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  • Tribes roars loudest at Dragons of Asia 2025

    Tribes roars loudest at Dragons of Asia 2025

    MUMBAI: Tribes Communication has set the stage ablaze at the Dragons of Asia 2025, emerging as one of the most awarded agencies in the region and clinching the prestigious Red Dragon Network of the Year title.

    At the glittering ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, the Indian integrated marketing powerhouse swept multiple categories, picking up Gold Dragons for Havells India (brand trial or sales generation) and Kansai Nerolac (B2B marketing), along with Silver Dragons for Honda Drive Thru and Kansai Nerolac. To top it off, the agency bagged six more Black Dragons, marking a clean sweep across disciplines.

    “It’s more than just a win, it’s a celebration of passion and ideas that define Tribes,” said Tribes Communication chairman & managing director Gour Gupta. “Every campaign is a collective effort, and these honours reaffirm our teams’ drive to keep pushing creative boundaries and delivering measurable impact.”

    The Dragons of Asia Awards recognise marketing programmes that balance creativity with results, spotlighting the region’s best in brand innovation and performance. Tribes’ consistent wins highlight its prowess in blending experiential, digital, and B2B marketing with sharp strategic insight.

    With over 600 awards, 450 plus clients, and 17 offices nationwide, Tribes Communication has cemented its reputation as one of India’s most dynamic integrated agencies, proving that when it comes to roaring success, this Tribe leads the pack.

  • Mondelez elevates Nikhil Nicholas to global brand director of Cadbury Dairy Milk

    Mondelez elevates Nikhil Nicholas to global brand director of Cadbury Dairy Milk

    ZURICH: Mondelez International has promoted Nikhil Nicholas to global brand director of Cadbury Dairy Milk, placing him in charge of one of the confectionery giant’s most prized assets. He will be based in Zurich.

    Nicholas, who has spent more than 16 years at Mondelez, was most recently global marketing manager for Cadbury. His career has taken him across Mumbai, Kuala Lumpur and Zurich, spanning sales, innovation and category leadership. He has been closely associated with Cadbury Dairy Milk Silk and chocolate innovation in Asia-Pacific, as well as leading marketing for South East Asia.

    Starting out in customer development and sales roles in India, he steadily climbed through the ranks, moving into brand management in 2013. By 2019, he was senior marketing manager for equity and innovation in South East Asia, before taking on the region’s chocolate marketing lead. In 2023, he shifted to Zurich to handle global duties.

    The promotion cements his role as the custodian of a brand that has defined affordable indulgence for generations and remains central to Mondelez’s global chocolate portfolio.

  • ACI to Fast Track six professionals to Kuala Lumpur

    ACI to Fast Track six professionals to Kuala Lumpur

    MUMBAI: The Advertising Council of India (ACI) which includes The Indian Society of Advertisers, The Advertising Agencies Association of India, The Indian Broadcasters Foundation, The International Advertising Association and The Advertising Club, will be sponsoring six professionals for a special Fast Track program curated by the Asian Federation of Advertising Associations (AFAA). The program called “Fast Track” will be run in Kuala Lumpur between 20th and 22ndSeptember 2016.

    This opportunity is available to young (below 35 years of age) professionals with at least five years work experience in marketing, advertising and media.

    Candidates desirous of taking advantage of this industry-oriented initiative need send in their applications with a brief profile of themselves, their valid passport number and a 100 words piece on “How I would improve certain aspects of our industry that I believe need improving” to acifasttrack@gmail.com by 16 August 2016.

    Six of them would fly to Malaysia for an all-expenses trip that would otherwise cost around USD 2500.

    Speaking on behalf of the ACI AFAA vice chairman Srinivasan K. Swamy said “We see this effort as our way of helping develop talent and ultimately enriching our industry.” He further added, “This is the fourth time the ACI would be undertaking this initiative. The response from the first three initiatives was overwhelming, so we are investing in the future of our industry once again.”

  • ACI to Fast Track six professionals to Kuala Lumpur

    ACI to Fast Track six professionals to Kuala Lumpur

    MUMBAI: The Advertising Council of India (ACI) which includes The Indian Society of Advertisers, The Advertising Agencies Association of India, The Indian Broadcasters Foundation, The International Advertising Association and The Advertising Club, will be sponsoring six professionals for a special Fast Track program curated by the Asian Federation of Advertising Associations (AFAA). The program called “Fast Track” will be run in Kuala Lumpur between 20th and 22ndSeptember 2016.

    This opportunity is available to young (below 35 years of age) professionals with at least five years work experience in marketing, advertising and media.

    Candidates desirous of taking advantage of this industry-oriented initiative need send in their applications with a brief profile of themselves, their valid passport number and a 100 words piece on “How I would improve certain aspects of our industry that I believe need improving” to acifasttrack@gmail.com by 16 August 2016.

    Six of them would fly to Malaysia for an all-expenses trip that would otherwise cost around USD 2500.

    Speaking on behalf of the ACI AFAA vice chairman Srinivasan K. Swamy said “We see this effort as our way of helping develop talent and ultimately enriching our industry.” He further added, “This is the fourth time the ACI would be undertaking this initiative. The response from the first three initiatives was overwhelming, so we are investing in the future of our industry once again.”

  • ADFEST 2016 confirms 57 jurors from 18 cities

    ADFEST 2016 confirms 57 jurors from 18 cities

    MUMBAI:  ADFEST has announced that some of the world’s most celebrated creative professionals will be joining ADFEST 2016 as jurors including 57 professionals from 18 cities: Auckland, Bangkok, Beijing, Beirut, Colombo, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Melbourne, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei and Tokyo.

    Introducing the jury panel for Film & Radio Lotus:
    •         Ben Welsh, Creative Chairman, Asia, M&C Saatchi, Sydney (Jury President)
    •         Erick Rosa, Executive Creative Director, MullenLowe Singapore, Singapore
    •         Jennifer Hu, Chief Creative officer, Ogilvy & Mather Taiwan, Taipei
    •         Joo Yu Kyung, Creative Director, Innocean Worldwide, Seoul
    •         Malek Ghorayeb, Regional Executive Creative Director, Leo Burnett MENA, Beirut
    •         Santi Suwanvalaikorn, Founder & Executive Creative Director, Youngsanti, Bangkok
    •         Yoshimitsu Sawamoto, Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Tokyo
    The jury panel for Design Lotus & Print Craft Lotus:                                                                
    •         Yoshihiro Yagi, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Tokyo (Jury President)
    •         Chutivat Cherdchoo, Executive Creative Director, Visionary Group, Bangkok
    •         Guy Venables, Founder, GUY>ENABLES, Sydney
    •         Ivan Hadywibowo, Chief Creative Officer, J. Walter Thompson, Jakarta
    •         Sanket Pathare, Senior Creative Director, McCann Erickson India, Mumbai
    •         Sing Lin, Creative Director & Partner, BeWater, Shanghai
    •         Trevor Kennedy, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Solutions GROUP, Colombo
    The jury panel for Media Lotus, Branded Entertainment Lotus & Content Lotus:          
    •         Josy Paul, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, BBDO India, Mumbai (Jury President)
    •         Darren Watson, Executive Creative Director – APAC, FITCH, Singapore
    •         Evan Teng, Managing Director, J. Walter Thompson Taiwan, Taipei
    •         Georg Warga, Creative Director, Filmmaker & Founder, GOODSTEIN, Shanghai
    •         Patrick Baron, Executive Creative Director, McCann Melbourne, Melbourne
    •         Sarnchatt Chansrakao, Managing Director, Dentsu Media Thailand, Bangkok
    •         Sokichi Nakazawa, Executive Manager of Data Driven Media Marketing Center, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Inc., Tokyo
    The jury panel for Promo Lotus and Effective Lotus:          
    •         Chris Chiu, Singapore (Jury President)
    •         Anu Joseph, Executive Creative Director, Creativeland Asia Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
    •         Dani Richa, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, BBDO MENA, Pakistan & Africa, Dubai
    •         Eric Cruz, Executive Creative Director, AKQA Shanghai, Shanghai
    •         Jeff Ma, Marketing Vice President, Greater China, The Woolmark Company, Shanghai
    •         Joyce Deng, Marketing Vice President, Yintai Yushen Business Management Co., Ltd., Beijing
    •         Tara Ford, Creative Director, WhybinTBWA Group, Melbourne
    The jury panel for Integrated Lotus, INNOVA Lotus and Lotus Roots:          
    •         Jeremy Craigen, Global Chief Creative Officer, Innocean Worldwide, Seoul ( Jury President)
    •         Ben Welsh, Creative Chairman, Asia, M&C Saatchi, Sydney
    •         Chee Keong (CK) Tan, Group Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
    •         Chris Chiu, Singapore
    •         Josy Paul, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, BBDO India, Mumbai
    •         Richard Yu, Chief Creative Officer & China Network Creative Consultant, ADK Taiwan, Taipei
    •         Sihabutr Xoomsai, Film Director, Triton Film, Bangkok
    •         Valerie Cheng, Head of Creative Shop, Southeast Asia, Facebook, Singapore
    •         Yoshihiro Yagi, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Tokyo

    “Our jurors arrived in Thailand yesterday to begin debating this year’s entries. It is now their responsibility to choose the work that is driving our industry forward, we’d like to thank them for the hard work they will perform over the next few days,” says ADFEST president Jimmy Lam.
    ADFEST 2016 will run from 16th to 19th March at the Royal Cliff Hotels Group in Pattaya, Thailand.

  • ADFEST 2016 confirms 57 jurors from 18 cities

    ADFEST 2016 confirms 57 jurors from 18 cities

    MUMBAI:  ADFEST has announced that some of the world’s most celebrated creative professionals will be joining ADFEST 2016 as jurors including 57 professionals from 18 cities: Auckland, Bangkok, Beijing, Beirut, Colombo, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Melbourne, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei and Tokyo.

    Introducing the jury panel for Film & Radio Lotus:
    •         Ben Welsh, Creative Chairman, Asia, M&C Saatchi, Sydney (Jury President)
    •         Erick Rosa, Executive Creative Director, MullenLowe Singapore, Singapore
    •         Jennifer Hu, Chief Creative officer, Ogilvy & Mather Taiwan, Taipei
    •         Joo Yu Kyung, Creative Director, Innocean Worldwide, Seoul
    •         Malek Ghorayeb, Regional Executive Creative Director, Leo Burnett MENA, Beirut
    •         Santi Suwanvalaikorn, Founder & Executive Creative Director, Youngsanti, Bangkok
    •         Yoshimitsu Sawamoto, Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Tokyo
    The jury panel for Design Lotus & Print Craft Lotus:                                                                
    •         Yoshihiro Yagi, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Tokyo (Jury President)
    •         Chutivat Cherdchoo, Executive Creative Director, Visionary Group, Bangkok
    •         Guy Venables, Founder, GUY>ENABLES, Sydney
    •         Ivan Hadywibowo, Chief Creative Officer, J. Walter Thompson, Jakarta
    •         Sanket Pathare, Senior Creative Director, McCann Erickson India, Mumbai
    •         Sing Lin, Creative Director & Partner, BeWater, Shanghai
    •         Trevor Kennedy, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Solutions GROUP, Colombo
    The jury panel for Media Lotus, Branded Entertainment Lotus & Content Lotus:          
    •         Josy Paul, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, BBDO India, Mumbai (Jury President)
    •         Darren Watson, Executive Creative Director – APAC, FITCH, Singapore
    •         Evan Teng, Managing Director, J. Walter Thompson Taiwan, Taipei
    •         Georg Warga, Creative Director, Filmmaker & Founder, GOODSTEIN, Shanghai
    •         Patrick Baron, Executive Creative Director, McCann Melbourne, Melbourne
    •         Sarnchatt Chansrakao, Managing Director, Dentsu Media Thailand, Bangkok
    •         Sokichi Nakazawa, Executive Manager of Data Driven Media Marketing Center, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Inc., Tokyo
    The jury panel for Promo Lotus and Effective Lotus:          
    •         Chris Chiu, Singapore (Jury President)
    •         Anu Joseph, Executive Creative Director, Creativeland Asia Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
    •         Dani Richa, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, BBDO MENA, Pakistan & Africa, Dubai
    •         Eric Cruz, Executive Creative Director, AKQA Shanghai, Shanghai
    •         Jeff Ma, Marketing Vice President, Greater China, The Woolmark Company, Shanghai
    •         Joyce Deng, Marketing Vice President, Yintai Yushen Business Management Co., Ltd., Beijing
    •         Tara Ford, Creative Director, WhybinTBWA Group, Melbourne
    The jury panel for Integrated Lotus, INNOVA Lotus and Lotus Roots:          
    •         Jeremy Craigen, Global Chief Creative Officer, Innocean Worldwide, Seoul ( Jury President)
    •         Ben Welsh, Creative Chairman, Asia, M&C Saatchi, Sydney
    •         Chee Keong (CK) Tan, Group Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
    •         Chris Chiu, Singapore
    •         Josy Paul, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, BBDO India, Mumbai
    •         Richard Yu, Chief Creative Officer & China Network Creative Consultant, ADK Taiwan, Taipei
    •         Sihabutr Xoomsai, Film Director, Triton Film, Bangkok
    •         Valerie Cheng, Head of Creative Shop, Southeast Asia, Facebook, Singapore
    •         Yoshihiro Yagi, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Tokyo

    “Our jurors arrived in Thailand yesterday to begin debating this year’s entries. It is now their responsibility to choose the work that is driving our industry forward, we’d like to thank them for the hard work they will perform over the next few days,” says ADFEST president Jimmy Lam.
    ADFEST 2016 will run from 16th to 19th March at the Royal Cliff Hotels Group in Pattaya, Thailand.

  • Adfest 2016: 37 directors aspire to be ‘Fabulous Four’

    Adfest 2016: 37 directors aspire to be ‘Fabulous Four’

    MUMBAI: Thirty seven aspiring directors from eight cities are in the running to become Adfest 2016’s ‘Fabulous Four.’

     

    ‘Fabulous Four’ is a visionary mentoring program run annually by Adfest, which is designed to nurture up-and-coming directors.

     

    Every year, Adfest invites new directors and assistant directors to submit a five-minute short film script inspired by the theme of the festival, which is slated as ‘Creative Intelligence’ for this year.

     

    A total of 37 scripts were submitted from Brisbane, Dhaka, Fukuoka, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Shanghai, Sydney and Tokyo this year, which is up from 33 last year.

     

    All 37 scripts will be judged by the Film Craft and New Director jury, which is led by jury president Sihabutr Xoomsai, Thailand’s award-winning director at Triton Film in Bangkok.

     

  • M&C Saatchi trains eyes on Asia; names Ben Welsh as creative chairman

    M&C Saatchi trains eyes on Asia; names Ben Welsh as creative chairman

    MUMBAI: With its eyes trained on the rapidly growing Asian market, M&C Saatchi has named Ben Welsh as the agency’s creative chairman of Asia. Welsh was formerly at M&C Saatchi Sydney as executive creative director.

     

    Welsh’s appointment marks a change in emphasis for the network. Asia as a region has changed dramatically in recent years – China took over as the largest economy from the US in 2014, India has the fastest growing advertising industry in the world and Japan is the second most innovative country in the world. The addition of Welsh demonstrates the network’s spotlight on Asia.

     

    Welsh’s focus will be pitching for both international and national brands in each region, attracting creative talent and developing the creative output of the five agencies the network runs there.

     

    Welsh has helped to establish M&C Saatchi Sydney as the leading creative shop in Australia – and has led the agency to its biggest trophy-haul yet at Cannes this year, consolidating its position as the country’s number one creative agency. M&C Saatchi Australia came home with a coveted Titanium Lion, one of only five up for grabs, to cap off a 10-Lion haul.

     

    M&C Saatchi CEO worldwide Moray MacLennan said, “This appointment underlines our commitment to the core of our business – the creative product. Ben is the best combination of strategic thinker and creative leader. Add in his boundless energy and Asia will be hugely strengthened. He is also an excellent brand ambassador for M&C Saatchi having worked for us for the last 18 years.”

     

    Welsh added, “I’m really excited at the thought of what we can do in the region. We have some brilliant people and I look forward to working with them to create an impact in such a diverse part of the world.”

     

    Welsh will start his new role on 1 October. His appointment follows the departure of Chris Jacques who was regional CEO. He will be based in Sydney but regularly travelling to Singapore, New Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai and Tokyo.

     

    Welsh joined M&C Saatchi Sydney in 1997 as a senior writer and was then promoted to creative director in 2003. Previously, he led a team of over 50 creatives working across digital, direct, retail and above the line media in Australia’s largest agency.

  • Digital Media Asia meet in Malaysia to explore new avenues of digitisation of media

    Digital Media Asia meet in Malaysia to explore new avenues of digitisation of media

    NEW DELHI: Online and social media, tablet and mobile publishing, and digital business innovations are among the main subjects coming up for discussion at the forthcoming Digital Media Asia in Kuala Lumpur this month.

    Participants include Business Blogging CEO Kiruba Shankar from India; Canada’s Globe and Mail Digital News Strategy director Anjali Kapoor; Google Strategic Partner Lead Parin Mehta; Singapore’s InmobiVP and GM of the Japan, Asia Pacific brand business Phagun Raju; and Berita Satu Media Holdings, IndonesiaCEOSachin Gopalan.

    The meet has been organised from 12 to 14 November by WAN-IFRA Asia Pacific which will be represented among others by its chief operating officer Thomas Jacob.

    The meet will also see an Inverted Media Workshop, Digital Media Asia Expo, a creative ad campaign contest, Opennews.hack Asia and the Digital Media Asia awards.

    About 300 media executives representing over 115 organisations from 31 countries are expected. Digital Media Asia is the largest conference on new media in Asia for news publishers. Thirty speakers from leading news publishing companies in Asia and worldwide – such as FT, Apple Daily, Metro, SPH, Wall Street Journal, Globe & Mail, The Economist, Mainichi Shimbun – as well as online pure players like Google, Senatus, Microsoft, Coconuts Media, Yahoo will share inspiring case studies and innovative ideas with the audience. 

     

    Topics covered at Digital Media Asia include paid content and the implementation of paywalls, online video monetisation, digital and mobile advertising, tablet publishing, big data, diversifying revenue streams, start-ups and publishers.

     

    Other speakers include The Economist Digital, UK, VP Advertising  Audra Martin; The Straits Times Editor Warren Fernandez; Head of Tablet Editions, Metro, UK,  James Cadman; The Wall Street Journal  Hong Kong Asia Digital Editor Adam Najberg;  Naoki Onodera, Head of Digital Publications, Mainichi Shimbun;  Alan Soon, Head of Audience and Managing Editor SEA, Yahoo!; Graham Hinchly, Engineering Manager, FT Lab, FT, UK; Christina Lo Man Ki, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Apple Daily, HK; Sue Brooks, Director of Video Transformation, AP, UK; Geoff Tan, Senior VP, Head of Strategic Marketing, SPH; Dan Sloan, Editor in Chief, Nissan Global Media Centre, Japan; Todd Forest, Executive Producer APAC, Microsoft Online Media; JV Rufino, Director of Mobile, Philippine Daily Inquirer; and Eamonn Byrne, Business Director, The Byrne Partnership, UK.   

  • Digital Media Asia meet in Malaysia to explore new avenues of digitisation of media

    Digital Media Asia meet in Malaysia to explore new avenues of digitisation of media

    NEW DELHI: Online and social media, tablet and mobile publishing, and digital business innovations are among the main subjects coming up for discussion at the forthcoming Digital Media Asia in Kuala Lumpur this month.

     

    Participants include Business Blogging CEO Kiruba Shankar from India; Canada’s Globe and Mail Digital News Strategy director Anjali Kapoor; Google Strategic Partner Lead Parin Mehta; Singapore’s InmobiVP and GM of the Japan, Asia Pacific brand business Phagun Raju; and Berita Satu Media Holdings, IndonesiaCEOSachin Gopalan.

     

    The meet has been organised from 12 to 14 November by WAN-IFRA Asia Pacific which will be represented among others by its chief operating officer Thomas Jacob.

     

    The meet will also see an Inverted Media Workshop, Digital Media Asia Expo, a creative ad campaign contest, Opennews.hack Asia and the Digital Media Asia awards.

     

    About 300 media executives representing over 115 organisations from 31 countries are expected. Digital Media Asia is the largest conference on new media in Asia for news publishers. Thirty speakers from leading news publishing companies in Asia and worldwide – such as FT, Apple Daily, Metro, SPH, Wall Street Journal, Globe & Mail, The Economist, Mainichi Shimbun – as well as online pure players like Google, Senatus, Microsoft, Coconuts Media, Yahoo will share inspiring case studies and innovative ideas with the audience.

    Topics covered at Digital Media Asia include paid content and the implementation of paywalls, online video monetisation, digital and mobile advertising, tablet publishing, big data, diversifying revenue streams, start-ups and publishers.

     

    Other speakers include The Economist Digital, UK, VP Advertising  Audra Martin; The Straits Times Editor Warren Fernandez; Head of Tablet Editions, Metro, UK,  James Cadman; The Wall Street Journal  Hong Kong Asia Digital Editor Adam Najberg;  Naoki Onodera, Head of Digital Publications, Mainichi Shimbun;  Alan Soon, Head of Audience and Managing Editor SEA, Yahoo!; Graham Hinchly, Engineering Manager, FT Lab, FT, UK; Christina Lo Man Ki, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Apple Daily, HK; Sue Brooks, Director of Video Transformation, AP, UK; Geoff Tan, Senior VP, Head of Strategic Marketing, SPH; Dan Sloan, Editor in Chief, Nissan Global Media Centre, Japan; Todd Forest, Executive Producer APAC, Microsoft Online Media; JV Rufino, Director of Mobile, Philippine Daily Inquirer; and Eamonn Byrne, Business Director, The Byrne Partnership, UK.