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SMARTIES MENA - Jury

  • Grand Jury

    Saad Abdullah Abdul Latif Jameel Motors Marketing Director
    Nurcan Bıçakcı Arcan Vice President, Marketing & Communications CPX
    Abdullah Aziz Regional Marketing Lead Agthia
    Jonathan Bannister Head of Marketing GCC PUMA Middle East Puma Group
    Mohammed Basim VP-Marketing Noon
    Karim Chaanine CMO Papa Johns
    Rami Eid eCommerce Commercial Lead Union Coop
    Ahmed El-Gamal Executive Director of Marketing Jumeirah
    Pınar Nazlı Çelikel Head of Marketing Masafi
    Gürhan Çevikel Head of Marketing MEA Bridgestone
    Rasha Ghanem Director of Public Affairs and Communications, Middle East & North Africa Ford
    Wafa Al Harbi VP - Head of Marketing Sharjah Islamic Bank
    Krinio Christaras Head of Consumer Experience MENAP Mondelēz  International   
    Hitesh Malhotra GM Digital & Telesales Danube
    Umut Melek SVP Marketing- Emerging Markets Flora Food Group
    Lucy Merigold Associate Vice President Marketing Fitness First
    Roxana Nicolescu VP Brand Marketing & Social Media Wego
    Sarah Qazi Business Lead Home Care Arabia Unilever
    Heba Sayed Director of Marketing and Communications - India, Middle East, Turkey and Africa Exabeam
    Ana Elisa Seixas Head of Marketing for the Middle East, Africa, and India New Balance
    Selin Süzer Vice President Brand & Campaigns Delivery Hero
    Georges Yaryura Senior Vice-President, Head of Marketing Mashreq

    Qualifying Jury

    Irem Limnili Angun Regional Strategy Director Essence Media
    Pankaj Arora Business Head – Revenue & Growth | MENA AnyMind Group
    Nuzeen Aziz Senior Designer Publicis Groupe
    Dina Badran Marketing Manager Exabeam
    Kastro Beaini Senior Commercial Director Head of Sales) Augustus Media
    Lucie Blahova Lead Marketing Strategist MEmob+
    Haik Boghossian Associate Business Director – Media Publicis Media Luxe
    Natasha D'souza Agency Partner MEA Criteo
    Cem Eroğlu VP Central Turkey, Asia, Middle East & Africa – Adform Adform
    Chantal Hajjar Associate Media Director Zenith Media
    Aya Hammad Marketing, PR & Digital Manager, MENA Warner Bros. Discovery
    Ihab El Yaman Co-founder and CEO MEmob+
    Mitali Jadia Marketing Manager MEmob+
    Osman Junaid Strategy Director Publicis Media Luxe
    Tony Kayouka Head of Social & Content TBWA\Raad
    Malika Kennedy Chief Business Development Officer MEA Yango Ads
    Mazen Khalil Sr. Account Director MENA Adform
    Raksha Khimji Managing Director Team Red Dot
    Yuliya Kim Head of Partnerships Yango Ads
    Maya Kusybi Business Director - Strategy Zenith Media
    Mohit Lodha Founder & CEO Takumi Advisory
    Nadine Maged Associate Business Director - Strategy & Insights Publicis Groupe
    Maha Mahdy Busines Head, Content, Creator Growth & Influencer Marketing, MENA, India & Emerging Markets          AnyMind Group
    Mohamed Mahmoud Senior Director Augustus Media
    Irfan Mirza Head of Digital Team Red Dot
    Sara Naja Business Development Director EMEA MEmob+
    Vivek Namboodiri Group Program Director LPS
    Ana Júlia de Oliveira Senior Manager - Strategy & Insights Publicis Groupe
    Evgenia Papageorgiou Director of Marketing, Snacking Business Unit Agthia
    Islam Salama Founder & CEO Attech
    Ghida Sater Strategy Manager Saatchi & Saatchi
    Ben Schwartz VP, Client Services BPG GROUP
    Aasim Shaik Managing Director LPS
    Gemma Sheridan Business Director: Strategy & Insights Publicis Groupe
    Vishal Shrivastava Global Head of Business Intelligence- Mobile Marketing Anymind Group
    Juwan Simson Brand Marketing Manager MENA New Balance
    Fatima Talaat Manager of Strategy & Insights Saatchi & Saatchi MEA
    Ahd Talaat Business Lead Publicis Groupe
    Aditya Tibrewal GM - Brand Solutions Strategy (Global) | Growth Businesses (IN & MENA) AnyMind Group
    Asih Wulansari Vice President, Marketing Strategy Mashreq
    Bassem Yousri Head of Agency Partnership Yango Ads

  • Final Chairs

    Solange Ajouz
    Principal Marketing
    Indevco Consultancy
    Samer Akhter
    Business Director
    ArabyAds
    Asiya Ali
    Founder & MD
    MKV Digital
    Baha Al-Masri
    Head of Sales
    RTB HOUSE
    Nurcan Bıçakcı Arcan
    Vice President, Marketing & Communications
    CPX
    Farah Arkadan
    Chair of the Department of Management and Marketing, Assistant Professor of Marketing & Accreditation Lead
    American University in Dubai (AUD)
    Pankaj Arora
    Business Head – Revenue & Growth | MENA
    AnyMind Group
    Yiğit Atakan
    Regional Partnerships Lead, EMEA
    Adjust
    Afşin Avcı
    Co-Founder
    Inflow Network
    Elie Charbel
    CEO
    A2Z Media
    Ross Curran
    Head of Department of Marketing and Operations
    Heriot Watt University
    James Dutton
    Chief Product Officer
    UM
    Dr. Tamer Eltoni
    SVP Digital Adjacencies and Devices
    e& UAE
    Ahmad Haidar
    Managing Director KSA
    Dentsu
    Wafa Al Harbi
    VP - Head of Marketing
    Sharjah Islamic Bank
    Mounir Harfouche
    Chief Executive Officer
    MullenLowe MENA
    Karim Hassan
    Commercial Director
    Blis MENA
    Sachin Jain
    Co-founder
    Smartifai
    Charbel Jreijiri
    General Manager
    MediaPlus
    Raksha Khimji
    Managing Director
    Team Red Dot
    Mike Khouri
    CEO
    Tactical
    Krinio Christaras
    Head of Consumer Experience MENAP
    Mondelēz  International   
    Karthik Kumar
    Managing Director, MENAT
    Kinesso
    Dan Leach
    Managing Director KSA
    TBWA\RAAD
    Olena Lemeshko
    Marketing Director-Starbucks
    Alshaya
    Mohit Lodha
    Founder & CEO
    Takumi Advisory
    Samer Lohoud
    Regional Head of Creative Strategy, MENA
    Snapchat
    Devrim Melek
    Senior Vice President, Strategy
    OSN
    Rohit Menon
    Head of Sales
    InMobi
    Shadi El Mourad
    VP Strategic Partnerships
    BBDO
    Damian Murphy
    Director of Sales
    Intren Digital
    Roxana Nicolescu
    VP Brand Marketing & Social Media
    Wego
    Bilal Özerol
    International Marketing Manager (MENA)
    Şölen Turkey
    Aimee Peters
    Regional Head of Brand, Partnerships and Wholesale Marketing
    HSBC
    Sarah Qazi
    Business Lead Home Care Arabia
    Unilever
    Tahaab Rais
    Chief Strategy Officer
    Publicis Groupe
    Islam Salama
    Founder & CEO
    Attech
    Houda Tohme
    CEO
    Havas
    Gagan Uppal
    Country Head - MENA
    Xapads Media
    Alka Winter
    VP ‑ Destination Marketing & Communications
    Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority
    Yeşim Öztekin
    Country Managing Director, EMEA&LATAM
    Digital Turbine

    Prescreening Jury

    Romy Abdelnour
    Head of Communications
    TBWA\RAAD
    Imad Andraos
    Account Director
    IMPACT BBDO
    Saleha Ashikali
    Senior Media Manager
    Havas Middle East
    Rabah Assaf
    Managing Director MENA
    Influencer
    Karan Aylawadi
    Senior Manager, Performance Marketing
    UM
    Keshav Bajaj
    Head of Performance Sales- MEA, Turkey, Cyprus
    InMobi
    Haya Barghout
    Head of Creators - MENA
    TikTok
    Juanes López Bedoya
    Account Manager & Creative
    Inflow
    Elie Chammas
    Chief Strategy and Growth Officer
    Smartifai
    Simone Bianca Clark
    Strategic Senior Manager
    UM
    Benjamin Craft
    Senior Marketing Manager
    HSBC
    Cyrine Dabbous
    Content Lead
    A2z Media
    Andreea Danga
    CEO
    Sense8 MENA
    Ian Dolan
    Innovation & Strategy Director
    Intren
    Natasha D'souza
    Agency Partner MEA
    Criteo
    Yara Elsayed
    Media Manager
    Havas
    Ali Farhat
    Managing Director
    A2Z Media
    Lynn Feghaly
    Brand Strategist
    A2Z Media
    Scarlett Fielding
    Associate Strategy Director
    UM
    Karim Fouad
    Head of Brand & Media
    Talabat Egypt
    Vineeta Gogia
    Senior Director
    Smartifai
    Mohamad Hachem
    Associate Media Director
    Initiative
    Layal Hassi
    Media Planning & Buying Lead
    DU
    Rima Hussein
    Business Director
    BBDO
    Hazem Ibrahim
    Digital Marketing , Media & Ecommerce Lead
    Unilever
    Nayan Joshi
    Digital and Innovation Director for UAE
    UM MENA
    Rahul Karam
    Director-Performance
    Initiative
    Bassel Karam
    Sales Director
    Blis
    Maya Khalife
    Principal
    Indevco Consultancy
    Omneya Kilany
    General Manager
    MUSE
    Julie Larguier
    Business Director
    Carat KSA
    Maha Mahdy
    Busines Head, Content, Creator Growth & Influencer Marketing, MENA, India & Emerging Markets         
    AnyMind Group
    Sunjay Malik
    Strategy Director
    PHD
    Grace Massaad
    Senior Manager
    Etisalat
    Pinio Nainggolan
    Director / Consumer Data Monetization
    Etisalat
    Dr Pakinam Nazmy
    Assistant Professor of Marketing
    American University in Dubai (AUD)
    Christopher Nehme
    Business Director
    Leo Burnett
    Karl Nehmeh
    Marketing Manager
    Unilever
    Veronica Nipay
    Director - Strategy & Planning
    Magna Global
    Zeynep Ece Çoban
    Global Brand Manager
    Şölen
    Damayanti Purkayastha
    Head of Strategy
    Mullenlowe
    Michael Salameh
    Associate Sales Director
    PromoFix
    Mayur Salian
    Associate Media Director
    Media Plus
    Arjun Sasi
    Growth Manager
    Digimotive
    Serdar Senay
    Director of Destination Promotion & Digital Marketing
    Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority
    Tarek Sharafeddine
    Client Leadership Director, KSA
    Mindshare
    Saad Mumtaz Siddiqui
    Senior Brand Manager,Central Arabia
    Nestle
    Mita Srinivasan
    Founder
    Market Buzz
    Alina Sukhar
    Associate Media Director
    Digitas
    Maya Tayara
    Managing Director
    iProspect MENA
    Daniel Vaczi
    Managing Director
    UAE INTREN
    Kelly Vardala
    Media Director
    Mindshare
    Kemal Yavuz
    Director of Creative Team
    Evolution
    Hiba El Zein
    Country Director
    Digi Motive
    Ilım Özgüle
    H&H Marketing Manager, Arabia
    Unilever

  • Final Chairs

    Samer Achter
    Director Marketing
    ArabyAds
    Solange Ajouz
    Principal Marketing
    Indevco Consultancy
    Abdelnabi Alaeddine
    Regional Director - Digital Planning & Investment
    UM
    Osman Albora
    Category Director Nutrition & Juices EME
    The Coca-Cola Company
    Baha Al-Masri
    Head of Sales
    RTB HOUSE
    Nurcan Bıçakcı Arcan
    Vice President, Marketing & Communications
    CPX
    Farah Arkadan
    Chair of the Department of Management and Marketing, Assistant Professor of Marketing & Accreditation Lead
    American University in Dubai (AUD)
    Yiğit Atakan
    Regional Partnerships Lead, EMEA
    Adjust
    Mohamed Azhar Bodiat
    Senior Vice President Brands - Sports
    GMG
    Pinar Celikel
    General Manager, Marketing & Sales
    IFFCO Group
    James Dutton
    Chief Product Officer
    UM
    Dr. Tamer Eltoni
    SVP Digital Adjacencies and Devices
    e& UAE
    Sevgi Gur
    Chief Marketing Officer
    Property Finder UAE
    Kamel Haddad
    Director Marketing Communications
    DU
    Tony Issa
    Director of Marketing - CEMEA
    Visa
    Krinio Christaras
    Head of Consumer Experience MENAP
    Mondelēz  International   
    Satheesh Kumar
    Managing Director
    ADScholars
    Mohit Lodha
    Founder & CEO
    Takumi Advisory
    Mohamed Mahmoud
    Senior Director
    Augustus Media
    Rohit Menon
    Head of Sales
    InMobi
    Tarek Miknas
    Chief Executive Officer
    FP7McCann
    Damian Murphy
    Director of Sales
    Intren Digital
    Maria Osym
    Creative and Content Strategy Lead - Middle East, Turkey, Africa, Pakistan
    Bayer
    Shayan Rahimi
    Managing Director
    Bidease
    Tahaab Rais
    Chief Strategy Officer
    Publicis Groupe
    Amel Rebbouh
    New Business Director - MENAT
    UM
    Burt Reynolds
    Regional Director, Data & Technology
    EssenceMediaCom
    Daniel Shepherd
    Co-Managing Director MENA
    PHD
    Shweta Sing
    Regional Director, MENA
    Bigo Ads
    Houda Tohme
    CEO
    Havas
    Anne Tulloch
    Divisional Marketing Director - Wellness
    Alshaya UAE
    Emel Çuhacı
    VP, Head of Group Customer Experience
    Emirates NBD
    Gagan Uppal
    Country Head - MENA
    Xapads Media
    Elias Wakim
    Managing Director
    J Group
    Nisha Warrier
    Head of Media
    Unilever
    Henry Windridge
    Director, Media & Content, EEMEA
    Mastercard
    Rami Zahran
    Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
    Saudi German Health

    Prescreening Jury

    Lara Abizeid
    Equity & Innovation Marketing Excellence Director
    Mondalez
    Makram Aboufakher
    Business Unit Director
    Havas Media ME
    Fahad Ali
    Director | Content & Media
    Broomstick
    Pankaj Arora
    Business Head – Revenue & Growth | MENA
    AnyMind Group
    Asif Hussain
    Director
    SILVERPUSH
    Afşin Avcı
    Co-Founder
    Inflow Network
    Ilter Avci
    Chief Revenue Officer
    Black C
    Mohamed Aziz Babacheikh
    Growth Marketing Manager
    Spotify
    Lubna El Bannan
    Managing Director
    PS Digital
    Ghida Batal
    Head of Media and Digital Excellence MENA
    Arla Foods
    Murat Bozfakigolu
    Chief Global Officer
    Happy People Project
    Gaynelle Brautigam
    Head of Innovation
    Tactical
    Ali Cheikhali
    Creative Strategy Lead, Google Creative Works MENA, TR, SSA
    Google
    Berkin Dalgic
    Creative Consultant
    TikTok
    Siddhi Dhavale-Carmody
    Client Partner - MENA Hub Lead
    Jellyfish
    Egemen_Kanmaz
    Creative Director, EMEA & LATAM
    Digital Turbine
    Sarah Eid
    Associate Business Director
    Spark Foundry
    Jacqueline ElBoghdadi
    Snr Marketing Director
    Alshaya
    Nancy Elkhatib
    Content and Engagement Manager | NAMET Hub
    Colgate-Palmolive
    Karim Fouad
    Head of Brand & Media
    Talabat Egypt
    Aakriti Goel
    Head of Strategy
    Leo Burnett
    Layal Hassi
    Media Planning & Buying Lead
    DU
    Taher Jawadwala
    Data & Strategy Lead
    Blis MENA
    Nayan Joshi
    Digital and Innovation Director for UAE
    UM MENA
    Muhammad Ahmedullah Jung
    Director
    Team Reactivate LLC
    Dr Stravroula Kalogeras
    Associate Professor, Marketing
    Heriot-Watt University
    Omar Katerji
    Media & Digital Lead
    Ferrero
    Malika Kennedy
    Chief Business Development Officer MEA
    Yango Ads
    Maya Khalife
    Principal
    Indevco Consultancy
    Umar Khan
    Head of Digital Marketing
    Emaar
    Mohamad El Khatib
    Category & Digital Marketing Manager
    Category & Digital Marketing Manager
    Salam Kmeid
    Head of Content Marketing
    Anghami
    Poonam Lakhani
    Global Strategy Director
    UM MENA
    Olena Lemeshko
    Marketing Director-Starbucks
    Alshaya
    Hiba Madi
    Media Director
    Initiative MENA
    Sunjay Malik
    Strategy Director
    PHD
    Alex Murray
    Director of Creative
    Propertyfinder
    Adrian Mutescu
    Business Director | Strategy & Insights
    Saatchi & Saatchi
    Pinio Nainggolan
    Director Consumer Data Monetization
    Etisalat by e&
    Dr Pakinam Nazmy
    Assistant Professor of Marketing
    American University in Dubai (AUD)
    Rilee Palmer
    Account Director
    Tactical
    Hugues Raingeard
    Digital Director
    Havas Media ME
    Karim Refaat
    Business Marketing Manager
    Snapchat
    Cynthia Sakr
    Senior Brand Manager for Equity & Innovation
    Mondalez
    Serdar Senay
    Director of Destination Promotion & Digital Marketing
    Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority
    Ratna Shankar
    Regional Account Lead
    UM MENA
    Dennis Silveira
    Associate Creative Director
    Impact BBDO
    Sila Sumer
    Marketing Manager, GBS | METAP
    TikTok
    Hemal Thakkar
    Senior Marketing Manager
    Kitobi
    Paul Wallis
    Director
    Epsilon
    Karim Yusuf
    Creative Lead
    Shahid MBC

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