Renowned brands including ANZ Bank, Google, Lenovo, Livspace, MYOB and leading agencies from across APAC represented
The juries are announced for the WARC Awards for Asia Pacific 2024 in association with LIONS.
Celebrating marketing with strategic brilliance and effective impact, this regional competition will be judged rigorously by top industry experts from leading agencies and renowned global and local brands.
John Bizzell, Awards Lead, WARC, said: “To judge the very best strategic and effective marketing campaigns in Asia-Pacific, we have convened a stellar group of extremely knowledgeable and highly respected professionals from across the region to bring expertise and cultural insight to the judging process.”
The WARC Awards Asia Pacific 2024 juries are:
Brand Purpose, Business-to-Business, Cultural Impact, Customer Experience, Instant Impact, Long-term Growth categories
Dean Chadwick, Chief Marketing Officer, MYOB, Australia – jury chair
Astrud Burgess, Chief Marketing Officer, ANZ Bank, New Zealand
Gary Chi, CEO, Dentsu Creative, Taiwan
Gautam Ramdurai, Group Marketing Manager, Ads Marketing, Google, APAC and Advisor-in-Chief, Snowbird, Singapore
Joy Santos, Chief Strategy Officer, Leo Burnett Manila, Philippines
Kimberlee Wells, CEO, TBWA, Australia
Rui Nago, Chief Strategy Officer, Grey, Japan
Suzzane Zhang, VP, McCann Worldgroup Advisory, APAC & Head of Strategy, McCann Worldgroup China, Mainland China
Thien Thanh Nguyen, CEO, Edelman, Vietnam & Thailand
Channel Integration, Channel Pioneer, Partnerships & Sponsorships, Path to Purchase, Use of Data categories
Sindhuja Rai, CEO, Wavemaker, APAC – jury chair
Arindam Bhattacharyya, Chief Strategy Officer, Dentsu, Indonesia
Arsalan Mohsin, Chief Marketing Officer, One Group, Pakistan
Connie Chan, CEO, OMD, Mainland China
Ines Cha, Head of Creators & Media Co Partnerships, YouTube Japan, Google Inc., Japan
Joshua Lee, National Head of Digital & Data, Zenith Media, Australia
Kartikeya Bhandari, Chief Marketing Officer, Livspace, India
Sharon Soh, Chief Planning & Audience Officer, UM, APAC
Strategic Thinking category (new)
Bhaskar Choudhuri, Chief Marketing Officer, Lenovo, APAC – jury chair
Cleef Chong, Global Planning Director, MullenLowe, Global
David McIndoe, Chief Strategy Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi, New Zealand
Hun Choi, Executive Vice President, Solution Division, Cheil Worldwide, South Korea
Jaslin Goh, Chief Marketing Officer, PayMe by HSBC, Hong Kong SAR
Nomfundo Msomi, Executive Strategy Director, CHEP Network, Australia
Reiko Ogata, Chief Branding Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan
Susie Xu, Head of Brand Strategy, Ogilvy, Mainland China
The juries will award Gold, Silver and Bronze accolades across the 12 categories. They will be guided by the frameworks of the WARC/LIONS Creative Effectiveness and B2B Effectiveness Ladders, which provide a consistent and universal benchmark.
The jury chairs of all the regional awards – Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Latin America, and North America – will form a super jury to award the highly sought after Grands Prix, the ultimate recognition of marketing success, selected from all the regional Golds.
Key dates for The WARC Awards 2024 are:
Entry deadline: 6 February 2024
APAC and other regional winners announcements: 20-25 May 2024
Global Grand Prix winners announcements: Cannes Lions Week 2024