Paul Chan

Paul has been at the creative helm of Cheil since 2012.

Under his guidance, the agency has consistently punched above its weight—winning 'Agency Of The Year' at Spikes Asia 2017, 'Regional Agency Of The Year (Asia)' at London International Awards 2017 and twice 'Regional Agency Of The Year (APAC)' at New York Festivals in 2018 & 2019.
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In the 2018 Gunn Report, Cheil was ranked the #1 agency in Hong Kong and #37 in the 'World's Top 50 Creative Agencies'. The agency was also ranked #1 in Hong Kong and #5 overall in Campaign Brief Asia’s Creative Rankings 2018—winning 'HK Creative Agency Of The Year' along the way.
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Paul himself was Hong Kong's #1 ranked creative for two years running in Campaign Brief Asia’s Creative Rankings 2017 & 2018 and Campaign Brief's THE WORK 2017, 2018 & 2019.

He was also the world's 5th highest-ranked ECD in The Drum's Big Won Rankings 2018—as well as the 5th 'Hottest Creative in Asia’ and 5th ‘Most Awarded Creative Leader’ in Campaign Brief Asia’s Creative Rankings 2018.
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In 2018, Paul also topped Campaign Brief Asia’s poll of the region's most respected creative leaders to be named ‘Asia's Emerging Creative Leader of the Year’.
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Paul has judged at every major award show, including: Cannes, D&AD, The One Show (twice), London International Awards (three times), Clio, Spikes Asia, AdFest, Ad Stars, New York Festivals (three times), One Show Greater China, Longxi Nova, Festival Volcán, Citra Pariwara, Taiwan 4As Creative Awards, the A-List Hollywood Awards, One Eyeland Awards and the Lisbon Advertising Festival.

Beyond his passion for the business, Paul is married with a beautiful wife and two very loud kids, none of whom give a flying hoot about his rankings.

Contact Paul.

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