Dean Wei
Independent Member of the Board of Governors
Dean has worked for more than 30 years in the creative and tech industries, leading advertising agencies as well as in-house creative teams across three continents.
He is currently OpenAI's International Creative Director and spent more than a decade as Apple's Creative Director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He was the Chief Creative Officer for the UK office of Crispin, Porter and Bogusky, and Executive Creative Director for Wieden and Kennedy Delhi. He has worked as a consultant for Google Creative Lab, YouTube and Snapchat, and served as an advisor for various start-ups.
Over his career, Dean has hired hundreds of talented creatives from all over the world and has built and managed teams of designers, art directors, writers, technologists and strategists. His belief that a diversity of voices, viewpoints and backgrounds leads to standout work that changes and adds meaningfully to culture has driven him his entire career.
Originally from the US, he has won awards for his work at the One Show, D&AD, SXSW and Cannes, and he has made his home in the US, UK, India and China.
He holds an A.B. in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard University where his focus was documentary filmmaking and creative writing.
