Claus Adams

Claus Adams

Chief Exective Officer UAE at Ogilvy UAE
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About me

In the last 10 years I gained senior executive management experience from key agency positions in different geographies. I have built, transformed and grown blue chip agencies and brands with innovative thinking and action, while inspiring teams to achieve a shared vision.

Along the way I have established and deepened partnerships with leading brands in different categories ranging from consumer electronics, health & beauty, automotive, food & beverages, tobacco and spirits to name a few.

Positions

CEO EMEA
London, United Kingdom
July 2017 - Present (7 years 7 months)
Chief Operating Officer CEE/SVP DACH Region
Schwalbach, Germany
2013 - 2017 (4 years)
LocationVienna/Austria & Düsseldorf/Germany
Regional Director of OgilvyAction Middle East & North Africa
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2008 - 2013 (5 years)
Adams headed Shopper Marketing agency OgilvyAction MENA (now geometry global) in Dubai. He spent five years in the Region, where he was hired to launch and expand the agency's footprint in the Middle East and North Africa. Under Claus' leadership OgilvyAction MENA grew from 5 employees to more than 130 people across six offices in the region. His team won +75 regional & global creative/effectiveness awards. Subsequently the Dubai office became the most effective and most creative agency in the global OgilvyAction network for two years in a row. In addition OA MENA won key strategic assignments from blue chip clients like Coca-Cola, Unilever, British American Tobacco, Castrol, MMI Retail to name just a few.
Managing Director Germany
OgilvyAction/141 worldwide
Germany
2002 - 2008 (6 years)
Düsseldorf/Frankfurt, Germany
Client Service Director Momentum
München, Germany
2000 - 2002 (2 years)

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