Mumbai: The Abby Awards governing council has appointed three more international jury chairs to top off the power-packed jury panel this year. The new additions are Doordash executive creative director Mariota Essery, Ogilvy Latin America chief creative officer Jessica Appellaniz, and VMLY&R chief creative officer Asia Valerie Madon.
Mariota Essery
Mariota has worked on a multitude of global award-winning campaigns including Philips, adidas Football World Cup, North Face, Google and Gatorade. Awards won include Grand Prix at Cannes Lions, Epica Awards, Effies and NY AMEs.
Jessica Appellaniz
One of the very few women in a creative leading role across Latin America, Jessica was instrumental in winning the first D&AD Pencil for Mexico and has won at Cannes every year since her days as a creative director. Jessica has been a member of the Ogilvy Worldwide Creative Council.
Valerie Madon
Valerie has experience in brand building and integrated creative solutions for major brands such as Hewlett-Packard, Procter & Gamble, Singapore Airlines, HSBC, Burger King, VISA. Valerie has made her mark at Cannes, One Show, London International, and has won the Best Of Show and Grand Prix awards.
The jury chair of this year's Abby Awards is a gamut of stalwarts and renowned industry veterans from across the globe and India. They include names such as MullenLowe Lintas group chief creative officer and chairman Amer Jaleel, Elephant Design co-founder and director Ashwini Deshpande, Havas chairman and chief creative officer Bobby Pawar, BC Web Wise founder and MD Chaaya Bharadwaj, DDB Mudra Group chief creative officer Rahul Mathew, and Leo Burnett CEO and chief creative officer for South Asia Rajdeepak Das. In addition, Carlton D’Silva, Paresh Chaudhry, Praveen Someshwar, Rajat Ojha and Rekha Nigam have joined the Abbys 2022 jury panel.
Apart from these, the panel this year also boasts of three international jury chairs namely, Menno Kluin, Aricio Fortes, and Myra Nussbaum from the global advertising industry, who will be judging the Abbys 2022.
