NEW YORK, December 9, 2025 — The One Club for Creativity has announced 50 creative leaders based in APAC who will serve on the global jury for The One Show 2026.
This year’s jury members from the region, by country, are as follows.
Australia
- Katrina Alvarez-Jarratt, ECD, Publicis Groupe, Sydney (Gaming)
- Gene Brutty, Co-Founder, ECD, Imagine If Labs, Perth (Creative Use of Data + Creative Use of Technology)
- Paul Gregson, Creative Director, Bear Meets Eagle On Fire, Sydney (Film & Video)
- Denny Handlin, ECD, VaynerMedia, Sydney (Social Media)
- Tara McKenty, CCO, AKQA, Sydney (SDG, Jury President)
- Ben Miles, Chief Design Officer, RGA, Sydney (Design in Advertising)
- Taylor York, National Head of Earned & Owned Thinker, Thinkerbell, Sydney (Public Relations)
Bangladesh
- Sharmin Rahman, Head of Corporate Brand, Grameenphone Ltd., Dhaka (Brand-Side)
China
- Kevin Jin, CCO, BBDO, Shanghai (Integrated + Experiential & Immersive)
- Jane Lin-Baden, CEO APAC, Member of the Global Management Committee, Publicis Groupe, Shanghai (Creative Effectiveness, Jury President)
- Una Wei, Chief Art Officer, LxU, Beijing (Design in Advertising)
Hong Kong SAR China
- John Koay, CCO, Edelman, Hong Kong (Direct Marketing)
- Rick Kwan, ECD, Grey, Hong Kong (Out of Home + Print & Promotional)
- Pierre Loo, ECD, Omnicom Health Asia Pacific, Hong Kong (Creative Effectiveness)
India
- Khalil Bachooali, Founder, Executive Producer, Offroad Films, Mumbai (Music & Sound Craft)
- Rajdeepak Das, Chairman – Leo , South Asia & Chief Creative Officer – Publicis Groupe, South Asia, Mumbai (Branded Entertainment, Jury President)
- Ashish Deshpande, Co-Founder, Director of Product Experience, Elephant Design, Pune (IP & Product Design)
- Amaresh Godbole, CEO, Digital Technology Business, Publicis Groupe India, Mumbai (Creative Use of Data + Creative Use of Technology)
- Rahul Mathew, CCO, Executive Director, DDB Mudra Group, Mumbai (Interactive, Online & Mobile)
- Sukesh Nayak, CCO, Ogilvy India, Mumbai (Public Relations)
- Noor Samra, National Planning Director, FCB Interface, Mumbai (Integrated + Experiential & Immersive)
- Anupama Ramaswamy, Managing Director, CCO, Havas Creative India, Gurgaon (Out of Home + Print & Promotional)
- Varun Shah, Managing Partner, Publicis Production, Mumbai (Moving Image Craft & Production)
Indonesia
- Lila Talitha, Group Executive Creative Director, Future Creative Network, Jakarta (Cultural Driver)
Japan
- Yasushi Arikawa, CCO, VML & Ogilvy Japan, Tokyo (Creative Use of Data + Creative Use of Technology)
- Bruce Ikeda, Creative Director, Music Director, Producer, JKD Collective Inc., Tokyo (Music & Sound Craft)
- Jiro Murayama, Creative Director, Dentsu, Tokyo (Public Relations)
- Yasu Sasaki, Global CCO, Dentsu, Tokyo (IP & Product Design, Jury President)
- Naoko Tajima, Director, Wonderworld, Tokyo (Moving Image Craft & Production)
- Kyoko Yonezawa, Head of Innovation, TBWA\Hakuhodo, Tokyo (IP & Product Design)
Malaysia
- Chee Wee Choo, Co-Founder, ECD, MUMA Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur (Design & Branding)
New Zealand
- Charlotte Glennon, General Manager, Colenso BBDO, Auckland (Moving Image Craft & Production)
- Beth O’Brien, Creative Co-Founder, Princess, Auckland (Fusion + Green + SDG)
Philippines
- Abigail Aquino, CCO, MullenLowe Treyna, Makati City (Cultural Driver)
- Maan Bautista, ECD, VML Manila (Radio & Audio)
Singapore
- Mel (Melissa) Daniels, Regional Head of Innovation, TBWA\Asia, Singapore (Creative Use of Artificial Intelligence)
- Angie Featherstone, Creative Director, The Secret Little Agency, Singapore (Out of Home + Print & Promotional)
- Daniel Foo, ECD, We Are Social, Singapore (Social Media)
- Anny Havercroft, Global Head of Product MarComs, TikTok, Singapore (Social Media, Jury President)
- Peter Khoury, Regional CCO, TBWA\Asia, Singapore (Film & Video)
- Sarah Ko, ECD, Publicis Groupe, Singapore (Health & Wellness + Pharma)
- Maggie Michella, Associate Creative Director, Ogilvy Singapore (IP & Product Design)
- Sam Schwier, CG Lead, Heckler, Singapore (Moving Image Craft & Production)
South Korea
- Jung A. Kim, CEO, CCO, Innocean, Seoul (Integrated + Experiential & Immersive)
- Minah Kim, UX Director, Cheil Worldwide, Inc., Seoul (Interactive, Online & Mobile)
Taiwan
- Lulu Lu, CCO, VML Taiwan, Taipei (Health & Wellness + Pharma)
- Richard Yu, Co-Founder, CCO, ROCK YU Creative, Taipei (Branded Entertainment)
Thailand:
- Suhayl Limbada, Market Lead & Chief Marketing Officer, KFC Thailand, Bangkok (Brand-side / In-house)
- Anuwat Nitipanont, CCO, YDM Thailand, Bangkok (Film & Video)
- Park Wannasiri, CCO, VML Thailand, Bangkok (Fusion + Green + SDG)
The complete global jury for The One Show 2026 can be viewed here.
The 2026 jury for the newly launched One Show Indies, dedicated to celebrating the work of independent agencies, design firms, production houses, and creators, will be announced in early January 2026.
The initial group of Jury Presidents for The One Show 2026 were announced in October. Recently confirmed Jury Presidents include Helen Pak, Senior Vice President of Creative – Marketing, Design and Content, The Walt Disney Company, Los Angeles for Brand-Side, and Thanh Dao, CEO, Jung von Matt NERD GmbH, Hamburg, for Gaming.
About The One Show 2026
Entries to The One Show 2026 can be submitted now, with fees increasing after each deadline period. Early entry deadline is December 12, 2025, with the regular deadline January 23, 2026. The extended deadline is February 6, 2026, and final deadline February 20, 2026.
Early judging starts in January 2026, and finalists will be announced in May 2026. Crystal, Gold, Silver and Bronze Pencil and Merit winners will be announced in May during Creative Week 2026 in New York.
All winning entries are showcased in the archive, and viewable for free for one year. All One Show winners also receive a complimentary one-year membership to The One Club, as well as full access to the complete One Show archive, made up of more than 250,000 award-winning entries from the past 25 years.
Agencies, brands, production companies, and individuals responsible for winning work each year are highlighted in The One Show Creative Rankings, as well as The One Club’s Global Creative Rankings, which combines points won at The One Show, ADC Annual Awards, Type Directors Club TDC competition, Art Directors Club of Europe (ADCE) Awards, and ONE Asia Creative Awards. Winners are ranked globally, regionally, and by country.
As a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the global creative community, The One Club puts revenue generated from The One Show entries back into the industry to fund programming focused on a wide range of creative education and professional development.
For more information and to enter, please visit The One Show 2026.
The One Club for Creativity – home of The One Show, ADC Annual Awards, Art Directors Club of Europe (ADCE) awards, ONE Asia Creative Awards, Type Directors Club and competition, TDC Ascenders, ADC Young Guns, Young Ones Student Awards, Next Creative Leaders, ONE School, ONE Creator Lab, Where Are All The Black People conference and career fair, Portfolio Night, Creative Week, and more – is the world’s foremost non-profit organization whose mission is to support and celebrate the success of the global creative community. Revenue generated from entries to its global awards shows goes back into the industry to fund programs that support industry access, creative education, professional development, and enhancement of creative careers around the world.
