HONG KONG—Senior executives from MetLife, Volkswagen, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Ketchum, and Ogilvy Public Relations have joined the jury for this year’s Asia-Pacific SABRE Awards competition.

Among the recent additions to the jury:

  • Client-side executives including Michelle Gozum of Conergy; Sunshine Farzan of MetLife; and Catherine Peng of Volkswagen;
  • Senior executives from global agencies including Clara Shek (head of Hong Kong for Ogilvy); Bruce Shu (head of Hong Kong for Ketchum); and Ye Yu (head of Greater China for H+K);
  • Leaders from local firms including Neethiya Sadagopal of Vero PR and Aman Gupta of SPAG Asia.

 Previously announced jury members can be found here.

The deadline for entries is July 8, although late entries (with payment of an additional late fee) will be accepted until July 29. All of the relevant information for the SABRE Awards Asia-Pacific can be found here, including categories and entry fees.

In addition to the SABRE Awards, The Holmes Report is also inviting agencies from across the Asia-Pacific region to submit their entries for our various Consultancy of the Year awards, and is launching its Best Consultancies to Work For research in Asia for the first time.

Firms wishing to participate in the Best Consultancies to Work For research—awards will be presented at the SABRE ceremony in Hong Kong this September—can email [email protected] to receive a user name and password for the survey (with “A-P Best Consultancies to Work For” in the subject line).