ABBYs 2023: Valerie Pinto, Ahmed Aftab Naqvi, Ashwini Deshpande made Jury Chairs

Valerie Pinto, CEO, Weber Shandwick; Ahmed Aftab Naqvi, Global CEO & Co-founder, Gozoop; and Ashwini Deshpande, Co-Founder and Director of Elephant Design, join as Jury Chair for Public Relations category, Jury Chair of Mobile Category, and Jury Chair of Design category, respectively, at The ABBY One Show Awards 2023.

Valerie Pinto joins The Abby One Show Awards Jury 2023 to Chair the Public Relations category. She is one of the youngest CEOs of a leading network agency in India. She collaborates with clients to change traditional communication models towards more integrated offerings focused on campaigns, creativity, and content.

Ahmed Aftab Naqvi, Global CEO & Co-founder, Gozoop, has been appointed on the Abby One Show Awards 2023 Jury to Chair the Mobile Category. vis a trailblazer of the digital realm and has been the driving force behind digital-led creativity. As a first-generation entrepreneur, he has created one of India's leading digital companies that has worked on iconic brands like Taj Hotels, Dell, Tim Hortons, Saint Gobain, British Council, Olympic Council of Asia, BIsleri, Air India, Ola, Bata, Mashreq Bank, among others. Naqvi has been a jury member at Cannes, IDMA, DMA Asia, FoxGloves, among others.

Naqvi said, “Abby One Show Awards are the gold standard of excellence. I am honoured to be selected as the Jury Chair for Mobile category. I look forward to awarding the best from the Indian advertising industry.”

Ashwini Deshpande, Co-Founder and Director of Elephant Design, joins the Abby One Show Awards 2023 Jury as Jury Chair of Design category. Deshpande has been on the Jury at Cannes Lions (France), The One Show (USA), Jury President at D&AD (London),New York Festival (USA), Spikes Asia (Singapore), Design for Asia (Hong Kong), and London International Awards.

Some of the international Awards won by Deshpande for Elephant Design are ReBrand100 (USA), A'Design (Italy), Worldstar (Germany), AsiaStar (Singapore).

He said, “It is an absolute privilege to be judging the Design category at Abby One Show Awards. India is a unique playground for brands and consumers. I define Design as a creative way of solving a challenge.  I am hoping to see great work based on real life insights that solve a challenge in a delightful way.”

The Abby Awards will be held on May 24, 25, and 26 during Goafest 2023.