LONDON – WARC, the global marketing intelligence service, has today named the first jury members of the WARC Prize for Asian Strategy 2017, a search for the best strategic ideas that have driven results in Asia.
An eminent judging panel of client- and agency-side experts, chaired by Nicole McMillan, Vice-President, Marketing of The Wrigley Company, Asia-Pacific, will decide which entries will be awarded Grand Prix, Gold, Silver and Bronze accolades as well as five Special Awards: The Market Pioneer Award, The Research Excellence Award, The Channel Thinking Award, The Local Hero Award and The Asia First Award.
The judges named so far are:
Anna Chitty – Chief Executive Officer, PHD China
Anish Daryani – Chief Executive Officer, Phibious Indonesia
James Honda-Pinder – Senior Planner, Iris Worldwide
Ranjit Jathanna – Chief Strategy Officer, MullenLowe Singapore
Anita Kanal – Senior Director, Consumer Marketing Asia Pacific, Visa
Stone Lei – Founder and President, 180China
Terence Ling – Head of Strategy, TBWA\Hong Kong
Michael McComb – Regional Director of Brand, Prudential Corporation Asia
Martyn U’ren – Head of Research, Twitter APAC
Full biographies are available here. More judges will be announced shortly.
The top winning papers will share a prize fund of $10,000. The competition is free to enter and the deadline is 12 June 2017. All winning entries will be published in the Asia Strategy Report, showcasing the region’s smartest thinking. More information on the WARC Prize for Asian Strategy 2017 can be found here.
