ASIA-PACIFIC – SINGAPORE, JUNE 7, 2013 – The Singapore Gong CCA has enlisted Brandkarma CEO Craig Davis, DDB New York chief creative Matt Eastwood and JWT North Asia executive creative director Yang Yeo into its International Jury.
"Not only are these gentlemen globally respected creative leaders, they’re also reinventing advertising in their own way," said Gong CCA 2013 chairman Joji Jacob. "With Brand Karma, Craig is finding a meeting point between commerce and social good, Matt is injecting fresh life into one of the world’s oldest agencies and Yang Yeo is helping China find its place in the global advertising landscape. Together with the Singaporean jury, I look forward to judging the CCAs with them. "
Craig Davis is the founder and CEO of Brandkarma. Formerly heading the creative departments of Saatchi & Saatchi Asia, JWT Worldwide and Publics Mojo, Davis is a believer of creativity as a force for good. "Creativity changes the world we live in and creativity powers progress. In a era of rapidly increasing complexity, ambiguity and uncertainty and the acceleration of everything, creativity has never been so valuable."
Campaign UK has described Matt Eastwood as a “unicorn” in the communications industry. He has has overseen some of the most innovative and recognizable creative projects in advertising today, and his career has spans numerous agencies, specialties and
countries, including Australia, the UK and US.
Under Yang Yeo’s leadership, JWT Shanghai won the "Agency of the Year‟ accolade at the Asia Pacific AdFest in 2009. The agency won Campaign‘s "Agency of the Year‟ again in 2011,and the same jury made up of 42 senior marketing executives from the Asia Pacific region also named Yang the "Creative of the Year‟ for his astounding accomplishment in the Greater China region. In 2012, he received the "Designer of the Year‟ award from the President of the Republic of Singapore, the country‟s highest honour recognizing the significant contributions and achievements in the realm of design and creativity.
