Omar El-Gammal

United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates

Co-Head of Strategic Planning at JWT

Advertising / Marketing / PR

I was born in Cairo, Egypt and brought up in Washington, DC – hence the very obvious American accent when you meet me. I moved to Dubai in 1997 where I then completed high school & university with a double major in Marketing & Advertising. I started my career at Leo Burnett as an account man – but found my true passion in the business as a planner years later when I joined Impact BBDO Dubai in 2007. I’m known to be very energetic, a good public speaker and that when I take my watch off (for some reason) I mean business. I get a rush when coming up with ideas that help solve problems and get a bigger rush getting other people excited about the same ideas. I don't believe there is any