Jury President

Joji Jacob is the Regional Chief Creative Officer of Havas South East Asia and North Asia. He is also the Creative Partner and Cofounder at BLKJ Havas Singapore. The 60-strong agency counts amongst its clients some biggest brands in the country and was declared Creative Agency of the Year at both the Singapore Creative Circle Awards and the Hall of Fame Awards in 2018. Before founding BLKJ, Joji was the Group Executive Creative Director of DDB and oversaw an integrated creative department of 140 creative directors, copywriters, art directors, digital designers, and technologists. Under his watch, DDB Group Singapore became the most awarded Singaporean agency at almost every award show. Joji himself has been named Singapore’s Most Influential Creative Director by the Institute of Advertising Singapore and South East Asia’s Creative Person of the Year by Campaign two years in a row. Joji has judged D&AD, Clios, AdFest, Spikes, and was the Chair of the Creative Circle Awards. He was also the Cannes Jury President for Print and Publishing in 2016. And has been appointed President for the One Show radio and Audio 2024.

Creative Juror

Ali has worked for over 25 years at the top agencies in the world, on some of the most iconic brands like P&G, McDonalds, Lego, Qatar Airways, WWF, Coke, Fedex and more. His work has been recognised multiple times at all the major award shows. Along with his daily work, he’s also an avid trainer, podcaster and keynote speaker on the power of creativity.

Creative Juror

Damisa Ongsiriwattana, Founder of SOUR Bangkok, a leading independent agency for the women's market, champions female creative leadership. Her acclaimed works, recognized internationally with awards from Cannes Lions, LIA, AdFest, The One Show, Clios, and Spikes Asia, include the successful Netflix Original Series "Girl From Nowhere," highlighting her impactful creativity.

Creative Juror

Firrdaus was recently ranked #1 Creative Director in Singapore by CampaignBrief Asia, and helped his agency claim the #1 spot in the same rankings. Not to be outdone, the Creative Circle Awards also bestowed Forsman & Bodenfors as the Digital Agency of the Year. That particular accolade has left him rather confused as to the true identity of F&B.

Creative Juror / Media Juror/ Hong Kong Roots Chair

Iris is one of the most renowned creative leaders in advertising industry in Greater China. She began her career at Synergie Advertising, a legendary boutique agency where she made her name with the iconic Solvil et Titus TVC Chinese slogan which became a classic in Hong Kong advertising scene.​ ​Since then, she has built her career with leadership roles at several international 4As agencies including O&M, JWT, Bates and M&C Saatchi. She was also one of the few creative leaders ever to take on the demanding dual roles of Executive Creative Director and Managing Partner when she joined W+K Shanghai, DraftFCB Hong Kong and RedLion Publicis. ​ Iris has won over 300 local and international awards. She was elected Chairman of the Hong Kong Kam Fan Creative Committee and Chairman of HK EFFIE Awards, and was invited to be judges for the Cannes Lions Awards, Ad Fest, Spikes Singapore, D&AD, the New York Film Festival, HK 4As, HK EFFIE , Taipei China Times Awards, the China 4As, China ROI Awards and the Longxi Awards.

Creative Juror / Media Juror

Peter Galmes is a Creative leader with over 20 years’ industry experience. He has worked with Australia's top creative agencies and brands. As HerdMSL Australia's Chief Creative Strategist, he specialises in Social, Content, and Influencer marketing, with a deep passion for gaming and anime. Peter has creatively led campaigns that have regularly become part of everyday culture such as Netlfix’s Queer Eye - YASS, Bright - Calling all Wills, BirdBox - #BirdBoxChallenge. As well as working on launching Samsung's Global influencer program #TeamGalaxy, created a YouTube cooking show for KFC, started a social media debate about how to drink Nestle’s MILO.

Creative Juror

Yasushi has over 20 years of experience in brand experience design,including integrated brand experiences that leverage the XR/metaverse/web3 and communication design that creates "phenomena" based onhis deep understanding of film, music, and game culture. His output has won awards at the Cannes Lions, Webby Award, LIA, and other international advertising awards, including the "Virtual Shibuya" city-linked metaverse.

Media Chair

Judy is an award-winning marketer and branding specialist with extensive experience spearheading multi-market campaigns integrating online, offline, experiential and other strategies to meet and exceed business objectives. She is currently Executive Manager, Community Marketing of the Hong Kong Jockey Club and responsible for the Club’s sports & community programmes and marketing. Before joining the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Judy has already built a successful career in marketing and branding that spanned leadership roles at a blue chip financial group and various top advertising agencies. She is also a member of the Hong Kong Advertisers Association Executive Committee.

Media Juror

David has over 24 years of global experience in the Ad industry, including heading agencies in WPP and Dentsu Group on different continents. He spent 10 years at Dentsu Group leading Isobar Hong Kong during which time the team lifted 15 “Agency of the Year” titles and many awards for groundbreaking work, establishing the Hong Kong office as a regional and global hub.

Media Juror

Currently the Marketing Director of Diageo Brands, Lewis leads a young & passionate team to craft consumer experiences & drive brand desirability for Diageo’s premium spirits portfolio. Some amazing brands include Johnnie Walker, The Singleton, Talisker, Mortlach, Don Julio, Tanqueray, Zacapa & Baileys. Prior to joining Moët Hennessy Diageo, Lewis has also worked on Commercial, Consumer Marketing & Brand Management roles to drive sustainable business & market share growth in Nestlé, Unilever, The Walt Disney Company & Bayer Consumer Health across Greater China & Asia Pacific.

Media Juror

With over 20 years of experience in beauty and FMCG industry, including Hong Kong/Macau domestic markets and travel retail in Asia Pacific, I have worked in various multinationals with roles of general management of business unit of multi-brand portfolio, with expertise in marketing & sales.

Hong Kong Roots Juror

An experienced writer and publisher who is born and raised in Hong Kong. He is a co-founder of JET, ART AND PIECE and the Editor-in-Chief of SPIRAL, managing a team of 30 professionals. He possesses extensive expertise and knowledge in publishing books, lifestyle and watch magazines, with over 20 years of experience in writing content of all sorts, covering lifestyle, movies, luxury watches, and interviews with movie stars, artists and celebrities. Being a prominent watch critic and an enthusiastic watch collector in Hong Kong, Kam Shing has been providing watch reviews on different platforms, including print media, videos, social media and advertisements. He also has rich experience in hosting talks and seminars for various prestigious luxurious watch brands.

Hong Kong Roots Juror

MAN Lim-chung has been active in the film industry since 1991, after graduating from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, School of Design. He is a renowned production designer and art director within the Hong Kong film industry. In 1999, he won his first Hong Kong Film Award, namely Best Art Direction for the film “Tempting Heart.” Furthermore, Man was also involved in a wide range of other artistic work in the entertainment industry in China and Taiwan including but not limited to album cover, styling for concerts, art direction for performing art, and TV commercial director.

Hong Kong Roots Juror

Meggy Cheng received a Master of Arts in Cultural Management at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Dean’s List Honour) and a Bachelor of Arts Degree at The University of Hong Kong. In Cheng’s early career, she worked in Account Servicing positions in various multinational advertising agencies for international brands including McDonald’s Hong Kong and Procter & Gamble. As an art enthusiast, she devoted herself to integrating business entrepreneurship with art management practices. She was the Head of Marketing at Chung Ying Theatre Company, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and M+, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, specialised in branding and marketing strategies. Cheng was named the “Marketer of the Year 2019” at the HKMA/TVB Awards for Marketing Excellence 2019. In 2023, she led the marketing team on “Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now” campaign and awarded the “Now TV Gold Award” at the HKMA/ViuTV & Now TV Awards for Marketing Excellence 2023.

Hong Kong Roots Juror

Chung is a normal female in HONGKONG who loves films. Enjoying teamworks of filming , she accidentally became an actor.

Hong Kong Roots Juror

"Show, Don't Tell" Ming仔 (@mingjai14), a YouTuber with over 670K+ subscribers in Hong Kong! With a talent for storytelling and expertise in video production, Ming仔 is dedicated to creating clear and easily understandable history and travel content that bridges the gap between intricate concepts and his audience.

Hong Kong Roots Juror

Victor Wong, an award-winning cross-media creator, is renowned for his visionary treatment of unparalleled beauty in new media art, visual effects, and TV commercials. His work spans across paintings, sculptures, digital art, animation, feature movies, AR, VR, XR, and recently, artificial intelligence and robotic paintings. Most of his work aims to blend new technology with Chinese philosophy.