Osvaldo Gabriel Restrepo López, known professionally as Kochi, is the General Creative Director at Corkidi Studios Panama, an independent agency founded in 2022. He previously served as Creative Director at McCann Worldgroup Panama, leading campaigns for brands such as Chevrolet, Isuzu, Nestlé, and Credicorp Bank. Before that, he spent nearly a decade at Ogilvy Panama (Star5), where he built a strong, award-winning reputation.

Kochi’s work has been featured in top publications including Adweek, Ad Age, CNN, BuzzFeed, Fast Company, Mashable, Contagious, CNET, Entrepreneur, and Slate. His creative achievements have earned recognition at prestigious festivals such as Cannes Lions, Effie, Clio, The One Show, LIA, and Ojo de Iberoamérica, among others.

Beyond agency work, Kochi won the Panama National Film Fund in 2021 for a fiction feature screenplay and has served as a jury member for FEPI, AD Forum, and Effie Latam. He has also spoken at Social Media Day Panama and reviewed portfolios for Brother Panama.

A passionate creative beyond advertising, Kochi writes screenplays, plays music with his band Dowel, enjoys cinema and theater, and loves cooking.