Andreas Dahlqvist is CEO of NORD DDB Sweden, and the Chief Creative Officer for Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo and Helsinki. Under Andreas leadership DDB is yet again the most awarded agency and #1 ranked agency in

the Nordics in both creative and effectiveness rankings and it has been awarded the Pioneer title by Contagious Magazine as one of the best and bravest agencies in the world. NORD DDB was the second most contributing agency to DDB’s #1 ranking in Cannes.

Prior to this NORD DDB Andreas was the Chief Creative Officer of Grey New York where he oversaw a 350-plus creative department. Under his leadership, Grey New York was for the first time ranked the No. 1 agency in the U.S. and North America and the No. 2 agency in the world by Cannes Lions in 2016. And Andreas also listed on Adweek’s top 10 list of ‘Chief Creative Officers who are inspiring breakthrough work in the U.S.

Prior to joining Grey in 2015, Andreas was president of the McCann Creative Leadership Council, the global creative group that inspires and promotes creative excellence across the McCann network, and chief creative officer at Commonwealth, the global, dedicated business unit serving Chevrolet and General Motors. Previously, Andreas served as Vice Chairman of McCann New York and Deputy CCO for Global Brands. Andreas started his career at McCann by leading McCann NY to it’s most awarded year ever, the highlight of which was being named Agency of the Year at The Art Director's Club. Prior to McCann, Andreas founded DDB in Sweden. Under his creative and strategic leadership, the Gunn Report ranked the agency both best interactive and best digital agency in the world. The agency was also ranked the best creative agency in the region for 3 consecutive years. Over his career, Andreas has created many groundbreaking campaigns for clients such as Gillette, NFL, McDonald’s, DirecTV, AT&T, General Mills, Diesel Jeans, Coca-Cola, Chevrolet, The Swedish Armed Forces, Volvo,

Skoda, Panasonic and Volkswagen to name a few. Some of his most awarded campaigns include The Gun Shop for States United to Prevent Gun Violence, Super Bowl Babies for the NFL, Volvo Twitter Interception, #DadDo for Pantene. Among the early big award winners was ‘The Fun Theory’ for VW - the most viral campaign ever at its time. Andreas has won nearly every major creative award in existence, including Cannes Titanium and Grand Prix Lions. He has been listed on Creativity and AdAge’s ‘Top 50’, an annual list of innovators and category-definers who help to shape and redefine advertising, marketing and popular culture at large