The shortlist jury for 2025 Strategy Awards has been announced.
The 16-member shortlist jury will work alongside the previously announced Strategy Awards jury to curate the shortlist for this fall’s event.
AJ Jones, chief strategy officer at McCann World Group, and Bob Park, chief brand officer at General Electric, are 2025’s co-chairs.
The shortlist will be released in late summer and the winners will be announced at a gala following the CMO Forum on Sept. 30.
The Strategy Awards celebrate Canada’s top brand-building ideas and insights and the planners behind them.
The closing date for entries was April 17.
For more information, visit the Strategy Awards website.
2025 Shortlist Jury
Elliott Altilia, group strategy director, Wieden+Kennedy
Pooja Beri, group strategy director, Leo Burnett
Heather Cameron, head of brand and creative, DoorDash
Bill Chamness, VP strategic planning, TBWA
Jon Crowley, head of strategy, Fuse Create
Donovan D’souza, ECD, Balmoral Multicultural
Laura Davis-Saville, head of strategy, Titan One
Samantha Francis, VP and head of strategy and planning, Saatchi & Saatchi
Ken Gamage, head of strategy and research, Publicis Media
Stephanie Gyles, VP of strategy, Dentsu Creative
Tanya Kreinin, chief marketing officer, University of Toronto
Meera Patel, director of marketing, Taco Bell
Paula Port, VP of global marketing, Destination Toronto
Crystal Sales, group strategy director, Rethink
Catherine Walsh, VP of marketing and PR, Specsavers
John Xydous, director of brand strategy and content marketing, Air Canada
