Leo Burnett enjoyed a sparkling night at the Dubai Lynx Awards, walking away with Network of the Year and Media Agency of the Year for Leo Burnett Beirut, while Raja Trad, CEO of Leo Burnett Group MENA and member of the Leo Burnett Wordwide Global Leadership Council (GLC), was presented with the Advertising Person of the Year award. The agency’s nominated campaigns also won several golds at the awards ceremony, held as part of the Dubai International Advertising Festival, the leading awards for creative excellence in advertising and communications in the Middle East and North Africa.

Leo Burnett MENA, the humankind agency whose insightful creative concepts have always delivered great advertising to the world, was recognized for their efforts at the 7th annual MENA Cristal Festival. The MENA Cristal event, which brings together significant figures from the advertising, production and media worlds, is not just an award ceremony that recognizes the accomplishments of the region, but also an engaging conference and networking platform for the communications industry.

Leo Burnett Middle East was recently named the Agency of the Year by Campaign ME, in the publication’s first ever roll-out of the title. The Humankind Agency was chosen based upon a number of measurable factors that set it apart, in a year that was far from the best for the industry.