The 2026 Judging Committee

Alex has over 10 years' experience in media and communications and is passionate about sustainability and driving positive change within the advertising industry.

Pawan has been an active and dedicated member of the IOAA for over a decade and a half, serving as Board Member and former Chairman, and is Chief Operating Officer at Jagran Engage and Jagran Solutions. He has been a member of the WOO Board since 2024.

Having completed 15 years as CEO, Tim became Ocean Group Chairman in January 2025. Under his leadership Ocean has become a global pioneer in creativity and technology, founding Ocean's Digital Creative Competition and producing multiple Cannes Lions winners.

Tim specialises in media brand building and turnarounds, leading Ocean through three phases of private-equity investment, a full LSE listing in 2019, seven acquisitions across the UK, Nordics and Netherlands, and the move private in 2022 with Atairos. He received the International Leadership Award at the 2019 World OOH Congress.

Dino is an independent consultant helping businesses transform their futures, with a background spanning advertising, creative, gaming, entertainment, technology, broadcast, OOH and AI, latterly founding Sky Labs.

A multi-award winner in the OOH industry — especially in the technology, creative and innovation categories — Dino is a passionate promoter of OOH to the wider creative industries and a regular on the international speaker circuit.

John joined the OOH industry with London + Provincial Poster Group in 1968, becoming main Board Director in 1977 and joining the Board of Adshel. He later joined Portland Outdoor and, from 1995, Poster Publicity, where he developed the International division across 18 offices worldwide.

Involved with FEPE — now the global OOH association — since 1970, he served as consultant and Executive Director from 2005 until stepping down in 2022.

Tom is President of the World Out of Home Organization and Chairman of Out of Home Capital, a global media consultancy headquartered in London advising on all aspects of the OOH ecosystem.

Previously Chairman of Ocean Outdoor, he has held senior executive roles across leading OOH businesses including eight years as CEO of CBS Outdoor International. He is a Board Trustee of the London Irish Charity Foundation and a member of the World Presidents' Organisation.

Katy has been awarded at all the major advertising shows — Cannes Lions, D&AD and One Show — and was named one of Campaign's top 30 female creative trailblazers changing the industry for the better.

She believes in the power of good ideas to make a difference, whatever shape they take — an approach that has produced work across media and brand experiences, including work featured in Time Magazine's top 50 inventions.

Elizabeth's multi-disciplinary career spans governance, brand development, marketing and organisational change. Before joining the OMA and MOVE in 2023 she was CEO of Think Brick Australia and associated bodies for 13 years, following executive positions at Walt Disney Television, the Australian Turf Club and Sports Entertainment Limited.

She is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, holds a Masters in International Business from Macquarie University, and recently completed leadership courses at Harvard Business School.

Katrin is an acknowledged expert in large-format outdoor advertising, running the blowUP media group from London and Düsseldorf across Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Belgium.

Known for her entrepreneurial spirit, client focus and drive for innovation, she leads sustainability initiatives at blowUP media, heads the WOO Sustainability Taskforce, and mentors women in management at Ströer and industry charity NABS.

A marketing professional with experience across consumer, service, hospitality and media industries, Richard joined WOO in 2014 to project-manage the organisation's 'Always On' research. He has since taken on all aspects of marketing and communication — including the 2019 rebrand to the World Out of Home Organization — becoming Chief Marketing Officer in 2020.

Dan leads work across all of New Commercial Arts' accounts. Over a 20-plus-year career at DDB London, Droga5 and BBH he has earned international recognition for work that cuts through culture while maintaining a high level of craft.

Felipe is the co-founder of b.drops and President of ABOOH, the Brazilian Out of Home Association. A leader in indoor media across salons, gyms and barbershops in Brazil, he specialises in turning everyday spaces into powerful communication channels for major brands.

Antonio is CEO of Pikasso, which he founded in 1986 in the Levant, operating across billboards, urban furniture and transport advertising. A founding member and president of the Syndicate of Outdoor Advertising companies in Lebanon, he was President of the World Out of Home Organization from 2015 to 2017 and is currently a Vice President.