The executive jury for the 2019 Midas Awards has been announced. This is the second year that Midas will include an executive jury to assess and award the entries shortlisted by the grand jury for World’s Best Financial Advertising.

The twenty-six executive jury members include Australian, David Bell, executive creative director, MercerBell; Mike Spirkovski, chief creative officer, Saatchi & Saatchi, Australia; Simon Bagnasco, executive creative director, Saatchi & Saatchi Melbourne and Dylan Taylor, founder, The Dylan Agency.

The Midas Awards are open for entries until November 16. Enter here.

2019 Midas Awards Executive Jury members are:

• Ganesh Prasad Acharya, Creative Director, pi communications, India
• Simon Bagnasco, Executive Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Melbourne, Australia
• Andreas Baumert, Group Creative Director, KBS New York, USA
• David Bell, Executive Creative Director, MercerBell, Australia
• Mitch Bennett, Executive Creative Director, Fitzgerald & CO, USA
• Kaydee Bridges, VP, Digital & Social Media, Goldman Sachs, USA
• Andrea Collins, Head of Brand Marketing CMO of Hippo Insurance, USA
• Augusto Correia, Senior Integrated Art Director, NBS / Dentsu Aegis Networks, Brazil
• Dana Cullinan, Founder and Creative Partner, Cullinan, South Africa

• Tom Cullinan, Founder and Creative Partner, Cullinan, South Africa
• Humberto Cunha, Creative Art Director, Santa Clara Mc&Saatchi
• Keith Gormley, Vice President of Social Media, Prudential Financial, USA
• Bill Girouard, SVP Creative Director, Arnold Worldwide, USA
• Kobi Gulersen, B2B & Product Marketing, Mastercard, Canada
• Crayon MinYen Hsieh, Head of UX, OnePlus, USA
• Devin Kennedy, Executive Creative Director, King James Cape Town, South Africa
• Ken Muir, Founding Partner, Mohawk, United Kingdom
• Erik Norin, Creative Director, Mother NYC, USA

• Subhas Pinnapola, CEO/Founder, Storybook, Sri Lanka
• Torsten Pollmann, Executive Creative Director, Havas Worldwide. Germany
• Tahaab Rais, Director of Insights & Strategic Planning FP7/DXB (Part of McCann Worldgroup), United Arab Emirates
• Bob Renock, Creative Director and Brand Manager, Old National Bank, USA
• Mike Spirkovski, Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi, Australia
• Dylan Taylor, Founder, The Dylan Agency Australia
• Joyce King Thomas, Chairman Chief Creative Officer, McCann XBC, USA
• Esaù Vázquez, Director Creativo, Publicis México

The competition is open for entries until November 16. 

Entry details, including categories and rules, can be found on the Midas Awards website.

Enter the awards here.

The Midas Jury assesses entries not only on how well a message is delivered, but how it is received. Midas awards Gold and Silver Ingots to the highest scoring entries and presents the Grand Midas to the entry considered Best in Show.

The results of the juries are then translated into the annual rankings brief, The Midas Report. This who’s-who in the world of financial services advertising includes the 3 individual reports, Agency, Brand and Network.

View last year’s winners here.