Vincent Montocchio
Managing Director CIRCUS! Mauritius & Chief Creative Officer Publicis Groupe Africa
Craft Jury President
About
Vincent
Following a Masters in Visual Communication in Paris, Vincent began his career as an Art Director at LOWE ALICE, one of the most successful French advertising agencies of that time. After seven years, he headed to his homeland as Creative Director of Circus Advertising. Under his creative direction, the agency became the most awarded of the region and ranked 4th most creative agency in Africa at the African Cristal Festival 2018. Today, Vincent is the Managing Director of CIRCUS! in Mauritius and the Chief Creative Officer of Publicis Groupe Africa, a network of 63 agencies spread over the continent. Vincent is passionate about art. Besides being a song writer and composer, he is a photographer with several exhibitions to his credit in Mauritius and Africa. He was selected from 30 African photographers for a major exhibition at the Pan-African Festival of Algiers in 2009, entitled "REFLETS D'AFRIQUE".