HONG KONG — 60 senior executives from across in-house and agency in Asia-Pacific have joined the SABRE Awards Asia-Pacific jury for 2020. 

The tenth annual Asia-Pacific SABRE Awards will again recognize the best in public relations programming from across the region and are open to campaigns developed by agencies, corporations, not-for-profit organizations, government agencies and more. The competition is now open for entries, via the dedicated entry platform, with the late deadline closing on 17 July.

On the in-house front, confirmed judges so far include:

Aishwarya Narayanan
Senior marketing manager
Essilor Group

Akira Mitsumasu
VP, global marketing
Japan Airlines

Andreas Soe Thura
Head of corporate marketing
Samsung Electronics

Angela Lau
PR lead, Asia
Salesforce

Arijit Banerjee
Assistant VP
ReNew Power

Azmar Sukandar
Head of communications & society
Diageo Asia-Pacific

Belle Baldoza
Head of communications, Southeast Asia, HK & Taiwan
Airbnb

Carson Glover
VP, brand marketing & communications
The Peninsula Hotels

Cheryl Lim
VP, head of branding, marketing, communications & sponsorship
Manulife

Clint Navales
Communications VP
Procter & Gamble

Colin D'Silva
VP, corporate affairs/government relations
Cargill

David Breen
Head of Corporate Affairs
ING Australia

Jason Loo
Regional head of corporate communications
Bridgestone Asia-Pacific

Jeeyoung Park
SVP, corporate communications & head of brand marketing
Hanwha Group

Jim Lin
Brand, communications & citizenship lead, Greater China region
IBM

Kathie Wang
Communications director
Pernod Ricard Asia

Kevin Azzopardi
Head of marketing
ShopBack

Lasida Sutharoj
Southeast Asia consumer marketing lead
Dell

Lavinia Rajaram
APAC head of communications
Expedia Group

Olivia Loughnan
PR, social media & sponsorship manager
Blackmores Group

Pinal Patil 
Senior communications lead
Red Hat

Prasidha Menon
Global head of communications
OYO

Preeti Gupta
Director of corporate affairs
BMW Group Asia

Sachin Bhatia
CMO
Lenovo Data Center Group, Asia-Pacific

Sophia Kim
Vice president
Samsung Electronics

Tiffany Diep
Head of communications, Vietnam, Philippines & Emerging Markets, SEA & India
TikTok

Tomoko Tagami
Senior communications manager, corporate communications
Procter & Gamble

Tracy Lui
Senior assistant director, marketing & communications
One Faber Group

Varsha Chainani
SVP, group communications
Mahindra & Mahindra

Warren Phrakornkham
Head of marketing
AIA Myanmar

Meanwhile, from the agency side, confirmed jurors so far include:

Andora Fredericks
PR director
Truth Communications

Ang Shih-Huei
CEO
Klareco Communications

Caroline Hsu
Managing director, APAC
The Hoffman Agency

Carolyn Devanayagam
SVP & APAC, head of corporate
Weber Shandwick

Charles Lankester
EVP, global reputation & risk management practice
Ruder Finn

Darren Burns
President, Asia-Pacifi
Golin

Emma Smith
CEO
Sandpiper Communications

Girish Balachandran
Managing partner
On Purpose

Jeremy Seow
Senior communications leader
Allison+Partners

Julia Wei
Managing partner
AKA Asia

Kiri Sinclair
Founder & CEO
Sinclair Communications

Marc Ha
MD, APAC client strategy & business development
Archetype

Margaret Key
CEO, MSL APAC & MEA
MSL

Matthew Briant
Managing director
H+K Strategies

Merce Pau
Account director
ERA Myanmar

Michelle Hutton
CEO, Australia & brand chair Asia-Pacific
Edelman

Motoko Kunita
Executive officer
Dentsu Public Relations Inc.

Nicky Wang
MD, head of strategy
WE Red Bridge

Pattanee Jeeriphab
COO
Vero Public Relations

Paul Cheal
Managing director
Honner

Polka Yu
APAC MD, integrated communications
BCW

Ray Rudowski
MD & founder
EPIC Communications

Richard Tsang
Chairman
Strategic Public Relations Group

Rikki Jones
Regional MD, Asia-Pacific
GCI Health

Rob Lowe
Director & co-founder
Poem

Robin Chang
Regional head, client advisory
PRecious Communications

Sarah Trombetta
CEO
Red Havas

Simeon Mellalieu
Partner, client development, Asia-Pacific
Ketchum

Virginia Ngai
Director, strategy
Finn Partners

Xiuwen Lien
Partner
IN.FOM

Yvonne Park
Managing director, Seoul
FleishmanHillard

The entry website includes a complete list of categories, entry fee and deadline information (the late deadline is July 17), as well as tips for crafting a winning entry. The awards will be presented in a virtual ceremony this year, in keeping with our North American and EMEA award shows.