ASIAN MARKETING EFFECTIVENESS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ITS JURY

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ASIAN MARKETING EFFECTIVENESS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ITS JURY
26 January 2011 – The organisers of the Asian Marketing Effectiveness Festival are pleased to announce the jury line-up for the 9th AME awards.

Chaired by Bob O’Leary, Head of Global Marketing for Citi, a group of 32 global professionals, all with a strong understanding of what classifies a truly effective campaign, have been picked for their expertise and knowledge. Coming together in Shanghai they will view, debate and award those entries deemed worthy.

Bob O’Leary, Head of Global Marketing, Citi, USA - Jury Chair

Mike Anthony, CEO, Engage Management Consultants, Thailand

Nick Baker, Executive General Manager of Marketing, Tourism Australia, Australia

Stephanie Bell, Regional Media Director – Asean India/Pacific, L’Oréal, Thailand

Steve Blakeman, Chief Strategy Officer, Asia Pacific, Mediabrands, Singapore

Tim Broadbent, Global Effectiveness Director, Ogilvy & Mather Beijing, China

Rob Campbell, Regional Head of Strategy, Wieden+Kennedy, China
Cheuk Chiang, CEO, Asia Pacific, PHD, Singapore

Matthew Godfrey, President, Y&R Asia, Singapore

Seth Grossman, Managing Director, Carat China

Paul Heath, Chief Executive Officer, Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific, Hong Kong

Mark Ingrouille, Asia Pacific Business Director and CEO Thailand, Publicis Worldwide, Thailand

Andres Kiger, Senior Director, Marketing Integrated Communications, Coca-Cola Greater China

Amanda King, President, Tribal DDB Asia Pacific, Hong Kong

Yee Wee Koh, Director of Marketing for Greater China, Nokia, China

Gyehyun Kwon, VP, Sports Marketing, Samsung Electronics, Korea

Ivy Liang, VP Marketing and Strategy, Imaging & Printing Group, Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific, Singapore

Jean Lin, CEO of Isobar Asia Pacific, Global Chief Strategy Officer, Founder of wwwins Isobar Greater China

Michael Maedel, President, Asia Pacific & Middle East, JWT, Singapore

Michael McComb, Head of Brand Planning, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong

Michael McLaren, Regional Director, Asia Pacific, McCann Worldgroup Asia Pacific, Japan

John Merrifield, Creative At Large, TBWA\Asia Pacific, Singapore

Dominic Purvis, General Manager, Marketing & Communications, Swire Properties, Hong Kong

Tim Riches, Chief Growth Officer, Asia Pacific, FutureBrand, Singapore

Richard Robinson, Co-founder and President, Youlu, China

Argha Sen, Head of Marketing and Customer Relationship Management, Toys “R” Us –Toys Li Fung (Asia), Hong Kong

Bindu Sethi, Chief Strategy Planning Officer, Grey Asia Pacific, India

Paul Smitton, Head of International Development, Qantas, United Kingdom

Neil Stewart, CEO, Asia Pacific, Maxus, Singapore

Tim Sutton, Chairman, Asia Pacific, Weber Shandwick, Hong Kong

Chris Thomas, Chairman and CEO, BBDO/Proximity Asia, Singapore

Jarek Ziebinski, President, Asia Pacific, Leo Burnett & Arc, Singapore

“Effective campaigns are paramount to the success of all businesses and their products. This impressive line-up of professionals knows exactly what it takes to achieve this. We are therefore truly honoured that they will be exercising their expertise to judge this year’s AME awards,” said Terry Savage, Festival Chairman of Cannes Lions, who with Haymarket are joint organisers of the festival.

For further information about the 2011 AME festival, register to attend or submit entries, please go to www.ame.asia