SINGAPORE — Ogilvy has been named as large Asia-Pacific Regional Consultancy of the Year at the Asia-Pacific SABRE Awards in Singapore. The agency fought off competition from fellow finalists Edelman, FleishmanHillard, H+K Strategies and Weber Shandwick, last year’s winner.

Cohn & Wolfe took home the same honour among midsize firms in the region, ahead of other category finalists Allison+Partners, Ketchum, Ruder Finn – the 2017 winner – and WE Communications.

In all, 66 firms, from multinationals to local specialists, were nominated across the 14 Consultancy of the Year categories. Full analysis of all finalists can be found here and the winners are listed below:

Asia-Pacific Regional Consultancy of the Year (Large): Ogilvy

Asia-Pacific Regional Consultancy of the Year (Midsize): Cohn & Wolfe

Geographic

Australasian Consultancy of the Year: Red Agency

Greater China Consultancy of the Year: Weber Shandwick

India Consultancy of the Year: MSL 

North Asia Consultancy of the Year: Dentsu PR

Southeast Asia Consultancy of the Year: H+K Strategies

Specialist

Consumer Consultancy of the Year: AKA Asia 

Corporate Consultancy of the Year: Adfactors 

Digital Consultancy of the Year: Edelman

Financial Consultancy of the Year: Newgate Communications

Healthcare Consultancy of the Year: FleishmanHillard 

Technology Consultancy of the Year: IN.FOM 

New Consultancy of the Year: First Partners

The selection of winners is the result of an exhaustive research process involving more than 125 submissions and meetings with leading public relations firms across the Asia-Pacific region. Details of the 2017 winners can be found here.