Thamer Farsi is a Marketing Communication professional with over 16 years of experience in Saudi Arabia’a advertising and communication industry. He led the Leo Burnett operation in Saudi in 2018 as Regional Managing Director, and in 2019 was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Publicis Communication, handling both Leo Burnett and Saatchi & Saatchi offices nationwide.

During his time at Publicis, Thamer worked on major local and international brands including McDonald’s, Savola Foods, Zain telecom, Samba Bank, Philip Morris, Goody and Al Marai, in addition to government projects such as the G20, PIF (Qiddiyah) and Saudi Seasons (Eastern Province, Jeddah Season and MDL Beast).