Festival of Asian Marketing Effectiveness announces 2013 jury

Preliminary judging will commence ahead of the Festival of Asian Marketing Effectiveness, after which 24 members of the jury will head to Shanghai for the final judging stage. Kaul, executive director of global brand communications for Lenovo, will preside over the jury, which will be voting and deliberating on entries across 28 categories. The winners will be celebrated at the Asian Marketing Effectiveness Awards Ceremony on 9 May.

“This year’s jury pulls together strong expertise from across Asia Pacific and we’re delighted to have such a quality team on board," said Terry Savage, Chairman of Lions Festivals. "The Festival of Asian Marketing Effectiveness serves to set the benchmark for effectiveness in the region and we look forward to seeing which entries this year’s jury consider worthy of taking home an accolade,” 

2013 Jury

• Ajay Kaul, Executive Director Global Brand Communications, Lenovo, Regional – Jury President
• Andy Edwards, Head Of Planning, BBH, China
• Anindya Banerjee, Branch Manager and Executive Creative Director, Scarecrow Asia, India
• Anuradha Aggarwal, Senior Vice President, Brand Communication & Consumer Insights, Vodafone, India
• Charles Cadell, Regional Managing Director, McCann
• Cheuk Chiang, Chief Executive Officer, PHD. Regional
• Chris Thomas, Chairman & CEO of BBDO Asia, Middle East & Africa and Chairman of Proximity Worldwide
• David Brain, President & CEO, Edelman Asia Pacific
• Denise Goodwin, National Marketing Manager, Volkswagen, New Zealand
• Dick Van Motman, Chairman & CEO, Dentsu Network/Asia, Regional
• Freddy Bharucha, Chief Marketing Officer, Asia, P&G, Regional
• Gilad Coppersmith, Global SVP, Digital and Innovation Catalyst, IPG Mediabrands, Regional
• Hirajati Natawiria, Marketing Director, Lion Wings, Indonesia
• Hun Choi, Head of Strategy, Cheil Worldwide, South Korea
• Jeff Wu, Marketing Manager, HEINEKEN Taiwan, Chinese Taipei
• Jeffrey Seah, Country Chair, VivaKi, South East Asia Chairperson, Starcom MediaVest Group, Asia Digital Leadership Team, Starcom, Regional
• Johan Vakidis, Executive Creative Director, AKQA, China
• John Zeigler, Chairman & CEO, DDB Group Asia Pacific, Japan and India, Regional
• Karen Flynn, Managing Director, Havas Worldwide Siren, Singapore & Malaysia
• Keith Smith, President, International, TBWA
• Ken Woo, Executive VP, Country Marketing Head, Standard Chartered, Chinese Taipei
• Lakish Hatalkar, Vice President Marketing, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, Novartis Consumer Health, Regional
• Mabel Leung, Regional Head of Brand and Insight, AXA Asia, Regional
• Margot Torres, Senior Vice President for Marketing & Communications, McDonalds, The Philippines
• Mark Sinnock, Chief Strategy Officer, Bates, Regional
• Matthew Godfrey, President Asia, Y&R, Regional
• Matthew Lackie, Senior Vice President, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, Regional
• Michael Nearhos, General Manager Brand Strategy & Performance, Virgin, Australia
• Muhammed Hamza, Senior Vice President Commercial, Nestle, Sri Lanka
• Naomi Yamamoto, Executive Producer of Advertising Creation Department, Shiseido, Japan
• Nguyen Dinh Toan, Head of Marketing, Indochina, Philip Morris, Vietnam
• Nirvik Singh, Chairman and CEO, Asia Pacific, Grey Group, Regional
• Paul Heath, Chief Executive Officer, Ogilvy & Mather, Regional
• Paul Roebuck, Chief Executive Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi, Regional
• Pully Chau, Chairman & CEO, DraftFCB, Greater China
• Rahul Colaco, Managing Director, Dutch Lady, Malaysia
• Ravi Rao, Leader, Mindshare, Regional
• Rob Campbell, Regional Head of Strategy, Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai, Regional
• Rupen Desai, Regional President, Lowe, Regional
• Saurabh Varma, Regional Chief Strategy Officer, Leo Burnett, Regional
• Sean O'Brien, Chief Executive Officer, Carat, Regional
• Seth Grossman, Chief Executive Officer Asia Pacific, Vizeum, Regional
• Simon Kemp, Managing Director, We Are Social, Singapore
• Simon Small, Executive Planning Director, Visual jazz Isobar, Australia
• Stephen Drummond, Senior Director Integrated Marketing & Communications, Coca-Cola, China
• Supatnuj Sorndamrih, Director of Social Marketing Support Unit, Thai Health Promotion Foundation, Thailand
• Tom Doctoroff, Chief Executive Officer, JWT, Asia Pacific, Regional
• Tony Rogers, Marketing Manager, Tourism Australia, New Zealand
• Vijay Sinha, Regional Category Vice President, Unilever, Regional
• Wendy Walker, Chief Marketing Officer, Iinet, Australia

Please see www.ame.asia for information on entering the awards and attending the festival. The Festival of Asian Marketing Effectiveness is a joint venture of Lions Festivals and Haymarket Media, the publisher of Campaign Asia-Pacific.