Dubai Lynx 2020 Jury announced
Dubai Lynx has announced the global industry leaders from 23 countries who will judge the best creative work from across the MENA region at the 2020 Festival.
Philip Thomas, Chairman of Dubai Lynx, commented: “Our esteemed jury members play an integral role in ensuring the Dubai Lynx awards continue to set the benchmark for creative excellence in the MENA region. We’re thrilled to welcome such an inspiring and passionate group of industry experts to this year’s Festival.”
The juries will convene in Dubai during the Festival (taking place from 8 – 10 March in the Madinat Jumeirah) to judge and award the very best creative work. In 2020, a new Creative Strategy Award was launched to celebrate the idea behind the idea and strategic planning that positively influences business, consumers or wider culture. The jury will award breakthrough and transformational problem-solving that has led to compelling creative strategy.
The full jury line up is announced as follows:
Film, Print & Publishing, Radio & Audio and Direct
Kate Stanners, Global Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi, Global – Jury President
Joshua Tay, Group Creative Director, TBWA\Shanghai, China
Matthieu Elkaim, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy Paris, France
Sanele Ngubane, Creative Director, Toasted Samish, South Africa
Álvaro Rodrigues, Former CEO & Chief Creative Officer, Freelance, Brazil
Malin Wikerberg, CEO, Garbergs Malmö, Sweden
Alice Bottaro, Creative Director, Antoni, Germany
Creative Effectiveness and Creative Strategy
Fernando Machado, Global Chief Marketing Officer, Burger King, Global – Jury President
Devika Bulchandani, President, McCann, USA
Kathrin Jesse, Executive Strategy Director, Member of the Board, DDB Berlin, Germany
Tripti Lochan, Co-CEO, Asia, VMLY&R, Asia
Nicolas Chidiac, Chief Strategy Officer, Rokkan, USA
Digital, Mobile, Brand Experience & Activation and Outdoor
Bas Korsten, Global Chief Creative Officer, Wunderman Thompson, Global – Jury President
Shagun Seda, Creative Head – West, DDB Mudra Group, India
Eduardo Marques, Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Spain, Spain
Jax Jung, Global Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide, Global
Ciro Sarmiento, Chief Creative Officer, Dieste, USA
Carla Leveratto, Creative Partnerships Manager, Google, Italy
Michael Nagy, Creative Director, Jung von Matt, Austria
Design and Industry Craft
Greg Quinton, Global Chief Creative Officer, Superunion, Global – Jury President
Roanna Williams, Executive Creative Director, Black River FC, South Africa
Jakob Trollbäck, Founder / Chief Creative, The New Division by Trollbäck + Company, Sweden
Malvika Mehra, Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu, India
Ben Sun Erhei, Chief Creative Officer, China / General Manager, Shanghai, Havas, China
Josh Gross, Co-Chief Creative Officer, Energy BBDO, USA
Ben Usher, Senior Creative, FCB Inferno, UK
Entertainment
Luke Southern, Managing Director, Drum, UK – Jury President
Jenny Orru, Branded Content Director, NOFILTER, France
Tytus Klepacz, Creative Advisor, Change Serviceplan, Poland
Sandipan Bhatacharyya, Managing Director & Chief Creative Officer, GREY India
Simon Bookallil, CEO / Founding Partner, Bashful, Australia
Freshteh Piltan, Director, B-Reel Films, Sweden
Film Craft
Laura Geagea, Managing Director & Executive Producer, China & Asia, Sweetshop, China – Jury President
Lucas Duque, Partner / Creative Music Director, Sonido Antro, Brazil
Khalil Bachooali, Founder and Executive Producer, Offroad Films, India
Zia Mandviwalla, Film Director, FINCH, New Zealand
Amr Singh, Director & Co-Founder, Fort, South Africa
Catherine Baikousis, Managing Partner/ Executive Producer, ANORAK Films, Germany
PR
Valerie Pinto, CEO, Weber Shandwick, India – Jury President
David Morales, Executive Creative Director, Philipp und Keuntje, Germany
Leilani Abels, Founder & Managing Director, Thrive PR + Communications, Australia
Huma Qureshi, Regional Director – PR & Corporate Communications, GREY Group, APAC, Middle East & Africa
Caterina Tonini, CEO, Havas PR, Italy
Alexandre Faure, Managing Director, Elan Edelman, France
Jacqueline Bosselaar, CEO, Strategist & Founder, Het PR Bureau, The Netherlands
Media
Imogen Hewitt, CEO, Spark Foundry, Australia – Jury President
Corinne Verstraete, Managing Director, MediaCom, Belgium
Luis Mergulhão, CEO, Omnicom Media Group, Portugal
Jeff Nicholson, CEO, Tracer, USA
Susanne Persson, Country Manager, Verizon Media, Sweden
Ana Martin Garcia, Chief Strategy Officer, Forward, Spain
Amit Sutha, CEO, IPG Mediabrands, Malaysia
Healthcare
Matt Eastwood, Global Chief Creative Officer, McCann Health, Global – Jury President
Lou Shipley, Creative Director, Havas Lynx, UK
Till Hohmann, Chief Creative Officer, Geometry, EMEA
Michael Zivkovic, Senior Art Director, Ogilvy Health, Australia
Teri Gerbec, VP/Creative Director, Digitas Health, USA
The Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity opens with a drinks reception on Sunday 8 March. Two days of content from inspirational speakers from across the region and around the world will close with the Dubai Lynx Awards Show & Dinner taking place Wednesday 11 March, where this year’s winners will be announced.
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