Creative. Designer. Changemaker (borrowed buzzword from an industry interview). Unwavering optimist and proudly Neurodiverse. Over 25+ years of industry experience, Wayne has held creative leadership positions in APAC, EMEA and the US. Originally from Australia, Wayne is a failed Pro Surfer who then stumbled into the industry after winning a place at A.W.A.R.D School. After working at famous studios in Oz, he worked his way around the world and also found time to earn a Masters in Cognitive Sciences along the way. Recognized internationally with 500+ awards and all that stuff - he creates work that’s at the intersection between creativity, technology and humanity. Now Wayne is helping brands and businesses transform as Global Principal at Wolff Olins. And NO his hair isn't a perm. But YES it's ridiculous.

Sarah is a writer and ad creative currently at Creature London. She grew up in Los Angeles, spent half a decade in New York, and now lives in London having done stints at VCCP and FCB Inferno. She's passionate about craft, innovation, and inclusivity on both sides of the camera. As a consequence, she's been honoured to be given a number of industry accolades, including a place on the One Club's Next Creative Leaders, Campaign Magazine's 30 Future Creative Leaders, the BIMA Hot 100, plus a few Lions, Pencils, and other awards (including the inaugural One Club Fusion Pencil).

Saj Nazir has worked for a range of UK media owners and agencies to deliver award-winning creative solutions across a diverse range of platforms. He believes creativity and innovation in media allows brands the ability to make memorable connections with people. Collaborating with specialist teams, clients, and partners to imagine new and engaging ways for brands to connect and grow is the focus of his current role at Mediahub’s Radical + Disruptive Lab.

Mexican Group Creative Director at Media.Monks, storyteller, writer, documentary photographer and human rights activist. 15+ years leading and creating brand and strategic ideas for advertising, interactive, design and documentary projects for local, regional and global accounts at award-winning agencies. Co-founder of Colectivo Constelación and Member of DEI Cannes Lions Global Council.

I am a creative director who has huge passion in sports and entertainment. I have 12 years experience in creative agencies such as BBH, Wunderman Thompson and FCB. I currently work as Associate Creative Director at Octagon Asia Pacific. My role is to build creative team and create worldclass works in sports and entertainment space. I won couple of awards throughout the years but the most important thing to me is to make the world a little better with my works.

Ann Wixley is a Creative Lead with several years of experience in the media and advertising industry. Ann has been responsible for creating industry leading work which has unlocked growth opportunities for clients across multiple sectors. Ann creates and directs innovative ideas for our clients working with multi-discipline teams; and inspire an appetite for creativity, growing talent and connecting the dots. With a passion for work that inspires positive change, Ann offers a unique lens on award-worthy work, recognizing creative content campaigns for their purpose and challenges, not just outcomes. Ann was a juror on the 2022 UK Young Lions.

Matt has over 14+ years of industry experience working in numerous design studios, in-house marketing and design teams for a range of clients and projects, and has worked for both B2B & B2C sectors for clients such as Avanade, Sitecore and PepsiCo. He is a creative, highly motivated, and ambitious Designer with a passion for considered, simple yet powerful, refined creative ideas: "I couple this with an eye for design. My design ethos is prevalent in everything I produce: I deliver clear communication, form, functionality and great usability without compromising on elegant and effective design solutions." Matt thrives on helping those around him to progress. Taking genuine pride in mentoring, nurturing and passing on his experience and skills to his colleagues and team members.

Currently ECD at Leo Burnett.

I'm the Managing Director at Curious, an award winning strategic creative branding agency based in Soho, London. I oversee all strategic elements for the agency, working with our clients to show them how their brand and culture can help them through their toughest challenges, and give them something meaningful to build on (and hopefully helping them to sleep at night).

Mia Patrevito is a Senior Designer in ATX. She started her career as a designer at Wondersauce where she built her portfolio with projects for Equinox, SoulCycle, Olaplex, and Subway. After five years, she joined the the team at BASIC/DEPT® and has since been crafting digital experiences for world class brands such as Capti, Altice, Google and Taco Bell.

His work has been recognized in the best creative festivals like Cannes Lions, One Show, New York Festivals, El Ojo de Iberoamérica, Effies, and more.

Miriam is a powerhouse who has produced all over the world, in every category, and across every medium. Over the course of her career, she has worked on award winning campaigns for clients including Reebok, State Farm, and Apple Music. At Deutsch NY, in addition to overseeing and unifying production across all clients, Miriam manages Great Machine, the agency’s production arm that offers end-to-end production and post through a suite of directors, editors, animators, and motion graphic designers. Prior to Deutsch, Miriam freelanced at top creative shops such as Wieden + Kennedy and headed production at Translation.

Neale is the Executive Creative Director at ELVIS, responsible for the agency's creative output across ambitious brands including Cadbury, Odeon, Merlin Entertainments and not to mention multi-award-winning campaigns for Creme Egg and LADbible. Neale was responsible for creating the agency positioning of 'Unexpected & Unforgettable', which is his definition of creativity. This is the guiding light that ELVIS strives to live up to with every single brief and it's a proven philosophy, as ELVIS was named the as the eighth most awarded creative agency in the UK for 2021 by The Drum, with accolades from Cannes Lions, D&AD, CLIO, The One Show and The Marketing Society, amongst others.

Currently Managing Director at Cowshed Collective and previous commercial brain behind UNILAD and 4 Studio at Channel 4.

On paper, Pat heads OLIVER Asia Pacific's creative and strategy pillars. His primary responsibility revolves around keeping the network's product fresh, effective, and data informed. But as soon as he clicks the "shutdown" button at around five in the afternoon, out comes his real persona -- Hawaiian Pizza Connoisseur x Cat Meme Curator X Power Nap Instructor.

Grace is Group Creative Director, Global Marketing at GroupM where she collaborates with marketing leadership and cross-functional teams to strategize, develop and execute creative solutions for internal and external initiatives. She has worked for over 20+ years in NYC as an art director, graphic designer and experiential creative director creating and producing award-winning work across the entire media ecosystem including, television, print, digital, OOH, and more.

Sneaking around in the intersection of creativity and technology – I'm passionate about creating positive and meaningful experiences, getting brands talked about in ways that engage, connect and inspire action. My career has seen me working with the boldest UK agencies, including M&C Saatchi, Uncommon Creative Studio and now I am currently innovating next level CX with Digitas.

From Building Agencies to Making Stuff Go Viral… VJ Is Your Guy. Former Senior Vice President of Creative of Gojek – Indonesia’s first decacorn tech giant, and then the Regional Head of Creative and Managing Partner of Vaynermedia APAC - VJ is your go-to guy if you want your brand to be the Talk of The Town. At Gojek, VJ helped grow an internal Creative team from 10 people to a 120-strong team. He headed up the Creative, Social, In-app Content, and Activation for the Indonesian decacorn. He helped rebrand them in his last months at Gojek and created sonic branding sounds for the Indonesian giant. His last piece of work which was a music video with Rich Brian for Gojek went viral, leading to a hire by Gary Vaynerchuk to help build Vaynermedia APAC. Here, VJ came into an agency of four people and helped grow it to an agency of 221. Here, VJ has run numerous global and regional campaigns for SK-II, Google, Disney+, Subway and several other brands; his most recent global work involved conceptualising and shooting a music video with John Legend for the SK-II brand. VJ was recently nominated for the South East Asian Creative Person of the Year Award. Recently just moved to become the ECD for Vaynermedia EMEA and Global.

Lisa has 20 years of experience successfully helping brands grow by building effective and engaging brand stories that are globally consistent and regionally relevant. Originally from the UK, where she started her career, curiosity and new challenges moved her to Asia in 2004. Lisa spent her first three years in Bangkok before moving to Singapore, where she has been working ever since. As a strategic problem solver with a passion for craft and an eye for detail, she drives creative excellence by harnessing the power of insight and design to create meaningful and inspiring creative solutions. Lisa has worked in multiple sectors and markets across SEA, India, China, UK & US. Her multi-disciplinary experience means she has worked with Corporate and FMCG clients such as Citibank, Diageo, Treasury Wine Estates, LVMH, Nestlé and PepsiCo.

RAOUL PANES is a Business Management graduate whose fascination with marketing and literature in college found its sweet spot in advertising. He built his career with stints at J. Walter Thompson, Publicis JimenezBasic and BBDO Guerrero Ortega. His work has been awarded in shows including Cannes Lions, D&AD, and Clio. When he’s not pounding away at the keyboard, he’s pounding the pavement on long runs.

Gabriel is the Global Executive Creative Director at R/GA. He has more than 14 years of experience overseeing global brands such as Hilton, Nike, Jordan, Converse, Uniqlo, McDonalds, and American Express. His focus is to help clients approach their brands holistically through both what he calls stories and systems to ensure brands are showing up authentically and are innovating in new digital mediums and spaces.

With more than 10 years in the industry, Tom has enjoyed stints at leading agencies in both New Zealand and Australia working on clients big and small from pitch through to production. Currently working as an Associate Creative Director at Special Group in New Zealand.

Bang is an award-winning creative director and VP at RPA Advertising in Los Angeles. Current clients include Honda, Southern California Edison, TXU Energy and new business.

With a steadfast desire to prove big ideas can’t be bound by geography or holding a company, Jamie has been an integral part of shaping Marcus Thomas into an agency that turns ideas into integrated experiences that provide value for brands and customers alike. His work has aired on the Super Bowl, brought a CEO to tears, and been so innovative that he was awarded a patent. Asking his team “what if” has led to them winning One Show Pencils, National ADDYs, the prestigious 4A’s O’Toole Award and numerous others. As much as he loves doing work worthy of recognition, the growth Marcus Thomas clients have enjoyed is his true measure of success. In honor of those who helped him find his path, Jamie always finds time to give to students and is one of the founders of the Marcus Thomas Legacy Education Fund.

I've been in advertising for the past 25 years. My career started in Kyiv, Ukraine in the creative networks of JWT and Y&R. For the past 15 years I've been running a global business in advertising production, particularly in content localisation and adaptation until Locaria acquired the business in 2022, where I now sit as Executive Vice President of Creative Content and continue bringing the service to the next level.

Naresh is a award winning creative hailing from the sunny side of the globe to the psychologically sunny London, UK. He has had over 14 years working in advertising spanning across Singapore, Laos, Stuttgart and the UK , propelled by a passion to champion an authentic and diverse voice in cutting edge and emotionally driven work that stands out and proud.

Seema Jaffer is CEO, Bond Advertising, Digital & PR & a Human Rights Communications Expert. She has served as a jury member for the global Cannes Lions '22 Festival of Advertising Awards & is a Jury Member for the Spikes Asia Advertising Awards 2023. She was the member of the organising committee for Adasia 2019 held in Lahore & is a board member of the Pakistan Advertising Association. Seema is a Trustee for the Karachi Biennial Trust & a Member of the Executive Committee of the Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture. Seema is strongly committed to Women Empowerment and Human Rights.

As creative lead of the RAPP San Francisco office, Mindy has cultivated exceptional creative teams across diverse disciplines, inspiring them to deliver big ideas that are deeply integrated with consumer insights and behaviors. She’s led award-winning campaigns and brand experiences utilizing her background in design thinking, creative problem solving and cross-channel expertise—guiding positive business outcomes across multiple categories such as financial services, retail, entertainment, travel and hospitality and technology.

In her current role as Global Chief Creative Officer at Huge, Fura is responsible for the agency’s design leadership across 13 international offices. She joined Huge from Publicis Sapient where she spent two years as Chief Design Officer of the Experience practice across EMEA, Middle East and Asia. Prior to her role at Publicis Sapient, Fura worked at R/GA for over 11 years, where she provided both strategic and creative vision for her clients and teams in New York and Stockholm. She was the creative lead on R/GA’s Nike account in NYC for a number of years where she drove the e-commerce & retail business, moving the account into new territories by exploring new emerging trends and innovations. She also led the creative team for Samsung US and was one of the creative leads on R/GA’s Walmart account. In 2014 Fura relocated to Stockholm to provide a new level of thought leadership and help set the strategic vision for the office. There she worked on clients such as Volvo, H&M, Absolut and ICA. Fura’s recent move to R/GA’s London office sees her take on a creative leadership role for the Middle East, with the responsibility to help expand the agency’s presence in what is a key region of growth. Fura started her career in Reykjavik, Iceland, serving local clients such as Icelandair, Icelandic Telecom, Toyota, and Hertz. She soon moved to New York to study Design & Technology at Parsons School of Design. There she explored all aspects of digital media, everything from broadcast to interactive physical video installations. Throughout the years she has won a number of well-known international rewards and recognitions, such as Clio’s, Webby’s, The One Show and many more.

Tiffany Moy-Miller is a second-generation Creative Director who spent the first decade of her career working in different cities around the states searching for her dream job only to end up in the city where she grew up. Two decades after that, she's finally comfortable calling the Detroit area 'home' and is a creative lead at MRM Detroit where she services a bunch of General Motor's work with a brilliant team of over 60 creatives (and countless agency and client partners). She holds her position with both honor and obligation, because it's important for other women and people of color to see someone in leadership who looks like them...so they know they can get there, too. Change the ratio. Representation matters.

Joana has been working at David Miami since 2020, but before that she was already part of the São Paulo team since 2018. During this time she has worked for brands like Corona, Burger King, Coca-Cola and Nestlé. Before working at David, she was at Mullen Lowe São Paulo, working mainly for Unilever. Previous to that she lived for 7 years in Portugal working at Wunderman Lisbon where she worked with local brands but also international brands like Ford. Over the years her work has been recognized at national and international festivals, including Cannes Lions. She started her career over 15 years ago in her hometown, Rio de Janeiro, as a graphic designer. Being a girl from Rio, her favorite place is the beach where she goes almost every weekend with her family.

Ari Elkouby is a Chief Creative Officer at Wunderman Thompson Canada where he creatively oversees a diverse portfolio of clients across North America including Mazda Canada. His two decades of industry experience has seen him work across a broad spectrum of clients on both sides of the border including stops at Zulu Alpha Kilo, Proximity, FCB and Fallon Worldwide. His work has appeared in industry publications including AdAge, Campaign Magazine, the Most Contagious List as well as Fast Company and The New York Times. His work has garnered him accolades including multiple Cannes Lions, Webby Awards, Communication Arts, One Show pencils and Clio Awards. He helps his client’s messages breakthrough with omni-channel thinking and integration of innovative technology. Ari is fiercely collaborative and regularly contributes thought leadership pieces to various publications on industry trends as well as sits on numerous international jury panels including Cannes Lions Direct in 2022 and sits on the board of directors of White Ribbon Canada.

Senior Creative Director at [INVNT GROUP], Sarah Bailey, is leading the mission to guide the world's challenger brands in navigating the next era of brand storytelling. In April 2022, Sarah Bailey was part of the team to launch the [INVNT GROUP] web3 consultancy, INVNT.ATOM. Partnering with visionary brands across various industries, INVNT.ATOM has successfully advised brands such as Lamborghini, Lotus and, SM Entertainment on strategic web3 initiatives across NFT program development, metaverse applications, and immersive digital experiences. Before the launch of INVNT.ATOM, Sarah lead the creative team for the expansion of [INVNT GROUP] into the Asia-Pacific region, building a team of creatives, strategists and designers in Singapore.

Mike is an executive producer whose career legacy has been to build a global producer network that serves as a force for good. After more than two decades working as a producer around the world, he combined forces with Makers in 2022 to turbocharge the company’s global producer platform connecting thousands of producers and fixers to tackle global production challenges for clients. Prior to Makers, Mike founded production talent network World Fixer and independent production company Fixation.TV, becoming a go-to resource for producing high quality, high craft original content through a global lens and in multiple destinations for some of the largest brands and agencies around the world.

Female Executive Creative Directors are a rare breed and I’m proud to be one of them. I have an equal opportunities approach to my passions, from a film that stops the scrollers, to the leaflet handed out at stations.

As Head of Creative at Fitzco, an integrated independent agency based in Atlanta, Ryan’s creative responsibilities span every account in the building. A strategic creative leader, he was instrumental in recent new business wins for French’s Mustard and Cholula Hot Sauce, growing the McCormick business by 60% over the last year. Adding to the over 26% organic growth seen across all accounts at the agency. Creatively, his work at Fitzco has been recognized across several international competitions. From D&AD, Cannes, One Show, Addy’s, Effies, Webby’s and the Shorty awards. Culminating with Fitzco winning Ad Age’s Small Agency of the year in 2022. Ryan is a big believer in craft, collaboration and listening. An approach that helps him understand his clients and fuels his fire for award winning work. His wife, 2 kids, dog and 3 cats are mildly impressed.

Paul has been at the creative helm of Cheil since 2012. 
Under his guidance, the agency has become one of the most awarded in the region — twice winning 'Regional Agency of the Year' at London International Awards, three-time 'Regional Agency of the Year' at New York Festivals, four-time 'HK Agency of the Year' at Spikes Asia, twice 'Agency of the Year' at Kam Fan and 'Agency of the Year' at LIA Chinese Creativity and Mad Stars.
Along the way, the agency has scored multiple Grands Prix, including a Grand Prix Pencil at One Show, three Grand Clios at the Clio Awards, Lotus Grande at AdFest, two Grands Prix at Mad Stars (including ‘Grand Prix of the Year’) and two Grand Kam Fans.
In Campaign Brief Asia's latest Creative Rankings 2021, Cheil was the #1-ranked agency in Hong Kong — making it three 'Creative Agency of the Year' titles in a row — and #3 in Asia for the second year running.
It also ranked #5 in Asia in the Cannes Lions Global Creativity Report 2019, #1 in APAC in The One Show Global Creative Rankings 2020 and #2 in APAC in The Drum World Creative Rankings 2021 (where it also ranked amongst the Top 5 agencies globally).
Paul himself was the #1 ‘Most Awarded Creative in Hong Kong’ for six years running in Campaign Brief Asia's Creative Rankings and in both 2020 and 2021, he topped the overall rankings as the #1 'Most Awarded Creative in Asia'.
He was also crowned the world's #1 ‘Most Awarded Copywriter’ and #6 ‘Most Awarded CCO’ in The Drum World Creative Rankings 2021.
In 2018, Paul was named ‘Asia's Emerging Creative Leader of the Year’ by Campaign Brief Asia. His notable work since then includes ‘A Sweet Escape’ for Chupa Chups (the world’s most awarded print campaign in 2020), ‘Block Out The Chaos' for JBL noise-cancelling headphones, and the celebrated trilogy of mobile gaming campaigns for Samsung: Back2Life, The Cost of Bullying and Quest for Dyslexia.
In addition to being D&AD Jury President in 2021, Spikes Asia Jury President in 2022 and AdFest Jury President in 2022, Paul has judged at every major award show, including: Cannes Lions, D&AD (twice), The One Show (twice), One Show Greater China, London International Awards (three times), Clio, Spikes Asia (three times), AdFest (four times), Mad Stars and New York Festivals (three times). 
Beyond his passion for the business, Paul is married with a beautiful wife and two very loud kids, none of whom give a flying hoot about his rankings. He has no say in the household.  

Creative Director with over 15 years experience creating integrated brand campaigns and experiences across multi-channel outputs (Packaging, Out of Home, Print, Shopper, Digital & Social), working with some of the world's biggest brands including KFC, Pepsi, Guinness, Lipton and EA Sports.

A passionate creative director and designer, Shu Hung has worked with global companies to create products and experiences that exist at the intersection of business and culture. She received her BA in Cinema Studies and, as a self-taught graphic designer, went on to work at a number of creative agencies in SF, New York, Beijing and Berlin, eventually landing at Nike as a brand marketer. More recently, Shu was the global creative director at UNIQLO and the VP, Creative of Everlane. She is the founder of Table of Contents, a physical and digital retail platform that curates one-of-a-kind furniture and design objects from around the world.

Joe has been working in advertising for over 17 + years to help clients and brands both big and small, rare and common, and domestic and global, break new ground. His work has been recognized in international award shows like Cannes Lions, D&AD, One show, Clio Health, LIA, Andy awards and others. He continues to rank highly within the pages of Lurzer’s Archive. When Joe isn’t spending time with his wonderful wife and daughter, he moonlights as a pool table salesman.

Joachim Kortlepel is Executive Creative Director at Jung von Matt where he creates campaigns that attract all kinds of audiences, constantly pushing the limits of PR, advertising, design and culture. Joachim studied Social Sciences in Bonn, Germany and Pittsburgh, USA. He has worked for major brands and has won numerous awards at all major award shows. Joachim is a member of the Art Director’s Club of Germany, D&AD and was a member of the jury for various renowned national and international awards.

I co-founded Audience in 2014 to shake up the traditional agency model for brand experiences. We banned account managers billing for time and threw in a heap of creative freebies. We were proving ourselves, sure, but it's a culture we keep today... Constantly innovating and testing the status quo. I'm particularly interested in the bold, brave and underdog. If it brings people together, makes them think and drives change, then I'm here for it.

Vanessa is a Canadian-born, Texas-raised writer. She began her career in Boston after studying at Boston University. Since joining Mischief in 2021, she’s tricked Americans into thinking they sat on their TV remotes (Tubi), fired Nick Fury (Marvel SNAP), made beer-flavored, crowd-calming lollipops (Coors Light) and helped both dogs and daters get taken home (Tinder). She’s been awarded by Cannes, One Show, D&AD, Effies, Clios, recognized as a Young Lion and Creative LIAison, and named to The Drum's Future 50 List.

Having worked with an eclectic mix of agencies and clients for over two decades, Tash has also been responsible for establishing and building multiple creative departments. A channel-agnostic creative magpie, Tash doubles as a seasoned judge across industry awards including the recent Drum’s 2022 OOH Awards. She has helped agencies secure high-profile accounts including Sport England 'This Girl Can,' UEFA Women's Football 'We Play Strong' and more recently helping launch Netflix’s Arcane in six global cities, knocking Squid games off the top spot in all but 2 regions. A fan of creativity, humour and political incorrectness in equal measure, the Chip Shop Awards will be her judging zenith!

Cheelip is a hybrid creative leader with over 20 years of integrated advertising experience, having successfully helmed creative departments in markets as diverse as Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Japan and China. As Regional Chief Creative Officer, he drives Lion and Lion Digital Group's creative and innovation excellence in Asia, overseeing work and teams across multiple markets and disciplines. He has won advertising awards across multiple categories at international, regional and domestic award shows such as: CLIO Awards, One show, One Show Greater China, Cannes, Communication Art Annual, ADFEST, Spikes, BUSAN AdStars (where he won a gold for film craft, animation in 2018) , Global Best Digital Advertising Awards, London International Awards, Creative Circle Awards, ROI Awards, China International Advertising Awards, Tiger Roar Awards, Red Dot Design Awards, Times Asia-Pacific Awards, IAI International Advertising Awards, EFFIES, just to name a few. He also helped break a Guinness World Record for his activation campaign for Didi App in China. Cheelip was a guest speaker at the 2014 International Advertising Association World Congress and was named by ChinaSmack.com as one of the leading advertising creatives in Greater China. He has been a jury member at the 2016 China Content Marketing Awards, 2016 ECI Awards (E-Commerce Innovation Awards) and the 2016 and 2017 AD STARS Advertising Awards in Busan, One Club Young Ones Jury (as well as being the One Club Young Ones Advisory Board member) from 2017 to 2019, 2018 LIA Awards and Cannes Lions 2018 for its first ever Creative e-Commerce category. In 2018, he was named by Campaign Asia as a Digital A-list Achiever in China in 2018 for his achievements as a creative and digital innovator. Cheelip also served as Grand Jury for the Cresta Awards ( 2019 and 2021) and 2019 One Show Greater China Awards Show. He was a Jury on 2021 LIA Chinese Creativity Awards and The Drum Digital Industries Awards 2022 and 2023. He has also served as the Grand Jury for New York Festivals' AME Awards in 2019 and 2020 and will be a Grand Jury again in 2022. In 2023, Cheelip will serve on The Drum's Metaverse Awards -- the world's first ever Metaverse Awards Show -- as an Executive Jury. During his leisure time, Cheelip enjoys unwinding with a glass of aged single malt whisky, with a cigar in hand.

Even before Andrea became Across the Pond’s first Creative Director in APAC helping Big Tech create a better world, she was not known to be a creative who’d ask for permission–and sometimes, not even forgiveness. Which is why she’s thrilled to be judging this show to celebrate the clever and deliciously controversial ideas that will always be valuable in the age of generative intelligence.

Very few Chief Creative Officers have had the opportunity or experience of having worked across five continents; Originally from Australia Reed Collins has been based in Hong Kong for the last 9 years and is responsible for the creative output of all Ogilvy offices in APAC.

Kate is a multi-award winning Creative Director at The&Partnership. She co-founded 'High Vis Creatives', The&Partnership's role model programme, and is passionate about inclusivity in creative departments. Away from work she's a mum of two.

With more than 15 years of experience in advertising - I’ve worked on a wide range of brands ranging from luxury cars, petrol, internet service providers, to fashion, beauty, haircare, pain medication, toothpaste—and now pharmaceuticals and healthcare. I’ve worked on local, regional and global campaigns, winning several awards for some of them (such as Cannes Lions, LIAs, Spikes, etc). And it all started with a sticker campaign I did for Shell that went ‘viral’ nationwide, which made my parents super proud.

Tim is a copy-based ECD of an independent shop he runs with his partners in Singapore. More often than not, the shop runs them. But hey, it's all good — the people keep him young, the clients keep him on his toes and the work lets him behave half his age.

Chow Kok Keong aka KK is an all-round creative with more than two decades of experiences in advertising. Originally from Malaysia, KK has worked in several international networks across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. KK joined INNOCEAN Indonesia as Chief Creative Officer in 2022. Based in Jakarta, KK leads the creative department to offer integrated creative solutions. To date, KK has taken home more than 250 international awards including 5 D&AD Pencils, 3 One Show Gold Pencils, and numerous metals at Cannes Lions, One Show, Clio, LIA, Spikes Asia, APAC Adfest, New York Fest, Busan Ad Star, and Effie Asia. KK has served on the jury panel for several award shows including D&AD, The One Show, Clio, One Show Asia, LIA Chinese, Spikes Asia, APAC Adfest, Busan Mad Stars, China Longxi, and Hong Kong Kam Fan.

Better known as 'Bee' by my peers, I recently joined the Angry Butterfly team in Toronto as VP Creative Director, helping lead a department of incredibly talented creatives while pushing for creative work that inspires and excites our people and our clients. With 15 years of experience, I’ve had the opportunity to help build brands for a wide variety of clients in almost every category, in both large network agencies and small independent shops. Beyond the work, I continually strive to be a strong female and BIPOC role model, leader, mentor, and advocate for diversity and inclusion within the agency and ad industry. Outside of my day job, I co-founded a social advertising network called OPEN CHAIR, which is a Toronto-based network for women+ working in the creative advertising industry who want to support, promote, uplift, celebrate, and collaborate with one another. We are committed to creating a safe space for us to connect, share and be heard. By coming together we can make sure our industry is a more inclusive, diverse, and inspiring place to be.

For the past 15 years, I’ve tried to find beauty in whatever I'm working on. Be it cream cheese, finance companies, or hard seltzer, I'll find what makes it special. I believe that a strong idea is all you need. Well, a strong idea and some good-looking work to bring it to life.

Elliot sees a lot of industry bios and can’t tell if they’re long or his attention span is short. Either way, he’s going to keep it brief. Better for everyone. So, some highlights. Elliot is the Principal, Executive Creative Director at ZS Associates. If you go to the website it won’t look like a typical agency. Because it isn’t. Lurking somewhere behind those pixels are a bunch of maniacs cooking up something new. Before that Elliot was the ECD at Area 23 and prior to that the CCO at Klick Health. Wherever he is, Elliot believes in doing what hasn't been done. And having fun. He’s won his fair share of awards, including multiple Cannes Grand Prix and lots of other stuff. He didn’t do any of it alone.

Believer that if you change thinking, you change behavior. If you change behavior, you change the world. Sherina served as a creative lead on the global Instagram business at Ogilvy. Previously created new music with the Roots for Citizen Bank and led best-in-class creative work for Unilever. Sherina is passionate about connecting people to big ideas that inspire new ways to think about and experience the world — solutions that impact both the clients and culture. Her wins at 72 include Sonos, Proximo Spirits (1800) and Foot Locker.

Steve Waugh is a renowned Creative Director, Motion Designer and Director with a passion for title sequences, VFX and design. Having originally trained in illustration, he has nearly 20 years experience working in design and VFX studios. After joining the Coffee & TV team when the company started in 2012, Steve leads the studio’s creative strategy and output. He has worked predominantly in the advertising and broadcast markets, producing work for a range of clients including Netflix, BBC, ITV, Sky, Meta, Tanqueray and McLaren. Steve has twice been nominated for a prestigious BAFTA and has won multiple accolades, including an RTS Craft Award, a Televisual Bulldog Award, Promax Awards and Gold at the New York Film Festival.

Stephen is a [insert adjective] Creative Director with [extensive/substantial/considerable - delete as preferred] experience working across production and ideation for music videos, advertising, branded content [insert additional content categories] and most recently experiential marketing. His background includes EP & CD roles at Stink, Blink, Pulse Films, YouTube (Los Angeles) and Universal Music for Brands. Stephen is / He is / I am an avid gamer, consumer of pop culture (with a specialism in US reality TV, 1998-Present) and proudly ranks amongst the top .05% of global Britney Spears fans.* *Source - Spotify 2022 Wrapped

Shannon brings brand personality to life in all sorts of ways, but particularly through voice. As the Creative Director at Re, she has led visual and verbal identity projects for clients including Optus, Sydney Festival, ActionAid Australia and CommBank. Her work has been awarded at Cannes, One Show and D&AD.

I lead a team of writers and editors at The Frameworks. I put brand ambitions into words, drawing out stories that connect with people to deliver meaningful content about even the most technical subjects.

Graham started in London, but jumped at the chance for more sun and less commuting. It took a little while, but since being at Grey he's lead his team to four Agency of the Year titles and lots of global shiny things. When he's not working he's doing his best not to think about work.

I have been working as an advertising copywriter for 19 years. I currently live in São Paulo as Creative Director at Mutato, working on digital-oriented communication projects, from audiovisual content to media performance campaigns.

Kathleen Swanson is a two-time Emmy nominated creative director at Maximum Effort. Previously a Creative Director for Apple at Media Arts Lab working on the launch of Apple TV+ including M. Night's Shyamalan's Servant. Before that, she was a Creative Director at Anomaly leading up global sports campaigns for Beats by Dre and at TBWA\Chiat\Day on Airbnb and Gatorade. And even further before that, she was a park ranger. (See, that was an M. Night worthy post twist at the end there.)

Originally from Germany, Jan has spent over 14 years in Asia (Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Bangkok). He is a veteran in communication and marketing and has had local, regional and global roles in both international 4A agencies as well as the client side. Developed and implemented holistic data driven campaigns for world leading brands of various industries throughout China, Asia Pacific and Western Europe. Fluent in English, German, conversational in Mandarin Chinese and equipped with an MBA.

Serving Edelman since 2022. Previous that, I was the Chief Creative Officer at Wunderman Thompson Argentina; and many years ago, part of the creative team of FCB Mexico, Leo Burnett México, VegaOlmosPonce, BBDO Argentina. This year, ranked #32 by The Drum Ranking: World best Chief Creative Officers.

Marie Claire holds many titles, but the one she believes truly defines her is ‘A student of life’. A fan of the unconventional and purposeful work that works, Marie Claire worked on many initiatives, behavioral shift campaigns and acts that helped make a difference. Marie Claire was voted "Next Creative Leader" by the 3% Conference and The One Club for Creativity in Chicago in 2019" and she got ranked as one of the top 3 most outstanding women in advertsisng and Media in MENA for 2022. Her penchant for injecting positivity into life, has led to a certification in Professional Kinesiology Practice by ICPKP New Zealand and Kinesiocoach Dubai. Marie Claire has also done energy studies through the Pranic Healing system and uses the tenants of what she learned to spread a positive culture through public speaking events, with the people she works with and to help foster a healthy, creative and collaborative environment at work. Most recently, Marie Claire has been ranked in 2023 by THE DRUM as the #1 most awarded Executive Creative Director in the MENA region, #3 most awarded Executive Creative Director in the world. More about her journey on marieclairemaalouf.com

Patrice began her advertising career in the fast lane taking home Canada’s first gold in the Cannes Young Lions competition. She moved to New York City and worked under industry legends where she honed her craft before moving back to Toronto. For over a decade, Patrice has impacted some of the most influential brands in the world. Her ability to relentlessly pursue creative that is breakthrough, provocative and effective, while also understanding business impact has led her to win a slew of some of the most prestigious industry awards. Patrice is passionate about building a culture with a creative mindset and a collaborative spirit. She continues to lead with the belief that an agency’s business and culture thrive when the people come first.

Pedro Izzo is an ACD at Performance Art with a strong background in art direction. Originally from Brazil, he has lived in Toronto for the past decade. With over 20 years of experience in the advertising industry, Pedro has worked at several of the top agencies in the country, including Cossette, CP+B, Leo Burnett, and Sid Lee. His impressive portfolio includes award-winning campaigns for global brands such as McDonald's, TD Bank, Lyft, Black&Abroad, Yellow Pages, and many more. Pedro's work has been recognized at prestigious industry events like the Cannes Lions, D&AD, One Show, Clios, LIA, ADCC, and the Webbys.

My career to date has taken me from editorial at a national broadsheet newspaper, to a leading advertising agency, in-house for a luxury skincare brand, and now back in the creative agency game at THG Studios. Clever strategy and insight, beautiful design and simple ideas are what make me tick!

With a 15+ year career spanning creative strategy, development, direction and design, Ian is the founder of RocketMill’s creative outfit, specialising in driving business performance through creative excellence. His growing team has recently delivered cross-channel campaigns for brands including Huggies, DryNites, The Big Issue, Homeserve, ZenAuto and more.

Batey Redcell, Ogilvy Taipei, Medialand digital strategy and Inspire Activation(Group TRON) and Group TRON headquarters. He has strong passion for finding effective ideas, enjoys engaging and connecting with target audiences. During his time in agencies, he has won many awards such as Spikes Asia Award, One Show, Campaign Brief THE WORK, Clio Award, Good Design Award, RedDots, Times Asia Pacific Award, Yahoo BIC, 4A, DSA and many local awards.

Angie was a radio DJ and newscaster for some of Metro Manila’s most popular FM stations before joining advertising. Her two-decade journey in the industry has taken her to Ogilvy, TBWA\SMP and Ace Saatchi & Saatchi in the Philippines, and Grey Group in Malaysia. She has garnered local and global awards in creativity and effectiveness. And has been a juror for some of the world’s most prestigious creative awards shows. Passionate about learning, Angie is currently enrolled in the Digital Management Accelerator Programme of Hyper Island, Singapore. She’s also working on her most ambitious creative project to date -- completing the transformation of an abandoned school in her home province into a platform for artists and writers.

Levente is the CCO and founder of Hungary's most awarded agency with 20+ years of experience in advertising, and everything that comes with it. Has worked for some clients (Heineken, Shell, KitKat, Nespresso, WhatsApp, WWF, PENNY, Vodafone, Alfa Romeo), and been recognised at Cannes Lions, D&AD, Clio, LIA, Epica, NYF, Eurobest, AdStars, Effies. Levente is a lecturer at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. His passion and love for the creative industry is the driving force behind his blog on advertising history; he also translates and publishes influential marketing/advertising books into Hungarian to educate the next generation of creative hopefuls. He lives in Budapest with his son, daughter, and wife – they are his greatest pride and inspiration.

Currently a Senior Art Director at Analog Folk in Amsterdam. Born in Portugal, studied in London, worked at cool places like David, Vice and 180. Have a industry diversity programme called Zone 2.

Aussie creative director who learned her trade in London at Havas, The & Partnership and Mother's The Or over the past decade. After all that she's returned down under to a gig at Clems where she tries to bring a little of the Chip Shop 'will this get us in shit? ' attitude to the work.

For the past 15+ years, Rena has been making ads and ad-like-things in NYC, Chicago, and most recently, Toronto. It all started in 6th grade when she explained the thought process behind her work to her art teacher, unsolicited. Her teacher told her that she should go into advertising, so she did. Needless to say, finding creative solutions has always been a passion for Rena so she feels pretty lucky to get to do what she loves every day.

During her time in the industry she has produced work for Kraft, P&G, Covergirl, Kimberly Clark, MillerCoors, M&Ms, Diageo, Maple Leaf Foods, Canadian Centre for Child Protection and Questrade and has been recognized by Cannes, One Show, Effies, Clios, Shortys and Ex-Awards among others.

Rena (will remind you every day that she) is a New York native who holds a BFA in Advertising Design and Copywriting from Syracuse University.