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Meet the judges – our expert selection panel from the photography and automotive industries
Karen is the Creative Director of Shutter Hub, the UK based photography organisation providing opportunities, support and networking for creative photographers worldwide. In 2021, she launched Shutter Hub Editions, a publishing house specialising in photobooks.
An award-winning photographer, Karen acts as a juror and reviewer for many photography exhibitions, festivals and events around the world.
Whether it’s competing in the LCUK Speed Championships or meandering through the countryside in her old Audi 100, when’s she’s not working on Shutter Hub, or the various other projects she’s involved with, Karen will most certainly be found near a car.
Alessia Glaviano is head of Global PhotoVogue and Director of the Photo Vogue Festival. Glaviano has a degree in economics from Bocconi University in Milan, but has always been passionate about photography. After graduating, she moved to New York to a job at Pier 59 Studios, where she worked with a range of international fashion photographers.
In addition to her editorial and curatorial activities, Glaviano teaches master courses at the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Milan, and lectures regularly at other academic institutions. She was a 2015 World Press Photo jury member, and has participated in several portfolio review sessions, including the New York Times Portfolio Reviews.
An experienced photographer, Charles started taking photographs seriously at the age of twelve under the name of Charles Settrington. He began his professional career as an apprentice to the film director Stanley Kubrick. He worked on many of the great advertising campaigns of the 1980s including Benson & Hedges, Silk Cut, Levi’s, and ICI.
Aside from his photography, Charles has instigated at Goodwood two internationally-acclaimed motorsport events. In 1993, he held the first Festival of Speed. This annual event has become the largest car culture event in the world. In 1998, he held the first Goodwood Revival meeting at the reopened historic Goodwood Motor Circuit.
Justina is the Team Owner of EXCELR8 Motorsport, a race team that competes in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) and Vertu MINI CHALLENGE.
‘Vertu with EXCELR8’ is the only team in the BTCC led by a female team principal, and in the male dominated motorsport industry, Justina aims to lead the way in increasing the number of women involved at the highest level.
Founded in 2010, EXCELR8 Motorsport won the JCW Championship in their first season. Since then, they have grown into one of the leading teams in UK motorsport, with no fewer than 48 Championship titles.
Alongside her continued role as the only female Team Owner in Britain’s most high- profile race series, Justina has also used her vast experience to fulfil a number of other vital positions, which include being a STEM Ambassador for the British Army and an Inclusion Ambassador for FIA Girls on Track UK programme.
Mai is a Creative Director and Brand Consultant whose mission is to inject adrenaline and creative edge into the world’s leading automotive, action sports and luxury brands.
With over 15 years of experience and a passion for cultural connectivity and high impact strategy, she provides perspective and guidance to achieve growth and increase exposure for established and new brands.
Born in Tokyo, the world of international motor racing provided Ikuzawa with her earliest form of education. Since then, Ikuzawa has built an impressive network of the world’s most influential artists, storytellers, thought leaders, and change-makers. With an arsenal of resources and a drive to take on any challenge with humour and honesty, she creates impactful and meaningful work that moves cultures. She helps build brands—forging long-lasting connections with like-minded collaborators who champion aesthetics, integrity, community, and sustainability.
Charlie is a Founding Partner and Director of The Maze Group – a collective of specialist marketing agencies with over a decade of experience in identifying and nurturing raw creative talent and working with brands from the automotive and finance sectors.
The Maze Group consists of a number of organisations offering complimentary services: the creative marketing agency Maze, which delivers strategic support and clever, creative campaigns, WXVE, a studio creating short cinematic productions and photography for brands, people, and storytellers, performance marketing specialists Optimyzd, and Fluential, which matches brands with creators to deliver effective influencer marketing campaigns, and hardworking content for a digital world.
Charlie will select the winner of the Adrian Flux Award.
Phil is the Founder and Creative Director of Caffeine & Machine, catering to everyone with a love of things that move and seeking to break down barriers and encourage conversation and discovery.
Always passionate about photography, Phil’s first creative project, Crank & Piston, was a marketing agency with global clients including McLaren, MOMO, JLR, Porsche, /Drive and Pirelli.
Phil now combines his love of photography and the car scene at Caffeine & Machine, a melting pot of automotive culture with inclusivity at its core. The man behind the camera for all the visuals and photography for Caffeine & Machine, Phil believes photography to be paramount in the brands success, from its early phase as a one-day event in the UAE to its place five years later as a permanent and key player in UK car culture.
As the winner of our Creative Impact Award 2023, for his significant impact in the community and industry, we welcome Phil to the AUTO PHOTO judging panel.
Since 2018, Hugh has worked as CEO of Motorsport UK, the National Governing Body responsible for four-wheel motorsport in the UK. The community includes 50,000 licence holders as well as 15,000 officials and volunteers. The role also involves managing and promoting major events, including the British Grand Prix and the FIA British F4 Championship.
Previously, Hugh was Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of World Sailing (IF), CCO of Team Sky, and from 2008 to 2013 Hugh was CCO of the British Olympic Association; establishing Team GB as the greatest sports brand of the nation. From 2001 – 2005, Hugh was Commercial Director of the BAR Honda F1 team, and for ten years was a partner in Prodrive, the largest independent global motorsport organisation with 1200 staff worldwide (Subaru WRC, Aston Martin Racing, Ferrari GTS Le Mans, BTCC Honda/Ford/Alfa).