SINGAPORE – Campaign has announced the winners of 2018 Asia-Pacific Agency Network of the Year in a ceremony in Ritz-Carlton Millenia, Singapore last week.
The Agency of the Year recognizes outstanding people, work, and businesses in the world’s most exciting and fastest growing media, marketing and advertising markets. The awards highlight strong leadership, creativity and innovation, stellar new business performance, the development of talent, and contribution to the industry.
Ogilvy Asia won back-to-back the Asia-Pacific Creative Network of the Year. Benoit Wiesser of Ogilvy Asia was hailed as Asia-Pacific Strategic/Brand Planner of the Year. Meanwhile, Mindshare Asia Pacific also remained dominant, bagging four awards, including Asia-Pacific Digital Network of the Year and Asia-Pacific Media Network of the Year.
Here is the complete list of winners for the 2018 Campaign Asia-Pacific Agency Network of the Year awards:
AGENCY CATEGORIES
Category | Award | Agency |
Asia-Pacific Creative Network of the Year | Gold | Ogilvy Asia |
Asia-Pacific Digital Network of the Year | Gold | Mindshare Asia Pacific |
Asia-Pacific Media Network of the Year | Gold | Mindshare Asia Pacific |
Asia-Pacific Programmatic Agency of the Year | Winner | Xaxis Asia Pacific |
Runner-up | Omnicom Media Group Programmatic |
INDIVIDUAL/TEAM CATEGORIES
Category
| Award | Person/Team | Agency |
Asia-Pacific Account Person of the Year | Winner | Sudipto Roy | Mindshare Asia Pacific |
Runner-Up | Cathy Siapno-Nicolay | Publicis Singapore
| |
Asia-Pacific Agency Head of the Year (Creative) | Winner | Ian Pearman
| TBWA\Asia |
Asia-Pacific Agency Head of the Year (Media) | Winner | Mark Heap | MediaCom
|
Asia-Pacific Creative Person of the Year | Winner | Ajay Vikram | Publicis Singapore |
Asia-Pacific New Business Development Team of the Year
| Winner | IPG Mediabrands APAC Growth Team | IPG Mediabrands APAC
|
Runner-Up | Publicis Media APAC Business Development Practice | Publicis Media Asia Pacific | |
Asia-Pacific Programmatic Agency Person of the Year | Winner | Isabel Castro
| Mindshare FAST |
Runner-Up | Peter Besselink | Mindshare FAST | |
Asia-Pacific Strategic/Brand Planner of the Year | Gold
| Benoit Wiesser | Ogilvy Asia |
| Runner-Up | Hari Ramanathan
| VMLY&R Singapore
|
Asia-Pacific Talent Management Person/Team of the Year
| Gold | Zarka Khan-Iltaf & Catherine Haddad | IPG Mediabrands |
| Runner-Up | APAC Roundtable & Talent Titans
| Mindshare Asia Pacific |
