For the first time in its history, The Clios , a premier international awards programme for the creative industry, has launched the Global Talent Rankings , recognising the individuals behind The Clios Award-winning work .
As part of its inaugural Global Talent Rankings, The Clios has also revealed specific rankings for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region across each of the following categories:
The rankings are based on individual credits submitted with 2026 Clio Awards entries, recognising the people whose contributions helped shape the work across seven disciplines. Each credit is assigned a point value based on statue level, and the points are tallied to determine the rank.
Where individuals earned the same number of points, ties have been preserved and multiple people may share the same rank. Titles appear exactly as they were submitted to The Clio Awards programme.
Tahaab Rais — Chief Strategy Officer, Publicis Groupe Middle East & Turkey
Adrian Mutescu — Head of Strategy, Saatchi & Saatchi Middle East
Aakriti Goel — Former Head of Strategy & Insights, LEO UAE
Fatima Talaat — Senior Executive, Strategy & Insights, Saatchi & Saatchi Middle East
Inaan Budhiraja — Associate Business Director, Strategy & Insights, Saatchi &
Mongi Bhouri — Strategy Director, VML
7 (Tie). Bhaskar Bateja — Head of Strategy, Memac Ogilvy UAE
7 (Tie). Catherine Bannister — Chief Strategy Officer, TBWA\RAAD
7 (Tie). Mbali Mchunu — Strategist, The Odd Number
7 (Tie). Mohammed Aayaz — Strategist, TBWA\RAAD
7 (Tie). Rayhaan Mehtar — Head of Strategy, The Odd Number
7 (Tie). Rifaat Fakih — Strategy Director, Memac Ogilvy UAE
7 (Tie). Yasmina Raydan — Senior Strategy Manager, Memac Ogilvy UAE
8 (Tie). Dominic Sullivan — Business Director, Strategy, Publicis Middle East
8 (Tie). Mazen Haddad — Business Director, Strategy, Starcom Middle East
9 (Tie). Ana Julia De Oliveira — Senior Manager, Strategy & Insights, Publicis Groupe
9 (Tie). Dalal Kareem — Senior Manager, Strategy, Publicis Middle East
9 (Tie). Lina Ibrahim — Manager, Strategy & Insights, LEO UAE
9 (Tie). Nadine Matar — Head of Strategy & Insights, Publicis Middle East
Kalpesh Patankar — Chief Creative Officer, LEO UAE
Sebastien Boutebel — Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi Middle East
3 (Tie). Ali Rez — Chief Creative Officer, IMPACT BBDO
3 (Tie). Joao Xavier — Associate Design Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Middle East
3 (Tie). Ludmila Abramov — Senior Art Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Middle East
3 (Tie). Rita Harbie — Creative Director, Publicis One Unlimited
3 (Tie). Vinicius Claudino — Associate Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Middle East
- Sylvia Trinidade — Creative Services, Producer, Prodigious Middle East
5 (Tie). Andrea Moulas — Creative Operations Manager, Wieden + Kennedy
5 (Tie). Chafic Haddad — Chief Creative Officer, VML
5 (Tie). Firas Ghannam — Executive Creative Director, VML
5 (Tie). Marco Torni — Associate Creative Director, VML
- Muhammad Al i — Executive Creative Director, LEO UAE
7 (Tie). Andre Souza — Senior Visualiser, Memac Ogilvy UAE
7 (Tie). Divyan Kriplani — Creative Director, LEO UAE
7 (Tie). Farhan Siddiqui — Creative Director, LEO UAE
7 (Tie). Gautam Wadher — Chief Creative Officer, Memac Ogilvy UAE
7 (Tie). Kapil Bhimekar — Creative Director, LEO UAE
7 (Tie). Mohammed Sharique — Art Director, LEO UAE
8 (Tie). Anika Marya — Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Middle East
8 (Tie). Bruno Barbo…