Jury

Global Marketer of the Year 

Global Marketer of the Year 

Our Jury

Our jury represents a hugely experienced team of marketers, consultants and industry experts. It includes a wide range of sector and regional expertise, making it perfectly equipped to identify those who are making the biggest impact on the increasingly global marketing business. The composition of the jury will be revealed in September 2024.

  • Valeria Abadi
    Valeria Abadi Valeria Global Senior Vice President Brand, Globant
  • Traci Alford
    Traci Alford Traci Global CEO, Effie Worldwide
  • Ademorayo Apara
    Ademorayo Apara Ademorayo Snr MSE Brand Strategy Budget Planning & Special Projects, First Bank of Nigeria
  • Cameron Clarke
    Cameron Clarke Cameron Editor at The Drum
  • Marcus Collins
    Marcus Collins Marcus Professor & Author, University of Michigan
  • Edmund Gemmell
    Edmund Gemmell Edmund Group Marketing Director, Kantar
  • Sandra Grieden
    Sandra Grieden Sandra Director Communications Strategy, IBM
  • Mikimasa Hamamatsu
    Mikimasa Hamamatsu Mikimasa General Manager, Global Marketing, Nissan Motor Corporation
  • Stephan Loerke
    Stephan Loerke Stephan Chief Executive Officer, WFA
  • Ian Malcolm
    Ian Malcolm Ian President & CEO, Lumency
  • Eloísa Moscardó
    Eloísa Moscardó Eloísa Head of Corporate Advertising and Content, Santander Group
  • Raja Rajamannar
    Raja Rajamannar Raja Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Mastercard and WFA President
  • Balaji Sampath
    Balaji Sampath Balaji SVP & Segment Head - Marketing, Infosys
  • Sherilyn Shackell
    Sherilyn Shackell Sherilyn Founder & Global CEO, The Marketing Academy
  • Rebecca Swift
    Rebecca Swift Rebecca Senior Vice President, Creative, Getty Images
  • Josephine Tan
    Josephine Tan Josephine VP, APAC Digital Hub, Diageo
  • Adrian Terron
    Adrian Terron Adrian Head, Corporate Brand & Marketing Strategy, TATA
  • Jean-Rene Zetrenne
    Jean-Rene Zetrenne Jean-Rene Chief People Officer, United Talent Agency

Judging process

Phase one: the shortlist

Nominations can be received until September 15 and will be considered by our expert jury who will create a shortlist.

Each jury member will vote for their six preferred candidates from the full list of nominations. Those votes will be added together and those marketers with the highest score will be shortlisted and announced in November.

In the event of a tie, the jury president will cast the deciding vote.

Phase two: appointing the winner

The shortlisted marketers will be profiled on our website and by our media partner The Drum, so everyone can learn more about these marketeers their successes in addressing the challenges facing their brands.

You will then be able to vote for the winner of the WFA Global Marketer of the Year 2024 during the public voting phase from 25 November. These votes will account for 50% of the score, with another 50% from a new vote by the expert jury, considering just the shortlisted marketers.

The winner will be announced in January 2025.

Award timeline

Call for nominations

18 July ‘24 - 15 September ‘24

Call for votes

December ‘24 - January ‘25

Winner announced

Beginning ‘25

Media partner

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