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Lo Sheung Yan – Mayan has made a legendary leap from joining China’s advertising industry in 1996 beginning his career at JWT to eventually becoming its Chairman of Asia Pacific Creative Council in 2013. He is recognized for his talent, creative inspiration and gaining many prestigious regional and global advertising awards for JWT.
Tom Doctoroff, CEO APAC J. Walter Thompson says “Mayan is the teacher. His wisdom has inspired generations of communications people in China across more than twenty years. He has defined the creative voice of China. His understatement and his perceptiveness, not to mention his talent have been the fuel of J. Walter Thompson for two decades.”
Mayan made history time and again in China’s advertising industry, from winning China’s first Gold Clio, to helping lead China to its very first Grand Prix at Cannes in 2011. He once again made history in 2012 by becoming the first Chinese jury head of Cannes’ Outdoor Advertising Awards 2012.
For two years in a row JWT Asia Pacific was named “Network Agency of the Year” by ADFEST. It was awarded Network Agency of the Year first in 2008. Then JWT Asia Pacific repeated this feat when it was named “Network Agency of the Year” at ADFEST 2009, as well as winning this award at Media Spikes. Meanwhile, JWT Shanghai was named “Agency of the Year” in 2009 by ADFEST, and “Agency of the Year” by Campaign Asia in 2011.
Mayan continues to support the industry by serving as a juror at regional awards like Longxi Chinese Advertising Awards, Spikes Asia and Adfest. His legacy and support also extends outside of Asia through judging international shows as well, such as Clio, Cannes, LIA and ADC.
Now in its fourth year of existence, Lotus Legend is given in honor of long-serving creative excellence in the region. To be considered as a recipient of the Lotus Legend, candidates must first be nominated by an ADFEST judge. Fifty-seven judges on this year’s Lotus Awards Juries were asked to put forward a contender who has achieved creative excellence while working in the Asia Pacific region. If there was more than one nomination the jury then voted on the shortlist. Mayan’s creative excellence throughout the years and many achievements stood out in making him this year’s Lotus Legend.
Previous Lotus Legends include: Akira Kagami, Executive Advisor & Global Executive Creative Advisor of Dentsu Inc, in 2012, David Droga, founder of Droga5 in 2013 and in 2014 Yasmin Ahmad, who was Executive Creative Director, Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur before her passing.