Chris Hunter

Background

About Chris Hunter

Chris is an award-winning business leader with over twenty years of marketing and communications experience. He is an Integrator, having spent his career working with agency founders and business leaders to build systems and teams to deliver against a defined vision. Having split his career living and working in Canada and the US, Chris has held senior positions at some of North America’s most awarded agencies. He has had the privilege of working with and leading some of the world’s most innovative and influential brands. Chris's leadership has been instrumental in building and growing strong client relationships at the senior level, significantly impacting their business. Under his guidance, his teams have helped fuel the growth of Fortune 500 companies, including Molson Coors USA, Frito-Lay USA/Canada, PepsiCo USA/Canada, Amazon, Boeing, Rogers Communications, Bell Canada, CIBC, General Motors and Nissan/Infiniti, among others. He has extensive experience fostering and leading new business efforts over his career, with notable wins that include Heineken, leading the global pitch for the Infiniti business (and launching Publicis Groupe’s bespoke global Infiniti Agency, PubQ), Molson Coors (played a vital role in the TBWA network pitch and win of the Miller Lite US business and requested by Molson Coors US CMO to relocate to Chiat\Day\Los Angeles to lead the business), exponential growth of the Frito-Lay USA portfolio of brands while at Juniper Park\TBWA, helping lead and win the CIBC business, helping lead and win the BMO business, helping lead and win the Boeing USA business, and leading the VC/Angel investor and capital acquisition process for emerging tech companies at FCB Seattle. Chris's contributions have been recognized for their creativity and results-driven approach. He has been awarded the WARC prize for effectiveness in advertising, multiple Effies and Cassies, OBIE awards, HALOs, Marketing and Bessies.