Chaka Sobhani

Chaka Sobhani is President and Global Chief Creative Officer of DDB Worldwide. Before joining the ad industry, Chaka spent over a decade as an award winning film-maker and in television. 

She set up ITV’s first in-house creative agency, during which time the network regained the no.1 position in the UK, created its most successful global formats and content in shows like the X Factor and Downton Abbey, and won the prestigious Channel of the Year for the first time as well as numerous BAFTA’s, Golden Globes and the prestigious Rose D’Or.

Chaka sits on the External Affairs Committee for the Design Museum as well as on the boards of D&AD, The One Club, the British Arrows, Creative Circle and Snapchat Global Creative Council and WARC Advisory Board.