in healthcare. He has garnered over 50 regional and international awards, including 2 Lions and 4 shortlists, 1 NYF Health Award and 3 finalists showcasing his impressive creative track record.

Aaron believes in ideas, working hard being nice and brushing his teeth after lunch.

Originally from Mexico City, with more than 20 years of advertising experience across a wide range of US and global brands. Over the past 5 years, he has delivered unparalleled work in pharmaceutical marketing in therapeutic categories such as respiratory, dermatology, and cardiology. He joined McCann Health NY in 2021 to work with a portfolio of cardiovascular accounts.

Aaron’s work has been recognized for creative excellence by the London International Awards, Clio, The Creative Floor, MM&M Awards, DTC Awards, Lüerzers Archive magazine, Shots magazine, and was published on McGraw Hill’s Marketing Essentials textbooks.

Aaron’s personal artwork has been exhibited in multiple galleries around the world, including Miami Art Basel, Venice, and NY.

Paula is a Group Art Supervisor at Area 23, an IGP Health Company. She is happy to join this amazing team and proud to have their work recognized in festivals such as Cannes and Clio.

Before moving to the USA, she worked in Brazil in big advertising groups such as Publicis and Havas.

After many years on the consumer side, she switched to Health with the purpose of seeing her work and effort reflected on making other people’s life somehow better.

Sarah is Creative Director at McCANN Health Italy. After more than 10 years in agencies such as Publicis, TBWA, DDB and FCB, she moved into healthcare advertising, where she finally found the chance to give words and ideas a meaningful purpose. Healthcare communication changed her life, and she believes that it can impact a lot in the lives of other people too. She has a special vocation to find that point of intersection where health meets our culture, be it cinema, music, design, books and any other type of passion. She falls in love with ideas and storytelling that push health closer to us, going beyond boundaries, and make people understand that health, in the end, is simply about life. Sarah strongly believes in the great power of freedom and inclusion. In addition to numerous national awards at the Italian Art Directors Club (ADCI), she was the President of Jury in Healthcare at ADCI Awards 2021 and won also international recognition at the Creative Floor Healthcare Awards, the One Show and Eurobest.

Yvonne has been working in the creative field since 1999. With a background in graphic design she bridged the gap between consumer and healthcare, before leaning into to her passion for the life-changing creative opportunities available in healthcare communications.

Oncology, HIV, ophthalmology, neurology, and on, and on, Yvonne has worked across the full range of clients, categories and channels over the course of her career. Her experience has culminated with 7 years at IPG Health, where she believes that now more than ever, our industry has a real chance to make a positive change in people’s lives.

I started 20 years ago in Brazil as a Copywriter, spent 6 years leading the Creative Direction of FCB Lisbon, and for the past 6 months have been a Creative Director at Grey NY. Throughout my career, I was happy to be awarded at Cannes Lions (including a Grand Prix in the last edition), One Show, CLIO, EPICA, New York Festival, London International Festival, Eurobest, Mad Stars, El Ojo, CRESTA, and many others. But nothing makes me prouder than my two kids: Bernardo and Maria. 

Ranjini started in healthcare advertising as a copywriter, making a switch from academia to pursue creative interests. Her creative experience spans across oncology, women's health, rare diseases, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, vaccine advocacy and clinical trials experience.

She has previously served on healthcare juries at Eurobest and New York Festivals, championing the creative work of artists, writers, and designers from around the world. Having travelled a bit and experienced a lot, Ranjini advocates for innovative thinking that makes access, affordability, and equity the cornerstones of healthcare.

After getting a start on the client side at GE Healthcare, Anne moved to pharmaceutical advertising 17 years ago. Over the course of her career, she has produced award-wining creative across the healthcare space, bringing ideas and stories to life for US, global, DVM, and HCP audiences.

Clients have included Astra Zeneca, Janssen, Merck, and Teva. More recently, she began writing for consumer brands including L’Oreal and J&J Vision. Currently, she’s a lead writer on the Zoetis Petcare account.

Anne has always known she wanted to be a writer and holds a BA in English from Colgate University and an MA in English from Georgetown University.

Stuart is Digital/UX Director at Frontera London, part of the Bloc Network, and leads on the design and execution of digital experiences for the agency’s global pharmaceutical clients.

With over 15 years agency experience, Stuart has an extensive background in digital development and solution design, having begun his career as a web developer working with brands such as Sony, Mirror Group and Premier League football clubs.

At Frontera/The Bloc, Stuart has consulted across a range of brands and therapy areas, from oncology to aesthetics, delivering digital solutions that respond to the needs of audience and drive effective, long-lasting behaviour change.

When he isn’t deep in wireframes or measurement KPIs, he can often be found on Pinterest compiling mood boards for his new house.

Hi, my name is Diogo Barbosa. Currently working at FCB, I'm a Brazilian Associate Creative Director - Art based in São Paulo with over 18 years experience in graphic design, films, social media/digital, activations and conceptual thinking. Before working at FCB in São Paulo, I was fortunate to work on some big agencies in Brazil such as Mullen Lowe, DM9DDB, LewLara/TBWA, NBS/SP, Artplan/SP and W3Haus. So far, I’ve had the opportunity to work for great clients like Domino's Pizza, Samsung, Nestlé, Asics, Unilever, Stella Artois, Johnson&Johnson, ITAÚ, and Kimberly Clark, to name a few. I'm passionate about art direction in each of its forms. I'm always looking for new challenges and experiences that let me learn new skills to continue growing in my career.

In his career, he won a series of awards such as D&AD, ADC, Clio, One Show, NYF, LIA, Eurobest, CCSP, Epica Awards, Lusos, Communication Arts, FIAP, AdForum PHNX, Gerety Awards, Creative Floor, Luum Awards, FePI and ACT Responsibile.

He also has several publications in the Lurzer's Archive magazine and was number 1 in the Bestadsontv ranking during 2011, among the best art directors in the world and number 1 among the best art directors in Brazil between 2020/21.

Christian Bauman (Chief Creative Officer, The Bloc) is the only person we know with work represented in both the Smithsonian Institution and the Medical Advertising Hall of Fame. ​

As a creative director, Christian has always worked in healthcare and never wanted to be anywhere else, guiding major campaign for clients including Pfizer, Sanofi, Novartis, Alcon, and many others. He has served on executive juries of all the major health shows, including Cannes Health, Clios Health, and MM&M. ​

Outside of work he is the author of three critically acclaimed novels (In Hoboken, Voodoo Lounge, and The Ice Beneath You) and a former regular commentator for NPR’s All Things Considered. Bauman has been featured on Fresh Air with Terry Gross, The New York Times, CNN, Elle, and Details, among others. ​

Christian served in the US Army Waterborne from 1991-1995, including tours in the war zones of Somalia and Haiti.

Sarah is a Sr. Creative Director at Vice / Virtue, with 18+ years experience in creating impactful campaigns for brands in the MENA region. Having worked at some of the top agencies in Dubai, like Impact BBDO, Mullen Lowe, and Wunderman Thompson, she has enjoyed her fair share of success in working on a diverse portfolio of Global and regional brands like Emirates, Mars, KFC, Unilever, P&G, Johnson’s, Pepsi Co, Amazon, Google and Essity.  Sarah has a particular interest in creating work that impacts culture and changes the narrative for women. Her most famous work includes TENA’s "Despair No More", 28 Too Many’s “Mutilated Words” and “Zero Tolerance Ribbon”, Fifty Fifty’s "Close the Gap" and the Waste Management Coalition's “Toxic Flag”, all recognized at international and regional award shows like Cannes Lions, D&AD, the One Show, Clio, LIA, Loeries, Dubai Lynx and EFFIES amongst others. Sarah has been a juror in multiple international award shows including Dubai Lynx, Loeries and ADC Awards and was nominated top 10 Next creative leader by the One Show for creativity in 2020.

Aggie has worked for 15+ years through the line for consumer and healthcare clients, bringing thought-provoking ideas and visual craft to a number of award-winning campaigns. With extensive experience in social content, shopper marketing and online film , she brings dynamic thinking to healthcare communication that is helping brands change the way they talk. 

Armed with her Masters in Art and Design and a passion for making beautiful work, Aggie began her career as a designer in Poland. Since then she has gone on to become an Art Director, and Associate Creative Director, where she takes particular pride in building brands with a strong visual identity. Her skills with the pen and the stylus have helped her out on more than a few tricky briefs. And it's with this hybrid eye of an ideas person, with the skills of a designer, that she's been able to help brands around the world build strong and engaging stories. 

But her real passion is on set working with talent. This might have something to do with her background as a dance choreographer because any time there is a chance to work with people she thrives. For the last few years, she's been a key part of the team at BBH growing the healthcare portfolio, and helping health and wellness clients make brilliant work, and she looks forward to seeing the great work from her peers. 

Helen worked as a chase crew member for a hot air balloon company before she became a layout artist for a local newspaper and freelanced for Lederle Labs. In 1989, she joined Lewis & Gace, a global start-up shop with blue-chip clients and high-profile accounts which set in motion a successful 33-year career as an art director and creative director in pharmaceutical advertising. The L&G Crystallized Product Promise approach and 5 Elements of a Global Brand are tenets which guide her to this day.

Her experience launching brands that literally helped change lives made a profound impact on Helen, such as PRILOSEC “The Purple Pill” for Merck and INVIRASE for Roche. One made an invasive GI surgery obsolete, the other introduced a new era of hope for people living with HIV/AIDs. In sync with her personal interest in technology and futurism, Helen worked on adjacent industry innovations; she introduced portfolio-based digital selling in the mid-1990’s for Ortho McNeil and the first iPad-based selling app for a full pharma sales force for Organogenesis in early 2011, among others.

Helen believes in her favorite saying, “People may not remember what you say, but they'll never forget how you make them feel. Great creative does this. It makes you feel.” Boak, an Executive Vice President, Creative Director at RevHealth, has helped build and lead an award-winning, industry-recognized Creative Department. Helen focuses on constant learning and development to ensure that all creative communications are inventive at maximizing the latest technologies and mediums. Because of her passion, drive, and dedication to the development of stellar, creative communications she has participated and served on multiple prestigious panels throughout the industry to provide guidance and mentoring opportunities while also judging and providing feedback on original, effective healthcare communications.

Guy is a Brazilian Art Director hailing from the sun-drenched shores of Rio de Janeiro. At Ogilvy Rio, his consistent work for international clients such as Coca-Cola, Dove, GSK, Billboard Magazine, FIFA, and the Olympic Committee led him to progress quickly.

Ever hungry for a challenge, he decided to move to the mean, grey streets of old London town and brave the frozen wastes of pharma healthcare advertising. Unbelievably, this turned out to be a very good idea and since then Guy has also worked at Langland, VMLY&R London, Area23, and is now at Grey NY.

His work has collected over 50 awards, including a Grand LIA, some pencils at the D&AD, and 3 Gold Cannes Lions. He lives to see his work make a positive, real-world difference and feels this occurs much more often in healthcare than in any other sector. From time to time, he goes back to Brazil to reconnect with old friends, recharge his vitamin D levels and revel in now being excitingly ‘foreign’ wherever he goes.

Brodhecker has been working as a creative director for around 20 years. He has held positions at Lowe Group, Saatchi & Saatchi, J. Walter Thompson and the Red Bull agency Kastner & Partners. He worked in areas such as food & beverage/functional food, FCMG, luxury goods, automotive and finance and has been responsible for international campaigns for Toyota, Sony and P&G brands, among others. Brodhecker came late to the world of healthcare-pharma communications and says of it, "Healthcare is a late love for me, but a great one nonetheless."

His work won prizes at numerous award shows such as Euro Effie, Effie, NY Festival, Epica Award, London International Awards, RX Club Awards, Healthcare Ad Awards, Comprix, CommAwards, etc.

Melissa joined McCann Health France (now IPG Health France) 3 years ago as the agency’s Creative Lead, where she has been instrumental in winning new global business for the agency that has helped it grow both the creative department and the agency’s portfolio of clients.

Melissa was born and raised in Texas, then moved to New York City to study at the prestigious Parsons School of Design where she was a 4-year merit scholar. 

After graduating with honors, she went on to establish an international career in Paris, where she chose to specialize in healthcare advertising.

Melissa has 30 years’ experience developing global creative for several prominent brands in both consumer & healthcare. But her greatest inspiration is the patients for whom healthcare brands develop groundbreaking treatments.

Melissa’s bilingual/bi-cultural creative experience for a wide variety of therapeutic areas has equipped her to act as a guarantor for creative excellence in healthcare communications all while ensuring that creative talent is developed to its full potential.

Melissa was a member of the Jury for Dubai Lynx Healthcare category in 2022, Jury President for France’s Healthcare Awards, Le Prix Empreintes 2021, and is an active member of the global creative community in healthcare.

I work in advertising since 2013, in Milan, London and now Dubai, at ImpactBBDO.

I had the chance to work on many big brands such as small local ones.

My background in Psychology allowed me to find a great interest in generating ideas for the health sector for NGO and brands.

In these years I managed to win some award at the major international festivals and generally have a good time.

Dario Campos is a Creative Director from Bogotá, Colombia. He has more than 15 years of experience working with Advertising Agencies in LATAM and the US such as FCB, Saatchi & Saatchi, Sancho:BBDO, Publicis:BROMLEY, McGarryBowen (Dentsu) & Dieste (Omnicom).

Only the smart ideas, uncompromisingly crafted.

That’s how Nick attacks every creative project at Intouch. Throughout his 20+ year career, he’s creatively led brand work for some of health’s biggest clients including Amgen, Eli Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim and Takeda.

Nick has been a jury member at most major advertising award shows and has led his teams to Gold through shortlist’s at D&AD, The One Show, Clio Health, London International Awards, Cannes Lions, Communication Arts to name a few. Nick has also been published in the pages of the renowned advertising magazine Lurzer’s Archive a total of 60 times. He finished 2021 the magazine’s number #2 ranked creative director and #1 art director internationally.

Mateus Coelho is a VP Creative Director/Copy at McCann Health New York and Caetano's full-time father. He strives to create something unusual while making brands more relevant and shareable.

Before joining McCann Health, he worked at TBWA\Chiat\Day NY - TBWA\Health Collective, Africa and Santa Clara M&C Saatchi, serving clients such as Moderna, Budweiser, Brahma, ESPN, Timberland, Cartoon Network, and Warner Channel.

Mateus attended Cannes as a Young Lion in 2013, and his work has been selected by the Cannes Festival, D&AD, One Show, Clio, Art Director's Club, Brazilian Creative Club, Lürzer's Archive, Wave Festival, and others.

Rogério is a Business, Marketing and Communications expert with a diverse, integrated background and a holistic approach to strategy. For the past 18 years he has been at some of the best global and local advertising agencies (such as TBWA\Chiat, Wavemaker/WPP, Area23/FCB, Grey and Leo Burnett) crafting strategic and creative thinking and solving all kinds of brand challenges for top global brands (such as Moderna, Novo Nordisk, GSK, Gilead, Google, Marriott, Volvo and Samsung) and specializing in bringing together the right teams and expertise to solve a broad range of brand problems.

His career has been guided by the belief that entertainment, culture and technology are powerful catalysts to uncover purposeful experiences and that truly relevant work aims to generate value for both brands and people.

Brazilian-born and Italian citizen, Rogério has been living and working in the New York area for the last 7 years. He is a father of two, a committed meditator, an amateur cyclist/swimmer and a certified beer sommelier. He speaks English, Portuguese, Spanish and a bit of Italian.

Jenith Damasco is Vice President of Strategy for GLOW Health. As the co-head of the agency’s award-winning healthcare strategy department, she is setting the bar for its roster of health and wellness clients.

Jenith brings more than 25 years of marketing experience to GLOW with the last 20 in integrated multi-channel delivery. She has spent her career specializing in regulated industries like pharmaceutical manufacturing and financial services. Jenith has held various interactive marketing roles for financial stalwarts such as Lord Abbett and Credit Suisse and pharmaceutical leaders Merck and Shire. She has been involved in patient and HCP-integrated marketing campaigns leveraging traditional and non-traditional channels.

Prior to joining GLOW, Jenith served as brand manager for specialty products and blockbuster pharmaceuticals, across several therapeutic areas including respiratory, ADHD, vaccines,  women’s health, and cardiovascular. Her experience spans consumer, professional, and help-seeking/unbranded campaigns. Having worked on the client and agency sides of the business gives her a unique perspective.

Passionate about increasing health awareness, literacy, and education among patients/caregivers and healthcare professionals, Jenith is always looking for new delivery methods to best engage various healthcare audiences.

Rachel is managing partner of Redline Strategic, part of the Bloc Partners in London, which uses behavioural science to provide solutions to challenges in healthcare. She leads a team of researchers who love learning about what drives behaviour among HCPs and patients, and designing interventions that drive positive change.  She is passionate about improving outcomes in health and supporting clients to design solutions that have purpose. Rachel has a PhD in Immunology and an MSc in Science Communication. In between collecting degrees, she has been an academic editor, science journalist and medical writer, and generally gets overexcited about learning.

When not consulting with clients, you can find Rachel researching, teaching and speaking about wellbeing practices (mainly yoga and meditation), as well as being creative with fabric, yarn and words.

I'm a Brazilian Senior Art Director based in Sydney and currently working at Ogilvy Australia. Previously I was at DDB and a few other agencies in Brazil. I've been working in advertising for more than 10 years and I'm passionate about conceptual ideas and crafted executions.

During this time, my work has been recognised by national and international awards but I believe my best project is yet to come.

Danielle Decatur recently joined Area 23 as SVP, Creative Director leading a new creative group. She has over a decade of experience in both consumer and professional healthcare marketing across a range of brands US and Global.

Danielle has created award-winning work in a wide range of categories including women’s health, ophthalmology, respiratory, weight management, bone health, beverages, and beauty.

She is lauded for her strong storytelling and nurturing relationships with her teams and clients. Danielle fosters an environment that encourages her creatives to strive for excellence and client teams to confidently advocate for new and different.

Outside of advertising, she is an accomplished writer with published short stories. Danielle holds a degree from the University of Virginia in English and literature as well as a Master in Fine Arts with a concentration in fiction from Bennington College. Danielle happily juggles life with a toddler, who insists on hearing original bedtime stories. If no one else, her three-year old keeps her creative, multi-tasking, and inspired.

Glauber is a Brazilian Award-Winning Art Director with 13 years’ experience based in Dubai. Throughout his career, he worked at some creative shops in Brazil as Ogilvy Brazil, F.Biz and Agency WE, creating and leading campaigns to local and global clients.

I am currently working as an Executive Creative Director for antwerpes AG, based in Cologne, Germany, a communication agency focused on healthcare topics. With nearly 25 years of experience, working with the biggest and most iconic industry brands I won several awards at major advertising festivals like Cannes Lions, Clio Awards, D&AD and many more. I am now leading a team of over 40 creative creatures. Together we design award winning campaigns via both analogue and digital channels.

Samson has been specializing in the field of health advertising creative. He has also won several awards in the health category. He has won 47 awards for McCann Health China, including the Cannes Lions Grand Prix, NYC health, LIA health, Clio health, etc.

He is also a pattern artist, creating new styles based on traditional Chinese culture, and his works have participated in several thematic exhibitions.

German Dziebel is SVP, Strategy, at Havas Village X. An anthropologist by background, he has been building brands at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Arnold, Hill Holiday and Publicis. He ran traditional strategy and planning departments at Resource Interactive, DiMassimo Goldstein and GSW as well as innovative organizational units at Initiative Media and sparks & honey. He marries human insights, creativity, science and technology to inspire and inform creative and client teams in the pharma, health and wellness space.

I'm Cristóbal Farías. Copywriter and Creative Director with more than 10 years of experience in renowned agencies such as McCann, BBDO, MRM, among others. I’m currently working in BBK Group where I lead campaigns for Chery Motors, Esprit, Cencosud and other projects for NGOs.

Throughout my career, I have participated in top pitches for brands such as Chilean Government, Carlsberg, Laboratorio Chile, L’Oréal among others.

Ego-None. Awards-Some. Ideas-A ton!

Jersey born-and-raised, Deb rose through the ranks at McCann Health New Jersey (MHNJ) and continues to capture client vision in unique and unimaginable ways. Known for her eagle eye and super thick skin, Deb believes that one must have a mind that is open to everything...and attached to nothing.

From colds/coughs to cancer, Deb’s experience runs far and wide. As VP, Creative Director, her passion and purpose is to ensure that all creative solves push the envelope, and ultimately, push customers to take action. She knows how to get in one’s head and tug at one’s heart. She’s unapologetically authentic, fiercely loyal, and surprisingly humble. Building—and maintaining—high-performance creative teams is her forte. And she’d much rather shift attention away from herself and focus on the contributions and needs of others.

Deb’s work has appeared in all major international award shows, and has helped MHNJ move from 9th to 2nd in the Cannes Lions Creativity Report.

Outside of work, Deb is a uniform washer, a ride giver, a picture taker—and known to most as Mrs. Coach.

I am a passionate professional eager to use the latest digital and managerial tools. I’m both a strong team player and experienced leader, with project’s roster up to 40 people in different countries. I find myself comfortable in high complexity environments. I am a business angel in the Impact sector with a focus on the Digital Healthcare. I’m involved in different industry-shaping initiatives, such as wudSIE – Shaping the future of home healthcare and Think Tank Digital Health  (Datawizard). Lecturer at LIUC Business School, Università di Pavia, H-Farm College, Università Federico II, ilSole24Ore masters on Healthcare market and innovation topics. Spokesperson at ForumPA, Health and MedMal Insurance Summit, Biomedical Valley TedX Mirandola. I love to stay in shape, training daily and playing basketball

Nando Franchim has a degree in Advertising and a postgraduate degree in Marketing with 8 specializations. He worked as a copywriter, supervisor and creative director at major international agencies, such as Ogilvy, NewCom Bates, MRM, Leo Burnett and Wunderman, before joining McCann Health, where he obtained financial and creative results, such as winning awards in all world creativity festivals. Served clients such as Marlboro, Banco Real, Itaú, Credicard, Fiat, BCP Allianz Seguros, IBM American Express, Davene, United Airlines, Coteminas, Land Rover, Casas Bahia, Banco do Brasil, Anhanguera Educacional, TetraPak, Coop, Microsoft, Gerdau, Magazine Luiza, Beneficência Portuguesa - BP, Hospital Leforte, GSK, Roche, Novartis, Johnsons and Bayer.

Tarik Frank is a creative director with more than 10 years of experience, he was fortunate enough to work for some major agencies in Brazil and around the world, including McCann Health Sao Paulo, TBWA Dubai, Ogilvy Australia, and now Ogilvy Brazil.

He has worked with prominent pharmaceutical companies such as Roche, Pfizer, GSK, Merck, and Janssen. In addition, he has earned prestigious awards such as Cannes Lions, D&AD, One Show, and LIA. Tarik believe pharma ads can be sick and contagious.

Joanna has spent 25+ years in advertising with half of that time in healthcare marketing. Joanna joined Fingerpaint in April 2021 where she is responsible for developing and executing creative for the Phoenix office.  At the heart of her contributions, her introduction of the practice of building a “creative safe space” has helped the teams get to great work faster. Prior to joining Fingerpaint, Joanna led superstar creative teams at Intouch, TBWA\WORLDHEALTH, Leo Burnett and BBDO. Even after being in the business over several decades, Joanna stays inspired by the strange curiosities this crazy world has to offer.

I'm Gonzalo 'Chalo' Gallardo, Social Communication degree from Universidad Diego Portales, Crossmedia Diploma from Academia Mac and Branded Content from Miami Ad School Madrid. I worked as an Art Director in agencies such as Simple, Why, Prolam Y&R and VMLY&R. I currently work as Creative Director at BBK Group and creativity teacher at Universidad Diego Portales. Among my recognitions are Cannes Lions, El Ojo de Iberoamérica, FIAP, Effie, EchoLatam and Achap. Recently this year, I had the opportunity of being Mentee at LIAisons Coaching Program.

Brendan is a Creative Director with 20 years of experience in DTC, HCP, and OTC healthcare advertising. As a founding (and current) member of The Bank—a conceptual group at FCB Health NY—he loves to see great ideas come to life. And can’t wait to see the NYF entries this year.

Drik is a creative leader who brings about social change through creativity and innovation. He has created award-winning work that addresses women’s rights, abuse victims, cyber-bullying, and the opioid crisis. His work has been recognized at festivals like Cannes, Clio, and NY Festival. Recently his work was awarded a Gold Lion in the inaugural Creative Business Transformation category at Cannes 2022.

Susan literally grew up in advertising. As the daughter of a creative director, family television viewing could be better described as family advertising judging with more discussion of the commercials than the programs. Susan spent over 20 years in agency account services, at Cossette, Saatchi & Saatchi, McCann, BBDO, Ammirati & Puris and FCB, working across a wide variety of consumer categories. Her commitment to storytelling and human understanding led her to 14 years of insight work in the healthcare sector, but ultimately it was her passion for insight-driven creative that brought her back to the agency world. Susan is current SVP, Planning at Havas Village X in New York.

Starting out her career working on large consumer brands such as Audi, Volkswagen, INEOS and Airbus Defence & Space, Rachael has been creatively conceptualising and wowing her clients for over 15 years.

She gets a huge thrill from challenging perceptions with boundary-pushing idea generation. Rachael is determined to bring consumer-market levels of creativity and emotion to the healthcare industry.

Currently serving as Executive Creative Director for McCann Health, Josh has a passion for creating compelling advertising. And things that maybe aren’t advertising, depending on who you ask. Over his career, Josh has helped sell everything from potato chips to rocket ships. He has taken children to Mars, resurrected murdered students and now finds himself trying to make people care about vaccines.

Typically, his favorite accounts are the really complicated, hard ones that you wouldn’t expect to find accepting awards at the most prestigious award shows but somehow do. Nevertheless, he has been recognized by most major award shows and, even better, been called “the best boss I ever had.”

From Brazil and currently based in Portugal. Over the past 14 years, he has created campaigns in Brasil, Portugal and New York. He worked for many agencies as Mccann Health New York, HAVAS Portugal, Wunderman Thompson Portugal, FCB Portugal, NOSSA Portugal, BBH, DDB, WMCCANN, Artplan. He worked for several brands such as Vodafone, KitKat, Pfizer, Audi, NIVEA, Asics, Renault, Microsoft, Carlsberg, WWF, Somersby, Coca-Cola, Mentos, L'Oréal, Lactogal, Mimosa, bet.pt, ActivoBank, Rock in Rio, Mobil, Adesf, DIA, Exército de Salvação and others.

He has accumulated recognition from Cannes Lions, ADC*E, NY Festivals, CLIO Awards, El Ojo de Iberoamérica, CCSP, CCP, CCRJ, AdStars, Lürzer's Archive, Wave Festival, Lisbon Festival and others. Jury panels include NY Festivals, D&AD New Blood Awards, The One Club/Young Ones, BestAdsOnTV, AdStars, Brand Films EMEA, Mobius Awards, PHNX Tribute, The Design Kids Lisbon, Creativity International Awards, CSS Design Awards and The Communicator Awards.

In 2021 he was named the Best Portfolio at The One Club/Portfolio Night Lisboa and one of TOP 5 Best Art Directors in Portugal at CCP.

15 years of fatherhood, 25 year of advertising, 35 years of photography, 45 years of bike riding. Creator and curator of "Favelagrafia" Exhibit at the Rio de Janeiro's Museum of Modern Art (2016 and 2019). Creator of "Literatura Exposta" Exhibit at Museum Casa França Brasil - 2018

Sharon is a highly awarded Australian creative leader with more than 25 years of advertising experience, the last 7 years in New York City. Having started her career in consumer advertising at JWT Sydney, she moved to

health and wellness advertising taking her consumer sensibility with her, which helped her make her mark.

Sharon was Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi Health Sydney,

driving best-in-class creativity when she was offered a role in the U.S. Her work over the years has helped build brands, change attitudes, and change lives. It has also been recognized at some of the world’s most prestigious advertising shows including Cannes Lions, Lions Health, Clio, The Global Awards, IPA Best of Health, New York Festivals and PR Asia. She has been invited to be a juror at many of these award shows and has lectured in advertising at the University of Technology, Sydney. Sharon is committed to giving back through developing talent and applying creativity for good.

João Jäckel is an award-winning Brazilian EVP Group Creative Director with more than 20 years of experience in advertising, working in New York since 2015. He had the opportunity to work in 5 different countries (Brazil, Colombia, Perú, Chile and the United States) for major companies like Leo Burnett, Lowe, Y&R, Mayo/FCB, Havas and TBWA Chiat/Day New York.

He’s also worked for 4 years at (Condé Nast) Vogue Brazil as an Editorial Art Director and was a teacher at La Calle Creative School in Lima, Perú.

As a medical writer and copywriter for ten years, Eric has cultivated his craft across a range of pharmaceutical and over-the-counter brands. There are several world-renowned agencies on his CV, including VCCP, Langland and BBH. But it’s the people he met at those various places whom he credits the most for his growth in the industry. After a year of freelancing to broaden his experience, Eric returned to agency life to reunite with his mentor and Creative Director, Shaheed Peera, at the newly formed IPG Health.

Eric applies his creative thinking to scientific problems every day, whether that’s to help a brand stand out in a crowded market space, guide patients through their treatment journey or generate awareness of a life-threatening disease. He also has a strategic understanding of the healthcare marketing landscape, with a knack for teasing apart complexity and distilling it to a compelling brand story. Alongside his professional experience, Eric has an academic background in Genetics, having completed a Master’s degree at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.

As one of those snappy creative folks up North at the top-secret McCann Health Canada HQ, Sean Jordan (SJ to colleagues) is no stranger to breaking down science into effective, memorable messaging. After spending some time on Earth, SJ developed a passion for health and a healthy obsession with language.

This dream combo has manifested into an exciting career of transforming complex information into compelling, award-winning campaigns for clients across multiple sectors. From automotive to ophthalmology, farming to pharma and everything in between, whatever SJ is working on, there’s a word for that. In his spare time he like to read jury bios.

Kaki’s career is unique and hybrid. He started his career as an account executive of ADK Tokyo where he spent nearly 9 years from the account side for many brands such as Nike Japan, Mitsubishi Motors, Nissan Motors, Kirin Beer, etc. Then he joined Beacon/Leo Burnett Tokyo in 2007 as a senior producer, gradually expanding his role into an integrated planner, to an interactive creative director and to a creative director. Especially through a decade of working with Nike Japan both in ADK and Beacon/Leo Burnett Tokyo, he pursued creative innovations in addition to traditional ads. He joined McCann Health in 2017 as GCD hoping to pursue and contribute to health creativity, then was promoted to ECD in 2018.

More than 350 trophies/finalists/shortlists since 2007 including New York Festivals, Cannes Lions, OneShow, Clio, LIA, D&AD, Epica, etc. Has jury careers in Pharma of Cannes Lions 2022, in Healthcare of Spikes Asia 2022, in Craft of Clio Health 2021, etc. A part-time teacher for Health Creative in Health Management Course of Keio Graduate University. Loves surfing and animals.

Since starting out as a designer over 10 years ago, Adrian has been creating 360 campaigns for numerous clients spanning from government to global consumer and finance brands.

He continues to pursue his passion for excellence in creativity and finds inspiration in new technology and trends. His work has earned regional and global honours including New York Festivals, Midas Awards, Effies, and Gong Show, contributing to McCANN Worldgroup earning Integrated Agency of the Year for four consecutive years.

“Mommy. Creative Leader. Kinesiologist. Speaker”.

Marie-Claire holds many titles, but the one she believes truly defines her is ‘A Student of Life’.

Two weeks after graduating with honours from the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts, Marie-Claire, being top of her class, was approached by BBDO for an Art Director position. Her drive and contribution to growing the business and the teams made her a key player in the agency. She currently holds the title of Executive Creative Director.

As ECD, MC, as called by her colleagues, haws contributed substantially in bringing home to the MENA region the most coveted awards of the industry. In 2022, she helped win more than 85 awards, amongst which the only D&AD Yellow Pencil won by MENA this year, one of the two Cannes Lions Grand Prix won by the MENA region as well as the only Grand Lia in Health for MENA.

MC worked on many initiatives that helped make a difference and Pro Bono projects that had effective results, including the "Mutilated Words Campaign" that raises awareness around the dangers of female genital mutilation, the "Toxic Flag", that helped stop the project of building incinerators in the middle of the capital Beirut.

The latest projects she worked on are “Despair No More", which is the Arabic for "Menopause", that worked towards erasing that phrase forever from the Arabic Language,  

The “Social Distancing Prayer Mat”, for Dettol, allowing Muslim worshippers in Pakistan to pray safely during the spread of Covid-19.

As well as "The Elections Edition" Act with the Newspaper Annahar that was the first printed edition that never went to print so that the Lebanese elections happen on time by using the ink and paper from the unprinted edition.

Her work has been recognized at The One Show, Caples, Clio Awards, LIA Awards, Dubai Lynx, D&AD, Loeries, MAdStars, Epica, Immortals, Global Cristal Festival, MENA Cristal, The Andys, Effies and Cannes Lions.

Marie-Claire was a Juror in multiple award shows including Cannes Lions, New York Festival, Global Awards, D&AD, The One Show, LisbonAdFestival and Mena Cristals.

Her penchant for injecting positivity into life, has led to a certification in Professional Kinesiology Practice by ICPKP New Zealand and Kinesiocoach Dubai.

She has also done energy studies through the Pranic Healing system. She uses the tenants of what she learned to spread a positive culture through public speaking events, with the people she works with and create a healthy, collaborative environment.

Gerrard is the founder of health creative agency, Insight. He grew up with nomadic teacher parents in the Solomon Islands & New Zealand (W yndham, Mangakino and Auckland); studied at Otago, Lincoln & Auckland Universities; drove fork lifts; loaded bags into planes; slung carcasses; bought his first Apple II clone in the days of the dial - up modem and has been a mid - tier geek ever since.

Gerrard mistakenly thought the big money was in advertising and, after ten years working on pharma and public health campaigns in Aoteoroa, crossed the ditch in 2007 to establish a creative agency in Australia. Along the way he's amassed experience in most healthcare categories and collected a number of creative awards including Axis, Webby, RX Club, IPA and Grand Global.

Gerrard also chairs the emergency medical ID service MedicAlert Foundation and is learning to surf ski .

Nanda delivered unexpected creative solutions for the main healthcare global brands. She’s been in the industry for more than 20 years between Brazil, the US, and the UK, and her work is known for its positive impact. Passionate about telling the stories behind the conditions, she strongly believes that creativity makes a difference in healthcare, especially in times like these, when health is everybody’s business. Nanda has been a Pharma jury member for the main creative festivals in the world: Cannes Lions, Young Lions, Clios Health, Eurobest, PM Awards and Globals.

John is a Creative Director with a background in Design & Art Direction. Having worked in healthcare for over a decade, he has seen a huge transformation within the industry and has picked up multiple awards along the way, including D&AD, Lion’s, Clio’s, LIA’s and in 2022 won Scotland’s first ever Grand Clio.  

John has worked on a huge range of clients and categories, from global oncology , dermatology & diabetes brands to local campaigns for a veterans care home and a children’s book to help diagnose dyslexia.

He recently made the move north of the border to help expand the healthcare offering at consumer agency Leith, Edinburgh. Focusing on solving problems at the heart of people’s health by bringing consumer thinking backed by scientific expertise.

Morgan is an Art Director who works primarily in the Oncology, Rheumatology, and Rare Disease spaces. She takes a special interest in women's issues and is heavily involved in pro-bono campaigns throughout the network. Most recently she and her team have been bringing to life out of home spaces and billboards that raise awareness for, and offer resources to, women who have been affected by domestic violence.

These passion projects have won her team multiple awards and recognitions over the past two years, and they are looking forward to the next phases in the year to come. Outside of work Morgan is an avid reader, adventurer, and wanderer. She's been drawing inspiration from the people she meets and the beauty she experiences along the way. She's excited to bring new perspectives to the table.

For 27 years working in healthcare communication, Stefan served as Creative Director for large national and multinational agencies, such as Tugarê/CDM and Ogilvy HealthWorld, before opening his own agency, One-i Propaganda, where he serves as Director Creative/Customer Service Director.

Creativity leaves Rodrigo weak in the knees; his heart beats faster and tears of joy run down his cheeks when he sees examples of magnificent ingenuity. His innate love for creation compels him to celebrate the most remarkable creative examples, and dedicate himself to crafting ideas that are just as impactful.

On his 12-year journey through creativity, Rodrigo has worked with major brands in the consumer and healthcare space across two continents. Throughout his career, he developed local, regional, and global campaigns for various industries, from cookies to cardiology and cars to feminine care products. His work has received accolades at Cannes Lions, D&AD Impact, Clio Health, and LIA.

In his free time, Rodrigo explores AI and prompt crafting to identify opportunities for its application in the creative process, or nerds out while world-building for tabletop role-playing games—anyone up for a game of D&D?

He is thrilled to be a part of the New York Festivals Advertising Awards and discover more ideas that move him to tears.

A Brazilian copywriter based in NYC with ten years of experience. During this time, I’ve already worked in several agencies (digital, healthcare, and integrated agencies, global and local ones). 

Advertising walks alongside pop culture, and even when talking to healthcare professionals, patients, or their families, all communication must be entertaining to be engaging. This view, combined with my experiences, gave me a new perspective on my work and helped me to be recognized in some of the biggest advertising festivals in the world, like Cannes Lions, New York Festivals, Clio, LIA, to name a few.

Nadine is constantly searching for core truths, patterns, and motivations. That's why she originally wanted to become an archeologist, but then found her way into advertising, which she doesn't feel is a contradiction. She uses her classical skills such as illustration as well as digital knowledge to express her talent in storytelling and to fuel her long-standing, award-winning career in the B2C+B business.

Nadine loves working in multinational teams because diversity and inclusion are the key to finding the best solutions through different perspectives. Alongside her full-time Creative Lead role, she recently completed her studies in International Management, which focused on behavioral, cultural, and economic aspects of change and conflict management.

Since 2017, Nadine has dedicated her work to Pharma and Healthcare Communication. As the Creative Director of McCann Health Germany, she takes the lead across a diverse portfolio of global clients.

Patrick is the Vice President of Client Services for GLOW Health. Patrick is co-head of the agency’s award-winning department and setting the bar for its roster of health, wellness, and pharmaceutical brand clients.

With more than 20 years of pharmaceutical marketing and delivery management experience, Patrick brings to GLOW a vast array of diverse therapeutic class portfolio of experience in omni-channel programs.  His experience is wide-ranging from niche rare diseases such as Hemophilia A and Hemophilia B to large blockbusters in metabolics, ADHD, and oncology and from small agency experience to global Fortune 500 Healthcare Technology firm.

Additionally, having worked for two industry-leading pharmaceutical Data/CRM companies delivering SaaS CRM platforms, Patrick is well-versed in complex data transfers, systems implementations, and overall technical acumen. This diversity enables him to lead cross-functional teams seamlessly in delivering multiple programs and think strategically to support brand objectives.

Changing the angle of the lens is how Patrick views and then solves the key business questions confronting brands along their customer journeys, delivering programming that has ultimately driven engagement and lift. 

For 20 years, Udo Nery has been mixing health, wellness, pharma, traditional and digital advertising in top ad agencies, such as Africa DDB, Leo Burnett, Ampfy, BETC Havas, and, currently, at Havas Health & You Brazil. Udo Nery is one of the most awarded Health ACD/copywriters in the world, with his work recognized in almost all major international festivals.

I have a broad experience from many agencies (design, brand, digital) and also directly from the healthcare industry and start-up scene. Healthcare and digital is my focus since the last 8 years. Currently I am leading the digital and multichannel team for well-known pharma clients.

Fabiano swapped the formative years of his career at McCann Chile, where he worked on the likes of Coca-Cola and Unilever, for the wider realms of Europe. Surviving and transcending the culture shock of leaving Santiago for Moscow, Fabiano moved on to Bucharest, getting to grips with multinationals like Danone and Orangina, to pass through Spain and eventually arrive in Germany. After working in six different countries and collecting lots of stories, Fabiano picked Düsseldorf and Saatchi & Saatchi to be his new home. This multicultural background together with his curiosity made him fluent in expressing an idea and executing it in a fresh and inventive manner. Fabiano believes in the power of a beautifully crafted image and in collaboration between creatives. Photography, film, social media, digital art, NFTs, etc. are just a few of the channels that help him express his creative passion. His awards read like a travel itinerary: Red Apple, Cannes Lions, One Show, Eurobest, NY Fest, Clios, ADC Germany, Effies to name a few. Never idle, Fabiano has also collected awards beyond advertising, through his love of photography and filmmaking. And the biggest one he added to the list was fatherhood.

Abhinay Patil is an artist at heart and an adman by profession.  

A graduate of one of India's leading art schools, Sir JJ Institute of Applied Art, Abhinay began his career with Leo Burnett before pursuing his Masters in Advertising from Savannah College of Art and Design in the United States.  

He was a guest speaker at Cannes Lions in 2019. With over 10 years of experience before Medulla, Abhinay has worked for agencies like Evolution Bureau, San Francisco, and Grey and Ogilvy in Mumbai.  

Abhinay brings with him a wealth of expertise in leadership, bringing insightful simple ideas to life, strategizing, and client engagement. And his diverse portfolio includes his acclaimed work on McDonald's, New Balance, Mumbai Indians, Tata Motors, to name a few.  

His work has regularly won him accolades at national and international advertising awards. Advertising is his passion and papercraft is something he holds very dear.  

João Paz is the Head of Design at MullenLoweNY with 18 years of experience in the field of Advertising and Design. His expertise lies in translating brand's platforms, core values, and voice into striking visual executions. He’s developed work for major clients like Apple, American Express, Yahoo, Edgewell, UN, Netflix and Coca-Cola; and has been honored by The New York Festivals, One Show, El Ojo and Cannes Lions. João leads a team at MullenLoweNY that focuses on conceptual design, whose tenant is to create visual systems that are purposeful and translate ideas. With a broad expertise in typography, illustration, motion, 3D and graphic design, he delivers the craft required for work to stand out in the world and build brands.

Sudeep is an Advertising and a Communication Professional with over two decades of experience. He began his journey with traditional advertising developing TVCs and Print led campaigns but with time seamlessly pivoted to digital and is now equally at home with new-age brand communication. Traditional or digital, Sudeep believes that it’s simply the channel through which the message travels; it’s the keen observations about life and insights that form the core of storytelling.

In his journey as a creative professional, he has created campaigns for Mercedes-Benz India, eShakti fashion, LIC, Poly Cab Wires & Switches, Royal Enfield, Woodlands, to name a few. Now at Medulla Communications, he has his hand on the pulse of the brands to build human-centric stories.

Sudeep’s passion is not just building creative strategies or weaving outstanding stories and narratives; it is also being a mentor - providing thought and directional leadership to the new generation and help lay a strong foundation for a robust creativity. He believes that true success comes when creative communication resonates with the audience, builds a strong brand philosophy and leads to increased revenue for clients.

I am a biligual Creative / Art Director with more than 15 years working in the advertising field, in cities like Medellín, Bogotá, Colombia. Buenos Aires, Argentina and currently in Los Angeles, California and have been a part of nice work teams at Grey, DDB, McCann, Draft FCB, JWT, Publicis and Dieste.

I have been awarded in several advertising festivals like Cannes Lions, El Dorado, El Ojo de Iberoamérica, Effie and El circulo de Creativos Colombiano. In addition, I have participated as jury in NYF, Wina, PHNX and soon will be part of Luum Festival 2024 as jury as well.

Kirk truly brings a global perspective to the Canadian market. He graduated from Central St. Martin in London, England with a BA in Communication Arts, majoring in Art Direction. He began his career in advertising in the U.K. working for 2 years on major consumer brands like Pepsi. He then moved to New York where he worked for 10 years, focusing his career path on professional advertising. As a Creative Director, Kirk is deeply involved in the brand. He works closely with the medical writers and art directors to ensure the brand’s strategic vision is executed with both insight and flare. From Orthopedics to Ophthalmology, Kirk brings passion, dedication, and sound strategic creative development.

Fun Fact:

Kirk was born in Leamington, the tomato capital of Ontario, and he hates tomatoes!

Born and raised in Italy, now living in NYC.  From independent shops to the larger ones, I worked for global and local clients in both US and Italy. I’m driven by innovative and clever ideas. For me advertising means big ideas but also storytelling, interaction, and engagement with the brands. To come up with fresh ideas sometimes I need different points of view, so I enjoy brainstorming with no-creative teammates. Everyone makes mistakes, few learn from them; I always strive to be among the few.

Paulo has accumulated solid experience working in traditional agencies (Ogilvy and DM9DDB), digital (AgeIsobar, McGarryBowen Brasil, LOV and Isobar), health (Havas Heath&You and Ogilvy) and also sports entertainment (9ine WPP).

He has been working with a focus on health for the last 4 years, where he was recognized and awarded with different works at the most prestigious creative festivals in the world such as Cannes Lions, London International Awards, Clio, El Ojo Iberoamerica and many others.

Currently as Associate Creative Director at FCB Health Brazil, working closely with other IPG's offices around the world to develop global and local campaigns.

Copywriter, bookworm and bassist wannabe with 10+ years in the industry. Lucky enough to have met great people, clients and cultures along the way. Still trying to figure out why so many creatives speak in third person. Yet, Rodrigo doesn’t know.

Founder and CEO of the advertising agency Umbilical and the audiovisual content creation company Amniotic.tv; Bloc Global member, International Jury and also joyful Professor and Keynote Speaker. He has been working on healthcare communications over the last 25 years and his work has been honored at both national and international competitions. Before becoming independent he developed his work as Executive Creative Director at Ogilvy Healthcare and Torre Lazur McCann. Xavier was the first Spanish Creative Director to be selected as a Jury member at the Cannes Lions Health and the Executive Jury of Clio Health. He also has been jury in the NYF Health, LIA Awards, RxClub Awards, The Global Awards, Lisbon Health Awards. He is former President of the Aspid Awards. Author of "Handbook of Pharmaceutical Advertising. More than 2000 slogans, headlines and advertising slogans in the healthcare marketing campaigns" he strongly believes in positive thinking and joy.

She may have started her professional career as a scientist (ask her about E. coli), but Pam has always been a writer at heart. She seeks the good in pharma, from the words that can give hope to cancer patients in their darkest moments to finding ways to help kids cope with social distancing during a global pandemic.

Pam joined Area 23 in 2013, where she has launched life-changing medicines for lung cancer, HIV, and hepatitis C. She fully lives Area 23’s ‘What If’ philosophy, combining her love of science with innovation, as evidenced by the Grand Clio and double Cannes Lions Grand Prix-winning SICK BEATS airway clearance vest for kids with cystic fibrosis. Pam truly believes the next best idea is right around the corner, you just have to be ready to see it.

Philipp Schmitt-Schneider is Senior Art Director at IPG Health in Munich, home to the world’s most celebrated and awarded health marketing agencies. After finishing his Diploma degree in Communication Design in 2008, Philipp has been instrumental in developing effective communication concepts for brands such as Vodafone, GSK AstraZeneca. He works across all channels and touch-points and has been happily, creatively and effectively helping brands connect with their consumers.

A commercial arst by qualificaon, Vinayak started his adversing snt as a communicaon designer for pharmaceucal clients. Aer this, he diversified into fashion and social media before returning to healthcare adversing. He follows a simple approach for developing effecve communicaon – asking the right quesons, deciding on the core message, and then thinking of the best possible soluon to address the communicaon challenges that lead to behavioural changes. Vinayak creavely blends his scienfic understanding with a sense of cultural context and simple hacks that grab the aenon, touch hearts and tease brain cells. This approach has empowered a successful journey of awards in the healthcare specialist agency space. In his previous agency, he bagged three finalist nominaons at Global Awards NY, a silver at the Rx Club Awards, along with two awards of excellence. At Medulla, the award kiy just got bigger. Apart from winning 12 awards at Clio, LIA, and EFFIE. Vinayak steered award-winning creaves that helped Medulla become 'The Agency of the Year' at Cannes Lions for three consecuve years. At Cannes Lions Health, he won a Bronze in 2015, a Silver and a Bronze in 2016, and two Bronzes in 2017. Vinayak was among the nine talents who were invited to Cannes Lions Awards (2017) to parcipate in the Innovaon Hack. He went on to win his personal Lion for leading the winning team. In addion, Vinayak has been a Grand Jury at both the Rx Club Awards (2015) and the Global Awards (2017 & 2018) and a panellist of the Grand Jury for Cannes Young Lions, Kazakhstan.

Lily is a writer and language-lover working hard to create healthcare advertising that’s simple and effective. She started her career in government where she learned the importance of making sure critical health information is easy to understand. At FCB Health Canada, she strives to put the audience first by creating big ideas that are relevant and unforgettable.

Jorge is Co-founder and CEO of Hunt Publicidad, one of the leading pharmaceutical advertising agencies in Mexico. He has 23 years of experience as a publicist where he has been General Creative Director of J. Walter Thompson Pharma, Sudler & Hennesey and  BBDO. After standing out in 2013 as CEO of iFloat Mexico, he founded his own agency and in 9 years, he has positioned Hunt Publicidad in the Ranking of the best Healthcare Marketing agencies in the country.  He is a graduate from Anahuac University and has a postgraduate degree and specialization in digital pharmaceutical advertising.

Several media have recognized Soldevila as one of the leaders of the advertising pharmaceutical industry in Mexico for more than a decade. He has been Jury and President of the Jury in various national and international festivals. His experience as a local and regional publicist with executive creative leadership in more than 60 national and international laboratories for brands ranging from OTC to Rx medicines.

Wid Souza started his career at Publicis Brazil and has been a part of the creative team of some of the biggest agencies in Brazil, such as VMLY&R, DDB, Publicis, and M&C Saatchi & Saatchi, among others.

In 2017 Wid came to the US to work at VMLY&R and, then later at AREA 23, where he is currently as Senior Vice President, Creative Director.

During his career, Wid had the opportunity to work with clients from the Consumer market - such as Colgate-Palmolive, Procter and Gamble, Cartoon Network, Warner Channel, Sony Entertainment Television, Nestlé, Texaco, Bridgestone Firestone, Heineken - and Pharma markets - like Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer, Abbvie, GSK - and Health Market - such as UNICEF, March of Dimes and Providence Hospitals.
In 20+ years of career, his work got the highest accolades, like the United Nations Foundation Grand Prix for Good, 4 lions, and 15 nominations in Cannes, 16 awards in Clio Awards, 2 Grand Lias, and 10 awards in London International Awards, D&AD, One Show, El Ojo de Iberoaberica, among other awards.

Wid Souza is also a Creative Director volunteer at Storm, a program that teaches the English language to people in need in favelas in Brazil.

With nearly two decades as a copywriter, half of which have been dedicated to creative dives in the world of health, I've learned that creativity is not just an idea; it's a revolution in people's lives. At the heart of the healthcare market, I've worked with some of the most influential brands, bringing a blend of strategy and innovation to each project.

As a strategy-driven creative mind, I believe the best ideas emerge from the intersection of innovation and everyday life. It's not just about thinking outside the box, but transforming the box into something extraordinary. My approach? Simple: connect, inspire, and transform. Because as the final curtain falls, what really matters is creating something that truly resonates with people. 

As the head of creative for the agency’s flagship office in Saratoga Springs, Andy uses his vivid imagination and strategic savvy to guide his creative team. Together, Andy and the team create unexpected and memorable connections that become award-winning campaigns.

Andy began his career as a storyboard artist in England and spent the next 2 decades working on all kinds of products in consumer and healthcare agencies including GSW and BBDO.

Andy lives in Columbus, Ohio with his family and 3 dogs.

Jacqui Sutton began her creative copy and music careers simultaneously. As a copy creative, her first foray into all things medical was as an ER transcriptionist and evolved over the years into becoming a permanent fixture as a copy creative in pharma advertising.

She is currently VP, ACD Copy at FCBCURE, and was a Clio Health 2022 awards juror. Jacqui is also a vocalist, bandleader, songwriter, and composer, heading the 9-member Frontier Jazz Orchestra, which blends jazz and bluegrass.

She has recorded 2 CDs of cover songs: Billie & Dolly (2010), and Notes From the Frontier: A Musical Journey (2012). She debuted original grant-funded compositions in her 2018 multi-media presentation Un-Cross Talk, designed to promote dialogue across culture through music. This confluence of creative writing, music, and decades in medical communications, make for a unique mix of sensibilities that come to bear on Jacqui’s copy creative career.

Guy has created and overseen a series of multi award-winning campaigns across the worlds of consumer and health advertising, including direct to consumer, pharma & public awareness campaigns.​

He studied at the UK’s leading advertising creative school, and began his career at Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, working on Pepsi, Wrangler Jeans and others.  ​In 2020, Guy was instrumental in launching IGNITE, a global initiative to promote young & diverse creative talent at McCann Health.​

Guy’s work has been recognized for both creativity and effectiveness at award shows across the world, including Gold & Grand Prix wins at Cannes, The Clio Awards, D&AD, EPICA Awards, New York Festivals, Eurobest, EFFIE Awards, Creative Circle,  London International Awards, Creative Floor Awards, OTC Awards, Lürzer's Archive, AME Effectiveness Awards, IPA Best of Health and more.​

Takae is a Japanese-Brazilian Creative Director with over a decade of experience in consumer and healthcare advertising. She’s been recognized by international advertising awards and was awarded by MM+M (Medical Marketing & Media) as 2021 Hall of Femme Women to Watch Honoree only with 3 years of healthcare industry experience.

The most notable awards include winning the first Innovation Hackathon at Cannes Lions Festival, winning the first Gold Lion in Health for Brazil and helping one of her former agencies win the “Best Creative Agency in Latin America” according to the Cannes Creativity Report. While at Havas Health & You, Takae provided many initiative ideas resulting in two Golds and a Titanium at the MM+M Awards and additional recognition at New York festivals. The past couple years she has served as a juror in International and Local Awards Festivals including New York Advertising Festivals and the Clio Health Awards. 

Erica’s keen eye for design, imaginative spirit and fearless approach to challenging briefs has made her 15+ years in advertising an immense success. In that time, Erica amassed over 35 prestigious advertising awards such as the Clio, Creative Floor, Effie, Global, Jay Chiat, Marcom, Muse, and MM&M Awards.

Erica’s work has been featured in publications including Lürzers Archive, Refinery 29, Teen Vogue, AM New York, Great Ads for Good and Endpoints News. Erica pivoted her talents to healthcare advertising, where she brought a fresh and bold approach to tackling life-saving campaigns.

Erica’s new business wins played a key role in adding an award-winning OTC catalog of brands to her agency’s network. When Erica isn’t spending time with her husband and two daughters, or mentoring in minority youth arts programs, you’ll find her performing on her Steel Pan from the island of Trinidad and Tobago.

I was born in Belém do Pará, Amazon Brazil. Currently living in São Paulo. I am an Art Director and Designer with over 14 years of experience. I am currently at Havas Health & You as  Art Director Sr. and Designer Sr.

25 years working on the consumer side in agencies, JWT São Paulo, DPZ - Publicis Group, and three years working on the Pharma side in NY. Throughout my career, I won many national and international awards, including Cannes Lions, One Show, D&AD, London Festival, New York Festival, and Clio. I also was a member of advertising festival juries, including New Yor Festival Health 2023, the Cannes Lions, and D&AD. I am an Advertising graduate; I also hold a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing and a Master of Science in Business Administration.

I am an Advertising graduate;  I also hold a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing and a Master of Science in Business Administration.

Megan Williamson is a Senior Copywriter who loves making people laugh and dislikes writing in the third person. Her experience includes working with clients like Con Edison, Tres Generaciones, Rite Aid, Air Wick, and even branded a restaurant in the Hamptons where Paul McCartney once ate. She's also created an award-winning campaign for Nemours Children's Health, one of the largest integrated pediatric health systems in the country. At Big Spaceship, Megan works on Chase and recently launched the first brand campaign for the pioneering female-focused healthcare brand, Tia, which was chosen as an Editor’s Pick at Adweek. Megan can still recall the exact moment she discovered what a pun was, and has been the cause of a lot of eye rolls ever since.

Great work starts with an emotional connection – a sense of energy that can provoke a thought or capture an element of the human spirit that unites us. With over 15 years of multi-disciplinary experience from human health to animal health, in both pharmaceutical advertising and medical education sectors, Michael is passionate about the creative craft and emotive truths he can bring to the arena of health and wellness.

Michael plays an integral part of the team at Ogilvy Health Sydney, working to simplify complex information and data with fresh thinking, tapping into stories that can create stronger connections and foster new understandings. He has a driving curiosity to explore, question and build on insights, helping to bridge the divide between patients and HCPs.

In his 16 years at Ogilvy Health, Michael has enjoyed lasting tenures across various brands and portfolios with work also recognised by numerous award shows, including The Creative Floor, NYF Global Awards, Cannes and CLIO Health. He feels inspired to be part of a wider creative community – collectively discussing new ideas and fostering different ways of thinking.