Alexander
Kalchev
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company
DDB Paris
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position
CEO & CCO
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website
about the jury
Alexander Kalchev is the CCO & Co-CEO of DDB Paris, where he oversees a variety of brands such as Volkswagen, Spotify, McDonalds, Salomon, Amazon Prime, TAG Heuer, UNESCO and Amnesty International, among others.
Born and raised in Sofia, Bulgaria, Alexander joined DDB Paris right after his graduation. He was profiled in Creativity’s Creatives to Know and was choses as one of the ADC New York’s Young Guns 12 class. The Centaur for Honda – the first film he directed himself – was awarded a silver film lion in Cannes.
At just 30, he became the youngest Chief Creative Officer in the history of the agency. Since taking over the creative leadership of DDB Paris, the agency has been named multiple times Agency of the Year in France with Alexander becoming the only foreigner to win three times Creative Director of the Year. Under Alexander’s leadership, his teams have won over 50 Lions in Cannes, ADC NY and One Show Golds, Grand Clio, multiple Eurobest Grand Prix, D&AD Yellow Pencils, and shiny trinkets from all other major advertising festivals.
Alexander respects good, honest work that speaks for itself.
