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Eurobest announces its 2023 Jury members

Jury line-up sees representation from a Bulgarian agency for the first time

Global platforms and brands including adidas, Bayer, Mars Wrigley, Prime Video and Warner Music Group sit on Juries

5 October 2023

Eurobest has today revealed the line-up of experts selected to award Europe's very best creative and effective work to benchmark excellence for 2023. This year's line-up consists of 95 leading industry experts, from 21 countries, across the breadth of creativity in Europe who will convene in London later this year to judge the work.

Eurobest welcomes the first representative from a Bulgarian agency to the Jury line-up this year and welcomes back Slovakia to the Jury after 13 years. Konstantin Trendafilov, Founder / Creative Director, Human, Bulgaria, is one of the most awarded creative directors in Bulgaria and is co-owner and creative director of Human - one of the fastest growing agencies in Bulgaria, in addition to being a bestselling author and musical artist. Commenting on his appointment, Trendafilov said: "I am thrilled to represent a Bulgarian agency on its first appearance on Eurobest's Jury, since this brings me closer to my mission - to show Bulgarian Creatives that they deserve a seat at the European table. I hope my appointment will pave the way for more Bulgarian creatives to lead Juries in the future. As part of the Film Craft Jury for this year, I'm hoping to see ideas that can't be proposed by Chat GPT, I am looking for that human touch behind a piece of work."

Global brands represented this year include adidas, Google and Mars Wrigley. Other Platforms and entertainment companies represented are: Artisans du Film, Bayer, Prime Video and Warner Music Group. Among the Holding Company networks represented are: BBDO, Dentsu, Forsman & Bodenfors, FCB, Havas, Leo Burnett, Ogilvy, Mullenlowe, Publicis Worldwide,and Wunderman Thompson, as well as Independent Networks: Edelman, Jung von Matt, Serviceplan & Wieden+Kennedy.

The Juries have been announced as follows:

Brand Experience & Activation and Creative Commerce Jury:
Tamara Greene, Managing Director, Global Brands, Havas Creative Network, Global
Ada Wachowska, Retail Media Director, Assembly, EMEA
Adam Crane, Creative Lead, TBWA\Dublin, Ireland
O. Nadir Aydın, Executive Creative Director, MullenLowe Istanbul, Turkey
Sarah Lemarié, Head of Strategic Planning, Marcel Worldwide, France
Suvi Lähde, Executive Creative Director, SEK | Part of GREY, Finland
Tom Schwarz, Managing Director Creation, Seven.One AdFactory / Creative House, Germany

Creative Business Transformation Jury:
Andy Sandoz, Partner & Global Chief Creative Officer, Deloitte, Global
Adam Kerj, Chief Creative Officer Europe, Accenture Song, Europe
Claire Molyneux, Transformation Lead, Global Client Growth Practice, Publicis Groupe, Global
Deborah Womack, Senior Strategic Advisor and Board Trustee, BRiM (Black Representation in Marketing), RNIB and Black Women in Tech, Global
Frank Hahn, Chief Creative Officer, BBDO Group, Germany
Maria Jose Romero, Managing Director, Chazz Global Digital Agency NTT Data, Spain

Creative Data and Innovation Jury:
Marie Clayton, Managing Director, Annalect, UK
Carla Leveratto, Head of Creative Works, Google, Italy
Hamilton Mann, Group VP, Digital Marketing and Digital Transformation, Thales, Global
Jaime Azurmendi, Creative Director, Cheil, Spain
Johannes Auffermann, Managing Partner, Astral, Germany
Juliana Paracencio, Global Creative Director, Ogilvy, Global

Creative Effectiveness and Creative Strategy Jury:
Rankin Carroll, Chief Brand Officer, Mars Wrigley, Global
Barbara Grabiwoda, Chief Strategy Officer, Publicis Le Pont, France
Els Raemdonck, Strategy Director, Happiness Brussels, Belgium
Jessica Rasche, Managing Partner - International, Neo Media World / Mindshare / GroupM, Spain
Pat Stephenson, Founder + Chief Relationship Officer, Boys + Girls, Ireland
Rui Silva, CEO & Chief Creative Officer, BBDO, Portugal

Design and Industry Craft Jury:
Thomas Mueller, Chief Design Officer, Europe, Accenture Song, Europe
Anders Kure, Senior Art Director, NORD DDB Copenhagen, Denmark
Edson Athayde, CEO & Creative Director, FCB Lisboa, Portugal
Paul O'Brien, Design Director, Elmwood, UK
Sandra Bold, Chief Creative Officer, Wunderman Thompson, Benelux
Sonja König, Executive Creative Director, W, France
Susanna Nygren Barrett, Creative Director, The Studio, Sweden

Digital Craft and Social & Influencer Jury:
Emma Harman, Global Chief Client Officer, Whalar, Global
Ana Gómez, Head of Agencies Iberia, TikTok, Portugal and Spain
Andre Sallowicz, Creative Partner, AMV BBDO, UK
Anne Merel Verleun, Creative Director, Dentsu Creative Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Eoin Sherry, Global Executive Creative Director, LePub, Global
Ibrahim Seck, Creative Director, Media.Monks Paris, France
Juraj Kovac, Creative & Strategy Director, THIS IS LOCCO s. r. o., Slovakia

Direct and Outdoor Jury:
Alexander Kalchev, Chief Creative Officer, DDB, France
Cordell Burke, Global Executive Creative Director, UP There, Everywhere, Global
Helen King, Creative Director, adidas, Global
Julia Hermine Ulmer, Creative Director Art, Jung von Matt Hamburg, Germany
Katharina Maun, Founder & Chief Creative Officer, DODO Vienna, Austria
Luigi Fattore, Deputy Executive Creative Director, Havas, Italy
Nick Pringle, Chief Creative Officer, EMEA, R/GA, EMEA
Vanessa Hendrickx, Senior Art Director, Famousgrey, Belgium

Entertainment Jury:
Kervins Chauvet, Senior Creative, Wieden+Kennedy, The Netherlands
Diego Blanco, Head of Brand Entertainment, Mediabrands Content Studio, Spain
Giulia Mambrini, Senior Brand Marketing Manager, Prime Video, EMEA
Matilda Egere-Cooper, Editorial Director, Dentsu Creative, UK
Roxana Nita, Executive Creative Director, DDB, Romania
Sami Basut, Chief Entertainment Officer, WPP, Turkey
Steve Colmar, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett | Publicis Groupe, Portugal

Film Jury:
Kate Stanners, Chairwoman & Global Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi, Global
Dora Osinde, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy, Germany
Janne Lysø, Creative Director, POL, Norway
Julien Doucet, Creative Director, Buzzman, France
Philippe De Ceuster, Brand Design Director / Partner, mortierbrigade, Belgium
Rita Alberti, Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Creative, Hungary
Tomás Ostiglia, Executive Creative Director, Lola MullenLowe, Spain

Film Craft Jury:
Juliane Ellrich, Partner / Executive Producer, Zauberberg Productions, Germany
Adam Rowe, Managing Director + Executive Creative Director, ManvsMachine, UK
Bethany Papenbrock, Managing Director, RSA Films EU, The Netherlands
Konstantin Trendafilov, Founder / Creative Director, Human, Bulgaria
Lina Söderström, Director, B-Reel Films, Sweden
Nathan Theys, Director and Producer, Craft McCann, UK
Valéry du Peloux, Producer, Artisans du Film, France

Healthcare Jury:
Tash Beecher, Creative Director, Syneos Health, Global
Andy Roberts, SVP Marketing, Bayer Consumer Health, Global
Charles Van labeke, CEO, Havas Life Paris, France and EU
Leonardo Rincón, Creative Director and Head of Art, VMLY&R Health, Spain
Ludmilla Aud Timsdottir, Creative Lead, NoA Health, Denmark
Victoria Wright, CEO, Publicis Health, UK

Media Jury:
Kristian Koch Jensen, Managing Director, Dentsu, Denmark
Ana Martin, Global Head of Innovation and Strategy for Telefónica, Havas Media, Global
Bukky Moemeke, Global Director - Sports, Live & Gaming, Wavemaker, Global
Carlo Messori Roncaglia, CEO, Universal McCann Srl, Italy
Karl Johan Lindström, Co-CEO, Scream, Sweden
Uwe Roschmann, Managing Director, Omnicom Media Group, Global
Wanessa Dali, Chief Strategy Officer, Publicis Media International, Global

PR Jury:
Rebecca Grant, UK CEO & Global Chief Brand Officer, BCW, Global
Alejandra Gumucio Urquidi, Creative Director, Edelman, EMEA
Catherine Smiles, Vice President, UK Communications, Warner Music Group, UK
Joost van Liemt, Director Creative Strategy, Omnicom PR Group, The Netherlands
Malin Severin, CEO, Prime Weber Shandwick, EMEA
Martin Dohmen, Partner, MSL Group, Germany
Tomasz Lis, Managing Director, Havas PR Warsaw, Poland

Print & Publishing and Radio & Audio Jury:
Adrian Botan, Chief Creative Officer, McCann Europe, Global Executive Creative Director, McCann Worldgroup, Global
Chrystel Jung, Creative Director, BETC, France
Daga Simonsson, Copywriter, Forsman & Bodenfors, Sweden
Jose Sancho, Creative Director, David Madrid, Spain
Katharina Keith, Managing Director, Saint-Elmo's, Germany
Katrina Encanto, Executive Creative Director, 180 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Wilfrid Obeng, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Audiomob, UK


Commenting on this year's Jury line-up, Simon Cook, CEO, LIONS, said: "We have an incredible line-up of exceptional talent and experts from across Europe who collectively bring a wealth of expertise to the important task in hand. We're grateful to all of our 2023 Jury members for devoting their time and knowledge, and we can't wait to see our Jurors in action in London later this year."

Entries into Eurobest are being accepted until Thursday 19 October 2023. Further information on the Awards can be found at www.eurobest.com/awards.

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