The former President of Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN)/CEO Ladybird Advertising, Mrs. Bunmi Oke, has been named among a 45-member all-female grand jury for next year- 2023 Gerety Awards.

Gerety will celebrate its 5th season and has a new jury that includes some of the advertising and marketing industries most respected and awarded leaders.

The 2023 Gerety Awards will open for entries and announce the full jury in January.

Gerety will be holding in-person jury sessions in 10 different cities; the locations and judges for the executive jury will be announced in the new year.

Entries are judged on the originality of the creative ideas and the quality of their executions, and all types of advertising campaigns can be entered.

As well as defining the shortlist the executive jury sessions each select the agency and production company of the year from their country. This is chosen from the entrants of the Portfolio Cut.

The 2023 Gerety Awards will open for entries and announce the full jury in January, in the meantime entrants are invited to learn more about the Grand jury and download the 2023 entry kit at geretyawards.com.

The 2023 Grand jury includes: Antoinette Beatson, VP ECD, BETC, Havas, FRANCE, Brogan Simpson, Global Communication Manager, Heineken, NETHERLANDS, Cristina Reina, EVP, Global Executive Creative Director, McCann New York, USA, Diana Ceausu Caverly, Global Chief Strategy Officer, MRM, USA, Gabrielle Fenton, Head of LATAM, VaynerMedia, MEXICO, Jo Wallace, Global Executive Creative Director, Media.Monks, UK, Joan Colletta, Senior Director, Global Brand Marketing, McDonalds, USA and Kinga Grzelewska, Managing Director & Creative Director, MullenLowe, POLAND.

Others are Maya Karanouh, CEO/Co-Founder, Tagbrands, LEBANON, Nicky Bullard, Group Chief Creative Officer, MullenLowe Group UK, Ghada Wali, Creative and Co-Founder, Wali Studio, EGYPT, Marcela Morales, Sr Brand & Digital Manager, Whirlpool, MEXICO, María Luján Donaire, Executive Creative Director, HOY, ARGENTINA, Masako Okamura, Creative Director; Dentsu Inc, JAPAN, Nancy Delhalle, Founder & Chief Marketing Officer, Serviceplan BELGIUM, Sann Sava, Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Montreal, CANADA and Sorada Sonprasit, CEO, Publicis Groupe THAILAND.

Other grand jurors include Stephanie Nadi Olson, Founder and CEO, We Are Rosie, USA, Syeda Ayesha Ikram, Executive Creative Director, PAKISTAN, Vanessa Vankemmel Sebban, Head of Creative Works France Google, FRANCE, Nathalie Lam, Global Head of Sponsorship, Lead for Inclusion & Diversity Marketing Transformation, Philips Global, NETHERLANDS, Rana Hamarneh, Group Executive Director & Partner, AdPro, JORDAN, Tomoko Arikazawa, Managing Director, MSL Japan Publicis Groupe, JAPAN, Uma Rudd Chia, Executive Creative Director and Co-founder, KVUR, SINGAPORE, Zubeida Goolam, Founder and Creative Managing Partner, Valiant Agency, SOUTH AFRICA, Jennifersy Hu, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy, TAIWAN, Josefina Casellas, Executive Creative Director, RGA, ARGENTINA, Lone Tvedergaard Bach, Strategy Director and Partner, &Co, DENMARK, Natalie Wills, Brand VP, Booking.com, NETHERLANDS, Patricia Moura, Head of Content, GUT, BRAZIL, Begoña Aristy, VP & General Manager, Pepsico, MEXICO, Bunmi Oke, CEO/Lead Consultant, Ladybird Ltd NIGERIA, Cassandra Zawadowski, Co-Chief Creative Officer, Wunderman Thompson, CANADA, Dana Koll, Owner and Founder, DIBOOR, ISRAEL, Jeannine Shao Collins, President, SeeHer, Association of National Advertisers, USA, Rina Marie Simon, Partner, GroupM INDONESIA, Stephanie Yung, Executive Creative Director, Zulu Alpha Kilo, CANADA, Carole Giroud, CEO, Serviceplan FRANCE, Hà Nguy?n Th? H?i, CEO, VMLY&R, VIETNAM, Helen Pak, Senior Vice President of Creative - Marketing, Design & Content, Disney, USA, Helga Sasdi, Co-Leader of Le Pont and Chief Executive Officer, Publicis Groupe HUNGARY, Mar Frutos, CCO, El Taier DDB, GUATEMALA, Merve Puhaloglu Eraslanoglu, Chief Everything Officer, TVekstra, TURKEY, Natalie Lam, CCO Asia, Pacific, Middle East & Africa, Publicis Groupe, HONG KONG and Rosalina Tornel, VP & General Manager Gamesa-Quaker-Sonric’s Mexico and Biscuits Latam, Pepsico, MEXICO.

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