New York Festivals AME Awards, now in its 30th year of applauding advertising and marketing effectiveness, has announced its 2024 Grand Jury.
AME’s Grand Jury’s visionary leaders represent 30 countries worldwide and embrace the powerful partnership between creativity and effectiveness. The diverse jury includes chief creative officers, chief strategy officers, CEOs, creative chairmen, heads of planning, strategy directors, and more from Argentina to the UAE, Brazil to Singapore, Ecuador to Sweden. Jury members are renowned for their innovative approaches and bring a wealth of industry experience to the jury panel, having consistently delivered creative and effective solutions throughout their careers.
2024 AME Grand Jury includes:
Australia
* Alavaro Bretel, Executive Head Brand Thinker, Thinkerbell
* Hugh Munro, Chief Strategy Officer, The Monkeys, part of Accenture Song
* Jamie Scott, Managing Director, Showpony Adelaide
* Alison Tilling, Chief Strategy Officer AUNZ, VML
Middle East & Africa
* Dina Alsharif, Strategy Manager, Accenture Song UAE
* Rohit Arora, Director Strategy & Growth, Viola Communications UAE
* Ghada Azzi, Managing Editor, Arab Ad Magazine Lebanon
* Steve Babaeko, CEO and CCO, X3M Ideas Nigeria
* Bhaskar Bateja, Head of Strategy, Memac Ogilvy UAE
* Megan Nethercote, Strategy Director, Fine Group South Africa
* Damayanti Purkayastha, Head of Strategy, MullenLowe MENA
* Anja Petrovski, Marketing & PR Director, Audi Volkswagen Middle East\Dubai UAE
* Mariam Samy, Senior Manager – Strategy & Insights, Saatchi & Saatchi UAE
* Fabio Silveira, General Manager, Havas Creative Dubai UAEEurope
* Jacopo “Apo” Bordin, Head of Strategy 28 Studios Italy
* Suzanne Barker, Strategy Partner AMV BBDO UK
* Istvan Bracsok, Chief Creative Officer / Founding Partner, White Rabbit Budapest Hungary
* Yann Chervet, Head of Strategy BETC Paris France
* Christian Budz, Executive Strategy Director Accenture Song Denmark
* Nieves Durán, Chief Strategy Officer VMLY&R Spain
* Jonathan Faerber, Head of Strategy Scholz & Friends Berlin Germany
* Bastian Goldschmidt, Chief Strategy Officer Grabarz & Partner Hamburg Germany
* Raluca Kovacs, Chief Strategy Officer, Publicis Romania
* Sindra Liebe, Strategist, Åkestam Holst NoA Sweden
* Jamie Peate, Global Head of Effectiveness and Retail McCann and McCann Worldgroup, McCann and McCann Worldgroup UK
* Ceren Sehitoglu, Head of Strategic Planning, Tribal Worldwide Istanbul Turkey
* Bianca Troncea, Head of Strateg,y Ogilvy Romania
* Giovanna Tubini ,Senior Global Strategist, Edelman UK
* Nadja Vogel, Chief Strategy Officer, We Are Social Germany
* Kyra von Mutius, Co-Founder, Partners Creative Consultancy GermanyLatin America
* Vitor Amos, Strategy Director, Wunderman Thompson Brazil
* Thais Frazao, Chief Strategy Officer – Brazil & Latam, Ogilvy Brazil
* Karo Gómez, Social Media Strategist, Media.Monks Mexico
* Florencia Herrero, Creative Marketing Manager LATAM The Walt Disney Company Argentina
* Gustavo Pratt, Owner & CEO Asterisco Healthcare Communications Mexico
* Renato Müller Pereira Neto, Strategy & Planning Director, EnergyBBDO Brazil
* Patrick Sertã, Strategy Director BETC HAVAS Brazil
* Gilda Valle, Head of Strategy BBDO EcuadorNorth America – USA & Canada
* Abbie Baehr, Chief Strategy Officer NA, VML USA
* Rafik Belmesk, Chief Strategy Officer Dentsu Canada
* Elizabeth Brown VP, Global Strategy Director Energy BBDO USA
* Iris Coldibelli, Chief Strategy Officer, IrisCo. USA
* Jasmine Dadlani, Chief Strategy Officer McKinney USA
* Chris Duffey, Head of Adobe GenStudio, Adobe USA
* Shareen Ladha, VP/Creative Strategy Lead, Hill & Knowlton Canada
* Monika Hesch, Senior Strategy Director The Kitchen (In-House Agency for Kraft Heinz)
* Juan Isaza, Chief Strategy Officer, DDB Latina USA
* Janis Middleton, Chief Inclusion Officer, Guided by Good USA
* Nicolas Piris, Global Head of Client Marketing & Strategy, Bloomberg Media USA
* Vanessa Quincey, Senior Strategy Director VaynerMedia USA
Asia Pacific
* Pully Chau, fmr President, Edelman
* Jan Harling, Chief Executive Officer, Virtus Asia Consulting Hong Kong/Thailand
* Adrain Tso, Head of Strategy, DDB Group Hong Kong
* Divya Bhahirwani, fmr Marketing Manager- Creative Strategy And Content, INSWA, Coca-Cola, India
* Unmisha Bhatt, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Tonic Worldwide, India
* Saurabh Dahiya, Head of Strategy & Planning, Leo Burnett, India
* Anupama ramaswamy, Chief Creative Officer, Havas Worldwide, India
* Sohini Roy Choudary, Brand Strategy Partner, Leo Burnett Mumbai
* Andreas Moellmann, Independent Brand & Marketing Consultant, Future Inc, Japan
* Shingo Suzuki, Strategic Planning Director, McCann Worldgroup, Japan
* Fredrik B. Gumpel, Chief Executive Officer, Lion & Lion, Malaysia* * Ez Mane, Head of Strategic Planning, Black Pencil Manila (Publicis Groupe), Philippines * Raymond Chin, Chief Creative Officer Asia, VML, Singapore
* Kyle Duckitt, Head of Cultural Strategy, BBH Asia Pacific, Singapore
* Guan Hin Tay, Creative Chairman, BBDO Singapore
New Zealand
* Rob Campbell, Head of Strategy / Chief Strategy Officer, Colenso BBDO
View the entire 2024 Grand Jury to date.
“We’re thrilled that these strategic innovators are generously contributing their talent and time to judge the 2024 AME Awards,” stated Gayle Seminara Mandel, VP executive director, AME Awards. “Their global knowledge and industry perspective will guarantee the recognition and celebration of creative work that not only solves problems, inspires action, but also delivers outstanding results.”
The results of the 2024 AME Awards Jury sessions will be parsed in the AME Report, an annual ranking report that applauds outstanding agencies and brands from 30 countries.
The final deadline to enter the 2024 AME Awards Competition is April 3, 2024. Find competition details, rules and regulations, categories, additional information and entry form here.
