Ghossoub to receive Lynx Award

Dubai: Joseph Ghossoub, president and chief executive of The Holding Group, will be honoured with the first Dubai Lynx Advertising Person of the Year Award, organisers of the first Dubai International Advertising Festival said on Tuesday.

Dubai Lynx will honour Joseph Ghossoub for his outstanding contribution in lifting the profile of Dubai on the international stage of creative advertising.

"Joseph Ghossoub has been at the forefront of promoting the Middle East's advertising and media industry around the world. We are therefore delighted to recognise and honour his efforts at the Dubai Lynx awards, which ultimately also aim to help raise the creative bar of the Mena region," said Philip Thomas, Cannes Lions CEO, organisers of the Dubai Lynx event.

Joseph Ghossoub is president and CEO of The Holding Group (THG), the parent company of Team/Young & Rubicam, Intermarkets Advertising, ASDA'A public relations, mediaedge:cia and Wunderman. He is also the outgoing chairman of the International Advertising Association.