BUSAN – AD STARS will welcome over 30 judges representing 20 countries, who will fly to Busan, South Korea in August to judge the 2017 AD STARS Awards from 21st – 23rd August.
This year’s judges are:
CHINA
Jody Xiong, Founder & Chief Creative Officer at The Nine
Steven Marolho, General Manager at Moving Picture Company
Yi Shen, Chairman at WMTAD Advertising Group
Krystie Koh, Managing Partner, Operation & Production Director at TSLA China (The Secret Little Agency China)
Yuxin Cao, Baidu Search Cmopany Marketing Department Business Ecosystem Deputy Manager at Baidu
Yan (Cindy) Chen, Partner & Chief Strategy Officer at Focus Media Group
HONG KONG
Esther Wong, Executive Creative Director at TBWA Hong Kong
TAIWAN
I-Fei Chang, Chief Creative Officer at J. Walter Thompson in Taiwan
JAPAN
Peter Grasse, Executive Producer at Dictionary Films Tokyo
Masashi Ariizumi, Creative Director & Senior Communication Director at ADK Tokyo
Morihiro Harano, Creative Director & Founder at Mori Inc
MALAYSIA
Rajay Singh, Film Director & Co-Founder at Directors Think Tank Malaysia & Singapore
PHILIPPINES
Kat Gomez-Limchoc, Executive Creative Director at Blackpencil Manila / Leo Burnett Group Manila
Aste Gutiérrez, President and Chief Creative Officer at BBH
THAILAND
Suthisak Sucharittanonta, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer at BBDO Bangkok (Executive Judge)
SOUTH KOREA
Wain Choi, Chief Creative Officer at Cheil Worldwide (Executive Judge)
Soo-Jin Kim, Creative Director at Daehong Communications
Kiyoung Kim, Executive Creative Director at Innocean Worldwide
Julie Kang, CEO & Managing Partner at Serviceplan Korea
Seowon Park, Chief Creative Officer at ORICOM
AUSTRALIA
Adrian Bosich, Managing Partner at AIRBAG
NEW ZEALAND
Tom Paine, Executive Creative Director at Y&R New Zealand
UNITED STATES
Anselmo Ramos, Chief Creative Officer & Founder at DAVID the Agency (Executive Judge)
Eric Springer, Executive Creative Director at Innocean Worldwide
CANADA
Helen Pak, Chief Creative Officer at Grey Group Canada (Executive Judge)
ARGENTINA
Maximiliano Maddalena, Vice President & Executive Creative Director South Latin at Ogilvy & Mather
AUSTRIA
Marco Antonio Do Nascimento, Creative Director at Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann in Austria
CZECH REPUBLIC
Pavel Fuksa, Head of Design at Pavel Fuksa Design
GERMANY
Doerte Spengler-Ahrens, Managing Director Creation at Jung von Matt/SAGA GmbH
BELGIUM
Rindert Dalstra, Digital Strategic Director at TBWA
UNITED KINGDOM
Adrian Botan, Global Executive Creative Director, McCann Worldgroup
Matthew Leem, Business Director at Ogilvy & Mather
SOUTH AFRICA
Liam Wielopolski, Chief Creative Officer at DDB South Africa
