Meet our latest APPIES judges

Gunjan is a new APPIES judge, and is  man behind the Cannes Lions fame for a series of HappyDent TV commercials. Leading one of the fastest growing businesses within Perfetti Van Melle India and has an expanding global presence. A digitally savvy outperforming business leader with 17+ years of strategy, marketing and commercial experience in building sustainable, profitable businesses. Advisor and Mentor to Indian startups, Board member at an agile media firm, regular speaker @ DX3 and distinguished judge @ Effies @ Festival of Media

After graduating from high school, he entered a university in the United States. After returning to Japan, he started a marketing company while a student at Keio University and published six books about social networking. After graduation, he started his career at Accenture Japan Ltd., where he focused on new business strategy. He then ventured into entrepreneurship with his own C2C service and later transitioned to GREE, Inc., playing a key role in international business planning.Subsequently, he held notable positions including CMO at nanapi Inc., marketing manager, and Head of New Business at Mercari Inc. In April 2023, he joined enito group Inc. and drives “with” – Japan’s top dating App with over 4 million users!

Prior to Modenik, Sunil has been Chairman of The Board of Directors at Fonterra Future Dairy Pvt Ltd, India, after serving as Managing Director for 4 years. He was also Vice President Sales for Kellogg Asia Pacific Pte Ltd and prior to that, Sunil was Managing Director at Mondelez Malaysia for three and a half years. A true FMCG leader, he has served as Exceutive Director for Cadbury India Limited. He has also worked in leadership positions in Colgate Palmolive, Diageo, PZ Cussons, PepsiCo, in a career spanning 35 years across 13 countries across Asia Pacific and CE Europe.

Norisa is a top award-winning marketer and is Senior Vice President of Marketing Communication with 12 years of experience at BCA. She is an easy going person who’s highly motivated in managing, developing, and executing marketing communication strategies to deliver the best customer experience. She spent her early years at McCann Worldgroup, DDB and GroupM. For the past 12 years, Norisa has been driving many marketing innovations in the financial services sphere across Indonesia.

As a car fan, Marcus worked on the Volvo account at Havas from 2005 to 2009. He also serviced Microsoft, Sony Ericsson, Johnny Walker and Air France before joining Grey to handle GSK’s healthcare products. He was also responsible for the strategic alignment between the Badminton World Federation and China Badminton Association to bid, organize and promote international badminton tournaments. Marcus rejoined advertising in 2013 to handle the automobile businesses in Ogilvy & Mather Beijing as Vice President. Marcus is now Head of Communications and Media at Nestlé Zone Greater China, he is also the Zone Champion to Brand Building The Nestlé Way (BBNW), a global marketing platform for marketing excellence.

TIME TO ENTER APPIES

The APPIES is an annual event that presents a rare opportunity for creative, media, digital and marketing agencies or brands to present their best campaigns to the industry.

This is the only event where Live Presentations meets Live Judging.

Similar to TED Talks, The APPIES is the chance for great presenters with outstanding work to show it off to some of the industry’s most important industry leaders.

This year’s winners will receive Gold, Silver or Bronze trophies for 21 categories, and 6 special Best of Best categories (red trophies) that require no submissions!

Campaign entries must have run between June 2024 to May 2025

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