Asian Marketing Effectiveness Festival announces 2012 jury

Jury members will judge entries  into the 17 awards categories before announcing and revealing the winners at the Awards Ceremony on Friday 27 April at the Grand Ballroom, Pudong Shangri La in Shanghai, China.

“We’re delighted that we can bring together such a great mixture of professionals from the communications industry," said Myriam Coupard, festival director. "The Asian Marketing Effectiveness Festival is important in setting the benchmark for the region’s marketing strategies and deciphering those that are leading the way in delivering results and transforming businesses. It’s important that we have the right calibre of people debating  which entries should be taking home the prestigious awards and with this line-up we’ve certainly achieved that."

Here is the complete jury:

• James Thompson, Chief Marketing Officer, Diageo Asia Pacific, Singapore – Jury President
• Wasim Basir, Director – Integrated Marketing Communications, Coca-Cola India
• Stephanie Bell, Regional Media Director, L’Oreal, Thailand
• David Brain, President & Chief Executive Officer Asia Pacific, Edelman, New Zealand  
• Charles Cadell, Regional Managing Director, McCann Worldgroup, Singapore
• Pully Chau, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Greater China, Draftfcb, China
• Barry Cupples, Chief Executive Officer Asia Pacific, Omnicom Media Group, Singapore
• Jonathan Daly, Regional Planning Director, Asia Pacific, Saatchi & Saatchi, Singapore  
• Mathilde Delhoume-Debreu, Director, Brand Building Integrated Communication, EMEA & Asia, Procter & Gamble, Switzerland
• Rupen Desai, Regional President, Lowe + Partners Asia Pacific, Singapore
• Matt Fanshawe, Managing Director Asia Pacific, EuroRSCG, Singapore
• David Glass,  Vice President Regional Marketing Asia Pacific, Wrigley, Hong Kong
• Justin Graham, Executive Planning Director, Droga5, Australia
• Matthew Godfrey, President Asia, Y&R, Singapore  
• Pete Heskett, South East Asia Planning Director, JWT, Singapore
• Paul Hu, Executive Vice President, Land Rover China
• Neil Hudspeth, Chief Digital Officer Asia Pacific, Leo Burnett Group, Singapore
• Sheena Jeng, China Chair & Chief Creative Officer, Publicis China
• Julie Lyle, Chief Marketing Officer, Prudential Corporation Asia, Hong Kong
• Anthony Lau, Head of Marketing, Pacific Credit Card Centre, Bank of Communications, China
• Andrew Meadon, Regional Director, GroupM Asia Pacific, Hong Kong
• Paolo Mercado, Head of Marketing Communications, Greater China Region, Nestle China
• Joanna Mobley, Group Director of Ingredient Marketing, Innovation & Business Ventures, Fonterra, New Zealand
• Leonardo O'Grady, Director ASEAN Integrated Marketing & Communications, Coca-Cola Asia Pacific, Singapore
• Tracy Ren, Head of Marketing, Pricing & Customer Analytics, Standard Chartered Bank, China
• Dona S Arcilla, Group Head Marketing & Communications Group, Philippine Savings Bank, The Philippines
• Nirvik Singh, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific, Grey Group, Singapore  
• Mark Sinnock, President, Strategy & Planning, Ogilvy & Mather Group Asia Pacific, Singapore
• Chris Thomas, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer BBDO Asia, Middle East & Africa, Chairman  Proximity Worldwide, BBDO/Proximity, Singapore  
• Ian Thubron, President, TBWA/Greater China, Hong Kong
• Mei Wai, Head of Marketing, Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore
• Haiyan Wang, Marketing Director China, Kraft Foods Corporate Management (Shanghai) Co, China
• Charles Wigley, Chairman Asia, BBH, Singapore
• James Wong, Managing Director Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea, Unilever, Taiwan
• John Zeigler, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, DDB Group Asia Pacific, India, Japan, DDB Worldwide, Singapore

The entry deadline for the Asian Marketing Effectiveness Festival has been extended to Thursday 16 February. Details on entry and attendance are available at the AME website.