Andrew Simon, Edelman

With a Master’s degree from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Andrew is anything but the typical creative leader. His career spans both the U.S., with agencies including JWT New York and Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles, as well as Canada, notably helping DDB to be named Canada’s most creative agency six times and Strategy Magazine’s Agency of the Year five times. As CCO for Edelman Canada, he led the agency to its first Cannes Lions’ wins and the first PR agency to be named a finalist for Agency of the Year (twice). In his current role as Global Creative Director on clients including Unilever, he has earned multiple international awards including a Gold Lion for Vaseline’s ‘See My Skin.’

Andrew is the Chair of the ADCC (Advertising & Design Club of Canada) and is the host of ‘In Conversation with…’, a monthly profile of industry creative leaders. He is also the band manager for ASD Band, featuring four talented performers on the spectrum, and is a Board Member of Jake’s House, a charity providing a spectrum of support for the autism community.