The Judges

Convenor of Judges

Michael Friedberg, Chief Growth Officer, MEGA The Privacy Company.

Round 1 Judges

Aaron Dawson, General Manager Customer, TVNZ

Alan Hard, Managing Director, Marketing Impact

Allison Yorston, Senior Marketing Manager – Juice, Frucor Suntory

Andrea Amies, Product Manager, New Zealand Transport Agency

Andrew Pankhurst, Director, Brand and Marketing Strategy, The Syndicate Agency

Angela Best, Senior Marketing Manager, Equifax New Zealand Marketing Services

Angela Meyer, Director, Double Denim

Anna Calver, General Manager – Marketing and Communications, Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency

Annabel Lush, Business Manager, Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand

Annemarie Browne, CMO, New Zealand Lotteries Commission

Ben Cochrane, Managing Director, The Business Marketing Group

Ben Stonyer, Marketing Manager, Phantom Billstickers

Carl Sarney, Planner, TRA

Carolyn Schofield, Marketing Communications & Programme Manager, Trustpower

Cassandra Powell, GM Marketing, Assurity Consulting

Chelsea Coe, Senior Account Manager, BRAND Spanking

Chris Chen, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, College of Business and Law, University of Canterbury

Chris Long, Creative Group Head, Rainger & Rolfe

Christina Mossaidis, Head of Marketing, Loyalty New Zealand

Clare Barker, Brand Manager, Auckland Tourism Events & Economic Development

Danielle Hamilton, Head of Marketing & Engagement, Neurological Foundation

Emily Hancox, Marketing Manager, NZME

Gabrielle Pritchard

Gordon White, Residential Market Manager, Winstone Wallboards (NZ)

Hamish Mitchell, Managing Partner, Jumping Fox Interactive

Hazel Rigler, Chief Commercial Director, Motive Group

Jarad O’Hara, INSIDERS Chief Business Partner, INSIDERS Agency

Jason Anderson, Brave Media

Justine Martins, Head of Agency Ingram Micro, Agency Ingram Micro

Kathy Compton, Marketing Team Lead, Health Promotion Agency (HPA)

Keith Meyrick, Group Managing Director, One Picture

Laura Knight, Marketing Manager, Coca-Cola Amatil NZ

Lew Bentley, Head of Strategy and Owner, Energi

Linda McConnell, NZ Marketing Engagement Lead, Intergen

Lisa Harrison, Marketing Manager, Energise

Maria Tyrrell, Managing Director, NeedScope International

Matt Rowe, Founder/Analyst, Uprise Inspired Digital Solutions

Melanie Spencer, Co-CEO, Socialites

Michael Pryor, General Manager, Bob’s Your Uncle

Michelle Cavander, Senior Marketing Manager, IAG New Zealand

Nathalie Moolenschot, Head of CX Strategy, Colenso BBDO

Nicki Shirley, Head of Marketing, Qrious

Nicola Airey, Brand Manager, MAS

Nigel Douglas, CEO, OMD New Zealand

Oliver Hill, Digital Experience and Marketing Manager, WSP Opus

Paula Parkes, Head of Strategic Planning & Operations – International Marketing, Adobe

Phill Sherring, Principal Adviser Marketing & Communications, Ministry for Primary Industries

Rachel O’Connor, Head of Brand and Marketing, Palmerston North City Council

Renee Milkop-Kerr, General Manager – Customer and Marketing, IAG New Zealand

Robin McDonnell, Managing Partner, Phantom Billstickers

Sharon Moffatt, Head of Marketing Services, ASB Bank

Sonia McConnachie, Director, Commando

Sophie Rabe, Senior Manager Marketing & Communications, Deloitte (Auckland)

Struan Abernethy, Chief Executive Officer, Reach Media NZ

Tania Rowland, Founder & ReInvention Strategist, Divergent Consulting

Vanessa Taylor, Head of Marketing, Realestate.co.nz

Round 2 Judges

Adrienne Bonell, Programme Partnership Manager, Innovation, SKYCITY Entertainment Group

Aisha Daji Punga, Chief Executive, Starship Foundation

Alan Hard, Managing Director, Marketing Impact

Alison Murray, Communications Director, AMG Group

Alison Wheatley-Mahon, Head of Fundraising & Marketing, Heart Foundation

Alysha Delaney, Managing Partner, MBM

Andrew Lewis, Managing Director, TRA

Angela Broad, Head of Marketing & Design NZ, Coca-Cola Amatil NZ

Anna Gestro, General Manager – Marketing, Communications and Digital, New Zealand Cricket

Ben Cochrane, Managing Director, The Business Marketing Group

David McCallen, Head of Strategy, OMD New Zealand

David Thomason, Brand Planner and Advertising Strategist

Desiree Keown, Group Marketing Manager, NZ Panels Group

Diane Hannay, Head of Marketing & Digital, ActionStep

Dominic Quin, Group General Manager of Marketing and Customer Experience, Foodstuffs New Zealand

Duncan Tait, Lead Marketing Information Analyst, Loyalty New Zealand

Graeme Meyer, Strategic Marketing & Project Management Consultant, Bapcor NZ

Hayden Baker, One Picture

Henri Eliot, Founder and Chief Executive, Board Dynamics

Jacqui Bridges, Manager Communications and Engagement, Te Tai Ōhanga – The Treasury

Jarad O’Hara, INSIDERS Chief Business Partner, INSIDERS Agency

Jo Mitchell, Director of Marketing, McDonalds Restaurants (NZ)

Julie Garlick, General Manager – Marketing, Metlifecare

Justin Flitter, Chief Marketing Officer, Flitter Marketing

Kim Rousell, Head of Marketing Services, Loyalty New Zealand

Lew Bentley, Head of Strategy and Owner, Energi

Linda Leydon, Head of Sales & Marketing, Merck Sharp & Dohme (NZ)

Matthew Pickering, Head of Retail and Business Marketing, ANZ

Michael Pryor, General Manager, Bob’s Your Uncle

Michal Petrus, Priority Sector Senior Marketing Manager, PwC

Michelle Cavander, Senior Marketing Manager, IAG New Zealand

Mike Cunnington, Deputy Commissioner, Information, Intelligence and Communications, Inland Revenue

Mike Larmer, Founder/Director, Chemistry

Nicki Shirley, Head of Marketing, Qrious

Nigel Douglas, CEO, OMD New Zealand

Rachel O’Connor, Head of Brand and Marketing, Palmerston North City Council

Richard Stevens, Business Broker, ABC Business Sales

Robin McDonnell, Managing Partner, Phantom Billstickers

Rosina Webb, Managing Director, Energise

Sarah Sandoval, GM Consumer Marketing & Brand, New Zealand Post

Sean McCready, Managing Partner, MBM

Steve Main, GM, Principals Branding

Susan Young, Joint Creative Director, Chemistry

Vivian Bryant, Director, BRAND Spanking

Wendy Rayner, General Manager Marketing, Coca-Cola Amatil NZ