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Susan Credle

Susan Credle is global chief creative officer at FCB.

Reviously, she was chief creative officer at Leo Burnett USA based in Chicago. She joined in 2009 and is credited with spearheading a creative renaissance, creating a collaborative culture, shoring up existing clients and attracting new marketers to the fold. Allstate’s "Mayhem" campaign and P&G’s anti-bullying initiative "Mean Stinks" for Secret are among her acclaimed efforts.

Credle, who started her career at BBDO New York after graduating from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1985, quickly made her creative skills apparent to agency leaders through her tenacity and perseverance. She served as a copywriter and a creative director before ultimately being appointed EVP, executive creative director. During her 24-year tenure at BBDO, she reinvented the iconic M&M’s characters, helped turn Cingular Wireless from a small challenger brand into a category leader, and created award-winning work for clients including Bank of America, FedEx, Gillette, Lowe’s, PepsiCo, Pizza Hut and Visa.