Graham Warsop, group Chairperson and founder of ad agency The Jupiter Drawing Room, was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Financial Mail AdFocus Awards which took place in Johannesburg on 21 May. The Jupiter Drawing Room Johannesburg also took home the grand prize of Agency of the Year. The agency scored another win, with CEO Renee Silverstone named Agency Leader of the Year. Universal McCann won Media Agency of the Year, while Grid took home the Branding & Design Agency of the Year award. The inaugural Marketer of the Year Award went to Chicken Licken’s George Sombonos. The Advertising Media Association of Southern Africa (AMASA) Award for Media Innovation of the Year went to TBWA. Groovin Nchabeleng was awarded Young Ad Operative of the Year. The AdFocus Awards were presented in association with public broadcaster SABC. Host for the evening, AdFocus’ Jeremy Mags commented that the 2007 event was the biggest ever, with a gathering of 631 guests. The theme for the evening was “Classic Advertising” and the best 20 adverts ever made in South Africa were shown.