Meet the Members of the Creative Business Excellence Drum Jury 2026

Together with Jury President Islam ElDessouky, the members of the Creative Business Excellence Drum Jury will work together to examine the works that demonstrate exceptional solutions that have reshaped the business industry and achieved quantifiable business results.

Meet the Jury Members:

• Sami Basut, Chief Creative Officer, TBWA\ Istanbul, Turkey

• Barbara Grabiwoda, Chief Strategy Officer, Publicis Groupe Central & Eastern Europe

• Heidi Haila, Vice President, Brand and Marketing, Outokumpu Corporation, Finland

• Adam Horecký, Head of Strategy, MullenLowe GGK, Slovakia

• Matej Kodrič, Creative Director, Povem, Slovenia

• Alexey Leybovich, Chief Creative Officer, Ogency / REDKEDS CA, Kazakhstan

• Viviana Manera, Marketing Director, Birra Peroni, Italy & EMEAA

• Beqa Meparishvili, Creative Director, Windfor's, Georgia

• Laura Mihaila, Director of Marketing, Communication and CX, RaiffeisenBank Romania

• Bobby Petrov, Creative and Strategy Director, All Channels Group, Bulgaria​

Golden Drum Competition is open! Submit you eligible works and join the Wild. Wild. Best!