DDB Singapore CEO David Tang named an ‘Agency Innovator’ at The Internationalist Awards

DDB Group has been awarded trophies for both its work and its people at The Internationalist Awards, which took place in New York last night.

David Tang (pictured left), President and CEO of DDB Group Singapore, was named a 2011 Agency Innovator. These awards celebrate 30 men and women from around the globe who were nominated by their industry colleagues for being adept at innovative communications, think about advertising in new ways, and are advocates of international brand-building. Known as the Innovators, winners underscore how break-through thinking knows no bounds of geography, age, company size, or title within today’s agency organisations.

In addition, Intel’s ‘The Escape,’ developed by Tribal DDB Hong Kong and DDB Hong Kong, picked up a trophy for Innovative Digital Marketing Solutions.

The Internationalist’s Third Annual Awards for Innovative Digital Marketing Solutions are a response to marketers asking for international best practice examples of digital solutions that enhance brands and bring results.

Entries came from 22 countries; the Jury Chair for the awards was Claudia Lagunas, Marketing Director and Director of New Media & Digital at PepsiCo International. The majority of entries for the Internationalist Awards came from the US and the UK. DDB was the only digital creative agency to win the award in Hong Kong, while David Tang was the only leader of a creative advertising agency group from Singapore to take honours.