Shortlist for Agency Network of the Year released

The shortlist follows. In the Creative of the Year category, the judges have selected Marcus Rebeschini of Y&R Asia as the winner.

AGENCY CATEGORIES 
 
Creative Network of the Year 

• BBDO Asia-Pacific
• DDB Group Asia-Pacific
• JWT Asia-Pacific
• Ogilvy & Mather Asia-Pacific
• TBWA\ Asia-Pacific
• Y&R Asia 

Media Network of the Year 

• Carat Asia Pacific
• Dentsu media Network Asia-Pacific
• Mindshare Asia-Pacific
• OMD Asia-Pacific
• PHD Asia-Pacific
• Starcom MediaVest Group Asia-Pacific

Digital Network of the Year 

• Isobar Asia-Pacific
• Ogilvy & Mather Asia-Pacific
• Proximity Asia-Pacific

 
PEOPLE CATEGORIES 
 
Asia-Pacific Account Person of the Year 

• David Thorne, BBDO Asia
• Soames Hines, Ogilvy & Mather Asia-Pacific
• Ian Loon, Starcom MediaVest Group
• Camellia Tan, Y&R Asia

Asia-Pacific Agency Head of the Year 

• Nick Waters, Aegis Media Asia-Pacific
• Chris Thomas, BBDO and Proximity Asia
• John Zeigler, DDB Group Asia-Pacific
• Charles Cadell, McCann Worldgroup Asia-Pacific
• Paul Heath, Ogilvy & Mather Asia-Pacific 
• Cheuk Chiang, Omnicom Media Group Asia-Pacific
• Matthew Godfrey, Y&R Asia

Asia-Pacific Creative of the Year 

• Winner: Marcus Rebeschini, Y&R Asia

Asia-Pacific Planner of the Year 

• Hans Lopez-Vito, BBDO Asia
• Ganapathy Balagopalan, Ogilvy & Mather Asia-Pacific 
• Hari Ramanathan, Y&R Asia

Asia-Pacific Talent Management Person/Team of the Year 

• Katy Parr, BBDO and Proximity Asia-Pacific
• Gaurav Hirey, Neil Stewart, Maxus Asia-Pacific 
• Gowthaman Ragothaman, Sudipto Roy, Pooja Taneja, Maree McDonough, Margaret Foo-Clark and Jim Poon, Mindshare Asia-Pacific
• Yee Poh Ling, Y&R Asia

The shortlists in the Agency of the Year Awards, in all five regional categories, came out earlier this week.

In order to qualify for the Asia-Pacific Agency Network categories, agencies must receive at least three awards (Gold, Silver or Bronze) in a minimum of two regions in the regional Agency of the Year awards. In the agency-network categories, judges will award a winner, while a winner and runner-up will be announced in the people categories. 

Awards gala dinners

We are now accepting table bookings for the three awards gala dinners. Details are as follows:

9 December, Shanghai
Venue: The Ritz Carlton Pudong, Shanghai
Awards presented: All Greater China categories
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9 December, Mumbai
Venue: Four Seasons Hotel Mumbai
Awards presented: All South Asia categories
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11 December, Singapore
Venue: The Ritz Carlton, Millenia Singapore
Awards presented:
1. All Australia/New Zealand categories
2. All Japan/Korea categories
3. All Southeast Asia categories
4. All Agency Network of the Year categories
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For more information on the awards, please visit www.aoyawards.com. For enquiries, please contact XinYan Kek at (+65) 6579 0544.