Ogilvy Asia’s Eugene Cheong to chair the Radio Lions jury at this year’s Cannes Festival
Eugene Cheong, Regional Executive Creative Director at Ogilvy Asia Pacific, has been appointed Radio Lions jury President for this year’s Cannes Lions International Festival.
Cheong is Asia’s most-awarded copywriter and creative director, winning more Gold Cannes Lions and Gold One Show Pencils than anyone else in Asia.
Eugene is one of a handful of creative pioneers who, in the mid 1980s, set in motion what is widely known in the industry as the “Asian Creative Revolution”, which began in the iconic Ogilvy Singapore agency, before spreading north to Hong Kong, Thailand and India.
In 2009, he was elected to the Ogilvy Worldwide Board and Ogilvy Worldwide Creative Council.
“It’s a pleasure and certainly a privilege for me to be able to chair the Radio Lions jury. I look forward to leading and engaging with some of the industry’s finest minds.” said Cheong.
11 Comments
This must be a joke.
While I have deepest respect for Eugene Cheong when it is judging print I’d have to question his judgment in radio a medium that he has never worked in.
Why would cannes have a judge from Singapore as president of Radio! We don’t do radio here.
This has to be political decision.
Eugene never write radio scripts in his career
He should be heading the print jury
Cannes don’t care about radio. They care about entry fees.
Well done to Eugene anyway.
Cannes juries have never been based on common sense or ability. That’s why the results are so bad.
Pretty sure after 20 years in the business he knows what an award winning radio spot sounds like.
Can Singaporeans even speak proper English? Ouch.
10.11 is correct, but so is 10.28
Well done Eugene on being invited to head the jury but Cannes obviously has no idea that he is far better qualified for print or outdoor or even promo.
I doubt Eugene has even looked at a radio script over the past decade. He probably hates radio too.
Good for you Eugene. Well done.
Does he cut his own hair?
You dont have to be a genius to recognise a good ad…they are after all created to be understood by everyone.
Someone probably got chosen first for the Print Jury. Damn.