India's Kainaz Karmakar among final judges for Ad Stars 2020

Kainaz Karmakar, Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy India, is among the final jury for the Ad Stars Awards 2020. She will be judging campaigns from the Diverse Insights, Outdoor, Public Service Advertising, Pivot, Place Brand, Radio and Audio categories.

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Ad Stars has selected 35 final judges, including five executive judges, from 20 different markets to this year’s Final Jury.

The festival also recruited 184 Preliminary Judges from around the world. They have already selected this year’s shortlists, with the second stage of judging now under way.

The five executive Judges will each lead one of five jury panels at the 13^th Ad Stars Awards. 

• Sarah-Leith Izzard, Regional Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy Hong Kong (Film and Video Stars)
• Fabio Caveira, Senior Creative / Art Director,   Oppo China (Design & Print categories)
• Levi Slavin, Chief Creative Officer, Colenso BBDO, New Zealand (Diverse Insights, Outdoor, PSA, Pivot, Place Brand, Radio and Audio categories)
• Sascha Kuntze, Chief Creative Officer, BBH Singapore (Interactive, Integrated, Innovation, Mobile, Data Insights, Social & Influencer categories) 
• Valerie Madon, Chief Creative Officer, Asia, VMLY&R, Singapore (Brand Experience and Activation, Creative ecommerce, Direct, Media, PR categories)       

Hwan Jin Choi, Chair of the Ad Stars Executive Committee, said, “Usually, our Final Judges meet in Busan to vote on this year’s winners but unfortunately, this year, they will have to meet virtually instead. We know that they will do a wonderful job because we have invited some of the world’s most influential and inspiring creatives to represent their markets on our 2020 jury. I would like to personally thank our entire preliminary, final and executive judges this year – without your support, the Ad Stars 2020 Awards would not be possible.”

The Ad Stars 2020 Final Judges by country are:

Australia

• Chris Ellis, Creative Director at Cummins and Partners, Australia (Film & Video Stars categories)
• Carmela Soares, Creative Strategist, Facebook Creative Shop, Australia (Interactive, Integrated, Innovation, Mobile, Data Insights and Social & Influencer categories)

Brazil

• Álvaro Rodrigues, Partner and CEO, Made Rio, Brazil (Film and Video Stars categories)
• Daniel da Hora, Chief Creative Officer, DH,LO Creative Boutique, Brazil (Design and Print categories)

Chile

• Pancho González, Chief Creative Officer, Inbrax, Chile (Interactive, Integrated, Innovation, Mobile, Data Insights and Social and Influencer categories) 

China

• Executive Judge: Fabio Caveira, Senior Creative / Art Director, OPPO, China (Design and Print categories)
• Windy Wu, Marketing General Manager of Dianping Commercial Department at Meituan Dianping, China (Film and Video Stars categories)
• Sheena Jeng, China Chief Creative Officer, McCann Worldgroup (Diverse Insights, Outdoor, Public Service Advertising, Pivot, Place Brand, Radio and Audio categories)
• Ya Li, CEO, Humanistic Intelligence Inc., China (Interactive, Integrated, Innovation, Mobile, Data Insights and Social & Influencer categories)
• Terence Leong, Executive Creative Director, R/GA Shanghai (Brand Experience and Activation, Creative eCommerce, Direct, Media & PR categories)

Germany

• Joachim Kortlepel, Executive Creative Director, Jung von Matt, Hamburg (Brand Experience and Activation, Creative eCommerce, Direct, Media and PR categories)

Hong Kong

• Executive Judge: Sarah-Leith Izzard, Regional Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy, Hong Kong (Film and Video Stars categories)

India

Kainaz Karmakar, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy India (Diverse Insights, Outdoor, Public Service Advertising, Pivot, Place Brand, Radio and Audio categories)

Indonesia

• Dino Mojica, Executive Creative Director, Lotus:H, Indonesia (Design & Print categories)

Italy

• Mihnea Gheorghiu, Global Executive Creative Director, Publicis Italy (Interactive, Integrated, Innovation, Mobile, Data Insights and Social and Influencer categories)

Japan

• Takahiro Hosoda, Executive Creative Director, TBWA\Hakuhodo Japan (Film and Video Stars categories)
• Shohei Okamoto, Creative Director & Art Director, ADK Creative One, Japan (Design & Print categories)
• Luciana Cani, Executive Creative Director, Saatchi and Saatchi Japan (Interactive, Integrated, Innovation, Mobile, Data Insights and Social & Influencer categories)
• Noriaki Onoe, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc. (Brand Experience & Activation, Creative eCommerce, Direct, Media and PR categories)

Malaysia

• Graham Drew, Global Executive Creative Director, Grey Malaysia (Diverse Insights, Outdoor, Public Service Advertising, Pivot, Place Brand, Radio and Audio categories)         

New Zealand

• Executive Judge: Levi Slavin, Chief Creative Officer, Colenso BBDO New Zealand (Diverse Insights, Outdoor, Public Service Advertising, Pivot, Place Brand, Radio and Audio categories)
• Rory McKechnie, Creative Director, DDB New Zealand (Design and Print categories)

Pakistan

• Hira Mohibullah, Executive Creative Director, BBDO Pakistan (Brand Experience & Activation, Creative eCommerce, Direct, Media and PR categories)

Philippines

• Joe Dy, Chief Creative Officer (formerly CCO at McCann Worldgroup), Philippines (Diverse Insights, Outdoor, Public Service Advertising, Pivot, Place Brand, Radio and Audio categories)
• Masako Okamura, Executive Creative Director, Dentsu One Manila (Diverse Insights, Outdoor, Public Service Advertising, Pivot, Place Brand, Radio and Audio categories)

Singapore

• Executive Judge: Valerie Madon, Chief Creative Officer Asia, VMLY&R (Brand Experience & Activation, Creative eCommerce, Direct, Media and PR categories)
• Executive Judge: Sascha Kuntze, Chief Creative Officer, BBH Singapore (Interactive, Integrated, Innovation, Mobile, Data Insights and Social & Influencer categories)

South Africa

• Neo Segola, Chief Creative Officer at draftLine, South Africa (Brand Experience & Activation, Creative eCommerce, Direct, Media and PR categories)      

South Korea

• Sehgeun Choi, Executive Creative Director, Innored, Korea (Film and Video Stars categories)
• Geumbyul Bae, Group Creative Director, Innocean Worldwide, Korea (Diverse Insights, Outdoor, Public Service Advertising, Pivot, Place Brand, Radio and Audio categories)
• Taeho Shin, Executive Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide, Korea (Interactive, Integrated, Innovation, Mobile, Data Insights and Social & Influencer categories)
• KJ (Kwangjae) Lee, Executive Director, Serviceplan, Korea (Brand Experience & Activation, Creative eCommerce, Direct, Media and PR categories)

Thailand

• Damisa Ongsiriwattana, Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director, Sour Bangkok (Film and Video Stars categories)

United Kingdom

• Gabriela Lungu, Global Creative Director, Geometry UK and Founder and Creative Lead at Wings Creative Leadership Lab, London (Brand Experience and Activation, Creative eCommerce, Direct, Media and PR categories)

USA

• Mark Carolan, Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles, USA (Design and Print categories)

Ad Stars received 20,028 entries from 60 countries to this year’s awards. All 1,651 finalists are now in the running to win two Grand Prix of the Year trophies and a cheque for $10,000. The final jury will meet virtually from August 3 to September 1, and winners will be announced online on September 7 via www.adstars.org

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