JURIES: INTRODUCING THIS YEAR’S PHENOMENAL NINE JURY PRESIDENTS

BANGKOK: ADFEST would like to thank this year’s Jury Presidents for taking on the immense task of presiding over nine jury panels at ADFEST 2016. It’s a big responsibility… their expertise will be pivotal in deciding the winners of the 2016 Lotus Awards!

This year’s Jury Presidents are:

Grand Jury President:
Jury President, Integrated Lotus, INNOVA Lotus and Lotus Roots:
Jeremy Craigen, Global Chief Creative Officer, Innocean Worldwide, Seoul

Jury President, Design Lotus and Print Craft Lotus:
Yoshihiro Yagi, Creative Director at Dentsu Inc. in Tokyo

Jury President, Direct Lotus:
Richard Yu, Chief Creative Officer and China Network Creative Consultant at ADK Taiwan

Jury President, Film Craft Lotus and New Director Lotus:
Sihabutr Xoomsai, Director at Triton Films, Bangkok

Jury President, Film Lotus and Radio Lotus:
Ben Welsh, Creative Chairman, M&C Saatchi Asia

Jury President, Interactive Lotus and Mobile Lotus:
Valerie Cheng, previously Chief Creative Officer at J. Walter Thompson Singapore and (from late February) Head of Creative Shop, Southeast Asia at Facebook

Jury President, Media Lotus and Branded Content & Entertainment Lotus:
Josy Paul, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer at BBDO India

Jury President, Outdoor Lotus and Press Lotus:
Chee Keong Tan, Group Executive Creative Director at Ogilvy & Mather Malaysia

Jury President, Promo Lotus and Effective Lotus:
Chris Chiu, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Creative Officer at Leo Burnett Singapore

All Jury Presidents will meet in Pattaya, Thailand a few days prior to ADFEST 2016, which runs from 16th – 19th March. Here, they will immerse themselves in the region’s top advertising ideas in a quest to unearth this year’s ADFEST Lotus winners. We can’t wait to hear their verdicts!