Claudia Cristovao is the Head of Google Brand Studio & Social Lab APAC. She studied Communication, Film and Fine Art between Lisbon, Copenhagen, Amsterdam and London. She is an honours graduate at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and holds an MFA from Saint Martins in London.

Claudia has worked as a writer, brand developer and Creative Director for Nike, Google, Honda, Adidas, MINI, AMEX and many others, at agencies like W+K, Sid Lee and AKQA. Her projects have included music videos, art installations, digital experiences, social media campaigns and business transformations.

Claudia was a speaker at ad:tech Tokyo, UN WOMEN and Spikes Asia, amongst other venues. She was jury President and/or juror for Titanium, Innovation, Creative Data, Brand Entertainment, Digital and Social at Cannes Lions, Spikes Asia, New York Festivals, AdFest, Spikes, and The One Show. She is a regular juror at the legendary WIRED Hack Awards, Tokyo. Her artworks, which link storytelling and interactivity, have been exhibited across the world, namely at the São Paulo Biennial, the Dakar Biennial, the Guangzhou Biennial, De Appel in Amsterdam and MOCA in San Francisco.