ADFEST has revealed its full jury line-up of top tier industry creative leaders who will judge the ADFEST 2024 Lotus Awards. They will be led byMalcolm Poynton, Global Chief Creative Officer, Cheil Worldwide, who is also Jury President of Effective Lotus, INNOVA Lotus and the inaugural Sustainable Lotus. As Grand Jury President, Poynton will preside over the Lotus Roots with the other Jury Presidents.
ADFEST judging will take place just before ADFEST 2024, held Thursday 21 – Saturday 23 March 2024, at the Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall (PEACH), Royal Cliff Hotels Group, Pattaya, with its theme of Human Intelligence.
The 63 jurors judging the ADFEST 2024 Lotus Awards are:
BRAND EXPERIENCE LOTUS, COMMERCE LOTUS AND DIRECT LOTUS
- Jury President: Bill Yom, Founder & Chief Creative Officer of Jung von Matt HANGANG, Seoul
- Dennis Perez, Digital Marketing, Media and Commerce Lead of Unilever Beauty & Wellbeing Southeast Asia, Manila
- Joyce Ling, Chief Strategic Transformation Officer of VML China, Shanghai
- Marijke Spain, Creative Director of Leo Burnett Australia, Sydney
- Mohammad Akrum Hossain, Executive Creative Director of Asiatic MCL, Dhaka
- Sambit Mohanty, Creative Head (North & South) of McCann Worldgroup India, New Delhi
- Sulin Lau, Regional Head of Brand and Marketing – Mobility, Deliveries, Fintech, B2B of Grab, Singapore
- Thamakorn Ruchakityanon, Executive Creative Director of SOUR Bangkok, Bangkok
- Toru Fujii, Executive Creative Director of ADK, Tokyo
DESIGN LOTUS AND PRINT & OUTDOOR CRAFT LOTUS
- Jury President: Ashwini Deshpande, Co-Founder & Director of Elephant Design Pvt. Ltd., Pune
- Adrian Miller, Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
- Daniel Kee, Executive Creative Director of MullenLowe Singapore, Singapore
- Ellena Mills, Head of Craft of Howatson+Company, Melbourne
- Kimmy Liu, Executive Creative Director of Cheil PengTai, Beijing
- Livio Grossi, Group Executive Creative Director of Dentsu Creative / Dentsu Redder, Ho Chi Minh City
- Masatoshi Usami, Creative Director of TBWA\HAKUHODO, Tokyo
- Nari Moon, Creative Director of INNOCEAN, Seoul
- Pomme Chan, Artist & Founder of Happy People Studio & Swoon Space, Bangkok
DIGITAL & SOCIAL LOTUS, DIGITAL CRAFT LOTUS AND MOBILE LOTUS
- Jury President: Rei Inamoto, Founding Partner of I&CO, APAC
- Edward Ng, Global Creative Lead of Meta, Singapore
- Heekyung Keum, Creative Director of Cheil Worldwide, Seoul
- Kazuhiro Shimura, Group Creative Director of Dentsu Inc., Tokyo
- Kent Boswell, Creative Tech & Innovation Director of The Hallway, Sydney
- Koh Hwee Peng, Creative Partner of Blak Labs, Singapore
- Rey Tiempo. Creative Gaming Brand Specialist & Gaming Columnist of Game On + Adobo Magazine, Manila
- Suvita Charanwong, Co-Founder & CEO of Tellscore, Bangkok
- Umma Saini, Chief Creative Officer of Schbang, Mumbai
EFFECTIVE LOTUS, INNOVA LOTUS AND SUSTAINABLE LOTUS
- Jury President: Malcolm Poynton, Global Chief Creative Officer of Cheil Worldwide, London
- Chow Kok Keong, Chief Creative Officer of INNOCEAN Indonesia, Jakarta
- Iain Nealie, Executive Creative Director of Google APAC, Sydney
- Jessica Davey, Senior Vice President, Head of Clients APAC of Media.Monks, Singapore
- Judy Tao, Managing Director & Chief Creative Officer of dentsu one, Taipei
- Masaya Asai, Chief Creative Officer of Droga5, Tokyo
- Topaz Subunruk, Head of Business Development of Thai AirAsia, Bangkok
- Vidya Murthy, Global Brand Leader SK-II of P&G, Singapore
- Vikram Pandey, National Creative Director of Leo Burnett India, Mumbai
ENTERTAINMENT LOTUS, MEDIA LOTUS AND PR LOTUS
- Jury President: Wendy Chan, Health Creative Lead, Asia Pacific of Edelman, Hong Kong
- Gary Steele, Chief Creative Officer of DDB New Zealand, Auckland
- Hyeah Nahm, Vice President & Executive Creative Director of Publicis Groupe Korea, Seoul
- Jasmine Tan, Creative Lead APAC of TikTok, Singapore
- Marianne Admartadine, CEO, Indonesia & Head and Director for Innovation +Creativity Hub Asia of Hill and Knowlton, Jakarta
- Masako Suzuki, Creative Director & Director of SIX Inc., Tokyo
- Rayyan Aoun, Chief Creative Officer of BigTime Creative Shop, Riyadh
- Sid Samodio, Executive Creative Director of McCann Worldgroup Philippines, Manila
- Thasorn Boonyanate, Chief Creative Officer of BBDO Bangkok, Bangkok
FILM CRAFT LOTUS AND NEW DIRECTOR LOTUS
- Jury President: Emma Daines, CEO, Founder & Executive Producer of Fin Design & Effects, Sydney
- Afshan Hussain Shaikh, Film Director of Good Morning Films, Mumbai
- Donny Pereira, Managing Director & Executive Producer of MassiveMusic, Singapore
- Lily Li, Managing Director of The Mill, Shanghai
- Neelay Shah, Managing Director & Film Director of Dejavu, Dubai
- Nick Simkins, Executive Producer of FINCH, Sydney
- Piyakan Bootprasert, Film Director of I’m Wahaha, Bangkok
- Satoshi Takahashi, Executive Producer of NION, Tokyo
- Yohan Jang, Film Director of Paulus, Seoul
- Zia Mandviwalla, Film Director of FINCH, Auckland
FILM LOTUS, OUTDOOR LOTUS, PRESS LOTUS AND RADIO & AUDIO LOTUS
- Jury President: David Guerrero, Creative Chair of BBDO Guerrero, Manila
- Daewon Kim, Executive Creative Director of HSAD, Seoul
- Firrdaus Yusoff, Head of Creative of Forsman & Bodenfors, Singapore
- Iraj Fraz, Creative Head of DDB Tribal, Gurugram
- Lea Egan, Group Creative Director of Special Group Australia, Sydney
- Marina Danjo, Copywriter of Wieden+Kennedy, Tokyo
- Nishant Shah, Executive Creative Director of Serviceplan Middle East, Dubai
- Pathida Akkarajindanon, Deputy Executive Creative Director of Wolf BKK, Bangkok
- Sarah-Leith Izzard, Regional Executive Creative Director of Ogilvy Asia Pacific, Hong Kong
Get your passes for ADFEST 2024, which takes place Thursday 21 – Saturday 23 March at the Royal Cliff Hotels Group in Pattaya, Thailand at www.ADFEST.com.
ADFEST is a non-profit-making entity that believes passionately in its role to nurture and support the creative industry in the Asia Pacific and MENA region. It is one of only 8 regional creative festivals included in the WARC Creative 100 Rankings.
