Leo India Wins APAC Creative Agency of the Year at Spikes Asia 2026

Leo India has been named APAC Creative Agency of the Year and APAC Network Creative Agency of the Year at the Spikes Asia 2026 Festival of Creativity, held on March 12, 2026, at Singapore's Capitol Theatre.

Leo India's Full Award Haul at Spikes Asia 2026

The agency secured 13 metals in total: two Grand Prix, one Glass Grand Prix, four Gold, two Silver, and four Bronze Spikes. Winning campaigns spanned work for ACKO, Mountain Dew, Whisper, Lenovo, and Sting.

Leo Mumbai won the Brand Experience and Activation Grand Prix for "Darescore" (Mountain Dew) and the Direct Grand Prix for "Acko Tailor" (ACKO General Insurance). The Glass Grand Prix went to the Whisper Early Periods campaign.

Leo India is the only agency in the Asia-Pacific region to win the top APAC creative honor at Spikes Asia twice within a four-year period.

"Clinching the Creative Agency of the Year and Network Agency of the Year at Spikes Asia is an incredibly proud moment for all of us at Leo," said Rajdeepak Das, Chief Creative Officer of Publicis Groupe South Asia and Chairman of Leo South Asia. "This recognition validates our core philosophy of 'Impacting A Billion' lives while creating meaningful change for both brands and society."

Amitesh Rao, CEO of Leo South Asia, described the wins as proof of institutionalized creative excellence. "The breadth of award-winning work across multiple brands demonstrates that creating exceptional work is institutionalized within Leo's organizational culture and DNA," he said.

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India claimed the most Grand Prix of any APAC country at the 2026 ceremony, outperforming Japan, Australia, Singapore, and New Zealand.

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The competitive environment at Spikes Asia 2026 was notably broad. Ogilvy Singapore won Grand Prix in both Creative Commerce and Social and Creator categories for "Vaseline Verified." TBWA\HAKUHODO Tokyo won the Creative Effectiveness Grand Prix for McDonald's "No Smiles" campaign and was also named Strategy and Effectiveness Agency of the Year. Entries in Creative Effectiveness grew 34% year-on-year, and independent agency awards rose 44% at the same festival.

Motion Sickness Auckland was named Independent Agency of the Year. McDonald's was named Advertiser of the Year. Uzbekistan earned its first-ever Spikes Asia wins, taking Silver and Gold in Film Craft.

Broader APAC Creative Rankings Provide Additional Context

Leo India's Spikes Asia performance sits within a wider, competitive regional picture. The APAC Creative Index 2026, which aggregates award wins across multiple global shows including Cannes Lions, D&AD, and The One Show, ranks Ogilvy Singapore first and Dentsu Tokyo second across 22 markets.

The Drum's World Creative Rankings 2026 places Dentsu at the top of APAC for the third consecutive year. Six additional Indian agencies entered the top 100 compared to 2025, reinforcing India's rising position across the regional creative industry.

The Spikes Asia 2026 shortlist for Agency of the Year recognition included Leo offices in Mumbai, Hong Kong, and Kuala Lumpur, indicating that the Network Agency of the Year designation reflects multi-market performance across the Publicis-owned Leo network.