Suresh Raj

Suresh is the Chief Growth Officer at M+C Saatchi Group, North America.  Previously at McCann, VICE, Ogilvy and Zeno Group, Suresh has over 27 years' experience in the marcomms industry, with a primary responsibility of driving growth across the business. Suresh’s experience spans the full integrated marketing spectrum from creative, digital through to PR and experiential. In and out of work, Suresh is of incredibly mixed ethnicity (Middle Eastern, Jewish, Southeast Asian), is a vocal champion of diversity across all spectrums and has been named onto numerous Top 100 Lists (Ethnic Minority & LGBTQ+) by the Financial Times, Yahoo! Finance, YouTube and also a ADCOLOR nominee. He served as a Jury Member of the Cannes Lions Glass Lions (Lion of Change) and was recently inducted as an Executive Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences.  He was also a Campaign 40 under 40 honoree as well as AdWeek’s Pride Star recipient. He has served on juries for the Effies (NA), PR Week Awards and SABRE Awards. He is also a member of the Cannes Lions-ANA CMO Growth Council as well as the Chair of the ANA LGBTQ+ Forum.