FCB Chicago Leadership

Andrés Ordóñez is a proven creative leader with over 20 years of experience helping successful brands craft their narrative. Ordóñez is currently a Chief Creative officer at FCB Chicago working closely with Susan Credle and is part of the FCB's Global Creative Council.Throughout his career, he has received top industry accolades, including Andy's, 12 D&AD, 39 Cannes Lions, 33 One Show Pencils , 13 ADC, 31 Clios, 19 LIA, New York Festivals, WARC and 20 Effies. Andrés took the stage at the 2016 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity to talk about the importance of craft and entertainment value in creating brand narratives that break through the clutter. He has served as a judge on international awards shows including at New York Festival, Lisbon Advertising Festival, NA Effie Awards, the Radio Mercury Awards, Ciclope in Berlin, Addys and El Ojo de Iberoamérica.In 2018 at Energy BBDO, The Drum’s Big Won ranked Andrés the 17th most awarded CCO in the world, with Energy BBDO being recognized as the 15th most awarded agency. With his team, he created one of the Top 20 most celebrated campaigns of the year “Prescribed to Death,” for the National Safety Council which ranked #6.​In 2019, Andrés was named one of Adweek's Top 100 most creative minds in marketing, media, tech and culture.In 2020, he was named Campaign US’ 40 Over 40, which honored senior talent that have shown innovation and leadership across all areas of marketing, advertising and communications. Also, FCB Chicago got recognized as #5 best US Creative agency, according to The Drum Report.Ordóñez lives and breathes the #NVRFNSHD mentality.

Fernando Espejel is a Chief Technology Officer at FCB Chicago and is based in Greater Chicago Area. He has worked as Project Manager at Accero, Interactive Project Manager at Punchkick Interactive, and Project Manager at Alta Vista Graphic Corporation. Fernando attended DePaul University.

Combining hard data, behavioral insights and cultural trends I've worked in Europe, Asia and America in nearly every facet of the planning/market research world, in categories as diverse as alcohol, telcom, pharma and retail, working on new product development, creative messaging, brand positioning, all from the various perspectives of the client, the agency and the market research consultant.

Things I'm obsessed with: over reliance on segmentation rather than making categories mean something, focusing on making the brand motivating versus making the brand easy, and loyalty programs where they only thing you can't earn is dignity

Nicole Brandell is a Chief Strategy Officer at FCB Chicago and is based in Oregon City, Oregon. She has worked as Partner, Director of Brand and Marketing Strategy at Kelton; VP, Planning Director, Phillip Morris at Leo Burnett; and Planner at Campbell Mithun. Nicole attended University of Wisconsin Madison between 1991 and 1995 and Hewitt School until 1991.