CELEBRATING THE FINEST IN COMMUNICATIONS! FOR PEERS, BY PEERS! Idea Communications has become a management task of increasing importance in every modern organisation. As corporate communications and public affairs moves from “nice to have” to “absolutely essential” the expectations and demands towards professionals have grown tremendously – and our colleagues demonstrate the potential of our profession every day. Therefore, the Asia-Pacific Association of Communication Directors is proud to host the Asia-Pacific Communications Award. Our award recognises outstanding achievements, rewards innovative communication strategies and showcases the very best practice from the world of public relations, corporate communications and public affairs. Invitation We cordially invite all our in-house colleagues to enter and showcase their most innovative communications and public affairs work. With 12 different categories, our award truly represents the diversity and excellence of the contemporary communications function. In the spirit of our association, the Asia-Pacific Association of Communication Directors, our award will be entered, judged and awarded “by peers, for peers”. Our high-level jury panel of leading communicators and public affairs professionals demonstrates our collective expertise and pan-regional community. Our expert jury very much looks forward to reviewing your entries. Submission deadline is August 14th. Our jury will then carefully review all entries and invite the shortlisted candidates to present their project live in front of our expert panel on November 18th in Hong Kong. The winners will be celebrated at our festive award ceremony on occasion of the Asia-Pacific Communications Summit on November 19th & 20th. We would be excited if you join us and our APACD community in celebrating Asia-Pacific’s finest communications work!
PIERRE GOAD // President of APACD Group Head of HR and Communications // HSBC Holdings
THE ASIA-PACIFIC COMMUNICATIONS AWARD celebrates the finest communications, PR and public affairs work in Asia-Pacific. Our 12 categories will explore the diversity of the contemporary communications functions and provide a comprehensive look at the most exceptional examples of communications in the region.
CAMPAIGN BY A COMPANY CAMPAIGN BY AN ASSOCIATION CAMPAIGN BY A GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTION CAMPAIGN BY A NGO INTERNAL AND CHANGE COMMUNICATION CRISIS COMMUNICATION SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY PUBLIC AFFAIRS EVALUATION AND MEASUREMENT REPUTATION MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS TEAM OF THE YEAR YOUNG COMMUNICATOR OF THE YEAR. IN-HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS WORK judged by leading in-house communicators and public affairs professionals to celebrate the excellence of our peer community in Asia-Pacific.
PIERRE GOAD
KARUN BUDHRAJA
RACHAEL BYLYKBASHI
CLAUDIA CHAN
Group Head of HR and Communications HSBC Holdings
Vice President Communications and Marketing Amadeus IT Group SA Asia
Head Of Communications Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific
Head of Government Relations, Asia Pacific and Japan Seagate Technology
MICHAEL CHAPNICK
SUMEET CHATERJEE
SHRAVANI DANG
SUNNY GUGLANI
Director of Communications and Public Affairs Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
Vice President, Head of Communications & Digital RPG Enterprises
Vice President & Group Head Corporate Communications Avantha Group
Head Of Communications Airbus Group India
ZOE HIBBERT
TESS HUMPHREYS
RON JABAL
JASON KENDY
VP of Communications for Asia Pacific Visa
Communications and Marketing Officer University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Country Media Relations & and Internal Communications Manager Shell
Head of Corporate Communications UBS Japan
KAREN KHAW
DAVID KIU
RAJESH MANIK
RAJAN MOSES
Director of Corporate Communications, Asia Pacific BNY Mellon
Vice President, Communications and Sustainability, Global MarketsUnilever Singapore
Executive Vice President and Head of Human Resources and Communications ING Investment Management
Senior General Manager PRSapura Group
Our high-level jury of leading corporate communicators and public affairs professionals demonstrates our pan-regional network and collective expertise covering Asia-Pacific.
AMY OVALLE
ROGER PUA
DEEPA SAPATNEKAR
JOHN SAUNDERS
Chief Communications Officer The Asia Foundation
Director Communications APAC LinkedIn Singapore
Head of Communications - India, Korea & Hong Kong LinkedIn India
Director, Communications Asia New Zealand Foundation
CHRISTIAN SCHUBERT
MINARI SHAH
PENNY SHONE
ROB STEWART
Vice President Corporate Affairs Asia Pacific BASF East Asia
Head of Corporate Communications Tata Motors
Head of Public Affairs and Communication Global Growth and Operations GE Tower
Chief Communication Officer - APAC UBS
AZMAR SUKANDAR
CLARE WILLIAMS
LEIGH WONG
JANICE WONG
Director of Communications Asia Pacific The Nature Conservancy
Director, Head of Citizenship Asia Pacific Barclays Bank PLC
Head of Media Relations and Issues Management Shell Malaysia
Head of Internal Communications - Marine Rolls-Royce Singapore
HELEN WONG
GREGG YAN
BILL YUE
HANI ZAINAL
Assistant Director of Communications The University of Hong Kong
Communications Manager World Wide Fund for Nature
Director of Communications Texas Instruments
Communication Manager BASF East Asia
JULY SUBMISSION PORTAL ONLINE / TH 14 AUG // SUBMISSION DEADLINE \ ONLINE VOTING FOR SHORTLIST WILL TAKE PLACE / TH 16 SEP // SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED \ TH 18 NOV // SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES PRESENT LIVE IN FRONT OF OUR JURY / 19 TH NOV // WINNERS ARE HONORED AT OUR AWARD CEREMONY
VANESSA EGGERT
CALLING OUR IN-HOUSE COLLEAGUES!
Head of Coordination Team Asia-Pacific Association of Communication Directors
In the spirit of our association, the Asia-Pacific Association of Communication Directors, the award will be entered, judged and awarded “by peers, for peers”. Entries will be open to all in-house communicators and public affairs professionals from across the Asia-Pacific region. Strategic approach, creativity, innovation, implementation and efficiency are the evaluation criteria the jury will use to evaluate the submitted entries. The first application costs US$ 150 plus VAT, and each additional application costs US$ 120 plus VAT.
vanessa.eggert@apacd.com Tel +852 58010913
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For all information, please visit: www.communications-summit.asia/award