Special group strategy director Jolene D’Souza to represent NZ on Gerety Awards’ Grand Jury
Respected and influential leaders from the advertising and marketing industry are set to join the Grand Jury for the 2025 Gerety Awards. Joining the prominent list of judges is Jolene D’Souza, group strategy director at Special.
“Gerety assembles an exceptional group of global judges to evaluate work from a powerful and unique perspective,” says co-founder Lucía Ongay. “Our criteria is clear: we prioritize the originality of creative ideas and the excellence of their execution. We are eager to recognize the best campaigns out there and already curious to find out what the jury will be selecting.”
In 2025, the Gerety Awards will host judging sessions in 15 locations, including Toronto.More than 45 countries will be represented in the Gerety Awards jury in this edition.
The judges for the executive jury will be announced in the new year.
Additionally, each executive jury session will select the Agency of the Year from their country within the entrants of the Agency of the year category.
The 2025 Gerety Awards will open for submissions and announce the full jury in January.
The Gerety 2025 Grand Jury Includes:
Anu Igoni, ECD & Partner Bob the Robot FINLAND
Nwakaego Boyo, Founder, Ex Producer & CEO Temple Productions NIGERIA
Paula Gaviria, Founder and CEO Marketing & Innovation COLOMBIA
Kelly Pon, CCO BBH CHINA
Hope Nardini, Global ECD Grey USA
Ute Poprawe, Non-Executive Chairwoman DDB Frankfurt GERMANY
Andrea Quaye, Marketing Director Heineken SOUTH AFRICA
Karen Ovseyevitz, President Latina America Porter Novelli MEXICO
Jin Yang, Creative Partner Leo Burnett TAIWAN
Tiffany Rolf, Chair & Global CCO RGA USA
Ioana Zamfir, CCO MRM ROMANIA
Menaka Menon, President & Managing Partner, Growth & Strategy DDB Mudra Group INDIA
Kavi Rajapaksha, CMO Sunshine Consumer Ltd SRI LANKA
Diana Triana, CCO DENTSU Creative COLOMBIA
Atiya Zaidi, CCO/CEO, BBDO PAKISTAN
Marilou Aubin, Partner & ECD lg2 CANADA
Stefania Siani, CEO & COO Serviceplan ITALY
Kristin Cohen, Global Head of Product DDB Worldwide USA
Anke Herbener, Founder & CEO Digital Changers GERMANY
Kopal Naithani, Founder/ Director Superfly Films INDIA
Tan Tze Kiat, CEO BBDO Asia CHINA
Cecilie Oberg, Senior Creative Accenture Song DENMARK
Nayla Tueni, CEO & Editor-in Chief, An-Nahar and Annahar Arabi at Annahar media group LEBANON
Luciana Olivares, CEO & Founder Boost Brand Accelerator PERU
Alina Mirzaeva, Founder and CEO Synthesis UZBEKISTAN
Carolina Carmona, Marketing Manager Falabella COLOMBIA
Lali Koehler, Global President, Craft Worldwide USA
Simone Tam, Group CEO Dentsu HONG KONG
Jolene D’Souza, Group Strategy Director Special Group NEW ZEALAND
Suzzane Zhang VP, MW Advisory, APAC & Head of Strategy McCann Worldgroup CHINA
SooHee Yang, CCO Publicis Groupe SOUTH KOREA
Gry Sætre, Founder & Executive Producer Tangrystan NORWAY
Vuyo Henda, Chief Marketing Officer Spur Corp SOUTH AFRICA
Jo-ann Robertson, CEO Global Markets Ketchum UK
Helena Henneveld, Luxury Senior Brand Manager Tequila| Northern Europe Diageo NETHERLANDS
Klaartje Galle, CCO VML BELGIUM
Waithera Kabiru, Africa Digital Hub – Lead Diageo KENYA
Elina Kettunen, Senior Creative / Copywriter N2 Creative FINLAND
Suzanne Powers, Founder & CEO Powers Creativity USA
Maria Lashari, Founder + Creative Director 1000WORLDS SWEDEN
Oriane (Abouattier) Canfrin, Head of Marketing and Communications Ecobank CÔTE D’IVOIRE
Yuliya Tushina, Managing Director, GForce Grey KAZAKHSTAN
Tammy Sheu, CEO BNBALOON TAIWAN
Maja Sand-Grimnitz, Member Board of Directors Asetek DENMARK
Rifah Qadri, Executive Director Marketing easypaisa PAKISTAN
Kimberly Paige, EVP, Chief Marketing Officer Paramount USA
Entrants are invited to discover more about the Grand Jury and download the 2025 entry kit at www.geretyawards.com