Golden Drum Announces Jury Presidents and Jury Members

The Golden Drum has announced the Juries for the 2025 edition. It is proud to present the 6 presidents who will lead the Golden Drum juries, alongside over 50 jury members representing 27 countries worldwide.

Jury Presidents 

The One-Channel Drum Jury President: Calvin Innes, general manager and creative director of JvM NERD

The Omni-Channel Drum Jury President: John Mescall, global creative chair, by The Network, USA

The Craft Drum Jury President: Julia Neumann, chief creative officer and partner, Le Truc, USA

The Creative Media Excellence Drum Jury President: Jo-ann Robertson, chief executive officer, global markets, Ketchum

The Creative Business Excellence Drum Jury President: Anthony Chelvanathan, global creative partner and chief creative officer at Edelman Canada

Young Drummers Competition Jury President: Alexis Champa, freelance executive creative director

Jury Members

Joining the presidents is a distinguished team of professionals who will evaluate the most forward-thinking creative work. We are proud to unveil the jury line-up for 2025:

One-Channel Drum Jury members: Robert Bohinec, creative director, AV Studio, Slovenia, Kaspars Eglītis, executive creative director, TBWALatvia, Latvia, Christian Hellinger, managing partner and chief creative officer, Wien Nord Serviceplan, Austria, Bartosz Jeglejewski, creative director, McCann, Poland, Nina Modebadze, creative director, Redberry, Georgia, Jörg Riommi, founder, chief executive officer and chief creative officer, AIN’T, Italy, Hanna Stenwall, executive creative director, INGO Stockholm, Sweden, Annu Terho, creative director, SEK/Part of Grey, Finland, Dorottya Tóth, creative director, DDB Budapest, Hungary and Rona Yakobi, owner and VP creative, RONA&IDO Advertising agency, Israel.

Omni-Channel Drum Jury members: Fredric Antonsson, creative director, Havas, Sweden, Jessica Buch, head of strategy, Grey, Germany, Andrea Horváth, creative director, Café Communications, Hungary, Aleka Papadia, executive creative director, McCann Worldgroup, Greece, Karpat Polat, founder and creative chairman, KARPAT, Turkey, Annukka Puttonen, creative director and brand strategist, Think Again, Finland, Ana-Maria Țarălungă, creative director, Digitas Romania / Publicis Groupe, Romania, Kristi Veskus, head of work in Estonia, Estonia, Jens Petter Wærnes, chief creative officer, VML Copenhagen, Denmark and Stefano Zanoni, creative director, LePub, Italy.

Craft Drum Jury members: Nikola Foktová, creative director, Publicis Groupe, Czech Republic, Michele Mariani, executive creative director, Armando Testa Group, Italy, Gergana Mincheva, creative lead, Next DC, Bulgaria, Grace O’Brien, creative director, AKQA Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Nurlan Satarov, creative director, Cheil Worldwide, Kazakhstan, Bogdan Teodorescu, executive creative director, VML, Romania, Zeynep Tonguç, founder and creative director, PEP Brand Agency, Turkey and Anselmo Tumpić, creative director and co-founder, Studio Tumpić/Prenc, Croatia.

Creative Media Excellence Drum Jury members: Patrícia Čertek, head of strategy, Zaraguza, Slovak Republic, Mariann Forgács, co-founder and co-president, Be Social, Hungary, Gianna Katopodi, creative director, Ogilvy, Greece, Stella Litou, chief executive officer, Pro Plus Slovenia and RTL Croatia, Arthur O’Neill, worldwide head of invention, Mindshare, Maria Tudor, chief operating officer, Publicis Groupe, Central and Eastern Europe, Tolga Üner, chief executive officer, GroupM, Turkey and Małgorzata Węgierek, chief executive officer, Havas Media Network, Poland.

Creative Business Excellence Drum Jury members: Aleš Brichta, executive creative director, Triad Advertising, Czech Republic, Nicola Gotti, chief creative officer and partner, Bitmama Reply & Reply Ai Studios, Italy, Jenny Elisabeth Kaiser, independent – former CEO of Åkestam Holst NoA, Sweden, Hloni Mohope, chief marketing officer, KFC, Central and Eastern Europe, Gosia Nierodzińska, partner marketing creative, Netflix, Central and Eastern Europe, André Pedroso, chief creative officer, MullenLowe Delta, Ecuador, Lucia Petrášová, chief brand and communications officer, O2 Slovakia, Elena Plakhova, chief reputation and marketing officer, Nova Post Group, Ukraine, Jan Sederlöf, executive creative director, N2 Creative, Finland and Marcin Sosiński, chief creative officer Poland and CEE, Dentsu Creative.

All Juries Drum Jury members: Calvin Innes, general manager and creative director, JvM NERD, UK, John Mescall, global creative chair, by The Network, Julia Neumann, chief creative officer and partner, Le Truc, USA, Jo-ann Robertson, chief executive officer, global markets, Ketchum, Anthony Chelvanathan, global creative partner, and chief creative officer, Edelman, Canada, Christian Hellinger, managing partner and chief creative officer, Wien Nord Serviceplan, Austria, Jens Petter Wærnes, chief creative officer, VML Copenhagen, Denmark, Zeynep Tonguç, founder and creative director, PEP Brand Agency, Turkey, Arthur O’Neill, worldwide head of invention, Mindshare and Aleš Brichta, executive creative director, Triad Advertising, Czech Republic.

Golden Drum will be held from 13th to 14th October 2025 in Portorož, Slovenia. The competition is open for entries. Super Early Bird Fee runs until 25th April.

Key competition information

Deadline for Entry Submission: 22nd August 2025 at 23.59 CET

Deadline for Super Early Bird Entry Fee: 25th April 2025

Deadline for Early Bird Entry Fee: 27th June 2025

Golden Drum Shortlists Announced: 30th September 2025 at 8.00 CET

Golden Drum Awards Show: 14th October 2025