Ben Coulson

Ben has twice been ranked in the top five creative directors in the world at Cannes and is currently ranked top 10 Chief Creative Officers in the world by the WON report.

Clemenger is currently the number 1 ranked agency, and BBDO the number one ranked global network (for the 7th consecutive year) at Cannes. Clemenger is currently the APAC Effies most Effective agency, as well as Adnews, Campaign Brief, and B&T magazines Agency of the year.

Previously Ben was the CCO for Y&R group ANZ and a member of the Y&R global board. During his time Y&R was the most awarded Australian agency group at Cannes International Festival of Creativity in 2013, 2015 and 2016, has been Adnews, B&T, and Campaign brief magazines Australian 'Agency of the Year', the Australian EFFIES most effective agency, and twice been included in BRW magazines 50 most innovative companies.

Ben has worked in North America, UK, Europe, Asia New Zealand and Australia.

Ben believes in logical magic - meaning that brilliant and effective ideas come from deploying both sides of the brain. Which side goes first is still a mystery.