Icon — Andrea Diquez
Icon – Andrea Diquez
Andrea Diquez is the Global CEO of GUT. As an Executive Leader, she is known for building iconic brands, driving organizational transformation and delivering high impact results. Since she was appointed Global CEO of GUT in 2022, the agency was honored as the #10 Ad Age A-list Agency in 2023, Adweek’s Breakthrough Agency of the Year and GUT Buenos Aires was honored as the International Agency of the Year. At Cannes that same year, GUT became the #1 Independent Network of the Year, LATAM Network of the Year, and GUT Buenos Aires became both Independent Agency of the Year and Agency of the Year – a first for Argentina. At the end of 2023 GUT became part of Globant, one of the fastest-growing tech companies in the world – joining the forces of ad nerds and tech nerds to show the power of creative tech. And, in 2024 GUT was named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in marketing & advertising.
Originally from Venezuela, Andrea has spent the majority of her 25+ year career in New York; however, from 2011 to 2013 she served as CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi Mexico where in just two years she successfully doubled the agency’s business while also leading them to win numerous international creative and business awards. And in 2016, she was named CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi New York. During her five-year tenure she successfully expanded and diversified the client base and revitalized the creative reputation of the agency.
Throughout her career, Andrea has effectively built highly diverse teams that deliver powerful creative solutions for complex business challenges. Under her leadership, her teams have transformed clients’ businesses for multiple global brands including Tide, Olay and Walmart while earning numerous creative and effectiveness awards along the way from top award festivals, including Effies, Cannes Lions, D&AD, The Clios, The One Show and more.
In 2018, Andrea was selected by Ad Age as one of 24 “Women to Watch,” recognizing her ability to create change in the industry by building diverse teams that focus on delivering impactful creativity across all channels. She was also appointed to the Creative Effectiveness Jury at Cannes Lions in 2019, and subsequently named Co-Chair of the US Effie Grand Jury in 2020. Andrea is very proud to have worked on multiple marquis brands globally and across North America, including Mondelēz, HSBC, P&G, Subway, Walmart, Toyota, Campbell Snacks, Kraft Heinz, NDSS, WNBA, General Mills, Nestlé, USAA, Coca-Cola, Mars, ASA, GSK, Sun Communities, Atlantis, Bouqs and Prudential among many others.