Six top creatives to represent Australia on the AdFest 2022 Lotus Award juries
ADFEST is delighted to announce the full line-up of its all-star juries, who will judge its ADFEST 2022 Lotus Awards. They have been invited from all corners of Asia Pacific and the Middle East and represent the huge diversity of the region.
Six top creatives from Australia have been selected including:
eCommerce Lotus, Media Lotus & PR Lotus:
Jury President: Jason Williams, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Australia, Melbourne
Brand Experience Lotus & Direct Lotus:
Jon Austin, Executive Creative Director, Host/Havas, Sydney
Branded Entertainment Lotus & Effective Lotus:
Ben Coulson, Chief Creative Officer, McCann Worldgroup Australia, Sydney
Design Lotus, Print & Outdoor Craft Lotus:
Koen Arbouw, Lead Designer, Bear Meets Eagle On Fire, Sydney
Digital Lotus, Digital Craft Lotus & Mobile Lotus:
Sam Maguinness, Creative Director, R/GA, Melbourne
Film Craft Lotus & New Director Lotus:
Takeshi Takada, Co-Founder & Executive Producer, Alt.vfx, Brisbane
Headed by Grand Jury President, Merlee Jayme, The Magnificent Seven Jury Presidents include:
Grand Jury President:
Jury President of Audio Lotus, Film Lotus, Outdoor Lotus & Press Lotus
Jury President of INNOVA Lotus & Lotus Roots:
Merlee Jayme, APAC Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu International, Manila
Jury President of Brand Experience Lotus & Direct Lotus:
Hemant Shringy, Chief Creative Officer, BBDO India, Mumbai
Jury President of Branded Entertainment Lotus & Effective Lotus:
Kentaro Kimura, Corporate Officer & International Chief Creative Officer, Hakuhodo, and Founder & Executive Creative Director, Hakuhodo Kettle, Tokyo
Jury President of Design Lotus, and Print and Outdoor Craft Lotus:
Paul Chan, Chief Creative Officer, Cheil Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Jury President of Digital Lotus, Digital Craft Lotus & Mobile Lotus:
Claudia Cristovao, Global Creative Director & Head of Google Brand Studio APAC, Google, Tokyo
Jury President of eCommerce Lotus, Media Lotus, and PR Lotus:
Jason Williams, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Australia, Melbourne
Jury President of Film Craft Lotus and New Director Lotus:
Wuthisak Anarnkaporn, Film Director & Founder, Factory 01 Co., Ltd., Bangkok
Says Vinit Suraphongchai, chairman of ADFEST: “Under the leadership of these seven Jury Presidents, we very much look forward to seeing the deserving winners for this year’s ADFEST Lotus Awards. We thank all 63 juries that have joined us and who are committed to showcasing the region’s best creativity, even in the face of challenges and repeated setbacks that we have all experienced. Our industry is so resilient and will always bounce back.”
ADFEST 2022 welcomes 63 juries from 19 cities across the region.
Audio Lotus, Film Lotus, Outdoor Lotus & Press Lotus
Jury President: Merlee Jayme, APAC Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu International, Manila
Ash Chagla, Founding Partner & Chief Creative Officer, Science & Sunshine, Dubai
Chandra Suteja, Co-Founder & Creative Director, FTW MARSX, Jakarta
Erick Rosa, Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Groupe Japan, Tokyo
Kim Pick, Executive Creative Director, VMLY&R New Zealand, Auckland & Wellington
Marco Versolato, Chief Creative Officer, WPP@Unilever/Wunderman Thompson Singapore, Singapore
Rahul Mathew, Chief Creative Officer, DDB Mudra Group, Mumbai
Torsak Chuenprapar, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Wolf BKK, Bangkok
Yinbo Ma, Chief Creative Officer, McCann China, Shanghai
Brand Experience Lotus & Direct Lotus
Jury President: Hemant Shringy, Chief Creative Officer, BBDO India, Mumbai
Doug Schiff, Chief Creative Officer, Geometry Ogilvy Japan, Tokyo
Frankie Fung, Chief Creative Officer, DDB Group Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Jesse Wong, Creative Director, GREYnJ UNITED, Bangkok
Jon Austin, Executive Creative Director, Host/Havas, Sydney
Richard Yu, Regional Chief Creative Officer, Greater China, ADK, Taipei
Vidya Manmohan, Founder & Creative Chairwoman, V4Good, Dubai
Vinod Savio, Regional Executive Creative Director, Toaster, Singapore
Woon Hoh, Regional Chief Creative Officer, Hakuhodo International, Kuala Lumpur
Branded Entertainment Lotus & Effective Lotus
Jury President: Kentaro Kimura, Corporate Officer & International Chief Creative Officer of Hakuhodo, and Founder & ECD of Hakuhodo Kettle, Tokyo
Akhilesh Bagri, Executive Creative Director, Serviceplan Middle East, Dubai
Alice Chou, Chief Creative Officer, dentsuMB Taiwan, Taipei
Ben Coulson, Chief Creative Officer, McCann Worldgroup Australia, Sydney
Damisa Ongsiriwattana, Co-Founder & Executive Creative Director, SOUR Bangkok, Bangkok
Eric Zhou, Co-Founder, TOPic, Guangzhou
Graham Drew, Chief Creative Officer, Grey Group Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Joji Jacob, Creative & Co-Founder, BLKJ Havas, Singapore
Robby Mathew, Vice Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, FCB Interface, Mumbai
Design Lotus, Print & Outdoor Craft Lotus
Jury President: Paul Chan, Chief Creative Officer, Cheil Hong Kong, Hong Kong
John Ed de Vera, Head for Design, TBWA/SMP, Manila
Koen Arbouw, Lead Designer, Bear Meets Eagle On Fire, Sydney
Siddhi Yadav Machado, Executive Creative Director – Art, McCann Worldgroup, Mumbai
Surachai Puthikulangkura, Founder & CEO, Illusion CGI Studio, Bangkok
Taiji Kimura, Creative Director, Art Director & Designer, PEN.Inc., Tokyo
Yah-Leng Yu, Founding Creative Director & Ambassador of Design, Foreign Policy Design Group, Singapore
Yasuo Matsubara, Creative Director & Art Director, FACT, Tokyo
Youngho Hwang, Creative Director, Innocean Worldwide, Seoul
Digital Lotus, Digital Craft Lotus & Mobile Lotus
Jury President: Claudia Cristovao, Global Creative Director & Head of Google Brand Studio APAC, Google, Tokyo
Alexander Obradovic, Regional Head of Experience & Group Creative Director, Publicis Sapient, Dubai
Dinesh Swamy, Chief Creative Officer, BC Web Wise, Mumbai
Guan Hin Tay, Chief Creative Officer, BBDO Singapore, Singapore
Jerome Ooi, Executive Creative Director, TBWA\Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Naoki Tanaka, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc./Dentsu Lab Tokyo, Tokyo
Napapatch Kantasil, Creative Strategist, SEA Creative Shop (Thailand), META, Bangkok
Sam Maguinness, Creative Director, R/GA, Melbourne
Yubin Bang, Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide, Seoul
eCommerce Lotus, Media Lotus & PR Lotus
Jury President: Jason Williams, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Australia, Melbourne
Aaron Koh, Co-Founder & Creative, GOVT Singapore, Singapore
Keisuke Muroya, Creative Director, Tokyu Agency Inc., Tokyo
Mark Shan, Chief Executive Officer, Let’s Twinkle, Shanghai
Miyoung Koh, Media Planning Director, Innocean Worldwide, Seoul
Omar Sotomayor, Executive Creative Director, Edelman, Singapore
Parattajariya Jalayanateja, Managing Director, Wunderman Thompson Thailand, Bangkok
Parthasarathy Mandayam, Chief Executive Officer, Mindshare South Asia, Mumbai
Satrya Pinandita, Corporate Affairs, Public Relations Lead, Shopee Indonesia, Jakarta
Film Craft Lotus & New Director Lotus
Jury President: Wuthisak Anarnkaporn, Film Director & Founder, Factory 01 Co., Ltd., Bangkok
Dennis Liu, Film Director, RadicalMedia, Shanghai
Eri Sawatari, Freelance Film Director & Member of Tsuji Management, Tokyo
Gerard Fitzgerald, Executive Creative Director, SongZu, Singapore
Gordon Westman, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, 116 Pictures, Ho Chi Minh City
Madhukar Kotian, Founder & Executive Producer, Fingerprint Films, Mumbai
Michelle Savil, Director, Good Oil Films, Auckland
Takeshi Takada, Co-Founder & Executive Producer, Alt.vfx, Brisbane
Young-wook Paik, Film Director, MassMessAge, Seoul
Finalists will be announced in March and the Lotus Awards Virtual Ceremony for ADFEST 2022 will be held on Thursday 7th April at 6:00pm (UTC+7). Make sure you save the date and join us to celebrate the region’s best creativity.
Founded in 1998, ADFEST is a not-for-profit festival and one of only eight regional creative festivals included in the WARC Creative Rankings, the annual worldwide league tables for the global advertising industry.
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19 Comments
Where are the women?
Is this 1622 or 2022? Very disappointing
a beautiful island nation of all men
A panel of 6 men from adland… where is the representation of women from the industry?
This is seriously tone deaf.
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oh dear do hope they are in touch
with their feminine side
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Taking a slightly different approach to my reaction to this as a female CD. Here is some ‘feedback’ I’ve received over the years that has been reversed to be more applicable to this post.
‘Some good looking with no talent just fly under the radar and wheeeeeeeeeeeee! Now they are ’
‘And , you! You must be the PA’
‘Wow, you are so beautiful. You’d look better with a shaved head’
‘I’d really like to see some of your work, what’s your website called? Big dot com?’
I speak for the females in creative leadership roles who have success despite the blatant sexism, unsolicited comments and/or advances and in this case, very obvious ‘unconscious’ bias.
Announcing a jury of this calibre and cross section pre-dates the shift we are slowly seeing globally, but reiterates that more still needs to be done. It’s also for female CDs and ECDs (there is only one CCO) to be reminded that while we are of equal calibre to these 6 men, but in this case, will not be recognised for it.
women are from Venus and men are apparently from Australia.
Kiwis doing it right…
https://campaignbrief.co.nz/2022/02/22/vmlyr-ecd-kim-pick-good-oil-director-michelle-savil-to-represent-nz-on-the-adfest-2022-juries/
So women representing NZ is right
Men representing Australia is wrong.
Maybe they were selected because they were the best of the bunch…*shock horror*
If you honestly think these blokes are that much better than just 1 female creative leader in Australia, you’re probably part of the problem.
Why stop at gender? How about race? LGBQTI+?
How about we just ignore talent altogether.
Are you saying there’s not one female creative in the whole country that deserves to be part of the “best of the bunch”?
Hey @Adfest – if you can’t figure out how to find great female creatives please give me a call at Suits&Sneakers. Really poor show in 2022. Some great talent in this line up but no one is so amazingly better than some industry females though. Hope this is an eye opener for other awards.
maybe im saying its based on merit…*shock horror* instead of woketocracy.
Female creatives are behind the best work too … *shock horror*
Female creative leaders have lead some of the best work out of the country … *shock horror*
Saying male creatives are the only ones who deserve merit for this is misogynistic … *shock horror*
Only 11% of creative leaders are female so it’s fair to say we are already underrepresented … *shock horror*
Australia ranks 50th in the world for the gender pay gap … *shock horror*
If you think all genders having the same opportunities is “woketocracy” then you are part of the problem. Hopefully you aren’t a creative director or in any sort of management position.
Sausagefest?
So disappointed with the lack of “diversity” that they mentioned.
Not saying these guys aren’t talented, but would love to know the criteria in how just men were chosen without so much as someone blinking an eye. It’s 2022 ya’ll, get with the times.
Considering bringing this to my media buddies attention to do a story about. An absolute joke.