By A Correspondent

Veteran adperson Ajay Chandwani (Director Percept Ltd and an independent strategic brand engagement consultant) is on the jury of the 30th edition of Golden Award of Montreux Advertising Festival that is scheduled this year at Montreux in Switzerland on April 25, 2019.
Other members of the Montreux International Jury for 2019 have also been named: Izabella Cabral TBWA/Worldwide, Andreia Ribeiro Fuel Lisbon, Carol Lambert Publicis Dublin, Joaquin Salim BBDO New York ,Craig Hannabus Havas Johannesburg,Sergio Spaccavento Conversion, Italy,Gastón Andrés Guetmonovitch Leo Burnett Madrid, Sébastien Boutebel McCann Paris, Jens Waernes Goodby Silverstein & Partners London, Daniel de Hora Creative Boutique Brasil and Luis Silva Dias FCB International, Olivier Teepe, Cloudfactory, The Netherlands. Other judges in this year’s Montreux jury are Conor Brady Critical Mass, Barbara Aparo, fashion tv,Lothaire Burg ARTE TV, France and Istvan Bracsok White Rabbit, Hungary.
The 2018 Golden Award of Montreux received more than 3,400 entries from 38 countries last year. Last year,BBDO New York was once again the most successful agency at the Montreux Festival for their work on GE, P&G, Bacardi, Mars and Sandy Hook Promise. BBDO New York was followed by Energy BBDO and BETC Paris Indian companies did well to win 6 Golds and 5 Finalist Awards at the 2018 Montreux Goldenaward Festival Switzerland.
Indian winners incuded Open Strategy & Design for Crisil Foundation corporate id „I am progress“ which won Gold in the Design Category while Out of the Box won Gold in Direct Marketing for their Sparsh Calendar “Feed a child for 365 days a year “ Sony Pictures India won Gold for Kaun Banega Crorepati-Play in Digital/Interactive category while Viacom18 Colors won Gold for India Bangaya Manch in the Events category. Jagran Prakashan won Gold with 957 Pages from a Daughter’s Diary in Best Use of Print Media.
A Gold for Miami Ad School India in the Talent Section.
Entries close on Mar 29, 2019 at goldenwardmontreux.com.