Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman and National Creative Director of Ogilvy & Mather India and South Asia, will chair the Craft jury at this year’s Spikes Asia Festival.
A frequent presence at awards shows, Piyush has led Ogilvy India to being named India’s most creative agency ten times in the last 11 years, and is ranked among the most creative offices in the entire Ogilvy network, with 14 Cannes Lions to its name. (He was also the first Asian to be president of a Cannes Lions jury, in 2004.)
< width="200" vspace="10" hspace="10" height="293" border="0" align="left" src=" piyush. " alt="" />Piyush doesn’t think of advertising as a job: “When you’re having so much fun, how can you call it work?”
He also hates being called the Godfather of Indian Advertising, preferring instead the title of Minister of Fun at O&M. (Which makes sense considering that he was a professional cricketer and tea-taster before joining O&M Mumbai in 1982.)
“A legend not just in India but around the world, Piyush knows all about winning awards as well as judging them. We are truly delighted to have him join us in Singapore to lead the Craft jury,” said Philip Thomas, CEO of Cannes Lions, who together with Haymarket, organise Spikes Asia.
