MAD STARS Unveils Complete Selection of Final Judges

The MAD STARS, the global festival celebrating Marketing, Advertising, and Digital content, has announced complete list of Final Juries for the prestigious 2023 awards. These esteemed individuals are internationally recognised creative leaders who wield significant influence in the marketing and advertising industry.

The MAD STARS 2023 features esteemed creative, marketing, and digital professionals from around the world as Final Juries & Executive Juries, consisting of 45 experts from 31 countries.

The Final Juries for the MAD STARS 2023 are as follows:

Film, Information Video, Entertainment Video, Viral Video Jury

• Bruno Bertelli, global CEO of Le Pub (Executive Jury)
• Adrian Bosich, managing partner and creative founder, AIRBAG
• Alessandra Gomes, executive creative director, McCann Health Brazil
• Andrew Chu, executive creative director, Ogilvy
• Celeste Dalairac, regional group creative director, ISLA
• Eve Pennington, client business lead Africa, OMD South Africa
• Hiroyo Kanehako, creative director, Dentsu Inc.
• Malgorzata Drozdowska, creative partner, FCB&theMilkman
• Nina East, group creative director, Ogilvy Australia

Print, Design Jury

• Fabio Seidl, director - global creative development, Meta (Executive Jury)
• Issam N. Amrani, chief creative officer, Fledge
• Kwanghyun Rhee, executive creative director, Daehong Communications
• Mario Loncar, senior copywriter, Leo Burnett
• Nizar Fawzi Elshorbagi, creative director and co-founder, New Vision Advertising & Marketing Agency
• Pradeep Dsouza, co-founder and creative partner, NineTwentyEight
• Sangho Kim, executive creative director, TBWA Korea
• Shohei Okamoto, art director, ADK Creative One
• Tescia Deák, creative director, BBH USA

Diverse Insights, Outdoor, SDGS, Pivot, Place Brand, Radio and Audio Jury

• Sharon Edmondston, group creative director, M&C Saatchi (Executive Jury)
• Chermine Assadian, global creative lead, Wunderman Thompson
• Defri Dwipaputra, executive creative director, Dentsu Creative
• Ilho Lee, executive creative director, INNOCEAN
• Josie Burns, creative director, Independent
• Pancho Gonzalez, co-founder and chief creative officer, Inbrax
• Rita Alberti, creative director, Dentsu Creative
• Roman Carlo Olivarez, executive creative director, MullenLowe Treyna
• Yubin Bang, creative director, Cheil Worldwide

Interactive, Integrated, Innovation, Mobile, Data Insight, Social and Influencer Jury

• Artwell Nwaila, head of creative Sub-Saharan Africa, Google (Executive Jury)
• Areg Safarian, managing creative director and founder, Iceberg Interactive LLC
• Becky McOwen-Banks, director - creative global, Creative X, Magnit (Currently at Meta)
• Dave Bowman, chief creative officer, Publicis Groupe AU&NZ
• Dissara Udomdej, chief creative officer and founder, Yell Advertising Bangkok
• Edu Pou, executive creative director and co-founder, Metacampus
• Gabriel Lora, chief strategy officer, FCB Mexico
• Guan Hin Tay, creative chairman, BBDO Singapore
• OG Cai, chief creative officer, BlueFocus Digital

Brand Experience and Activation, Commerce, Strategy, Direct, Media, PR Jury

• Chow Kok Keong, chief creative officer, INNOCEAN Indonesia (Executive Jury)
• Christina Hanson, chief executive officer, OMD USA
• Eirma Webster, creative director, TBWA Singapore
• Hira Mohibullah, executive creative director, VMLY&R KC
• Ivana Hornicka Paconova, creative director, Kreativna Dvojica
• Joao Flores, regional executive creative director, APAC, Media.Monks
• Juan Ciapessoni, advisor and investor, Idea Entrepreneur 
• Kapil Bhimekar, creative director, Leo Burnett
• Paolo Garcia, chief creative officer, Publicis Groupe Vietnam     

The MAD STARS are judged in various phases beginning with the preliminary judging stage, which takes place remotely from July 3rd to July 16th, 2023. Finalists will be announced on July 20th. Subsequently, the Final Juries will meticulously review all finalists (July 26th – August 6th), and remotely meet to select the Grand Prix, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Crystal winners (August 8th – 14th). The five Executive Juries will engage in deliberations on-site to reach the final decision in Busan on the 'Grand Prix of the Year' just before the awards ceremony (August 22nd). The awards ceremony is divided into two days, the opening gala (August 23rd) and the closing gala (August 25th).

Detailed information on the MAD STARS 2023 can be found here. 

The 16th edition of the festival will take place in Busan (Republic of Korea) from August 23rd to 25th with conferences, competitions, exhibitions, ceremonies, and parties.