Spikes Asia names first three jury presidents

Amir Kassaei, chief creative officer, DDB Worldwide, will lead this year's Film, Print, Outdoor & Radio and Integrated Jury. Amir has gained experience with agencies such as TBWA Worldwide, Barci & Partner and Springer & Jacoby before joining DDB as chief creative officer and associate partner of DDB Germany in 2003. In 2011, Amir was appointed DDB worldwide chief creative officer. He and his team are recipients of more than 2000 national and international awards including 40 Cannes Lions in the past five years. He has made it his personal and professional mission to ignite a new creative revolution at DDB and for the industry as a whole. Amir is advancing innovative practices in the profession including The Power of Branded Networks and The Impact of Social Creativity that drive incredible performance for DDB clients.

Heading up the Media Jury will be Dominic Proctor, president, GroupM Global. Dominic overseas the management of the company's global media agencies worldwide, which in addition to Mindshare, include Maxus, MEC and MediaCom. Prior to his role at GroupM, Dominic served for fifteen years as CEO of Mindshare Worldwide. Dominic started his career at Everett's in 1979 before moving to JWT where he quickly progressed through from media director to managing director until at 34 years of age he became the youngest Executive to be named CEO. In 1997 Dominic launched Mindshare Worldwide which grew to become one of the world's leading media agency networks, with 97 offices in 67 markets and in 2010 global billings of more than US$27bn (RECMA).

Tina Manikas, global retail & promotions officer, Draftfcb, will preside over the Direct and Promo & Activation Jury. Specialising in brand-building and behaviour-driving activation in all its forms, Tina's 25+ year distinguished career has seen her become a recognised leader in the industry and seasoned presenter on trends and insights at retail and integrated forums. At Draftfcb she overseas retail marketing and activation efforts worldwide with an international account portfolio including Beiersdorf, Kraft, Motorola, Brown-Forman as well as US based blue-chip clients MilkPEP, Taco Bell and Del Monte. For several years, Tina has led Draftfcb to be ranked number one in Promo Magazine's Promo 100 and to the Hub's Top Twelve Shopper Marketing Agencies list. Under her leadership the agency's activation campaigns have earned over 80 honours.

For further information on the Festival and how to register, visit http://www.spikes.asia.

Key 2012 dates

Delegate registration: Open
Entries: Open
Entries deadline: 20 July 2012
Delegate early bird registration ends: 1 August 2012
Festival dates: 16-18 September 2012

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