Charulata Ravi Kumar among 4 Indians on Adfest Lotus 2017 Jury

With just one week before Adfest 2017 launches on March 22 to 25, Adfest has revealed its full line-up of juries, who will begin arriving in Pattaya, Thailand to judge the 20th Adfest Lotus Awards this weekend. 

There are nine jury panels this year comprising 56 jurors representing 20 cities. 

Branded Content & Entertainment Lotus

Ted Royer, Chief Creative Officer, Droga5 (New York) – Jury President

Brian Charles Capel, Group Chief Creative Officer, Publicis ONE Indonesia (Jakarta)

Jureeporn Thaidumrong, Chief Creative Officer, GREYnJ United (Bangkok)

Nancy Hartly, Creative Partner, Rumble Creative & Media (Brisbane)

Richard McCabe, Regional Strategy Director, McCann Worldgroup APAC (Hong Kong)

Seigo Uchida, Executive Director & Publishing Business Development Division, Dentsu Inc. (Tokyo)

Wai Foong Leong, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, BBDO Greater China (Shanghai) 

Design Lotus & Print Craft Lotus

Pann Lim, Co-Founder & Creative Director, Kinetic (Singapore) – Jury President

Andrew Simpson, Design Director, Vert Design (Sydney)

Kok Keong Chow, Executive Creative Director, Hakuhodo Indonesia (Jakarta)

Koki Watanabe, Creative Director, Tokyo Agency Inc. (Tokyo)

Leslie Chan, Founder, Leslie Chan Design Co. Ltd. (Taipei)

Puneet Kapoor, Executive Creative Director, McCann Worldgroup (Bangalore)

Thanomkhwan Chutithanawong, Design Director, Project No. 143 (Bangkok) 

Direct Lotus & Promo Lotus

Wooh Hoh, Chief Creative Officer, Hakuhodo Asia Pacific (Bangkok) – Jury President

Jerker Fagerstrom, Executive Creative Director, McCann Sydney (Sydney)

Jung A Kim, Executive Creative Director, Innocean Worldwide (Seoul)

Park Wannasiri, Creative Director, BBDO Bangkok (Bangkok)

Shahbaz Zobairi, Executive Creative Director, MullenLowe Dubai (Dubai)

Simon Welsh, Chief Creative Officer, J. Walter Thompson (Hong Kong)

Subhash Pinnapola, Chief Creative Officer, TBWASri Lanka (Colombo) 

Film Craft Lotus & New Director Lotus

Corey Esse, Managing Director & Executive Producer, FINCH (Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland) – Jury President

Amit Sharma, Co-Founder & Director, Chrome Pictures (Mumbai)

Eunseok Chai, Film Director, John and Luke Film (Seoul)

Rajay Singh, Film Director & Partner, Directors Think Tank (Kuala Lumpur & Singapore)

Steven Marolho, General Manager, MPC (Shanghai)

Timo Mitsuaki Otsuki, Executive Producer, Cutters Studios (Tokyo)

Wuthisak Anarnkaporn, Film Director, Factory 01 Co., Ltd. (Bangkok) 

Film Lotus & Radio Lotus

Wain Choi, Senior Vice President & Chief Creative Officer, Cheil Worldwide (Seoul) – Jury President

Andy Flemming, Group Creative Director, M&C Saatchi (Sydney)

Andy Greenaway, Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Singapore (Singapore)

Hemant Shringy, Executive Creative Director, BBDO India (Mumbai)

Miki Matsui, Executive Creative Director, Hakuhodo Inc. (Tokyo)

Paruj Daorai, Executive Creative Director, The Leo Burnett Group Thailand (Bangkok)

Reed Collins, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy & Mather Group HK (Hong Kong) 

Interactive Lotus & Mobile Lotus

Yasuharu Sasaki, Head of Digital Creative & Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Inc. (Tokyo) – Jury President

Charlie Blower, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Blak Labs (Singapore)

Charulata Ravi Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, Sapient Razorfish India (Mumbai)

Claudia Cristovao, Group Creative Director, AKQA (Tokyo)

Kyo Seo, Head of Creative Shop, Korea, Facebook (Seoul)

James Noble, Chief Creative Officer, Carter Digital (Melbourne)

Supachai Parchariyanon, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, MCFIVA Co., Ltd. (Bangkok) 

Media Lotus & Effective Lotus

Victor Manggunio, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett China (Shanghai) – Jury President

Derry Simpson, Managing Director, Strategy & Innovation, 303 MullenLowe (Perth)

Lawin Bulatao, Executive Creative Director, Havas Creative (Manila)

Marco Bezerra, Executive Creative Director, J. Walter Thompson (Dubai)

Pathamawan Sathaporn, Managing Director, Mindshare Thailand (Bangkok)

Raymond Ho, Chairman, The Hong Kong Advertisers Association (Hong Kong)

Sanshiro Shimada, General Manager, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Inc. (Tokyo) 

Outdoor Lotus & Press Lotus

Fadi Yaish, Regional Executive Creative Director, Impact BBDO (Dubai) – Jury President

Adam Chan, Regional Executive Creative Director, Bonsey Jaden (Singapore)

Bryan Siy, Executive Creative Director, TBWASMP (Manila)

Constantine Chew, Group Creative Director, Cheil Greater China (Shanghai)

David Joubert, Executive Creative Director, Y&R SYD (Sydney)

Graham Drew, Executive Creative Director, Grey Group Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

Satoshi Otsuka, Planner & Communication Architect, ADK (Tokyo) 

Integrated Lotus, Innova Lotus, & Lotus Roots categories will be judged ‘Super Eight’ Jury Presidents:

Ted Royer, Chief Creative Officer, Droga5 (New York) - Grand Jury President

Corey Esse, Managing Director & Executive Producer, FINCH (Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland)

Fadi Yaish, Regional Executive Creative Director, Impact BBDO (Dubai)

Pann Lim, Co-Founder & Creative Director, Kinetic (Singapore)

Victor Manggunio, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett China (Shanghai)

Wain Choi, Senior Vice President & Chief Creative Officer, Cheil Worldwide (Seoul)

Wooh Hoh, Chief Creative Officer, Hakuhodo Asia Pacific (Bangkok)

Yasuharu Sasaki, Head of Digital Creative & Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Inc. (Tokyo) 

The winners of the 2017 Adfest Lotus Awards will be announced at two Award presentations on Friday, March 24 and Saturday, March 25.