The Judging Panel will be made up of an independent Chairperson, Judging Co-ordinator and a minimum of 24 industry experts across the various disciplines.
Nqobile Ndlovu
Director: Cash N Sport
Nomsa Chabeli
Group CEO: SABC
Brett Tucker
Chairman: Relativ Group
Ant Garstang
MD: The Benchmark
Dave Sidenberg
CEO: BMI Sport Info
Rachel Irvine
CEO: Irvine Partners
Jeremy Sampson
MD: Brand Finance Africa
Sumayya Khan
Former Deputy Director- General: Recreation Development and Sport Promotion: Dept Sport , Arts and Culture
Kelly Fairweather
CEO: International Tennis Federation
Richard Glover
GM: LIV Golf
Gary Rathbone
Director: Sportscape Media
Amy Daley
COO: Nielsen Sports SA
Altaaf Kazi
VP: Corporate Communication: Millat Group
Faizel Cook
MD: Cut 2 Black
Clinton Van Der Berg
Head of Communications, Supersport
Sarah Gooding
MD, WE Communications
Gary Oberholzer
Multimedia Editor: The Conversation Africa
Patrick Conroy
CEO: Telemedia
Submissions open:
Submissions close:
1st Round of judging:
2nd Round of judging:
Agency of the Year pitch:
Awards:
29 August
06 November
13-18 November
20-25 November
27 November
03 December
The Judging Process – for all entries except for Agency of the Year and Emerging Agency of the Year
Round 1
The first round of judging will take place on the 31 October and 1 November after which the shortlists will be announced.
Round 2
The second round of judging will take place on the 11 and 12 November where the panel will judge the shortlists.
As part of this round of judging, the independent Chairperson and Judging Co-ordinator may seek additional clarification from entrants.
Questions may be sent to the entrants in advance of a short video-call that may cover questions on more than one entry.
Round 3
The Independent Chairperson and Judging Co-ordinator will collate the results after the second round and may call for a third round of judging where there is no clear winner.
Judging of Agency of the Year
Meetings (pitching sessions) by invitation will be set with the entrants in the Agency of the Year category for the week of the 17th of November.
We anticipate the Q&A sessions will take 30-45mins.
It is anticipated that the Independent Chairperson and Judging Co-ordinator will submit a number of clarification questions to be discussed in the Q&A sessions along with a short “why we should win” Agency pitch.