Shanghai – DDB China Group President & CEO Dick van Motman named “China Advertising’s Most Outstanding Person of the Year” in Shanghai.
“The award is given to the person who has not only made great contributions to Advertising, but who is also creative and adventurous” said the China Advertising Annual Awarding Committee.
The Award started in 2006 in cooperation between China Advertising Association and CCTV (China Central Television). It is one of the most important awards in China’s Advertising Industry.
Of Dutch/Indonesian, Portuguese/Jewish descent, growing up in Holland, van Motman graduated in Marketing and Economics from the University of Amsterdam, and moved to Asia before his 30th birthday. Since then he has lived in Korea, Indonesia, Singapore and Hong Kong. 

van Motman has been in China for five years, building DDB China Group from a small office with just a couple of clients to one of the strongest and most integrated agencies in the country. DDB China Group has grown six-fold in just five years and now consists of three offices, in three cities, offering three disciplines, namely, DDB, Tribal DDB and RAPP.
In 2009, China’s Ministry of Commerce hired DDB Guoan, the Group’s Joint Venture in Beijing, to create an advertising campaign to promote the “Made in China” image. This was effectively the first time the government has ever commissioned an advert.
van Motman now has the distinction of being the first foreigner to receive the “China Advertising’s most outstanding person of the Year” award.
The judging panel consists of 70 members from different industries as well as top scholars and professors.
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