Rob Reilly is the Global Chief Creative Officer of WPP and one of the world’s most celebrated creative leaders. He joined WPP in early 2021 to help realise its ambition to become the most creative company on the planet. 

His role is to champion creativity within and beyond the company – fostering a culture that delivers extraordinary work for WPP’s clients, attracting and nurturing the best talent, driving inclusion and diversity in work and teams, and collaborating with technology partners to fuel the creativity needed for their platforms. 

Before WPP, Rob spent seven years as the Global Creative Chairman of McCann Worldgroup, where he led the agency’s creative resurgence – which included collecting the Network of the Year award at Cannes Lions in 2019. Before moving to McCann in 2014, he was Partner and Worldwide Chief Creative Officer at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, which was named Advertising Age’s Agency of the Decade during his tenure.

Rob is known for helping to create some of the most talked-about ideas of recent times, for the most impactful global brands. Highly-awarded, culture-shaping work he has overseen includes the “Fearless Girl” statue on Wall Street for State Street Global Advisors and Mastercard’s “True Name” card.

As well as winning numerous awards himself, Rob has chaired several industry award show juries, including Cannes Lions three times. He is a member of The One Club for Creativity Board and the Facebook Global Client Council.

He lives in New York with his wife, Laura.