ADFEST has revealed its full line-up of top tier industry creative leaders who will judge the ADFEST 2025 Lotus Awards. The juries, consisting of 32 male and 31 female masters of advertising and marketing, have been selected from 19 cities across the regions. They will be led by legendary creative, Susan Credle, Global Creative Advisor, Interpublic, who will preside at ADFEST as Grand Jury President and Jury President of the inaugural Creative Strategy Lotus, plus Effective Lotus, INNOVA Lotus, and Sustainable Lotus.

ADFEST judging will take place just before ADFEST 2025, held Thursday 20 – Saturday 22 March 2025, at the Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall (PEACH), Royal Cliff Hotels Group, Pattaya, with its theme, COLLiDE.

The ADFEST Lotus Awards 2025 juries are:

Brand Experience Lotus, Commerce Lotus and Direct Lotus

• Jury President: Sulin Lau, Regional Head of Brand and Marketing – Mobility, Deliveries, Fintech, B2B, Grab, Singapore

• Arthur Tsang, Chief Creative Officer, BBDO Greater China, Shanghai
• Carlos Camacho, Chief Creative Officer, GUT Asia, Singapore
• Emma Robbins, National Executive Creative Director, M&C Saatchi Australia, Melbourne
• Leonardo Borges, Executive Creative Director, Havas Middle East, Dubai
• Mahima Mathur, Creative Director, DDB Mudra Group, Mumbai
• Park Wannasiri, Chief Creative Officer, VML Thailand, Bangkok
• Shinichi Kobayashi, Executive Creative Director & Digital Growth Officer, ADK, Tokyo
• Youna Chung, Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide, Seoul
• Creative Strategy Lotus, Effective Lotus, INNOVA Lotus and Sustainable Lotus
• Jury President: Susan Credle, Global Creative Advisor, Interpublic, New York
• Abigail Aquino, Chief Creative Officer, MullenLowe TREYNA, Manila
• Ai Suzuki, Head of Brand, Uber Japan & Uber Eats Taiwan, Tokyo
• Jim Ingram, Co-Founder & Group Chief Creative, Thinkerbell, Sydney
• Joao Flores, APAC Chief Creative Officer, Monks, Singapore
• Mohamad Baalbaki, Co-founder & Chief Innovation & Growth Officer, The Bold Group, Riyadh
• Piriya Kulganchanacheewin, Co-Founder & Story Curator, Glow Story, Bangkok
• Shruti Patkar, Brand Strategy, Talented Agency, Bengaluru
• Tammy Sheu, Founder & CEO, Banana Balloon, Shanghai

Design Lotus and Print & Outdoor Craft Lotus

• Jury President: Rajdeepak Das, Chief Creative Officer of Publicis Groupe & Chairman of Leo Burnett, South Asia

• Astri Nursalim, Partner & Creative Director, Kinetic Singapore, Singapore
• Bong Jun Cha, Creative Director, INNOCEAN, Seoul
• Emman Carandang, Head of Art & Creative Director, BBDO Guerrero, Manila
• Jordan Stent, Creative Director, Motion Sickness, Auckland
• Kunanun Manusutthipong, Creative Director, TBWA\Thailand, Bangkok
• Miharu Matsunaga, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc. & Drill Inc., Tokyo
• Seyoan Vela, Chief Creative Officer, Livingroom, Dubai
• Vicky Lee, Executive Creative Director, Medialand Digital Strategy Limited, Taipei
• Digital & Social Lotus, Digital Craft Lotus and Mobile Lotus
• Jury President: Noriaki Onoe, Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Tokyo
• Awing Chen, Executive Creative Director, Grey & AKQA China, Shanghai
• James Tan, Creative Director, Cheil MEA, Dubai
• Junghyun Kim, Creative Technologist, Hakuhodo Inc., Tokyo
• Pat Law, Executive Creative Director, GOODSTUPH Singapore, Singapore
• Shane Geffen, Executive Creative Director, McCann Worldgroup Australia, Melbourne
• Taewon Kim, Chief Executive Officer, INNORED, Seoul
• Theresa Ong, Head of Creative Shop, SEA & India, Meta, Singapore
• Unmisha Bhatt, Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Tonic Worldwide, Mumbai
   

Entertainment Lotus, Media Lotus and PR Lotus

• Jury President: Anny Havercroft, Head of Global Business Marketing, South East Asia & Global Marketing Solutions APAC, TikTok, Singapore

• Ashish Khazanchi, Managing Partner & Chief Creative Officer, Enormous, Mumbai
• Deborah Abraham, Head of PR, Forsman & Bodenfors, Global
• Giorgia Fattoracci, Creative Director, Edelman Middle East, Dubai
• Julie Jihyun Kang, CEO & Managing Partner, Serviceplan Korea, Seoul
• Marcel Lacap, Creative Director, Octopus&Whale, Manila
• Supphasit Chokmongkolsatian, Chief Strategy Officer, Ogilvy Thailand, Bangkok
• Woei Hern Chan, Head of Creative APAC, VaynerMedia, APAC
• Iggy Rodriguez, Executive Creative Director, Independent, Sydney

Film Craft Lotus and New Director Lotus

• Jury President: Wuthisak Anarnkaporn, Founder & Director, FACTORY 01, Bangkok

• Chloe Ko, Co-Founder & Executive Producer, KBOX & M25, Seoul
• Goh Boon Hoe, Director, Bumble Bee Studios, Jakarta
• Kim Wildenburg, Founder & Executive Producer, Sedona Productions, Sydney
• Livia Zhang, Managing Director & Executive Producer, QUAD China, Shanghai
• Michael Ahmadzadeh, Co-Founder, electriclime, Dubai & Singapore
• Michal Dwojak-Hara, Creative Producer, VFX Supervisor & Managing Director, Juice, Tokyo
• Monica G Gambhir, Co-Founder & Film Director, Cutawayy Films, Mumbai
• Sling Ng, Film Director & Co-Founder, Directors Think Tank, Singapore
   

Film Lotus, Outdoor Lotus, Press Lotus and Radio & Audio Lotus

• Jury President: Reed Collins, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy Asia Pacific, Hong Kong

• Badong Abesamis, Founding Partner, GIGIL, Manila
• Didi Pirinyuang, Chief Creative Officer, VML Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
• Marcus Tesoriero, Chief Creative Officer, The General Store, Sydney
• Motonori Sugiyama, Executive Creative Director, Droga5 Tokyo, Accenture Song, Tokyo
• Phairat Uaphadunglert, Co-Founder & Executive Creative Director, Choojai & Friends, Bangkok
• Sarah Ko, Executive Creative Director, PG One, Singapore
• Siddhi Yadav Machado, Executive Creative Director, McCann Worldgroup, Mumbai
• Tingting Zhang, Creative Partner, TOPic, Beijing

Don’t miss your chance to be at ADFEST 2025 to collide with over 1,000 leading industry players, network with peers, fill your mind with new ideas and inspiring tools for success, and celebrate the region’s culture and branded marketing creative excellence. 

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