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As activities towards the 2023 Pitcher Festival of Creativity peaks, the Festival has named 4 of the jury presidents for the 2023 Pitcher Awards as follows:
GOOD
Roz Thomas, CEO Africa, H+K Strategies
Roz is a 25-year plus veteran in the communications business. She is the CEO Africa at Hill+Knowlton Strategies, a WPP company, where she is responsible for driving growth across the continent… See full profile
CRAFT
Emuron Alemu, Founder; The Collective, Nairobi, Kenya
Emuron’s work has picked up a range of awards including Clios, Cannes Lions, One Show, Dubai Lynx, Loeries and APAs. His highlights have included winning a Grand Clio and Dubai Lynx Grand Prix for Good… See full profile
CHANNEL
Patrick Gommes, Chief Executive Officer, digitXplus, Lagos, Nigeria
Patrick has over 25+ years of professional work experience spanning 3 diverse Markets namely, India, Middle East & North Africa and now West & Central Africa, where he’s been working in for over 9 years. He is Facebook’s Agency Ambassador in Nigeria and part of Facebook’s SME Council in Nigeria…See full profile
HERITAGE
Lanre Adisa, Founder/Chief Creative Officer, Noah’s Ark Communications, Lagos
Lanre was the pioneer President of the Pitcher Festival Heritage category. He is the chairman of the Lagos Advertising & Ideas Festival (LAIF) Management Board. He was also on the jury of the African Cristals Festival in 2016. In 2018, he became the first West African to serve on the Cannes Lions jury. From 2019 to 2022, he judged the Loeries in South Africa. He represents West Africa on the Loeries Committee… See full profile
Speaking of the appointments, Pitcher Festival Chairman, Dr. Nnamdi Ndu says
“All the jury presidents come with vast professional experience and account for some of the most talented specialists on the continent. Further more, they have a long connection with Pitcher Awards, which makes them perfect to lead the jury to search and reward the brightest ideas created or implemented in Africa in the past year.”
The jury presidents for Entertainment and Digital will be announced in due course. Pitcher Awards is currently open for entries until 31 March 2023. Winners will be announced at the Pitcher Festival of Creativity taking place online and in-person in Lagos Nigeria from 18 – 20 May 2023.
Pitcher Festival of Creativity
18 – 20 May 2023
Festival Tracks
Pitcher Awards – the Pan-African benchmark for creative excellence open to campaigns created or implemented anywhere on the African continent
Young Professionals Academy (YPA) – career accelerator for under 30’s digital and communications professionals, hosting the Young Lions & the Young Pitcher competitions.
Future Creative Leaders Academy (FCLA) – professional immersion programme for university students
Pitcher Talks – a unique regional platform for leading industry professionals to speak on critical issues
Creating a Better Africa – initiative aimed at mobilizing the private sector towards greater participation in development projects
