Piyush Pandey appointed on Dubai Lynx Awards jury

Pandey was recently elected to the Ogilvy Worldwide board and has been appointed vice-chairman, O&M Asia Pacific, by the agency’s regional board

Executive chairman and national creative director, Ogilvy India and South Asia, Piyush Pandey, has been selected to be on the jury for the 2nd Dubai Lynx Awards, which is a part of the 1st Dubai International Advertising Festival. He will overview the entries in the TV/Cinema, Print, Outdoor and Radio category.

Pandey also judged at the British D&AD Global Awards 2007 in the Poster Advertising category, along with Prasoon Joshi, regional creative director, South and South East Asia, McCann-Erickson. Pandey judged the D&AD Awards for the second time. He was also the first Asian to be president of a Cannes Lions jury in 2004.

Piyush Pandey

In an official communique, Philip Thomas, CEO of Cannes Lions, organisers of Dubai Lynx, reveals, “When we initially announced the launch of Dubai Lynx, we said we would bring the best jurors and presidents available in the world today. They don’t come any bigger than Piyush Pandey, a former Cannes jury president and a legend not just in India but around the world.”

The communique carries Pandey’s comment, which reads, “I am delighted to be chairing the Dubai Lynx Festival Jury 2008. This is a young festival and therefore an opportunity for all of us to build a distinctive character for it. A character that is unique to this region and yet is an inspiration for the rest of the world. It will be my endeavour to work with the distinguished jury members, select the best pieces of work that are not confined to the tastes of just our fraternity, but are capable of delighting people that they are created for.”

Pandey was recently elected to the Ogilvy Worldwide board and has been appointed vice-chairman, O&M Asia Pacific, by the agency’s regional board. He was inducted to Ogilvy’s Worldwide Creative Council four years ago. Pandey has been heading O&M India’s operations since 1994.

The 1st Dubai International Advertising Festival, incorporating the 2nd Dubai Lynx Awards, the Middle East and North Africa Advertising Awards for Creative Excellence, will take place from March 31 to April 2, 2008. The Dubai Lynx Awards will honour creative excellence in TV/Cinema, Print, Outdoor, Radio, Direct Marketing, Media and Interactive advertising. High-profile international jurors will award the Dubai Lynx trophy to establish the definitive standard for creative excellence in the MENA region. Close to 1,700 entries competed in the 1st Dubai Lynx Awards held in March 2007.

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