Asian Marketing Effectiveness Festival 2012: Jury announced

As the region's must-attend learning platform and awards for effectiveness, the Festival will bring together a top panel of 34 renowned industry experts from across the region, led by this year's Jury Chair, James Thompson, Chief Marketing Officer, Diageo Asia Pacific. Jury members will judge entries into the 17 awards categories before announcing and revealing the winners at the Awards Ceremony on Friday 27 April at the Grand Ballroom, Pudong Shangri La in Shanghai, China.

"We're delighted that we can bring together such a great mixture of professionals from the communications industry. The Asian Marketing Effectiveness Festival is important in setting the benchmark for the region's marketing strategies and deciphering those that are leading the way in delivering results and transforming businesses. It's important that we have the right calibre of people debating which entries should be taking home the prestigious awards and with this line-up we've certainly achieved that," says Myriam Coupard, Festival Director of the Asian Marketing Effectiveness Festival.

The 2012 jury are:

James Thompson, Chief Marketing Officer, Diageo Asia Pacific, Singapore ' Jury President

Stephanie Bell, Regional Media Director, L'Oreal, Thailand

Charles Cadell, Regional Managing Director, McCann Worldgroup, Singapore

Barry Cupples, Chief Executive Officer Asia Pacific, Omnicom Media Group, Singapore

Mathilde Delhoume-Debreu, Director, Brand Building Integrated Communication, EMEA & Asia, Procter & Gamble, Switzerland

Matt Fanshawe, Managing Director Asia Pacific, EuroRSCG, Singapore

Justin Graham, Executive Planning Director, Droga5, Australia

Pete Heskett, South East Asia Planning Director, JWT, Singapore

Neil Hudspeth, Chief Digital Officer Asia Pacific, Leo Burnett Group, Singapore

Julie Lyle, Chief Marketing Officer, Prudential Corporation Asia, Hong Kong

Andrew Meadon, Regional Director, GroupM Asia Pacific, Hong Kong

Joanna Mobley, Group Director of Ingredient Marketing, Innovation & Business Ventures, Fonterra, New Zealand

Tracy Ren, Head of Marketing, Pricing & Customer Analytics, Standard Chartered Bank, China

Nirvik Singh, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific, Grey Group, Singapore

Chris Thomas, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer BBDO Asia, Middle East & Africa, Chairman Proximity Worldwide, BBDO/Proximity, Singapore

Mei Wai, Head of Marketing, Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore

Charles Wigley, Chairman Asia, BBH, Singapore

John Zeigler, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, DDB Group Asia Pacific, India, Japan, DDB Worldwide, Singapore

The entry deadline for the Asian Marketing Effectiveness Festival has been extended to Thursday 16 February. A late entry fee will be applicable, details of which can be found at www.ame.asia along with further information on entering the awards.