Asia-Pacific Communications Award

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