B&T Awards 2016 – Judges Announced!
Another year, another fabulous B&T Awards event. And this year, we’re pulling out all the stops. Held not at the Casino at Sydney Town Hall, with FIVE new categories and a hot swag of judges, this is the industry event of the year.
And you’ve only got until next Friday, August 5 at 5pm to enter on time. Late entries extend until August 12 and incur a late fee.
Our judges this year are 100 per cent non-agency, so there’s no conflict of interest for entering agencies, and come from a range of diverse companies such as Subaru, Westpac, Guzman y Gomez, Foxtel, Pacific Magazines, PWC, Stan, Airbnb, and Sydney Opera House.
And there’s still more to come! Another 10 judges are yet to be announced, so stay tuned.
You can enter the awards here, and buy tickets here, with all the criteria you could possibly need found here.
And if you’re loving all the B&T Awards goss, you can read what judges are looking for in a winning entry here, see what the worst mistakes are in previous entries right here, and check out how one agency won last year just here.
Now, without further ado, here are your incredible judges for our B&T Awards!
First name | Surname | Title | Company |
Adam | Blake | Head of Brand and Design | Blundstone |
Aileen | McCardle | Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications | Cuscal Limited |
Ainslee | O’Brien | Product, Sales & Strategy Director | news.com.au |
Alexis | Spurgeon | Programmatic Manager | CBA |
Alison | Hearne | National Marketing Manager | UNIVERSAL PICTURES INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALASIA |
Amanda | Leaney | National Marketing Manager | Subaru |
Amelia | Priest | Chief Executive Officer | Just Snacks |
Ana | Bacic | Marketing Director | Seven Network |
Ana | Almeida | Head of Product | Bauer Xcel Media |
Andrew | Howie | Group marketing manager | MLA |
Andy | Sharman | Head of Web Engineering | Yahoo7! |
Anna | Jones | CMO | Guzman y Gomez |
Bella | Howe | Senior Advertising Manager | Westpac |
Ben | Allen | General Manager, Group Marketing | Stockland |
Bettina | Pidcock | Executive General Manager, Marketing | QBE Insurance |
Cameron | Partridge | Head of Digital Marketing & Analytics | GE Capital |
Carmen | Coulter | Group Marketing Manager | BLACKMORES |
Cat | Douglas | Head of Media & Digital | GSK |
Charlie | Murdoch | Marketing Director | NewsMediaWorks |
Chris | Daniels | Digital Marketing Manager | Sydney Opera House |
Chris | Sherbon | Chief Marketing Officer | Bellamy’s Organic |
Chris | Tyquin | CEO | goa |
Christine | Fairbrother | Head of Consumer Marketing | Hachette Publishing |
Claire | Murphy | Chief marketing officer | Tabcorp |
Claire | Audibert-Legue | Associate Director | PWC |
Dan | Canham | Marketing Director | MwM |
Deane | Hornsby | Head of International Marketing | Kronos |
Dermot | McCutcheon | Director Customer Intelligence for South Asia | SAS |
Diana | Ilinkovski | Head of Brand | Stan |
Dimitri | Andreatidis | Head of Marketing | Peugeot |
Dylan | Smith | Regional Public Affairs Manager – Asia Pacific | Airbnb |
Elaine | Herlihy | Marketing Director | PayPal Australia |
Ella | Ambarchi | General manager brand & strategy | Tabcorp |
Elvira | Lodewick | Head of Marketing and Fundraising | Mission Australia |
Emma | Jensen | Director, Consumer Retention and Loyalty | Optus |
Esther | Kelleher | Head of PR / Marketing | Etsy AU |
Fiona | Nicol | Head of Marketing | INGDirect |
Gaye | Steele | Marketing Director | MadMex |
Hannah | Devereux | Corporate Communications Director | Pacific Magazines |
Hannah | Barnes | General Manager LifeStyle Channels | Foxtel |
Jadanne | Dare | Head of Marekting – Digital Marketing, ANZ | Adobe |
Jane | Merrick | Head of Marketing | NRMA Insurance |
Jane | Huxley | Managing Director | Pandora |
Jeff | Estok | Managing Partner | Navigare Pty Ltd |
Jenny | Williams | Chief Marketing Officer | HCF |
Jill | Johnston | Head of People and Culture | Southern Cross Austereo |
Jo | Kelly | Head of Marketing, Brand and PR | Ubank |
Jo | Shapland | Australia Country Manager | ASOS |
Jo | Mullaley | Head of Marketing TV | ABC |
Jordan | Smith | Head of Branded Content and A&R Manager, AU & NZ | Audio Network |
Julie | Hutchinson | Manager, Marketing | Lexus |
Julie | Warner | National Marketing & Events Director | Commercial Radio Australia |
Kara | Glamore | Head of Brand & Marketing Communications | Caltex |
Karen | Ganschow | General Manager, Customer Relationship Marketing & Digital | Westpac |
Karen | Winsbury | Head of Corporate Affairs | AGL |
Kate | Whitney | Global Digital Director | Pernod Ricard |
Kate | Chaffer | Principal | Culture Zone |
Katherine | Cole | Regional Marketing Director | Hotels.com |
Katherine | Raskob | Director of Communications & Customer Experience | ADMA |
Katrina | Barry | Managing Director | Contiki |
Kevin | Goult | General Manager Marketing | Audi |
Kim | Portrate | CEO | Think TV |
Kylie | Faulkner | Digital Media Manager – All Brands ANZ | Procter & Gamble |
Laura | Halbert | Head of Marketing | ANZ Wealth |
Lise | Kay | Trade Marketing Director | Fairfax Media |
Luke | Dunkerley | GM Corporate Marketing | Woolworths Limited |
Maree | Mills | PR & Marketing Manager | Redback Technologies |
Margy | Vary | Head of Marketing | Guardian Australia |
Mari | Kauppinen | Marketing Executive, Industry Marketing | IBM Australia/New Zealand |
Mark | Hollands | Chief Executive | NewsMediaWorks |
Mark | Wheeler | Director of Digital | Mcdonalds |
Matt | Hankin | Head Of Marketing | Rhino-Rack |
Michael | Betteridge | General Manager Travel | NRMA Insurance |
Michael | Weeding | Director Digital | AMP |
Michael | Fisher | Marketing Manager | Cricket Australia |
Michelle | Filo | HR Business Partner | AdRoll |
Michelle | Sherwood | Head of Red Planet, Commercial | Qantas |
Miles | Omodei | Senior Brand Manager | Taylors Wines |
Mona | Tannous | Manager Australia & New Zealand | Oman Tourism |
Monique | Macleod | General Manager, Consumer Marketing | CBA |
Monique | Spanbrook | GM Marketing & Communications APAC | Landis+Gyr |
Nancy | Hromin | Principal | Culture Zone |
Nell | Norman-Nott | Marketing Manager | LinkedIn Australia |
Nicholas | Cornelius | CMO | Halfbrick Studios |
Nicholas | Levy | COO | Eden Gardens |
Nick | Reynolds | CMO, APAC | Lenovo |
Petra | Buchanan | CEO | McGrath Foundation |
Phil | James | Marketing & Innovation Business Director ANZ | eYeka |
Philippa | Durant | Director of Brand and Customer | Virgin Mobile |
Pip | Arthur | Head of Corporate Communications | Microsoft |
Raechel | Gavin | Group Executive – People and Culture | QUANTIUM |
Renee | Awadalla | GM Marketing | General Pants Co. |
Ryan | Bonnici | Director of Marketing (APAC) | HubSpot & Executiv.Co |
Sangeeta | Leach | Owner | The Leach Partnership |
Sarah | Pike | Senior Business Leader, Marketing | Mastercard |
Scott | Combes | Commercial Marketing Director | Dell ANZ |
Serena | Leith | Director of Marketing, Asia Pacific | Spotify |
Steve | Brennen | Marketing and Advertising Sales Director | eBay Australia and NZ |
Stuart | Stacy | Commercial Director, Pacific | ADARA |
Susan | Massasso | Chief Marketing Officer | The a2 Milk Company |
Suz | Biollo | Director | Crackerjack People |
Suzie | Brady | Senior Manager – Executive Communications, Asia Pacific | Adobe Systems |
Tamara | Howe | CMO | Kellogg |
Wendy | Johnstone | Vice President of Marketing Asia Pacific | salesforce.com |
William | Leach | Owner | The Leach Partnership |
Winston | Su | Head of Digital & Social Media | QBE Group |
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