Frank Dopheide became the 11^th chairman of the Creative Jury in the history of Kyiv International Advertising Festival. Mr.Dopheide, Managing Director of Grey Germany, is the owner of numerous awards, and his creative ideas were appreciated at true value at such international contests as London International Advertising Festival, New York Advertising Festival, ADC New York; ADC Germany, Epica, Cresta, Cannes Lions, Clio, Montreux  and others.

In his role of Chairman Frank and other colleagues of the Creative Jury will determine the fate of the awards for such competitions as Film, Press, Outdoor, Radio at 11^th KIAF, moreover exactly Frank Dopheide will decide the fate of Festival Gran-prix.

Frank Dopheide has been in the advertising business more than 20 years. At the beginning of his career he was working as copywriter in Grey where he was awarded for the first time. After that Frank moved to BMZ (Publicis) where he occupied the position of Creative Director. During his leadership the Agency BMZ (Publicis) was titled as The Agency of 1999. In 6 years he was appointed to the post of Creative Director of Red Cell (WPP), and in 2004 Frank returned to Grey as Managing Director of the Agency. It was the first time when the creative director took the managing position at the agency that positions as the second among advertising agencies in Germany. The agency was announced «shooting star of the year», and got the Bronze Lion at the firs year of Frank's activity. Today the Agency is mentioned at the TOP list of 10 creative agencies in Germany.

It is not the first experience of refereeing for Frank. Mr. Dopheide was the representative of TV jury in Cannes in 2006.

Frank comments his visit as following:

"I just read the secret of happiness is: go once a year somewhere you have never been before, talk to people you have never talked to before, see things you have never seen before. 
So KYIV looks like a perfect place for happiness to me. I expect great things: the work, the people, the festival, the Ukraine."