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Malcolm Poynton

Malcolm Poynton
Global Chief Creative Officer
Cheil Worldwide

Malcolm joined Cheil Worldwide at the beginning of 2015 as the Network’s first Global Chief Creative Officer.

Having led teams responsible for award-winning firsts as diverse as Unilever's smile activated ice cream vending machine, Foot Locker's Sneakerpedia and Dove’s Campaign For Real Beauty, Malcolm is a recognised industry influencer and speaker. A former Cannes, LIA and Clio awards Jury President, Malcolm has been named as one of AdAge magazine’s “World’s Top 10 Digital minds”, named by TechCity Insider as one of the UK’s leading Digital innovators and was recently announced as 2016 Cannes Jury President for Mobile. His international industry accolades number more than 200, including Cannes Lions for Film, Print, Media, Outdoor, Cyber and Mobile.

Prior to joining Cheil, Malcolm was a member of Sapient’s global leadership team serving as SapientNitro’s first European Chief Creative Officer. M&C Saatchi, Saatchi & Saatchi, Ogilvy and SapientNitro have all won Agency of the Year titles under his creative leadership.