Luissandro Del Gobbo has been appointed chief creative officer of Havas in Italy. He will be in charge of managing the creative department, which comprises over 80 talents based in the two head offices in Milan and Rome.
During his 20-year career, Del Gobbo has worked in Europe and America for some of the most renowned and iconic global brands. He most recently served as global executive creative director for Heineken at Publicis. Previously he was partner, group creative director at Ogilvy Chicago, with clients from the Unilever and SC Johnson portfolios.
He has won more than 100 awards at the world’s major advertising festivals, picking up 24 Cannes Lions (including a Grand Prix for Copywriting), a Grand Clio, a Yellow Pencil at the D&AD and five golds at the One Show.
“Luissandro is an extraordinary creative and a person of great culture and sound principles; over the years, he has successfully proved that he can lead complex organizations and manage international clients on a global scale,” said CEO Manfredi Calabro who leads Havas Milan.
Stéphane Xiberras, head of the Havas Global Creative Council and CCO and president of BETC, added: “Luissandro’s decision to join our Italian agency is extremely good news for the entire network; his talent and expertise will help our group reach new levels of creative excellence and strengthen Havas’ global positioning based on meaningfulness, in order to provide strong business solutions for our clients through the power of creativity.”
“I am thrilled to become part of Italy’s biggest agency and team up with Manfredi to lead it into the future with even more resolution. Stephane and the whole network’s belief in the central role of ideas and their immense transformative power played a crucial role in my decision; it’s definitely the right move at this point in my career,” said Del Gobbo.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More