Komal Bedi Sohal, Индия

Head of Beauty and Luxury Collective, Ogilvy India

Komal is a Head of Beauty and Luxury Collective in  Ogilvy India.

Recently Komal served as Chief Creative Officer in Saatchi & Saatchi Dubai, Y&R Singapore and Y&R India.

She is a creative leader with more than 25 years of experience at Y&R, Grey, Lowe, Rediffusion and Saatchi & Saatchi across India, South East Asia and the Middle East on global brands like Ford, Cadillac, HSBC, PepsiCo, P&G, Mondelez, Nivea, Harvey Nichols, Colgate, Virgin Atlantic, Tata Motors and Land Rover, to name a few.

— Yet, Leica is her favorite brand ever.

Her work has received multiple golds at Cannes Lions, One Show, ANDYs, ADC, Clio, LIA, Epica, D&AD, Spikes Asia, Effie, WARC, Dubai Lynx and Goa Fest. Her campaign for Harvey Nichols was ranked the number two press campaign in the world. And the Big Won ranked her number two on the list of Top Art Directors.

— Yet, her real grand prix are her son and daughter. Naturally, her husband is on the credit list.

She has served as jury president for art direction at D&AD, a jury member at Cannes Lions, Art Director’s Club, Clio, Adfest and New York Festivals.

— Yet, she loves being judged by Grey Joy, her big, burly, always-sleepy cat.

Over a decade ago, she brought the Middle East into the spotlight through art direction and craft, and became the first female ECD in the region. In 2019 her Leica collaborated with her sister’s pen, and they published their debut book “Dream Keeper” an ensemble of poetry and photography. More recently, her photographs have been published and exhibited locally and internationally. She believes in a world where women can and will. 

— At least, the case study says so.