The International Advertising Association (IAA) India chapter has announced the nominees for another five categories for the first edition of the IAA Leadership Awards. The nominees have been shortlisted on account of their outstanding contribution to the fields of marketing, advertising and media.
The following are the list of nominees across five categories:
Creative Agency Head of the Year
Name | Organization | Designation |
Arvind Sharma | Leo Burnett |
Chairman - India Subcontinent |
Colvyn Harris | JWT | CEO, South Asia |
Piyush Pandey | Ogilvy & Mather India | Exec Chairman & NCD |
Madhukar Kamath | DDB Mudra | Group CEO & MD |
Prasoon Joshi | McCann Worldgroup India | Chairman |
Agnello Dias | Taproot India | Chairman and Co-Founder |
R. Balakrishnan | Lowe Lintas | Chairman & Chief Creative Officer |
Best CEO
Name | Organization | Designation |
Nitin Paranjanpe | HUL | CEO |
Anand Kripalu | Cadbury Kraft India | Managing Director |
Anand Mahindra | Mahindra & Mahindra | Chairman & MD |
Y C Deveshwar | ITC | Chairman |
Vinita Bali | Britannia | Managing Director |
B. D. Park | Samsung | President and CEO of Samsung South West Asia Operations and Managing Director, Samsung India Electronics Ltd. |
Chanda Kochar | ICICI Bank | CEO |
Marketer of the Year: Media & Entertainment
Name | Organization | Designation |
Rahul Kansal | Bennet Coleman & Co | Chief Marketing Officer |
Gayatri Yadav | Star India | Executive Vice President Marketing & Communications |
Rajesh Iyer | Colors | Vice President - Marketing |
Sailesh Gupta | Jagran | Director |
Shantanu Bhanja | Hindustan Times | Vice President - Marketing |
Anjali Nanda | Dish TV | Executive Vice President Marketing |
Marketer of the Year: Auto Passenger Vehicles
Name | Organization | Designation |
Mr. Vivek Nayer | Mahindra & Mahindra | Chief Marketing Officer - Auto Division |
Neeraj Garg | Tata Motors | VP - Mktg - [Passenger Cars] |
Sudeep Narayan | Volvo | Marketing & PR Director |
Mr. Mayank Pareek | Maruti Suzuki | COO |
Nalin kapoor | Hyundai | Senior General Manager & Group Head, Marketing, |
Marketer of the Year: Auto Commercial vehicles
Name | Organization | Designation |
Alok Saraogi | Ashok Leyland | Head - Brand and Marketing Communications |
Cyriac Jacob | Force Motors | General Manager |
UT ramprasad | Tata Motors | Head Marketing Communication |
Vineeth Vishwanathan | Mercedes | Head – Marketing |
Speaking on the nominees, Srinivasan Swamy, president, IAA, said, “Each of the nominees from the CEO to the marketers, across categories have burned the midnight oil to make a positive difference for the brands they work for. We wish that may the best professionals win and bring about a positive change in the industry.”
Besides the categories announced so far, IAA has also constituted six special categories for Editor of the year, News Anchor of the year, Media person of the year, Brand Endorser of the year (Male and Female) and the IAA Hall of Fame.
As reported earlier, IAA appointed the marketing research company AC Nielsen to execute the nomination and voting process. Ernst & Young has been appointed to audit and validate the entire process. The first edition of the annual awards is scheduled on 2 February, 2013 at Grand Hyatt, Mumbai.