ASIA PACIFIC – The Festival of Media Asia Pacific Awards returns to recognize and award the best in media thinking and communications in the region, priding itself as the only awards ceremony dedicated to its evolution. Advertising and communication agencies are invited to send in their entries until January 30, 2020 for its 22 categories exploring the best in media, with 8 being completely NEW categories for the new year.
With this also comes the announcement for the 2020 set of judges, gathering some of the most respected advertising, communications and/or media experts in the region. Pratik Thakar, The Coca-Cola Company Director and Head of Integrated Marketing Communications, ASEAN Business Uni, and Richa Goswani, Johnson & Johnson Global Head of Digital, will be heading this year’s jury board as Jury Chairs.
The Festival of Media Asia Pacific Awards judges are:
- Elaine Chum – Phillips Head of Digital, ASEAN Pacific
- David Hearn – Bloomberg Media Group Head of Strategy, APAC
- Mei Lee – Lazada – Alibaba Group Regional Group Head, Marketing Solutions for Lazada Southeast Asia
- Kunal Guha – Essence Senior Vice President, Product, APAC and Managing Director, Central Asia
- Donald Lim – Dentsu Aegis Network Philippines CEO
- Manisha Seewal – Carro Group Chief Marketing Officer
- Lars M. B. Anthonisen – Google Head of Large Customer Marketing, Southeast and South Asia
- Charlotte Teo – Aesop Head of Marketing, Southeast Asia
- Avery Akkineni – VaynerMedia Vice President, Singapore
- Daryl Lau – OffGamers.com Chief Marketing Officer
- Anupama Biswas – Kellogg Regional Director, AMEA, Ecommerce, Media & Analytics
- Silas Lewis-Meilus – GSK Consumer Healthcare APAC Head of Media
- Sam Geer – Initiative Australia Chief Strategy Officer
- Stanley Clement – Reprise Digital Malaysia Managing Director
- Rohan Lightfoot – Mindshare APAC Chief Growth Officer
- Eugene Manalo – The Huddle Room Managing Partner
- Charo Espedido – Fox Networks Group Director, Head of Marketing, Content & Digital
- Sheldon Hikaiti – Domino’s Australia & New Zealand Social Media Manager
- Mallika Shankarnarayan – Havas Chief Strategy Officer, Singapore
- Sadhan Mishra – OMD China Managing Director, Shanghai
- Ruey Ko – Publicis Media Content, China Managing Director
- Neil Skinner – Diageo Marketing and Innovation Director, South East Asia
- Dominique Touchaud – P&G Integrated Communication Leader Asia
- Lina Marican – Mutant Communications Managing Director
- Prantik Mazumdar – HappyMarketer Managing Partner
- Kanika Agarwal – Digital Passion Peers Founder & CEO
More details and entry kits here.
