Drew  Panayiotou

Drew Panayiotou

President and CEO at BBDO Atlanta
Atlanta, United States

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Gill is President & CEO of the Atlanta office. He brings an impressive, if not contagious, focus on the power of great creative. He has worked on some of the most famous brands in the business, has led Cannes and Effie winning teams, and has remained a steadfast proponent of great work.


This is actually Gill’s second time at BBDO, as he ran the FedEx account while at BBDO New York. During this time, he led all agency efforts behind the creation and launch of the FedEx Kinko’s (now FedEx Office) retail brand. He then became CEO of Publicis New York, where he managed an agency of 300+ people and championed cross discipline partnerships with other Publicis Groupe companies. Most recently, Gill was global business director at DDB, where he managed Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Budweiser brand. In addition to guiding integrated marketing strategy, award-winning work, and expansion into new markets, he also spearheaded agency efforts in support of Budweiser’s sponsorship of the 2012 FIFA World Cup. 

Должности

President and CEO
As President and CEO of BBDO ATL, Drew guides all activity for the 225+ person marketing agency. Most recently, he was the senior vice president of U.S. marketing for Best Buy, where he was instrumental in radically restructuring the entire marketing organization, making large shifts to digital media and leading one of the most sophisticated CRM and loyalty programs in the U.S. He also led several large co-marketing programs with Microsoft, Samsung and Hewlett-Packard around groundbreaking new products. Drew drove transaction growth across Best Buys’ 1,400 stores as well as consistent annual double-digit online growth on BestBuy.com, the 12th largest U.S. commercial site.
Drew has developed a wealth of knowledge and insights from more than 18 years in a variety of marketing roles. He began his career with the Johnson & Johnson Company, where he focused on marketing for the Acuvue brand. From there, Drew moved on to leadership positions with Eastman Kodak, Hershey’s, and the Coca-Cola Company, where he successfully advanced global marketing strategies and advertising initiatives and drove product innovation. Drew has also served as the SVP of Global Marketing for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. He currently serves as an advisor to The Retail Equation, a leading retail analytics company based in Costa Mesa, CA. 

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