WARC Awards APAC: Lenovo's Bhaskar Choudhuri named jury chair; Livspace's Kartikeya Bhandari juror

The WARC Awards Asia Pacific 2024, launched in association with the Lions has announced the names of its jury.

Bhaskar Choudhuri, Chief Marketing Officer, Lenovo, APAC, is named the jury chair for the Strategic thinking category.

Kartikeya Bhandari, Chief Marketing Officer, Livspace, India, is named one of the jurors for the Channel Integration, Channel Pioneer, Partnerships & Sponsorships, Path to Purchase, Use of Data categories.

Sindhuja Rai, CEO, Wavemaker, APAC is the jury chair of the Channel Integration, Channel Pioneer, Partnerships & Sponsorships, Path to Purchase, Use of Data categories. Arindam Bhattacharyya, Chief Strategy Officer, Dentsu, Indonesia, is also part of the same categories.

John Bizzell, Awards Lead, Warc, said, “To judge the very best strategic and effective marketing campaigns in Asia-Pacific, we have convened a stellar group of extremely knowledgeable and highly respected professionals from across the region to bring expertise and cultural insight to the judging process.”

The juries will award Gold, Silver and Bronze accolades across the 12 categories.

The jury chairs of all the regional awards - Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Latin America, and North America - will form a super jury to award the Grands Prix.

Here’s the full jury list:

Brand Purpose, Business-to-Business, Cultural Impact, Customer Experience, Instant Impact, Long-term Growth categories

• Dean Chadwick, Chief Marketing Officer, MYOB, Australia - jury chair
• Astrud Burgess, Chief Marketing Officer, ANZ Bank, New Zealand
• Gary Chi, CEO, Dentsu Creative, Taiwan
• Gautam Ramdurai, Group Marketing Manager, Ads Marketing, Google, APAC and Advisor-in-Chief, Snowbird, Singapore
• Joy Santos, Chief Strategy Officer, Leo Burnett Manila, Philippines
• Kimberlee Wells, CEO, TBWA, Australia
• Rui Nago, Chief Strategy Officer, Grey, Japan
• Suzzane Zhang, VP, McCann Worldgroup Advisory, APAC & Head of Strategy, McCann Worldgroup China, Mainland China
• Thien Thanh Nguyen, CEO, Edelman, Vietnam & Thailand

Channel Integration, Channel Pioneer, Partnerships & Sponsorships, Path to Purchase, Use of Data categories

• Sindhuja Rai, CEO, Wavemaker, APAC - jury chair
• Arindam Bhattacharyya, Chief Strategy Officer, Dentsu, Indonesia
• Arsalan Mohsin, Chief Marketing Officer, One Group, Pakistan
• Connie Chan, CEO, OMD, Mainland China
• Ines Cha, Head of Creators & Media Co Partnerships, YouTube Japan, Google Inc., Japan
• Joshua Lee, National Head of Digital & Data, Zenith Media, Australia
• Kartikeya Bhandari, Chief Marketing Officer, Livspace, India
• Sharon Soh, Chief Planning & Audience Officer, UM, APAC

Strategic Thinking category (new)

• Bhaskar Choudhuri, Chief Marketing Officer, Lenovo, APAC - jury chair
• Cleef Chong, Global Planning Director, MullenLowe, Global
• David McIndoe, Chief Strategy Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi, New Zealand
• Hun Choi, Executive Vice President, Solution Division, Cheil Worldwide, South Korea
• Jaslin Goh, Chief Marketing Officer, PayMe by HSBC, Hong Kong SAR
• Nomfundo Msomi, Executive Strategy Director, CHEP Network, Australia
• Reiko Ogata, Chief Branding Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan
• Susie Xu, Head of Brand Strategy, Ogilvy, Mainland China

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