Mohammed Bahmishan
Bahmishan is a Saudi award-winning Adman. A jury member in Cannes Lions Festival 2022. Mena Effie jury 2023. Saudi Ad School mentor 2024. Cannes Lions speaker 2022. Dubai lynks speaker 2023. A pioneering veteran in the creative communication industry in Saudi Arabia. During his 20 years of experience, he has been considered to be a driving force to push the wheel of creative communication further in the Saudi market, through writing about it, and through special programs (he is the creator of the 1st YouTube show about advertising, named “Fasel e3lany”) and through his several talks and workshops in different forums. At the time when there were very few Saudies working in advertising, Bahmishan started his journey in the creative communication industry as a writer at Ogilvy & Mather, building top notch brands in the Saudi market such as Unilever, Kodak, and Volvo. In 2004, He moved to Leo Burnett continuing to develop remarkable campaigns. In Nov 2022, Bahmishan left Publicis Group as Publicis KSA Chief Creative Officer, and started heading FP7 McCann Saudi Arabia in a dual role as CEO and Chief Creative Officer. Passionate about dynamic digital communication and utilisation of technology in storytelling. He is also a painter, lyricist, director, and a coach.
Awards: Cannes Lions, The One Show, Art Director's Club, EPICA, CLIO, Dubai Lynx, AdFest, New York Festivals, Gerety, Effie's, Caples, Adstars, Cresta and many others.
