Mohammed Bahmishan

- Bahmishan is a Saudi award winning Adman. A jury member in Cannes Lions Festival 2022. 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 (he is the first writer of the advertising section in the first Saudi design magazine in KSA: Design magazine, Okaz, and the Little black book magazine), 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 (such as “the creative detox workshop” in Jeddah College of advertising, “I am not a me 2” talk in KAEC Markathon during the NEXT forum, “Impact of vision 2030 on communication and creativity” during Campaign Middle East magazine panel talk, and “Creativity in our region” during Cannes lions festival with SRMG panel talk).

- 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 for companies such as: P&G, Al-Baik, Ikea, ARAMCO, Saudia airlines, G20, AlUla, Zain, HSBC, PIF, McDonald’s, AMC, Almarai, Philip Morris, SNB, Jeddah season, Rabea tea, Savola,, Ministry Of Labour, Ministry Of Housing, Goody, and many others.

In Nov 2022, Bahmishan started heading FP7 McCann Saudi Arabia in a dual role as CEO and CCO.

- Passionate about dynamic digital communication and utilization of technology in storytelling. He is also a painter, lyricist, director, and a coach.

- Awards: Cannes Lions, EPICA, The One Show, Art Director's Club, CLIO, Dubai Lynx, AdFest, New York Festivals, Gerety, Effie's, Caples, Adstars, Cresta and many others.