With B&T’s coveted 30 Under 30 Awards 2017 not far away, we’re pleased announce that we’ve finally settled on who will decide this year’s winners.

A total of 23 females and 22 males will form the judging panel this year, which will have the difficult task of choosing the best of the best in the advertising, marketing and media industries (under the age of 30, of course).

So, without further ado, here are your judges for this year’s 30 Under 30 Awards:

• Tim Addington – founder and director, TAG PR
• Bec Brideson – founder/ executive creative director/ female marketing specialist, Venus Comms
• John Butterworth – head of digital services, The Gruden Group
• Fern Canning-Brook – managing director, Edelman
• Dan Clark – group account director, The Hallway
• Jackie Crossman – agency head, Red Agency
• Cameron Crowley – chief marketing officer, Taylor’s Wines
• Lucia Elliot – principal, Creighton Ward
• Monika Esprit – marketing and communications manager, OMD Sydney
• Paul Fenton – founder, YOLO
• Stewart Gurney – head of strategy, PHD Australia
• Simon Hadfield – leadership consultant, Hourigan International
• Sam Hegg – chief strategy officer, Carat
• Dominique Hind – co-founder and chief operating officer, WiTH Collective
• Barbara Humphries – creative director, The Monkeys
• Virginia Hyland – founder, HM Comms
• Adam Jeffrey – strategist, Imagination
• Mari Kauppinen – marketing executive (channel and performance marketing), IBM Australia
• Olia Krivtchoun – head of innovation, Blue 449
• Wai Kwok – founding partner, Orchard
• William Leach – owner, The Leach Partnership
• Lee Leggett – former CEO, Inititative
• Vanessa Liell – agency leader and managing partner, N2N Communications
• Cyril Louis – executive creative director, Holler Australia
• Denis Mamo – creative ringmaster, White Space Concepts
• Kim McKay – director, Klick Communications
• Caroline McLaughlin – managing director, DDI
• Jeff Miller – executive manager of consumer credit and foreign exchange (group marketing and strategy), CBA
• Lorraine Murphy – founder and director, The Remarkables Group
• Glenn Murray – partner/ chief technology officer/ digital strategist, Conn3cted
• Christina Peyton – head of marketing and PR (APAC), DigitasLBi
• Kartik Rao – chief information officer, Global Red Australia
• Katie Rigg-Smith – CEO, Mindshare
• Will Riley – director, The Idea Shed
• Matt Robinson – founder and managing director, Analogfolk
• Sean Seamer – CEO, MediaCom Australia
• Angela Smith – director of strategy, Affinity
• Sharyn Smith – founder and CEO, Social Soup
• Gaye Steel – head of strategy planning, McGrath Foundation
• Matt Taylor – managing director, Milkmoney
• Nicole Taylor – managing director, DDB Sydney
• Ralph van Dijk – founding creative director, Eardrum
• Carla Vella – head of radio sales (Sydney), Southern Cross Austereo
• Richenda Vermeulen – founder and managing director, Ntegrity
• Anthony Xydis – chief marketing officer, Australian Radio Network

If you haven’t yet submitted your entry to the 30 Under 30 Awards, you may want to get a wriggle on, as the closing date is next Monday (6 March).

We will be accepting late entries, however, but the final cut-off date is Monday 13 March.

You can download the entry criteria for each category here, and secure your place at the big dance on Thursday 27 April here. We’ve even added a daytime forum to match!

Shout out to our awesome sponsors for helping make this awesome event happen.