The Talent Business and D&AD Launch 2018 Festival with Judges’ Welcome Dinner

Last Saturday some of the most high-profile creative leaders from around the world attended the launch dinner of the world’s most respected celebration of creativity: The D&AD Professional Awards and Festival. The dinner for three hundred guests, held at London’s Beach Blanket Babylon restaurant, was co-hosted by The Talent Business and attended by key industry figures including:

Jeff Goodby, Founder & Chairman, Goodby Silverstein & Partners

Chloe Gottlieb, EVP, CCO, R/GA

Scott Nowell, Co-Founder, ECD, The Monkeys

Anselmo Ramos, Chief Creative Officer and Founder, GUT

Christiana Boccassini, ECD, Publicis Italy

Sean MacDonald, Global Chief Digital Officer, McCann

Jaime Robinson, Founder, CCO, Joan

Joanna Montiero, CCO, FCB Brazil

Tian It NG, CCO, McCann World Group, China

Tara Ford, ECD, DDB, Sydney

Also attending the dinner were the delegates from RARE LDN – a masterclass programme in partnership with Google and Berlin School of Leadership, aimed at supporting diverse emerging leaders from film, fashion, arts, commercial design, products and services design

D&AD celebrates and nurtures outstanding work in the design and advertising industry each year with it’s international creative awards.  The dinner was the kick-off event for the judges arriving into London from around the world for the start of D&AD Professional Awards Judging and Festival, running across the week.  

“This is the fifth year The Talent Business has co-hosted the D&AD Judges’ Welcome Dinner. A D&AD Pencil is recognised the world over as the ultimate symbol of creative achievement, so we’re proud to support the platform that is the gold standard for international creative excellence.” Tanya Livesey, Global Head of Creative Talent, The Talent Business

During the dinner Tim Lindsay, D&AD CEO and Tanya Livesey, Global Head of Creative Talent at The Talent Business gave speeches to welcome the judges. 

As well as the Professional Awards, D&AD aims to cultivate new talent.  Through initiatives such as New Blood Shift and RARE LDN - D&AD supports and develops diverse talent from entry point into the industry through to aspiring leaders.

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