AdFest announces 2024 jury line up
ADFEST has revealed its full jury line-up for the ADFEST 2024 Lotus Awards. They will be led by Malcolm Poynton, Global Chief Creative Officer, Cheil Worldwide, who is also Jury President of Effective Lotus, INNOVA Lotus and the inaugural Sustainable Lotus. As Grand Jury President, Poynton will preside over the Lotus Roots with the other Jury Presidents.
ADFEST judging will take place just before ADFEST 2024, held Thursday 21 – Saturday 23 March 2024, at the Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall (PEACH), Royal Cliff Hotels Group, Pattaya, with its theme of Human Intelligence.
The 63 distinguished juries judging the ADFEST 2024 Lotus Awards are:
BRAND EXPERIENCE LOTUS, COMMERCE LOTUS AND DIRECT LOTUS
Jury President: Bill Yom, Founder & Chief Creative Officer of Jung von Matt HANGANG, Seoul
Dennis Perez, Digital Marketing, Media and Commerce Lead of Unilever Beauty & Wellbeing Southeast Asia, Manila
Joyce Ling, Chief Strategic Transformation Officer of VML China, Shanghai
Marijke Spain, Creative Director of Leo Burnett Australia, Sydney
Mohammad Akrum Hossain, Executive Creative Director of Asiatic MCL, Dhaka
Sambit Mohanty, Creative Head (North & South) of McCann Worldgroup India, New Delhi
Sulin Lau, Regional Head of Brand and Marketing – Mobility, Deliveries, Fintech, B2B of Grab, Singapore
Thamakorn Ruchakityanon, Executive Creative Director of SOUR Bangkok, Bangkok
Toru Fujii, Executive Creative Director of ADK, Tokyo
DESIGN LOTUS AND PRINT & OUTDOOR CRAFT LOTUS
Jury President: Ashwini Deshpande, Co-Founder & Director of Elephant Design Pvt. Ltd., Pune
Adrian Miller, Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Daniel Kee, Executive Creative Director of MullenLowe Singapore, Singapore
Ellena Mills, Head of Craft of Howatson+Company, Melbourne
Kimmy Liu, Executive Creative Director of Cheil PengTai, Beijing
Livio Grossi, Group Executive Creative Director of Dentsu Creative / Dentsu Redder, Ho Chi Minh City
Masatoshi Usami, Creative Director of TBWA\HAKUHODO, Tokyo
Nari Moon, Creative Director of INNOCEAN, Seoul
Pomme Chan, Artist & Founder of Happy People Studio & Swoon Space, Bangkok
DIGITAL & SOCIAL LOTUS, DIGITAL CRAFT LOTUS AND MOBILE LOTUS
Jury President: Rei Inamoto, Founding Partner of I&CO, APAC
Edward Ng, Global Creative Lead of Meta, Singapore
Heekyung Keum, Creative Director of Cheil Worldwide, Seoul
Kazuhiro Shimura, Group Creative Director of Dentsu Inc., Tokyo
Kent Boswell, Creative Tech & Innovation Director of The Hallway, Sydney
Koh Hwee Peng, Creative Partner of Blak Labs, Singapore
Rey Tiempo. Creative Gaming Brand Specialist & Gaming Columnist of Game On + Adobo Magazine, Manila
Suvita Charanwong, Co-Founder & CEO of Tellscore, Bangkok
Umma Saini, Chief Creative Officer of Schbang, Mumbai
EFFECTIVE LOTUS, INNOVA LOTUS AND SUSTAINABLE LOTUS
Jury President: Malcolm Poynton, Global Chief Creative Officer of Cheil Worldwide, London
Chow Kok Keong, Chief Creative Officer of INNOCEAN Indonesia, Jakarta
Iain Nealie, Executive Creative Director of Google APAC, Sydney
Jessica Davey, Senior Vice President, Head of Clients APAC of Media.Monks, Singapore
Judy Tao, Managing Director & Chief Creative Officer of dentsu one, Taipei
Masaya Asai, Chief Creative Officer of Droga5, Tokyo
Topaz Subunruk, Head of Business Development of Thai AirAsia, Bangkok
Vidya Murthy, Global Brand Leader SK-II of P&G, Singapore
Vikram Pandey, National Creative Director of Leo Burnett India, Mumbai
ENTERTAINMENT LOTUS, MEDIA LOTUS AND PR LOTUS
Jury President: Wendy Chan, Health Creative Lead, Asia Pacific of Edelman, Hong Kong
Gary Steele, Chief Creative Officer of DDB New Zealand, Auckland
Hyeah Nahm, Vice President & Executive Creative Director of Publicis Groupe Korea, Seoul
Jasmine Tan, Creative Lead APAC of TikTok, Singapore
Marianne Admartadine, CEO, Indonesia & Head and Director for Innovation +Creativity Hub Asia of Hill and Knowlton, Jakarta
Masako Suzuki, Creative Director & Director of SIX Inc., Tokyo
Rayyan Aoun, Chief Creative Officer of BigTime Creative Shop, Riyadh
Sid Samodio, Executive Creative Director of McCann Worldgroup Philippines, Manila
Thasorn Boonyanate, Chief Creative Officer of BBDO Bangkok, Bangkok
FILM CRAFT LOTUS AND NEW DIRECTOR LOTUS
Jury President: Emma Daines, CEO, Founder & Executive Producer of Fin Design & Effects, Sydney
Afshan Hussain Shaikh, Film Director of Good Morning Films, Mumbai
Donny Pereira, Managing Director & Executive Producer of MassiveMusic, Singapore
Lily Li, Managing Director of The Mill, Shanghai
Neelay Shah, Managing Director & Film Director of Dejavu, Dubai
Nick Simkins, Executive Producer of FINCH, Sydney
Piyakan Bootprasert, Film Director of I’m Wahaha, Bangkok
Satoshi Takahashi, Executive Producer of NION, Tokyo
Yohan Jang, Film Director of Paulus, Seoul
Zia Mandviwalla, Film Director of FINCH, Auckland
FILM LOTUS, OUTDOOR LOTUS, PRESS LOTUS AND RADIO & AUDIO LOTUS
Jury President: David Guerrero, Creative Chair of BBDO Guerrero, Manila
Daewon Kim, Executive Creative Director of HSAD, Seoul
Firrdaus Yusoff, Head of Creative of Forsman & Bodenfors, Singapore
Iraj Fraz, Creative Head of DDB Tribal, Gurugram
Lea Egan, Group Creative Director of Special Group Australia, Sydney
Marina Danjo, Copywriter of Wieden+Kennedy, Tokyo
Nishant Shah, Executive Creative Director of Serviceplan Middle East, Dubai
Pathida Akkarajindanon, Deputy Executive Creative Director of Wolf BKK, Bangkok
Sarah-Leith Izzard, Regional Executive Creative Director of Ogilvy Asia Pacific, Hong Kong
Get your passes for ADFEST 2024, which takes place Thursday 21 – Saturday 23 March at the Royal Cliff Hotels Group in Pattaya, Thailand at www.ADFEST.com.