Noah Regan is creative director at Three Drunk Monkeys, Sydney. Prior to joining Three Drunk Monkeys, Noah worked at DDB London, creating award-winning campaigns for Harvey Nichols, Volkswagen and Marmite. Noah's 14-year career also includes an eight-year stint at Saatchi & Saatchi, Sydney.
Universal McCann Australia is no stranger to Cannes, boasting two Cannes Media Grand Prix and a Cannes Media Agency of the Year title. UM's Australia chief executive and president APAC Henry Tajer and Sydney managing director Travis Johnson will bring a wealth of media experience to their blog. Tajer sits on the Executive Committee of the Media Federation of Australia and is chairman of the MFA awards. Johnson began his career at DDM/OMD some 13 years ago.
Jacques Burger is chief executive of The Campaign Palace, following a stint as the youngest board member of Ogilvy Cape Town. In 2008 he brought his fierce passion for ‘making great work that works great' to The Campaign Palace. Burger says he's not afraid to speak his mind and is always ready with a brave and interesting point of view.
Julian Schreiber and Tom Martin of Clemenger BBDO Melbourne, became deputy creative directors across all accounts at the agency in March following a hot streak which saw them pick up a string of awards including the 2010 Gold Siren award for best radio ad of the year.
Matt Batten is creative director at Wunderman, which he joined in October 2008. At the 2008 ADMA Awards, Matt collected more trophies than any other Australian creative and was a finalist for the coveted Grand Prix award. He previously held creative roles at Saatchi & Saatchi and BMF and he's counts a coveted Cannes Lion among his trophies.
Tongue managing partners Jonathan Pease and John Du Vernet will be lending a digital perspective to the Cannes Festival. Pease, who launched Tongue in 2009 was global creative director at Mambo and ran the Ideas Department at Naked Communications. Du Vernet joined Tongue from Naked where he was head of special projects.
Ed Charles is a former editor of Ad News and has been a business, food and drink journalist for over 20 years.
In 2005 he started the influential food blog Tomato, is one of the top twitterers in Melbourne and also advises food and drink companies on engaging through social media.
He’s also a massive coffee geek.
Sam Geer and Alex Ryan are two young thinkers trying to make their way in a big agency. Working at MediaCom, they're passionate, media savvy and unashamedly opinionated, standing up for the belief that young people need a voice in this industry.