Dubai Lynx 2008 juries announced

30 leading creatives and media experts from around the world make up the four Dubai Lynx juries. Convening in Dubai, they will judge and award MENA's best creative advertising. The winners will be revealed on the 2nd of April at the evening awards ceremony and dinner, which will be the culmination of the 1st Dubai International Advertising Festival.

The Integrated jury is made up of members from the three other juries, including all the jury presidents, and will be chaired by Piyush Pandy, Executive Chairman & National Creative Director of Ogilvy & Mather India, who also heads the TV/Cinema, Print, Outdoor and Radio jury.

"We are delighted to bring together an international group of highly professional and talented judges whose expertise of the business will be of immense importance to the judging process and ultimately to the region's advertising and communications industry,"

said Philip Thomas, CEO of Cannes Lions, organisers of Dubai Lynx.

TV/Cinema, Print, Outdoor and Radio Jury

Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman & National Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather, India (Jury President)
Mike Edmonds, Partner & Creative Director, Meerkats Brand Communications, Australia
Urmas Villmann, Creative Director, Kontuur Leo Burnett, Estonia
Wolf Heumann, Executive Creative Director, Jung von Matt, Germany
Jagdish Ramakrishnan, Executive Creative Director, BBDO Singapore, Singapore
Alistair King, Executive Creative Director, King James, South Africa
Agustín Elbaile, Creative Vice President & Creative Co-Director, McCann Spain, Spain
Anna Qvennerstedt, Creative Director & Senior Partner, Forsman & Bodenfors, Sweden
Mark Hunter, Executive Creative Director, Euro RSCG, United Kingdom
Christoph Becker, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer NY, Draftfcb, USA

Interactive and Direct Jury

Wolfgang Haf, Chief Executive Officer Central Europe, Wunderman, Germany (Jury President)
Maximilien Guena, Creative Director, Tequila France, France
Ashish Bhasin, EVP - Lowe Worldwide & Asia Regional Director - Integrated Marketing, Lintas India, India
Enrico Gasperini, President, Digital Magics, Italy
Dave King, Creative Director, Aim Proximity Auckland, New Zealand
Andrew Ambrogione, CEO & Executive Creative Director, Action Ambro's, South Africa
Óscar Rojo, General Creative Director, Fullcontact, Spain
Zeke Tastas, Creative Partner, Scholz & Friends Stockholm, Sweden
Ben Clapp, Executive Creative Director, Tribal DDB, United Kingdom
Heath Rudduck, Executive Creative Director, Digitas, USA

Media Jury

Mark Coad, Managing Director, OMD Australia, Australia (Jury President)
Wout Dockx, Chief Executive Officer, Initiative Brussels, Belgium
Markus Biermann, Founder & Managing Director, CROSSMEDIA, Germany
Jakub Bierzyñski, Chief Executive Officer, Omnicom Media Group, Poland
Zoltan Szigeti, President, thegroup, Romania
Carmen Montero, President, Mediaedge:cia Iberia, Spain
Louise Fallenius, Media Director Print, Carat Sverige, Sweden
Avril Gallagher, Client Managing Director, Starcom MediaVest Group, United Kingdom
Ernie Simon, President & Chief Strategist, MindShare, USA

Integrated Jury

Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman & National Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather, India (Jury President)
Wolfgang Haf, Chief Executive Officer Central Europe, Wunderman, Germany
Mark Coad, Managing Director, OMD Australia, Australia
Wout Dockx, Chief Executive Officer, Initiative Brussels, Belgium
Dave King, Creative Director, Aim Proximity Auckland, New Zealand
Jagdish Ramakrishnan, Executive Creative Director, BBDO, Singapore
Alistair King, Executive Creative Director, King James, South Africa
Agustín Elbaile, Creative Vice President & Creative Co-Director, McCann Spain, Spain
Anna Qvennerstedt, Creative Director & Senior Partner, Forsman & Bodenfors, Sweden
Mark Hunter, Executive Creative Director, Euro RSCG, United Kingdom
Christoph Becker, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer NY, Draftfcb, USA