The Geretys select Maria Devereux for jury duty 

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PARIS, Today: The 4th edition of the Gerety Awards has appointed Colenso BBDO ECD Maria Devereux as a member of its 2022 grand jury. The Geretys reward the best in advertising from the female vision – but both sexes can and do enter.

The awards are named for Frances Gerety, the copywriter who in 1948 coined the slogan “A diamond is forever”.


“The awards are named for Frances Gerety, the copywriter who in 1948 coined the slogan ‘A diamond is forever’.”

In addition to Devereux, the grand jury – which is all-female – includes …

  • The Monkeys Sydney CCO Tara Ford
  • Madonna Badger, CCO, Badger & Winters, USA
  • Zara Mirza, head of global marketing, GE, USA
  • Tanja Grubner, global marketing & communications director, Germany
  • Jung A Kim, Worldwide ECD, Innocean, South Korea
  • Khensani Nobanda, executive head of group marketing, Nedbank; South Africa
  • Chaka Sobhani, Global CCO, Leo Burnett Worldwide and CCO Leo Burnett UK and Fallon
  • Denise Rossetto, Partner & CCO, Broken Heart Love Affair, Canada
  • Jean Lin, executive officer, dentsu & global ceo, creative, dentsu International, China
  • Natalia Baidala, director of integrated marketing & communications, Ukraine & Moldova, Mastercard Europe S.A., Ukraine

The full jury will be announced in January.


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