McCann Health’s June Laffey and Finch’s Emad Tahtouh named Spikes Asia jury presidents

The Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity has announced the final names that will form the Branded Content & Entertainment, Craft, Digital & Mobile, Direct and Promo & Activation, Healthcare, Innovation and Integrated juries for the 2014 awards.

June Laffey (left), executive creative director at McCann Health will represent Australia as jury president on the Healthcare jury and Emad Tahtouh (above, right), director of applied technology at Finch will represent Australia on the Innovation jury. Healthcare and Innovation are new categories at Spikes Asia.

Branded Content & Entertainment Jury

Connie Lo (left), Chief Creative Officer – Southern China, Leo Burnett, Hong Kong – Jury President

Chee Keong Tan, Executive Creative Director, BBDO Proximity, Malaysia

Jeremy Heng, Director, Strategy & Content, Havas Media, Singapore

Mike Jackson, Managing Director, MEC Access, APAC, MEC, Asia Pacific

Qanta Shimizu, Chief Technology Officer / Founder, PARTY, Japan

Scott Lambert, Creative Director, Innocean, Australia

Shivani Raina Ghosh, AVP, Client Servicing, Colors, Viacom18, India

Sirena Liu, Founder/President, Filmworks China Entertainment Marketing, China

Craft Jury

Haydn Evans (left), Founder & Executive Producer, Six Toes, Singapore – Jury President

Chandini Rajaratnam, Vice President, Chief Creative Officer, JWT, Sri Lanka

Eddie Wong, Chief Creative Director, Innocean Worldwide, China

James Moore, Managing Director & Executive Producer, Flying Fish, New Zealand

Lien Dang, Executive Producer, Echo Production, Vietnam

Lizzy Nash, Company Partner/Executive Producer, The Feds, Australia

Wuthisak Anarnkaporn, Film Director, Factory01, Thailand

Digital & Mobile Jury

Jean Lin (left), Global Chief Executive Officer, Isobar, Global – Jury President

Aaron Lau, President & Chief Executive Officer, Greater China, Cheil Worldwide, China

Ben Cooper, Group Innovations Director, M&C Saatchi, Australia

Eugene Demata, Executive Creative Director, DDB Di9it/DM9JaymeSyfu, The Philippines

Kaoru Sugano, Creative Director/Creative Technologist, Dentsu, Japan

Ki Young Kim, Senior Creative Director, Innocean, South Korea

Paul Soon, Chief Executive Officer, XM Asia Pacific, Singapore

Vicky Hui-Ying Lee, Senior Creative Director, Medialand Digital Strategy, Taiwan

Direct and Promo & Activation Jury

Josy Paul (left), Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, BBDO, India – Jury President

Andy Chan, Executive Creative Director, FCB Shanghai, China

Chow Kok Keong, Creative Director, Dentsu Utama, Malaysia

Fumitaka Takano, Creative Director, ADK Tokyo, Japan

Iggy Rodriguez, Creative Group Head, Leo Burnett, Australia

Jaesan Kim, Executive Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide, South Korea

Megan Clark, Founder/ Managing Director, Copper Brand Experiences, New Zealand

Riley Peter, Head of APAC, Creative Shop, Facebook Singapore, Asia Pacific

*New* Healthcare Jury

June Laffey, Executive Creative Director, McCann Health, Australia – Jury President

Ali Shabaz, Chief Creative Officer, Grey Worldgroup, Singapore

Joey David Tiempo, Creative Director, TBWA\Santiago Mangada Puno, The Philippines

Mayuko Kamo, Senior Creative Director, Dentsu, Japan

Pierre Loo, Regional Professional Director – Creative, Red Fuse, Hong Kong

Scott Smith, Creative Director, DDB Remedy, Australia

Vineet Vijayraj Thapar, SVP, Creative, Digitas Health LifeBrands, India/UK

*New* Innovation Jury

Emad Tahtouh, Director of Applied Technology, Finch, Australia – Jury President

Eugene Cheong, Chief Creative Officer, Asia Pacific & Singapore, Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific

James Hurman, Principal, Previously Unavailable, New Zealand

Koichi Yamamoto, Senior Planning Director, Dentsu, Japan

Kristian Barnes, Chief Executive Officer Asia Pacific, Vizeum, Asia Pacific

Nicholas Ye, Chief Executive Officer, The Secret Little Agency, Singapore

Oliver Palmer, Head of Innovation, Tigerspike, Singapore

Integrated Jury

Andy Greenaway, Chief Creative Officer, APAC, SapientNitro, Asia Pacific – Jury President

Ben Cooper, Group Innovations Director, M&C Saatchi, Australia

Connie Lo, Chief Creative Officer – Southern China, Leo Burnett, Hong Kong

David Brain, Chief Executive Officer, APAC/MENA, Edelman, Asia Pacific

Jean Lim, Global Chief Executive Officer, Isobar, Global

Lana Roulhac, Design Director, Siegel+Gale, China/UK

Mark Patterson, Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific & Chairman, China, GroupM, Asia Pacific

Says Terry Savage, chairman of Lions Festivals: “This completes an exceptional line-up of talent, all of whom are passionate, forward-thinkers within their fields. Collectively they will be responsible for selecting the most creative and ground-breaking work to come out of the region and we are delighted that such an esteemed group will be awarding the Spikes trophies.”

Spikes Asia is accepting entries until Friday 8 August. Anybody who wishes to enter can do so at www.spikes.asia, where further information on the categories, rules and fees can also be found. The Festival takes place from 23-26 September in Singapore and culminates in the much anticipated Awards Ceremony where the 2014 winners are revealed and celebrated.