This year's judging process is a testament to the hard work and dedication that goes into making this event a success, say the awards.

The Loeries says that the judging process involves 189 judges, 17 panels and 12 countries across Africa and the Middle East — along with five Jury Presidents from outside the region. 

The Jury Presidents are from countries as diverse as the United Kingdom, Germany and India, say the awards. 

Jury Presidents

According to the awards, the Jury Presidents comprise:

Laura Jordan Bambach, Founder and CCO of Uncharted

Jordan Bambach is the former President and CCO of Grey London, the founder of SheSays (the industry's largest global women's network) and OKO (mentoring and employee engagement app) with 30 years of award-winning work. 

In the last two years, she has won awards across gaming, film, social and PR for both local and global clients. These awards include:

  • Cannes Lions
  • D&AD Pencils
  • One Show Gold, and
  • a global Grand Effie.

Jordan Bambach is a proud geek, a determined optimist and a believer that creativity can change the world for the better.

Frank Hahn, CCO of BBDO Group Germany

Since January 2023, Frank Hahn has been leading the creative performance of the BBDO Group in Germany. 

As a long-standing leader and executive in International agencies like Wieden+Kennedy, 72andsunny and Anomaly, his creative stops included cities like Amsterdam, Shanghai, Tokyo, Barcelona and Los Angeles.

Hahn's international career began in Amsterdam with Wieden+Kennedy, where he was responsible for national and global Nike campaigns — the W+K offices in Shanghai and Tokyo would follow.

Throughout his career, he continued working on brand-building campaigns for clients such as:

  • Coors Light
  • Sonos
  • Rimowa
  • Samsung
  • Activision, and
  • Adidas.

Ajay Gahlaut, Independent Creative

Ajay Gahlaut, currently an independent creative, is a writer with more than twenty-five years of experience in the advertising business — nearly 14 of those in Ogilvy. 

Gahlaut has worked on brands across all categories over the years. Some prominent ones are:

  • Royal Stag
  • Voltas air conditioners
  • Imperial Blue whisky
  • Sprite
  • Limca
  • Kinley water
  • Pan Vilas
  • Airtel
  • BMW
  • Honda cars
  • Philips lighting, and
  • Eno from GSK.

Among the many public service campaigns Gahlaut has worked on, the most well-known one is the 'Pulse Polio Immunisation' campaign with Amitabh Bachchan, an Indian film star. This was a campaign that was instrumental in ridding India of the dreaded disease.

Gahlaut has won multiple awards for his work at International and national award shows. In 2013, he led Ogilvy Gurgaon to a record-breaking haul of eight Lions at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity.

He was also adjudged the winner of a Silver at the Campaign Asia Asian Creative Person of the Year.

In 2022, he led Dentsu Creative to the title of Agency of the Year at Cannes as a result of winning:

  • a Titanium Lion
  • three Grand Prixs
  • one Gold, and
  • a host of Silvers and Bronzes.

This is the first time an agency from India has won the coveted title. 

Dennis May, CCO of the Publicis Groupe DACH

May started his career by accident in account management and quickly moved to the creative department.

May started as a copywriter at GREY, his creative journey led him to work for the multi-awarded creative boutique Jung von Matt before he moved to DDB in 2006 where he became Chief Creative Officer of all DDB agencies in 2017.

Under May's leadership, DDB became the most awarded agency in Germany and won the first Titanium Lion for a German agency ever.

Since February 2021, May has been the Chief Creative Officer of Publicis Groupe DACH. He oversees the creative output of all creative agencies, such as Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett and MetaDesign in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Jack Renwick, Creative and Strategic Director at the Jack Renwick Studio

Renwick runs a creative branding agency, wittily titled Jack Renwick Studio, based in Whitechapel, London with designers. 

Renwick has worked on a huge variety of projects over the past 25 years for clients including:

  • Amnesty International
  • eBay
  • BBC
  • Nokia
  • Royal Mail
  • Sir Elton John, and
  • Stella McCartney.

Renwick received recognition from most of the world's most prestigious awards. She is a Fellow, a board member, an examiner, an advisor, a judge, a writer and a speaker and is the D&AD President for 2024.

The Loeries concludes by encouraging individuals to view the full judging panels here. 

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