Phil Wade

Phil has almost  20 years experience in creating and leading e-commerce and marketing teams across Europe, Asia and America in retail, travel and consumer goods.  He has held senior roles Marketing and Ecommerce rolesat some of the world’s biggest companies including Unilever, TJX, Wesfarmers and Qantas and is currently the Chief Marketing Officer of Jetstar Airways, part of the Qantas Group.

Passionate about customers, marketing and e-commerce, Phil has chaired marketing awards panels all over the world and is a regular speaker on digital transformation, media buying and creativity. Phil holds an MSc in Economics and Politics from the London School of Economics and has held various Non-Executive Director and volunteer roles in organisations throughout his career.

“It is an honour to be asked to be a judge. I am fully aware of the blood, sweat and tears that go into the very best work. To review case studies from around the world and to be able to recognise clients and agencies for delivering excellence against such competition is fantastic and I take the role of a judge as a serious one. 

"What I hope to see is creativity that has had a real business and brand impact. An idea, expressed as an eloquent story, shared from one person to the next as it connects into a human truth. A strategy that is fundamentally interesting, cuts through and is amplified to the maximum in every and a concept that conclusively changes something; a business, a brand, a product, a positioning to deliver tangible unequivocal business results.”