New York Festivals 2020 AME Awards for the World’s Best Advertising and Marketing Effectiveness is open for entries until December 15. Meanwhile, it has announced the 2020 AME Asia Pacific Grand Jurors – 29 leaders from agencies and brands in 12 countries. The full jury contains more than 100 leaders from 36 countries.

AME’s powerhouse jury of prominent international advertising and brand executives emanate from 5 regions around the globe and feature 100+ jurors to date representing 36 countries on 6 continents.

“Asia Pacific is such a vibrant creative region and with 26+% of winning entries coming from APAC in 2019’s AME competition, it is crucial to provide entrants with an esteemed jury of exceptional calibre with both regional and global perspective,” stated Gayle Mandel, executive director of the New York Festivals AME Awards.

The 2020 AME Asia Pacific Grand Jury members are:

Australia
*   Dom Hickey, Head of Planning – DDB Sydney
*   Jamie Scott, Managing Director – Showpony Advertising
*   Emily Taylor, Chief Strategy Officer – Leo Burnett Sydney

China
*   Leon Chen, Senior Vice President – iQIYI China
*   Connie Lo, President – McCann Health Greater China
*   Henry Shen, Chief Strategy Officer – McCann Health Greater China
*   Baggio Song, Chief Strategy Officer – Inspire Communications
*   Heidi Zhang, Chief Strategy Officer – Publicis Communication Group

India
*   Keerthi Raju, Business Director – Brave New World
*   KV “Pops” Sridhar, Founder & Chief Creative Officer – Hyper Collective
*   John Thangaraj, National Planning Director – FCB Ulka

Japan
*    Shunsuke Kakinami, Executive Creative Director – McCann Health
*    Toshiya Kondo, Director Planning & Strategy Division – Dentsu
*     Atsushi “Nacky” Nakahashi, Creative Director – CyberAgent, Inc

New Zealand
*   Bhavika Rambhai, Head of Social Media Strategy – VMLY&R

Philippines
*   Bea Atienza, Chief Digital Strategy Officer – Dentsu Aegis

Singapore
*    Judd Labarthe, Regional Planning Director – McCann Worldgroup
*    Vishnu Mohan, Chairman and CEO, Havas Group India & South East Asia/CEO Havas Media APAC – Havas Group South East

Asia & India
*    Robin Nayak, Chief Strategy Officer – Singapore & SE Asia – TBWA Singapore
*    Pratik Thakar, Director & Head of Integrated Marketing Communications, ASEAN Business Unit – Coca Cola

South Korea
*    Julie Kang, CEO & Managing Partner – Serviceplan Korea

Sri Lanka
*     Balendran Kandeban, CEO Director – Sparks Sri Lanka
*     Sugibun Sathiamoorthy, Co-Founder & Managing Director – Magic Mango

Taiwan
*    Mark Chang, Chief Creative Officer – X-Line (Dentsu)
*    Alice Chou, Chief Creative Officer – Dentsu
*     Jennifer Hu, Chief Creative Officer – Ogilvy & Mather Taiwan

Thailand
*   Paul Grubb, Regional ECD ASEAN – GTB
*   Ruchi Sharma, Chief Creative & Culture Officer – Brands For Humans Asia

Vietnam
*   Tina Do, Head of Integrated Marketing & Digital – Nestle Vietnam

The results of the 2020 Grand Jury sessions will be included in the annual AME Report, an industry report that provides rankings for agencies and brands.

View the 2019 AME Report here.

Enter the 2020 AME Awards here.

Find competition details here.