Revealed: APAC network of the year contenders for Mumbrella Awards
Mumbrella can today reveal the full jury for the Mumbrella Awards, along with the shortlists for APAC media network of the year and APAC creative network of the year
This is the first time the Mumbrella Awards have been opened up to regional entries – and believed to be the first time an APAC awards show has been hosted in Australia.
On the shortlist from APAC Creative Network of the Year are:
- DDB, owned by Omnicom;
- Saatchi & Saatchi, owned by Publicis Groupe;
- Y&R, owned by WPP
The shortlist for Media Network of the Year is:
- Carat – owned by Aegis Media
- OMD – owned by Omnicom
- PHD – owned by Omnicom
The winners are to be revealed on the evening of next Thursday June 6 at The Star in Sydney.
The regional jury will hear presentations from the finalist networks on June 5 during the Mumbrella360 conference.
The Mumbrella Awards are being chaired by Mark Buckman, chief marketing officer and executive director of digital content services and IPTV at Telstra. Buckman is a former CMO of CommBank and was previously chairman and CEO for the Pacific Region of McCann Worldgroup.
The APAC jury will be captained by Darren Woolley, founder of pitch consultancy TrinityP3 which has bases in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong.
The APAC jury also includes:
- Grant Watts, head of global advertising at SingTel Group Digital L!fe
- James Sykes, marketing director, Asia Pacific, Beam Global
- Matthew Groskorth, global innovation director, Asia Pacific, Ansell
- Peta Alexander, executive marketing director, Walt Disney Motion Pictures
- Michael Edmonds, general manager, global marketing Meat & Livestock Australia
Judging for the rest of the Mumbrella Awards begins tomorrow in Sydney, with jurors travelling to Auckland and Melbourne on Wednesday and Thursday. The jury is one of the most experienced ever assembled. The rest of the jury is:
- Adrian Swift – Director of development, Nine
- Andy Bateman – CEO, The Leading Edge
- Bob Goodge – former MD, Starcom MediaVest roup
- Cam Carter – CEO, Navigare
- Camille Alarcon – Founding publisher, The Source
- Chris Walton – Principal, Quantium
- Dan Johns – Former CEO, Ikon Communications
- David Thomason – Former GM of marketing, Meat & Livestock Australia
- Esther Clerehan – Founder, Clerehan recruitment
- Dr Georgie McClean – Manager of strategy and research, Screen Australia
- Graham Webster – CEO, Enth Degree
- Grant Bell – Founder, The Acid Test
- Helen Kellie – Marketing director, SBS
- Ian Alwill – Alwill Associates
- Joe Talcott – Former marketing director, News LImited
- Jon Bradshaw – Former brands director, Lion Nathan
- Mark Pejic – CEO, Mediacom
- Michael Betteridge – Former marketing director, Virgin Australia
- Nick Baker – GM of marketing, Tourism Australia
- Nick Williams – Williams International
- Paul Kind – Director of commercial and marketing at National Rugby League
- Peter Cornelius – Principal, Kinesis Media
- Peter McDonald – Principal, The Agency Register
- Peter Miller – MD, Adstream
- Peter Williams – Chief edge Officer, Deloitte
- Richard Howarth – Marketing director, Sportingbet
- Rick Maier – Executive producer, Network Ten
- Roger Camplisson – Former CEO, Initiative Media
- Russel Howcroft – Executive , Network Ten
- Sangeeta Leach – Principal, The Leach Partnership
- Sean Cummings – CEO, CumminsRoss
- Simon Talbot – Director of corporate affairs, Kraft Foods Australia and NZ
- Stephen Von Muenster – Principal, von Muenster Solicitors & Attorneys
- Sunita Gloster – CEO, Australian Association of National Advertisers
- Susan Massasso – Regional marketing director, Campbell Arnott’s Asia pacific
- Tim Addington – Communications Director, The Works
- Tom Moult – Principal, Walker Moult
- Tony Faure – Chairman, Pollenizer, SodaCard, Sound Alliance and Torque
- Victoria Doidge – Former director of marketing and development, Sydney Opera House
- Warren Brown – Creative Founder, BMF
- Will Easton – Managing director, Facebook, ANZ
- William Leach – Principal, The Leach Partnership
The main shortlist for the Mumbrella Awards was revealed last week.
The Mumbrella Awards are being hosted for the second year running by Charlie Pickering, host of The Project on Ten. He will be joined by The Project regular Sam Mac.
Music at the aftershow will come from The Faders.
The awards will be followed by a cocktails after party within The Star complex sponsored by REA Media.
Tickets for tables at the awards are now on sale via this link
Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.
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