Spikes Asia names final jury members including OZ’s Gerald Cyron, Helen Shortis + Peter Grasse

Spikes Asia has announced the jurors for the Creative Effectiveness, Innovation, Healthcare and Integrated categories, which complete the line-up for the 2015 Festival.

Representing Australia on the Creative Effectiveness jury is Gerald Cyron (left), head of planning & innovation, Loud; Helen Shortis (top, right), senior art director, UrsaClemenger on the Healthcare jury and Peter Grasse (bottom, right), president, Curious Films on the Integrated jury. Ben Cooper, group innovation director at M&C Saatchi has been named president of the Innovation jury along with Aussie expat Matt Eastwood, worldwide chief creative officer at J. Walter Thompson who sits on the Integrated jury as president.

Says Terry Savage, chairman, Lions Festivals: “Ninety-three jurors from 18 countries have now been confirmed for Spikes Asia – a true combination of expertise and skills from across Asia Pacific. In the below juries we have clients on-board to judge Creative Effectiveness, specialist creatives from the healthcare sector as well as digital and tech gurus set to judge the Innovation entries. We’re looking forward to bringing them together in Singapore next month.”

Creative Effectiveness Jury

Nick Garrett, CEO, Colenso BBDO, New Zealand- Jury President

Wendy Walker, SVP & Chief Marketing Officer, Manulife, Singapore

Firzan Mulafer, Director Client Services, Publicis Solutions, Sri Lanka

Stefano Augello, Chief Strategy Officer, SEA, Havas Worldwide, Asia Pacific

Gerald Cyron, Head of Planning & Innovation, LOUD, Australia

Hephzibah Pathak, Global Brand Director, Ogilvy & Mather, Global

Dick van Motman, Chairman & CEO, Dentsu Aegis Network/Southeast Asia, Singapore

Margot Torres, Senior Vice President, Marketing, McDonald’s, The Philippines

Healthcare Jury

Vineet Vijayraj Thapar, SVP, Creative, Digitas Health Lifebrands, Global/UK – Jury President

Helen Shortis, Senior Art Director, UrsaClemenger, Australia

Sean Reily, Executive Creative Director Singapore and Southeast Asia, McCann Health, Singapore

Jamie Read, Regional Director, SE Asia, Health, Edelman Public Relations Worldwide, Asia Pacific

Till Hohmann, VP & Executive Creative Director, Grey Group, Asia Pacific

Bindu Menon, Managing Partner, Point Blank Advertising, India

Anthony Tham, Executive Creative Director, UBS Saatchi & Saatchi Health, China

Innovation Jury

Ben Cooper, Group Innovation Director, M&C Saatchi, Australia – Jury President

Arvind Sethumadhavan, Chief Innovation Officer, Dentsu Aegis Network, Singapore

Christoph Becker, CEO & Chief Creative Officer, Gyro, Global

Johan Vakidis, Executive Creative Director, R/GA, China

Emir Shafri, Digital Lead, Young & Rubicam, Singapore

Grant Hunter, Regional Creative Director APAC, iris Worldwide, Asia Pacific

Anthony J James, Chief Innovation & Growth Officer, DDB Group, Asia Pacific

Integrated Jury

Matt Eastwood, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer, J. Walter Thompson, Global – Jury President

Marcus Rebeschini, Chief Creative Officer, Y&R Asia, Asia Pacific

Nils Andersson, President & Chief Creative Officer, TBWA, China

Nick Waters, Chief Executive Officer, Dentsu Aegis Network, Asia Pacific

Wain Choi, Global Executive Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide, South Korea

Yoshihiro Yagi, Creative Director, Dentsu, Japan

Valerie Pinto, Chief Executive Officer, Weber Shandwick, India

Peter Grasse, President, Curious Films, Australia

Todd Hunter, Creative Executive, Creative Artists Agency, Global

Entries are still being accepted into Spikes Asia ahead of the Festival and Awards, now just five weeks’ away. The deadline for entries is 7 August and further information on the entry process, including details on the categories, rules and fees is available at www.spikes.asia.