The Epica Awards announces that this year’s Creative Leaders Tribute will be awarded to Piyush Pandey, Indian creative, Chairman of Ogilvy India and Ogilvy’s Chief Creative Officer, Worldwide.
He will be handed the trophy during the Epica Awards ceremony at the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in Amsterdam on the evening of November 21. The award pays tribute to those who have shown a career-long commitment to supporting and enhancing creativity.
In India he is famous for his work for brands such as Cadbury, Fevicol and Asian Paints, among many others. He joined Ogilvy as an account director in 1982 but was moved to the creative department when the agency spotted his potential. Three years later he was creative director.