{"id":19308,"date":"2026-08-25T10:45:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T02:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/?p=19308"},"modified":"2026-08-25T10:45:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T02:45:29","slug":"james-gannaban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/james-gannaban\/","title":{"rendered":"James Gannaban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Speakers&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;2026 JUDGE&#8217;S PROFILE&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_module=&#8221;19007&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">2026 JUDGE&#8217;S PROFILE<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243; module_class=&#8221;members-full-description&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|0px|40px|0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/James-Gannaban_img.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;James Gannaban_img&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3>James Gannaban<\/h3>\n<h4>Director of Marketing &amp; Communications<\/h4>\n<h5>Pirata Group<\/h5>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]James Gannaban is an international marketing leader whose career has covered Greater China and Southeast Asia \u2013 in hospitality, media and tech. Currently Director of Marketing &#038; Communications at Pirata Group, one of Hong Kong\u2019s most dynamic hospitality organisations, with a portfolio covering major CBDs, premium shopping malls, suburban neighbourhoods, and tourist hotspots. He has launched 17 restaurants, award winning apps, and a mixology recipe book co-written with Antonio Lai, that won Bronze at the Paris Cookbook Fair. He has previously held roles with Disney, Hyatt, South China Morning Post, and with the Dubai-based loyalty &#038; rewards app powerhouse, The Entertainer.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#D2AE2B&#8221; divider_style=&#8221;dashed&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;View other 2026 Judges\u2019 Profile&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_module=&#8221;19013&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"h2\" style=\"text-align: center;\">View other 2026 Judges\u2019 Profile<\/h5>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Judges 2026&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; global_module=&#8221;19015&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||35px||false|false&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_width_px=&#8221;1440px&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;Phyllis Wong&#8221; position=&#8221;Head of Marketing &#038; SMB&#8221; image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/04\/Phyllis-Wong-img.jpg&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;ASUS Technology (HK) Limited&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;link_option_url&#8221; min_height=&#8221;114px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||1px||false|false&#8221; link_option_url=&#8221;@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wb3N0Iiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjE5MDA1In19@&#8221; link_option_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>ASUS Technology (HK) Limited<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 JUDGE&#8217;S PROFILEJames Gannaban Director of Marketing &amp; Communications Pirata GroupJames Gannaban is an international marketing leader whose career has covered Greater China and Southeast Asia \u2013 in hospitality, media and tech. Currently Director of Marketing &#038; Communications at Pirata Group, one of Hong Kong\u2019s most dynamic hospitality organisations, with a portfolio covering major CBDs, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":19281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-judges"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2026 Judges - James Gannaban<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Marketing Excellence Awards is designed to recognise outstanding work in Hong Kong\u2019s marketing industry, it is one of Hong Kong\u2019s largest awards shows to celebrate the region\u2019s top marketers.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/james-gannaban\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2026 Judges - James Gannaban\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Marketing Excellence Awards is designed to recognise outstanding work in Hong Kong\u2019s marketing industry, it is one of Hong Kong\u2019s largest awards shows to celebrate the region\u2019s top marketers.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/james-gannaban\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Marketing Excellence Awards Hong Kong 2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/marketingmagazine.group\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-25T02:45:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-25T02:45:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/James-Gannaban_img.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"jiminl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@MarketingEds\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MarketingEds\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"jiminl\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/james-gannaban\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/james-gannaban\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"jiminl\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/475d4f5239b211d597ea95c92a7b372d\"},\"headline\":\"James Gannaban\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-25T02:45:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-25T02:45:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/james-gannaban\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":773,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/james-gannaban\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/39\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/James-Gannaban_img.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"2026 Judges\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/james-gannaban\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/james-gannaban\\\/\",\"name\":\"2026 Judges - James Gannaban\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/james-gannaban\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/james-gannaban\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/39\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/James-Gannaban_img.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-25T02:45:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-25T02:45:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/475d4f5239b211d597ea95c92a7b372d\"},\"description\":\"Marketing Excellence Awards is designed to recognise outstanding work in Hong Kong\u2019s marketing industry, it is one of Hong Kong\u2019s largest awards shows to celebrate the region\u2019s top marketers.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/james-gannaban\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/james-gannaban\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/james-gannaban\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/39\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/James-Gannaban_img.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/39\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/James-Gannaban_img.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":800},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/james-gannaban\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"James Gannaban\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/\",\"name\":\"Marketing Excellence Awards Hong Kong 2026\",\"description\":\"Celebrating 15 years of setting the Marketing gold standard\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/475d4f5239b211d597ea95c92a7b372d\",\"name\":\"jiminl\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\\\/marketing-excellence-hk\\\/author\\\/jiminl\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2026 Judges - James Gannaban","description":"Marketing Excellence Awards is designed to recognise outstanding work in Hong Kong\u2019s marketing industry, it is one of Hong Kong\u2019s largest awards shows to celebrate the region\u2019s top marketers.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/james-gannaban\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2026 Judges - James Gannaban","og_description":"Marketing Excellence Awards is designed to recognise outstanding work in Hong Kong\u2019s marketing industry, it is one of Hong Kong\u2019s largest awards shows to celebrate the region\u2019s top marketers.","og_url":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/james-gannaban\/","og_site_name":"Marketing Excellence Awards Hong Kong 2026","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/marketingmagazine.group\/","article_published_time":"2026-08-25T02:45:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-25T02:45:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/James-Gannaban_img.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"jiminl","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@MarketingEds","twitter_site":"@MarketingEds","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"jiminl","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/james-gannaban\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/james-gannaban\/"},"author":{"name":"jiminl","@id":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/#\/schema\/person\/475d4f5239b211d597ea95c92a7b372d"},"headline":"James Gannaban","datePublished":"2026-08-25T02:45:24+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-25T02:45:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/james-gannaban\/"},"wordCount":773,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/james-gannaban\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/James-Gannaban_img.jpg","articleSection":["2026 Judges"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/james-gannaban\/","url":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/james-gannaban\/","name":"2026 Judges - James Gannaban","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/james-gannaban\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/james-gannaban\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/James-Gannaban_img.jpg","datePublished":"2026-08-25T02:45:24+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-25T02:45:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/#\/schema\/person\/475d4f5239b211d597ea95c92a7b372d"},"description":"Marketing Excellence Awards is designed to recognise outstanding work in Hong Kong\u2019s marketing industry, it is one of Hong Kong\u2019s largest awards shows to celebrate the region\u2019s top marketers.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/james-gannaban\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/james-gannaban\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/james-gannaban\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/James-Gannaban_img.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/08\/James-Gannaban_img.jpg","width":800,"height":800},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/james-gannaban\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"James Gannaban"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/","name":"Marketing Excellence Awards Hong Kong 2026","description":"Celebrating 15 years of setting the Marketing gold standard","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/#\/schema\/person\/475d4f5239b211d597ea95c92a7b372d","name":"jiminl","url":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/author\/jiminl\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19308"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19312,"href":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19308\/revisions\/19312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awards.marketing-interactive.com\/marketing-excellence-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}