Named Creative Person of the Year four times by Campaign magazine, Ali Rez is the most awarded creative leader in the Middle East and currently leads creative output for the Impact BBDO Group across the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan region.

Rez’s work has been instrumental in Impact BBDO being named the No 2 Agency in the World by WARC and winning 39 different Agency of the Year accolades in the last three years.

Rez has won more than 1000 international accolades in his career spanning four continents over 20 years, with Grand Prix wins at all the major shows – including LIA, Cannes Lions, Clio, OneShow, Loeries, and Effies.

Moving from California, USA, Rez currently lives in Dubai, UAE, where he is an avid mountain biker. Besides lecturing at Oxford University, Rez has exhibited at Tate UK, spoken at Tedx and traveled to 150 countries.