BBDO Worldwide Team Members

Andrew Robertson has been President and Chief Executive Officer of BBDO Worldwide since June 2004. It has been named Network of the Year at Cannes five times and the world's most awarded agency network according to The Gunn Report for eleven years in a row. Since 2005, BBDO has been honoured as Global Agency of the Year in Ad Age, Adweek (three times) and Campaign (five times). BBDO Worldwide was also recognized as the Most Effective Network in the world by the Global Effies in 2011, 2014, and 2015. Andrew first came to BBDO in the UK in 1995, joining Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO where he subsequently served as Chief Executive. In 2001, he moved to BBDO North America to serve as President and CEO. He began his advertising career at Ogilvy & Mather, London as a Media Planner. He switched to Account Management and was appointed to the Board of Ogilvy & Mather in 1986. In 1989, he joined J. Walter Thompson and in November 1990, was appointed Chief Executive of WCRS. Andrew has a degree in Economics from City of London University. He currently serves on the Boards of Autism Speaks and Hope Funds for Cancer Research. He is a past Chairman of The Advertising Council. 

David Lubars is Chief Creative Officer, BBDO Worldwide and Chairman of BBDO North America. In the 12-years since David joined BBDO in 2004 as its creative lead, the agency has been named Agency of the Year by various industry publications more than 15 times and has become not only the dominant creative force in New York City, but among the most creatively recognized in the world. For example, for the 11th year in a row, BBDO is ranked #1 in the Gunn Report as the world’s most awarded creative agency network. And BBDO has won Network of the Year at Cannes five times. The work isn't just creative. For three of the six years since it was created, BBDO has been ranked the most effective agency network in the world in the Effie Effectiveness Index. And BBDO was ranked the most strategic agency network in the world for the third year in a row in the Warc 100 rankings of strategic effectiveness. David has personally won over 100 Cannes Lions and over 100 One Show pencils. His BMW Films was the first ever Titanium winner at Cannes and is part of MoMA's permanent collection in New York City. Most recently, David was named one of the top ten creative directors of all time in a story published on the Forbes CMO Network.