Chris Beresford-Hill

Worldwide Chief Creative Officer, BBDO

Chris is Worldwide Chief Creative Officer for BBDO Worldwide partnering with CEO Nancy Reyes. The pair lead the network known for doing influential work on some of the biggest brands in the world. 

Prior to his current position, Chris served as North America President and CCO of Ogilvy where he helped them achieve greatness with work like “Rockstars” for Workday, “Can’t B Broke” for Verizon featuring Beyoncé, and the most celebrated Super Bowl campaign of 2024, “Michael CeraVe”, for CeraVe. 

Before that, Chris spent 4 years as CCO of TBWA/Chiat/Day NY, helping 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”.

Chris returned to BBDO where he previously spent 8 years as ECD, creating famous and effective work, like Foot Locker APPROVED campaign, Guinness “Wheelchair Basketball” and award-winning work for FedEx and HBO.  

His work has won countless ANDY Awards, One Show pencils, Cannes Lions, Clios, ADC awards, D&A awards and Global Effies. He has helped agencies achieve Cannes Network of the Year multiple times, has topped the Ad Age A-List, and has won ADWEEK Network of the Year. 

Chris has served as jury president across many of these shows and serves on the National Board of Directors for the One Show and The American Advertising Federation.