Spikes Asia unveils Design, Craft and Integrated juries

Spikes Asia has unveiled the juries for the design, craft and integrated categories. Red Lion's Elsie Nanji is part of the Design jury from India, while Piyush Pandey and Prasoon Joshi are also a part of jury, as reported earlier. 

Rodney Fitch, chairman of Fitch UK, will serve as jury president in the Design category.

The design jury includes:

Spencer Wong, MD/ECD, McCann Worldgroup Hong Kong; Elsie Nanji, managing partner, Red Lion, Publicis India; Daniel Surya, country director, The Brand Union Indonesia; Tomotake Kawagoe, CD, ADK Japan; Derek Lockwood, worldwide director of design, Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand; Barbro Ohlson Smith, CD, Ohlsonsmith Sweden; and Steff Geissbuhler, partner, C&G Partners USA.

Piyush Pandey, executive chairman and national creative director, Ogilvy & Mather, India will serve as jury president for the craft jury, which includes:

Warren Brown, ECD, BMF Australia; Yang Yeo, chief creative officer of JWT Shanghai; Spencer Wong, MD/ECD, McCann Worldgroup Hong Kong; Rebecca Soh, regional head of production, BBH Asia-Pacific; Surachai Puthikulangkura, MD, Illusion Thailand; and Bil Bungay, co-founder/creative partner, Beattie McGuiness Bungay UK.

The Integrated jury is made up of members of the other five juries, including three of the jury presidents, and will be chaired by David Droga, who also leads the TV/cinema, print, outdoor and radio jury.

The integrated jury includes: Fred Koblinger, CEO, BBDO and PKP Proximity, Austria; Edmund Choe, ECD Greater China, Saatchi & Saatchi China; Akira Kagami, executive officer/global ECD, Dentsu Japan; Alex J Kwon, interactive creative director, Cheil Worldwide Korea; David Guerrero, chairman/chief creative officer, BBDO Guerrero Philippines; Ruth Stubbs, president Asia, Mediabrands Asia Pacific; Victor Ng, ECD, Euro RSCG Singapore; Rodney Fitch, chairman, Fitch UK; and Ty Montague, chief creative officer/co-president North America, JWT USA.

All the winners will be revealed at the awards ceremony at the Victoria Concert Hall, the culmination of the newly relaunched three-day Spikes Asia Festival, taking place at Suntec, Singapore, between 16 and 18 September 2009. More information is available at www.spikes.asia.