Adfest Assembles The World’s Great Creative Minds To Judge The 2025 Lotus Awards
ADFEST has revealed its full line-up of top tier industry creative leaders who will judge the ADFEST 2025 Lotus Awards. The juries, consisting of 32 male and 31 female masters of advertising and marketing, have been selected from 19 cities across the regions. They will be led by legendary creative, Susan Credle, Global Creative Advisor, Interpublic, who will preside at ADFEST as Grand Jury President and Jury President of the inaugural Creative Strategy Lotus, plus Effective Lotus, INNOVA Lotus, and Sustainable Lotus.
ADFEST judging will take place just before ADFEST 2025, held Thursday 20 – Saturday 22 March 2025, at the Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall (PEACH), Royal Cliff Hotels Group, Pattaya, with its theme, COLLiDE.
The ADFEST Lotus Awards 2025 juries are:
Brand Experience Lotus, Commerce Lotus and Direct Lotus
Jury President: Sulin Lau, Regional Head of Brand and Marketing – Mobility, Deliveries, Fintech, B2B, Grab, Singapore
Arthur Tsang, Chief Creative Officer, BBDO Greater China, Shanghai
Carlos Camacho, Chief Creative Officer, GUT Asia, Singapore
Emma Robbins, National Executive Creative Director, M&C Saatchi Australia, Melbourne
Leonardo Borges, Executive Creative Director, Havas Middle East, Dubai
Mahima Mathur, Creative Director, DDB Mudra Group, Mumbai
Park Wannasiri, Chief Creative Officer, VML Thailand, Bangkok
Shinichi Kobayashi, Executive Creative Director & Digital Growth Officer, ADK, Tokyo
Youna Chung, Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide, Seoul
Creative Strategy Lotus, Effective Lotus, INNOVA Lotus and Sustainable Lotus
Jury President: Susan Credle, Global Creative Advisor, Interpublic, New York
Abigail Aquino, Chief Creative Officer, MullenLowe TREYNA, Manila
Ai Suzuki, Head of Brand, Uber Japan & Uber Eats Taiwan, Tokyo
Jim Ingram, Co-Founder & Group Chief Creative, Thinkerbell, Sydney
Joao Flores, APAC Chief Creative Officer, Monks, Singapore
Mohamad Baalbaki, Co-founder & Chief Innovation & Growth Officer, The Bold Group, Riyadh
Piriya Kulganchanacheewin, Co-Founder & Story Curator, Glow Story, Bangkok
Shruti Patkar, Brand Strategy, Talented Agency, Bengaluru
Tammy Sheu, Founder & CEO, Banana Balloon, Shanghai
Design Lotus and Print & Outdoor Craft Lotus
Jury President: Rajdeepak Das, Chief Creative Officer of Publicis Groupe & Chairman of Leo Burnett, South Asia
Astri Nursalim, Partner & Creative Director, Kinetic Singapore, Singapore
Bong Jun Cha, Creative Director, INNOCEAN, Seoul
Emman Carandang, Head of Art & Creative Director, BBDO Guerrero, Manila
Jordan Stent, Creative Director, Motion Sickness, Auckland
Kunanun Manusutthipong, Creative Director, TBWA\Thailand, Bangkok
Miharu Matsunaga, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc. & Drill Inc., Tokyo
Seyoan Vela, Chief Creative Officer, Livingroom, Dubai
Vicky Lee, Executive Creative Director, Medialand Digital Strategy Limited, Taipei
Digital & Social Lotus, Digital Craft Lotus and Mobile Lotus
Jury President: Noriaki Onoe, Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Tokyo
Awing Chen, Executive Creative Director, Grey & AKQA China, Shanghai
James Tan, Creative Director, Cheil MEA, Dubai
Junghyun Kim, Creative Technologist, Hakuhodo Inc., Tokyo
Pat Law, Executive Creative Director, GOODSTUPH Singapore, Singapore
Shane Geffen, Executive Creative Director, McCann Worldgroup Australia, Melbourne
Taewon Kim, Chief Executive Officer, INNORED, Seoul
Theresa Ong, Head of Creative Shop, SEA & India, Meta, Singapore
Unmisha Bhatt, Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Tonic Worldwide, Mumbai
Entertainment Lotus, Media Lotus and PR Lotus
Jury President: Anny Havercroft, Head of Global Business Marketing, South East Asia & Global Marketing Solutions APAC, TikTok, Singapore
Ashish Khazanchi, Managing Partner & Chief Creative Officer, Enormous, Mumbai
Deborah Abraham, Head of PR, Forsman & Bodenfors, Global
Giorgia Fattoracci, Creative Director, Edelman Middle East, Dubai
Julie Jihyun Kang, CEO & Managing Partner, Serviceplan Korea, Seoul
Marcel Lacap, Creative Director, Octopus&Whale, Manila
Supphasit Chokmongkolsatian, Chief Strategy Officer, Ogilvy Thailand, Bangkok
Woei Hern Chan, Head of Creative APAC, VaynerMedia, APAC
Iggy Rodriguez, Executive Creative Director, Independent, Sydney
Film Craft Lotus and New Director Lotus
Jury President: Wuthisak Anarnkaporn, Founder & Director, FACTORY 01, Bangkok
Chloe Ko, Co-Founder & Executive Producer, KBOX & M25, Seoul
Goh Boon Hoe, Director, Bumble Bee Studios, Jakarta
Kim Wildenburg, Founder & Executive Producer, Sedona Productions, Sydney
Livia Zhang, Managing Director & Executive Producer, QUAD China, Shanghai
Michael Ahmadzadeh, Co-Founder, electriclime, Dubai & Singapore
Michal Dwojak-Hara, Creative Producer, VFX Supervisor & Managing Director, Juice, Tokyo
Monica G Gambhir, Co-Founder & Film Director, Cutawayy Films, Mumbai
Sling Ng, Film Director & Co-Founder, Directors Think Tank, Singapore
Film Lotus, Outdoor Lotus, Press Lotus and Radio & Audio Lotus
Jury President: Reed Collins, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy Asia Pacific, Hong Kong
Badong Abesamis, Founding Partner, GIGIL, Manila
Didi Pirinyuang, Chief Creative Officer, VML Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Marcus Tesoriero, Chief Creative Officer, The General Store, Sydney
Motonori Sugiyama, Executive Creative Director, Droga5 Tokyo, Accenture Song, Tokyo
Phairat Uaphadunglert, Co-Founder & Executive Creative Director, Choojai & Friends, Bangkok
Sarah Ko, Executive Creative Director, PG One, Singapore
Siddhi Yadav Machado, Executive Creative Director, McCann Worldgroup, Mumbai
Tingting Zhang, Creative Partner, TOPic, Beijing
Don’t miss your chance to be at ADFEST 2025 to collide with over 1,000 leading industry players, network with peers, fill your mind with new ideas and inspiring tools for success, and celebrate the region’s culture and branded marketing creative excellence.
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