Cam Blackley has over 20 years of outstanding work at leading international creative shops including 8 years at Droga5 New York and Sydney, Publicis London, AMV BBDO, Grey, BMF; and six years as the Chief Creative Officer at M&C Saatchi Australia. Cam is an experienced CCO with a history of building out empathetic and diverse creative cultures. He revels in problem solving, is great in a crisis and fun in a pub. A proud owner of a Cannes Titanium, a D&AD Black pencil and bag full of Effies. More than that, he’s a fixer of broken potential; a web3 enthusiast. He’s got over 200 Victory Royales in Fortnite. Cam is also a champion of creativity to the wider industry and stepped down as Chair of The Australian Writers and Art Directors organisation (AWARD) October 2023. As Chair he lead an overhaul of the brand identity, judging criteria, education, inclusion & diversity initiatives and the award show. He also gave birth to a three day festival This Way Up, a celebration of ideas which has attracted the cream of international speakers. Cam is no stranger to the stage himself, and spoke at SxSW in Austin 2023. Above all else, Cam is a Dad. With an incredible and patient wife + two awesome teenagers who don’t listen to him so he hopes you will.