Akira Kagami to lead HK4As creative jury

July 27 2014, 4:24 pm | BY Lynchy | No Comments

Akira Kagami.jpgHK4As (Association of Accredited Advertising Agencies of Hong Kong) has announced the judges of this year’s Kam Fan Awards – the 30 year milestone of Hong Kong’s most important domestic awards show.

 

One of the legends of Japanese advertising Akira Kagami (left), Executive Advisor of Drill Inc., Japan, is to lead the Creative Jury as its Chairman, while media veteran Elaine Ip will chair the Media Jury. 

The 2014 Jury line-up emphasizes judges with diverse backgrounds & international experiences, and they are:

Elvis Chau.jpgCreative & Digital Judges:

1.    Akira Kagami – HK4As Creative & Digital Jury Chairman, Executive Advisor, Drill Inc., Japan

2.    Elvis Chau – Partner/ ECD, Anomaly Shanghai, Shanghai (pictured left)

3.    Endy Fung – Ad Veteran, Hong Kong & China

4.    Jennifer Hu – Group Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, Southeast China

5.    Graham Kelly – Regional Executive Creative Director, Isobar Asia Pacific, Singapore

6.    Stefan Schmidt – Founder and Creative Director, dieckertschmidt, Berlin

7.    To be announced

 

Media Judges:

1.            Elaine Ip – HK4As Media Jury Chairman, Former CEO, Omnicom Media Group China

2.            Candy Chan – VP Marketing, Pizza Hut, China

3.            Vincy Ho – Marketing Director, Lee China, Shanghai

4.            Yvonne Tang – Marketing Director, McDonald’s Restaurants (Hong Kong) Ltd, Hong Kong

5.            Adrian Toy – Regional Director, Marketing, PUMA Asia Pacific Limited, Hong Kong

6.            Chris Walton – Managing Director, Nunn Media, Sydney

7.            Kitty Wong – Director, Cheer Box Ltd., Hong Kong

 

2013 Grand Kam Fan Winner Leo Burnett HK has created a “It’s all about cans, not can’ts” theme to echo the ad industry’s relentless can-do spirit, and remind the importance of breaking-through of conventions. This year’s Kam Fan has an enhanced set of categories, including a newly added “Promo & Activation”.

 

The call for entry is now open until 3 September, 2014. Two rounds judging will span from October to November, where the Finalist Judging will take place in Hong Kong. The Awards Presentation is on 28 November (Friday) at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.

 

All details are listed in HK4As’ website.