Igor Kirikchi
Chief Executive Officer, BBDO Moscow and Managing Director, BBDO Russia Group, Russia
Igor Kirikchi started his career at BBDO as Account Manager in 1994. Over the next twenty-five years he has been working with such clients as Wrigley, PepsiCo, Frito Lay, Mars, SABMiller, VISA and major local finance (Alfa-Bank, Sberbank, AlfaInsurance), telecom (VympelKom, MTS) and marketplace (YandexMarket) clients. In 2005 Igor was appointed CEO of BBDO Moscow.
In July 2010, he was promoted to the position of BBDO Group Managing Director. Since the beginning of 2013 he also started supervising BBDO network agencies in the Ukraine (BBDO Ukraine and Proximity Ukraine) and Kazakhstan (BBDO Central Asia). In 2013 Igor was again appointed CEO of BBDO Moscow while retaining the position of BBDO Group Managing Director.
Igor is a Co-chairman of Creative Agencies Committee of the leading professional association - Russian Association of Communication Agencies (RACA). He is also a member of the Effie Russia Expert Council and the Effie Russia Board.
