Holmes Report 11 Sep 2018 // 11:34PM GMT
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.