Matthew Watson

Executive Creative Director, Pepsico

Matt Watson, the Chief Creative Officer at Sips & Bites & PepsiCo EU, has an infectious leadership style that bleeds into everything he does, running the creative department through empowerment and an own-your-sh*t approach to creativity. Matt’s belief is to treat humans like humans, to give them the tools to own their work, their ideas and watch them grow.

Matt’s human-first approach places people at the heart of everything S&B does. From talent development to ideas and executions, human-centric thinking is Matt’s guiding lens for agency and brand growth.

His key achievements over the past two years include three Cannes Lions and a D&AD yellow pencil from over 50 global creativity awards won. Sips & Bites was recently awarded “Campaign’s in-house agency of the year, 2024 and has been ranked 10th most creative agency in London by Cannes and 4th most creative in-house agency globally by D&AD, at only 5 years old.