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Clio Awards Names 2008 Executive Jury Chairs

The 49th annual Clio Awards, honoring creative excellence in advertising and design, today announced the industry leaders who will serve as executive chairs to head up juries for the Interactive, Design, and Radio categories.

Matias Palm-Jensen (Interactive), creative president at Farfar in Stockholm, Sweden, has a history as a pioneer in the digital world. After creating one of the first web portals in 1994, he started digital ad agency Spliff Industries two years later, before founding Farfar in 2000. The agency's award-winning programs include work for Nokia, Absolut, Heineken, Diesel, Red Bull, Adidas and others. Farfar, which opened a New York office last year, was named the world's #1 digital agency for 2007 according to the Gunn Report.

Garth Walker (Design) founded Orange Juice Design in Durban, South Africa in 1995. The agency, at which Walker serves as creative director, creates corporate identities, literature and packaging for many of South Africa's best known corporate and consumer brands. However, it is his interest in developing and encouraging a design language rooted in the African experience for which he is best known: since 1995, Orange Juice Design has published i-jusi (www.ijusi.co.za), Africa's only experimental graphics magazine. Recipient of more than 100 design awards, Walker has had his work published in over 80 magazines and books, and exhibited in 14 countries.

Bob Winter (Radio) is responsible for some of the industry's most successful and recognized advertising in recent years. These include award-wining campaigns for Altoids from Leo Burnett, Chicago, where he currently serves as vice-president, creative director. Previously, he spent three years at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco, working on notable accounts such as Budweiser, Netflix, Ace Hardware and Specialized bikes. Winter began his career with a nine-year stint at DDB Chicago, where he was responsible for creating one of the most awarded campaigns in history, "Real Men of Genius," on behalf of Budweiser.