17 April 2025 – Cannes Lions has today revealed the line-up of global experts selected to award the world’s very best creative and effective work and benchmark excellence this June. Work from across the globe will be judged, awarded and celebrated during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, running from 16 to 20 June 2025.
Simon Cook, CEO, LIONS, said: “The Cannes Lions Awarding Jury plays a vital role in setting the global benchmark for creative excellence. This year’s line-up brings together some of the most highly respected and accomplished industry talent from around the world. Their expertise will help define the creative standards that continue to drive our industry forward and spotlight the power of creativity as a catalyst for meaningful business growth and transformation.”
Marian Brannelly, Global Director of Awards, LIONS, added: “The Awarding Jury comprises some of the most respected talent from across the global industry. This year, we’re welcoming Jury members from 52 markets, including first-time representation from Ivory Coast and Kazakhstan and our highest-ever representation from Africa, Asia and the Middle East. We’re delighted to bring such a breadth of voices and perspectives into the Jury rooms, and we thank all of our Jurors in advance for the dedication and care they bring to the process.”
The 2025 Awarding Jurors have been named as:
Classic Track
Film Lions:
Kate Stanners | Chairwoman and Global Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi, Global
Jessica Apellániz | Chief Creative Officer, Wieden+Kennedy, Mexico
Manasvi Gosalia | Executive Producer, Dejavu, UAE
Mike Felix | Chief Creative Officer, dentsu, Aotearoa New Zealand
Nadja Lossgott | Chief Creative Officer, AMV BBDO, UK
Neo Mashigo | Chief Creative Officer, The Up&Up Group, South Africa
Ricardo Wolff | Executive Creative Director, Innocean Berlin, Germany
Thatiane Almeida | Film Director, Magma, Brazil
Tom Murphy | Chief Creative Officer, North America, VML, North America
Valerie Madon | Chief Creative Officer, APAC, McCann Worldgroup, APAC
Outdoor Lions:
Keka Morelle | Chief Creative Officer LATAM, Ogilvy, LATAM
Anu Igoni | Executive Creative Director and Partner, Bob the Robot NoA, Finland
Duncan Bone | Group Creative Director, Colenso BBDO, Aotearoa New Zealand
Emir Shafri | Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Groupe, Malaysia
Enrique Renta | Chief Creative Officer, DDB Latina, Puerto Rico
Graham Lang | Chief Creative Officer, VML, Canada
Kagiso Musi | Group Managing Director, Meta Media, South Africa
Matthieu Bouilhot | Creative Director, BETC, France
Pallavi Chakravarti | Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Fundamental, India
Tomás Ostiglia | Executive Creative Director, LOLA MullenLowe, Spain
Print & Publishing Lions:
Icaro Doria | President and Chief Creative Officer, DM9, Brazil
Alan Jones | Creative Director, FCB Aotearoa, Aotearoa New Zealand
Esosa Osagiede | Creative Director, Insight Publicis, Nigeria
Hatem Mohamed | Creative Director, Adpro OMD, Jordan
Josafat Padilla | Regional Chief Creative Officer, Havas Costa Rica, Central America and the Caribbean
Lulu Lu | Chief Creative Officer, VML, Taiwan
Sade Muhammad | Chief Marketing & Impact Officer, TIME, USA
Samira Ansari | Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy, USA
Stephan Schwarz | Executive Creative Director, LePub, APAC
Yash Deb | Co-Founder and Creative Partner, The Bar Africa, Kenya
Audio & Radio Lions:
Xolisa Dyeshana | Chief Creative Officer, Joe Public, Africa and Middle East
Alexander Nowak | Chief Creative Officer, Creative Partner, Mother, Germany
Ayşe Aydın | Founder, WE Istanbul, Turkey
Colin Selikow | Chief Creative Officer, DDB, USA
Françoise Nottrelet | Global Head of Content Partnerships and Licensing, StarNews Mobile and Head of Business and Content, House of Podcasts, Global
Guilherme Machado | Executive Creative Director, BLKJ Havas, Singapore
Klaartje Galle | Chief Creative Officer, VML, Belgium
Leila Katrib | Global Executive Creative Director, Incubeta, Global
Nikki Sunga | Creative Director, BBDO Guerrero, the Philippines
Will Bone | Music Director and Partner, Pingado Áudio, Brazil
Craft Track
Design Lions:
Jessica Walsh | Founder & Creative Director, &Walsh, USA
Bruno Regalo | Global Chief Design Officer, TBWA\Worldwide, Global
Dida Atassi | Managing Director, Creative Account Lead for Design & Digital Products, Accenture Song, UAE
Emma Follett | Chief Creative Officer, Design Bridge and Partners, UK
José Rivera y Piérola | Creative Chairman and CEO, Circus Grey, Peru
Kiser Barnes | Chief Creative Officer, Red Antler, Global
Leonard Wiguna | Group Chief Creative Officer, Future Creative Network, Indonesia
Mahima Mathur | Creative Director, DDB Mudra Group, India
Pete Little | Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Groupe, Africa
Taro Taniwaki | Copywriter, Hakuhodo, Japan
Digital Craft Lions:
Naoki Tanaka | Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Lab, Dentsu, Global
Amy Worley | Global Chief Connections Officer, VML, Global
Jessica Tan | Digital Creative Director, Design Bridge and Partners, Singapore
Julie Matheny | Group Creative Director, TBWA\Media Arts Lab, EMEA
Kevin David | Creative Director, KELE, Brazil
Michael Aimette | Chief Creative Officer, FCB, USA
Noel Bunting | Chief Creative Officer, Publicis London, UK
Paul Chan | Chief Creative Officer, Cheil, Hong Kong SAR
Paulo Engler | Senior Creative Director and Head of Art, FP7 McCann, UAE
Waithera Kabiru | Digital Hub Lead – Africa, Diageo, Africa
Film Craft Lions:
Ali Ali | Co-Founder and Film Director, Good People Films, Egypt
Camila Zapiola | Film Director, ArgentinaCine, Argentina
João Machado | Film Director and Co-Founder, The Youth, Brazil
Kerstin Heffels | Senior Producer, HeimatTBWA, Germany
Nikki Chapman | Production Partner, FCB London, UK
Nwakaego Boyo | Founder and Managing Director, Temple Productions / Temple Media, Nigeria
Paul Hunter | Co-Founder and Director, PRETTYBIRD, USA
Pip Smart | Partner and Executive Producer, Revolver, Australia
Wuthisak Anarnkaporn | Film Director and Founder, Factory01, Thailand
Yael Staav | Director, Furlined / Merchant, Canada
Industry Craft Lions:
Matthias Spaetgens | Chief Creative Officer, Scholz & Friends, Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Alvaro Becker | Chief Creative Officer, BBDO, Chile
Ben Golik | Creative Partner, Uncommon Creative Studio, UK
Gabrielle Shirdan | Chief Creative Officer and Founder, Kitchen Table, USA
Joaquin Molla | Founder and Chief Creative Officer, the community, USA
Jody Xiong | Founder and Creative Director, The Nine, Mainland China
Julia Hoffman | Executive Creative Director, Google, UK
Lara Assouad | Executive Creative Director, Landor, Middle East
Mariko Fukuoka | Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan
Nene Parsotam | Creative Director, Access:VFX, UK
Engagement Track
Creative B2B Lions:
Wendy Walker | VP Marketing ASEAN, Salesforce, ASEAN
Benjamin Yung | CEO, DPZ, Brazil
George Bryant | Global Chief Creative Officer, Golin, Global
Hana Kovacevic | Head of EU Endemics, Brand Innovation Lab, Amazon Ads, Amazon, Europe
Irene Kugelmann | Chief Creative Officer, DDB Germany Group of Companies, Germany
Lisa Maxwell | VP, B2B Marketing, Mastercard, Global
Luis Madruga Enriquez | Chief Creative Officer, VML, Mexico
María García | Managing Director, DAVID Madrid, Spain
Rolando Cordova | Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, L&C NYC, USA
Thembeka Ngugi | SVP – Marketing, NTT DATA Middle East and Africa, MEA
Creative Data Lions:
Tina Allan | Global Chief Data and Intelligence Officer, FCB, Global
Camila Nakagawa | Global Executive VP, Havas Prose on Pixels, Global
Jimi McGrath | CEO, Droga5 Dublin, part of Accenture Song, Ireland
Karim ElFiqi | SVP and Chief Marketing Officer, PepsiCo, Africa, Middle East, and South Asia
Marcin Sosiński | Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Creative, Poland and CEE
Mim Haysom | Executive General Manager Brand and Customer Experience, Suncorp Group, Australia
Ndeye Diagne | Chief Growth Officer, Kantar, France
Nino Goldberg | Chief Creative Officer LATAM, VML, LATAM
Samantha Kelley | CEO, Touché!, Canada
Vikram Pandey | Chief Creative Officer, Leo, India
Direct Lions:
Gaëtan du Peloux | President and Chief Creative Officer, Marcel, France
Aricio Fortes | Chief Creative Officer, VML, UAE
Carl Willoughby | Chief Creative Officer, TBWA\Hunt Lascaris, South Africa
Jorg Riommi | CEO and Chief Creative Officer, AIN’T, Global
Kyle Norrington | Chief Commercial Officer, Anheuser Busch, USA
Leticia Rodrigues | Creative Director, FCB, Brazil
Lourenço Thomaz | Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Creative, Iberia
Pathida Akkarajindanon | Executive Creative Director, Wolf BKK, Thailand
Rachel Kennedy | Group Creative Director, Forsman & Bodenfors, Singapore
Sadira E. Furlow | Global Chief Brand and Comms Officer, Tony’s Chocolonely, Global
Media Lions:
Dan Clays | CEO, Omnicom Media Group, EMEA
Aimee Buchanan | CEO, GroupM Australia & New Zealand, AUNZ
Daniel Arra | Media Director, Mercado Libre, Argentina
Jasmine Presson | Chief Strategy Officer, Mediaplus, North America
Joanna Lawrence | Global Chief Strategy Officer, Havas Media Network, Global
Muyiwa Aleshinloye | Head of Media, Publicis, West Africa
Prasanth Kumar | CEO South Asia, GroupM Media India, South Asia
Rafaela Alves | Chief Data Media Officer, AlmapBBDO, Brazil
Ramzy Abouchacra | Media Practice President, Dentsu, MENA
Susan Kingston-Brown | Global Brand President, UM Worldwide, Global
PR Lions:
Tom Beckman | Global Chief Creative Officer, Weber Shandwick, Global
Archana Jain | CEO, PR Pundit Havas Red, India
Diana Littman | CEO, U.S., MSL, USA
Diego Bertagni | Executive Creative Director, Americas, Burson, Americas
Joel Chacha Wambura | Director, Portland Communications, Global
Kelly Grindle | Managing Director, Special PR, Aotearoa New Zealand
Khaled AlShehhi | Executive Director of Marketing and Communication, UAE Government Media Office, UAE
Krista Webster | CEO, Veritas Communications; Meat & Produce, Canada
Ricardo Silvestre | CEO and Founder, Black Influence, Brazil
Yuki Koda | Chief Consultant, PR Consulting Dentsu Inc., Japan
Social & Creator Lions:
Beth Keamy | Chief Digital Officer, TBWA\Media Arts Lab, Global
Bridget Jewell | Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Creative, USA
Caspar Lee | Chief Visionary Officer, Influencer, Global
Charlotte Tansill | President, Ogilvy PR, Social & Influence, North America
Dave Bowman | Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Groupe ANZ, AUNZ
Eran Nizri | Founder and CEO, IMAI and LEADERS, Israel
Inaiara Florêncio | CEO, OJU, Brazil
Mayuresh Dubhashi | Chief Creative Officer, FCB, India
Nova Dando | Global Creative Director, TikTok, Global
Theresa Ong | Head of Creative Shop, Meta, Southeast Asia and India
Entertainment Track
Entertainment Lions:
David Rolfe | Global Head of Production, WPP / Hogarth, Global
Genevieve Hoey | Global Creative Director – Masterbrand, Our LEGO Agency (OLA), The LEGO Group, Global
Kagiso Lediga | Story Merchant, Diprente, Global
Kimberly Evans Paige | Executive VP and Chief Brand Officer, BET Media Group, USA
Lucas Heck | Global Creative Lead, Meta, Global
Luis Justo | CEO, Rock World, Brazil
Luitgard Hagl | Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi, Germany
Prasoon Joshi | Chairman – APAC, McCann Worldgroup, APAC
Rayyan Aoun | CEO, BigTime Creative Shop, Saudi Arabia
Simone Moessinger | Executive Creative Director, 72andSunny, the Netherlands
Entertainment Lions for Gaming:
Sue Anderson | VP, Creative, Roblox, USA
Agustín Febres-Cordero | Founder and Creative Chairman, Paradais DDB, Ecuador
Bruna Pastorini | Chief Strategy Officer, DRUID Creative Gaming, LATAM
Jamie Cordwell | Global Executive Creative Director and Interim Chief Creative Officer UK, Edelman, Global
Jamie Lyons | Global Head of Gaming and Virtual Experience, PHD Media, Global
Laurence Thomson | Joint Global Chief Creative Officer, M+C Saatchi Group, Global
Raoul Panes | Chief Creative Officer, Leo Manila and Publicis Groupe Philippines, the Philippines
Rema Vasan | Head of North America Business Marketing, TikTok, North America
Sidick Bakayoko | Founder and CEO, Paradise Game, Ivory Coast
Su Ling Chan | General Manager – Strategy, MBCS, Malaysia
Entertainment Lions for Music:
Seiya Matsumiya | CEO and Co-Founder, Black Cat White Cat Music, Global
Claudia Incio | Founder and Music Director, Agosto Music, Peru
Damien Escobar | Global Chief Music Officer, Havas, Global
Gilvana Viana | Founder – CEO, Mugshot Produtora de Som, Brazil
Harshad Rajadhyaksha | Chief Creative Officer, India, Ogilvy, India
Kitso Moremi | Sound Engineer/Content Director/Podcaster, Mmino Wa Kitso, South Africa
Laura Montarroso Daher | Founder, Executive Creative Director, Music Collective, Global
Leong Wai Foong | Founder and Chairman, NOTE DUET, Greater China
Taj Critchlow | Founder and Executive Producer, Fela, Canada
Tamara O’Neill | Co-Founder and Creative Executive Producer, Liquid Studios, Aotearoa New Zealand
Entertainment Lions for Sport:
Jimmy Smith | Chairman, CEO and Chief Creative Officer, Amusement Park Entertainment, USA
Fernando Duarte | Executive Creative Director, AlmapBBDO, Brazil
Janna Wan | APAC Head of Brand Social, Google, APAC
Murtuza Madraswala | Head of Marketing, Content & Communications, NBA, India
Nora Henriksson | Managing Director, Monks, Nordics
Omid Farhang | Founder and CEO, Majority, USA
Selma Ahmed | Creative Director, BBH, UK
Vaughan Croeser | VP Marketing, The South African Breweries, Southern Africa
Xavier Blais | Partner, Executive Creative Director, Rethink, Canada
Experience Track
Brand Experience & Activation Lions:
Tara Ford | Chief Creative Officer, Droga5 London, part of Accenture Song, UK
Andrea Quaye | Marketing Director, Heineken, South Africa
Jeff Immel | Chief Creative Officer, Chicago, Weber Shandwick, USA
Natalie Shardan | Managing Partner, Serviceplan Middle East, UAE
Nicolás Vara | Chief Creative Officer, DAVID, Argentina
Nikita Yermolayev | Creative Director, RA Kombinat, Kazakhstan
Russell Barrett | Chief Creative Experience Officer, TBWA\India, India
Soo Hee Yang | Chief Creative Officer, VP, Publicis Groupe Korea, South Korea
Tamara Greene | Chief Client Officer, Global Brands, Havas Creative Network, Global
Tim Fremmich Andresen | Creative Director, NORD DDB, Denmark
Creative Business Transformation Lions:
Jane Lin-Baden | CEO APAC, Member of the Global Management Committee, Publicis Groupe
Fabio Silveira | Managing Director, Havas, Middle East
Gugu Mthembu | Chief Marketing Officer, Telkom, South Africa
Isabelle Schnellbuegel | Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer, Accenture Song, Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Josefien Olij | Senior Director Global Marketing Communication, Philips, Global
Juan Ignacio Etchanique | Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder, Slap Global, Global
Lauren Ogúndèkó | Chief Activation Officer, EMEA, IPG Mediabrands, EMEA
Parattajariya Jalayanateja | CEO, VML, Thailand
Phil Gaughran | Global President, Creative Growth, Strategy & Product, dentsu, Global
Seamus Higgins | Chief Creative Officer, R/GA, AUNZ
Creative Commerce Lions:
Gabriel Schmitt | Global Chief Creative Officer, Grey, Global
Alia Kemet | Chief Marketing Officer, Shipt, USA
Douglas Kozonoe | Chief Creative Officer, MRM Brazil, LATAM
Geoffrey Hantson | Chief Creative Officer, Happiness, an FCB alliance, Belgium, the Netherlands, Vietnam
Leanne Fremar | Global Chief Brand Officer, JPMorganChase, Global
Mohammed Jefri | Chief Marketing Officer and Chief People Officer, Hunger Station, Saudi Arabia
Natalia Pérez | Managing Director, Name, Colombia
Romulus Petcan | Executive Creative Director, Publicis Conseil, France
Tina Manikas | Global Head of Connected Commerce, Omnicom Commerce, Global
Vinod Savio | Chief Creative Officer, DDB Group, Singapore
Innovation Lions:
Courtney Brown Warren | Chief Marketing Officer, Kickstarter, Global
Ana Martín | Global Head of Innovation and Strategy, Havas Media Network, Global
Chandu Rajapreyar | Group Executive Creative Director, Hakuhodo International Group, Vietnam
Juan Pablo Garcia | Managing Director, DAVID, Colombia
Melissa Daniels | Regional Head of Innovation TBWA\ Asia and Singapore, TBWA\Asia, Asia
Qanta Shimizu | Tech Director, Co-Founder, BASSDRUM, Japan
Rafael Caldeira | Chief Creative Officer, 404 Design & Innovation, Brazil
Sapna Nemani | Chief Solutions Officer APAC, Publicis Groupe, APAC
Seyoan Vela | Chief Creative Officer, Livingroom/LRDXB, MENA
Tara McKenty | Executive Creative Director, AKQA, AUNZ
Luxury Lions:
Mathilde Delhoume Debreu | Global Brand Officer, LVMH, Global
Clement Boisseau | Global Chief Strategy Officer, BETC, Global
Constanza Rossi | Global Craft Partner, Grey, Global
Cristiana Boccassini | Global Chief Creative Officer, LePub, Global
Julien Calot | Chief Creative Officer, McCann Paris and Global Creative Director, L’Oréal brands (McCann Worldgroup), Global
Karen Ellis | Global Executive Creative Director, Clé de Peau Beauté – Tokyo, Global
Kenya Hunt | Editor-in-Chief, ELLE, UK
Naya Violeta | Fashion Designer, Brazil
Thebe Magugu | Founder and Creative Director, Thebe Magugu, South Africa
Tilman Gossner | Chief Creative Officer, teamx, Global
Good Track
Glass: The Lion for Change:
KR Liu | Global Head of Disability Innovation, Google, Global
Atsuko Kuchiba | Chief Diversity Officer and Head of Sustainability, dentsu, Japan
Esther Clerehan | Founder and CEO, CLEREHAN, Australia
Felipe Simi | CEO, Creative Chairperson, Droga5, part of Accenture Song, Brazil
Harman Dhillon | Executive Director – Beauty & Wellbeing, Hindustan Unilever Limited, India
Jess Greenwood | Strategy, Marcom, Apple, Global
Keith Cartwright | Founder, CARTWRIGHT, USA
Nada Abisaleh | Head of Leo Burnett Beirut, Lebanon
Shani Dhanda | Accessibility Specialist and Broadcaster, Innovating Inclusion Ltd, UK
Yaa Boateng | Chief Creative Officer and Managing Director, The Storytellers, Ghana
Sustainable Development Goals Lions:
Josy Paul | Chairperson and Chief Creative Officer, BBDO, India
Dan Wright | Chief Creative Officer, Deloitte Digital, APAC
Grace O’Brien | Creative Director, AKQA, the Netherlands
Juan Javier Peña Plaza | Chief Creative Officer, GUT, USA
Juliana Leite | VP of Special Projects and Creative Content, Africa Creative, Brazil
Michele Morales | Head of Design, SVP, FCB Chicago, USA
Nicolas Courant | Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy, Singapore
Serah Mwikali Katusya | CEO and Executive Director, Belva Digital, Kenya
Sherri Aldis | Director, UN Information Centre for Western Europe, United Nations, Western Europe
Vidya Manmohan | Founder and Chief Creative Officer, V4Good, Global
Health Track
Health & Wellness Lions:
Eric Weisberg | Global Chief Creative Officer, Havas Health Network, Global
Alessandra Gomes | Executive Creative Director, McCann Health, Brazil
Angela Williams | Creative Director, Deloitte Digital, USA
Eugene Park | Global Marketing Lead for IMX, Creative and Design, CJ CheilJedang, Global
Jayesh Nair | EMEA Creative and Integrated Media Lead, Bayer Consumer Health, EMEA
João Camacho | Executive Creative Director, Saatchi Wellness ME, KSA and Turkey, MEA
Joris Tol | Creative Director, Dentsu Creative, the Netherlands
Mike Sutherland | Joint Chief Creative Officer, adam&eveDDB, UK
Renata Maia | Chief Creative Officer, NA, Ogilvy Health, North America
Rohini Miglani | VP, Procter & Gamble Singapore, Asia, Middle East, Africa and India
Pharma Lions:
Franklin Williams | EVP, Executive Experience Director, AREA 23, an IPG Health company, USA
Adams Fan | Chief Creative Officer, F5 Shanghai, Mainland China
Alok Gadkar | CEO and Chief Creative Officer, Tuesday, UAE
Amy Fortunato | VP, Group Creative Director, Klick Health, Global
Erica Taylor | VP, Chief Marketing Officer, Genentech, Inc., USA
Estefanía Yagüez | Customer Excellence and Operations Director, Biogen, Spain
Frank Mazzola | Managing Founder, 21GRAMS and Global Chief Creative Officer, Real Chemistry, 21GRAMS, Part of Real Chemistry, Global
Jason Chang | General Manager, Elite PR Group, Taiwan
Khalid Latif | Global Executive Creative Director, VML, Europe
Veronica Trujillo | Managing Director, TERAN/TBWA Worldhealth México, Mexico
Strategy Track
Creative Effectiveness Lions:
Andrea Diquez | Global CEO, GUT, Global
Ayami Nakao Pelata | Senior Corporate Officer and International Chief Client Officer, Hakuhodo Inc., Global
Babs Faseesin | SVP, Strategy, Starcom, USA
Dani Richa | Group Chairman, Impact BBDO, UAE
Leonid Sudakov | President, Growth, Digital and Platforms, Mars Petcare, USA
Luciana Mendes | Senior Director Global Creative Strategy – Sparkling Flavors, The Coca-Cola Company, Global
Martin Beverley | Former Chief Strategy Officer, adam&eveDDB, Independent, UK
Priya Patel | CEO, DDB Group Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, AUNZ
Shilpa Sinha | Chief Strategy Officer APAC, McCann Worldgroup, APAC
Tebogo Skwambane | South Africa Country Leader, WPP, Africa
Creative Strategy Lions:
Pats McDonald | Global Chief Strategy Officer, Dentsu Creative, Global
Aldo Pini | Co-President and Chief Strategy Officer, LePub São Paulo, Brazil
Alison Tilling | Chief Strategy Officer, VML, AUNZ
Dino Myers-Lamptey | Founder, The Barber Shop, Global
Margot Torres | Managing Director, McDonald’s, the Philippines
Naila Fattouh | CEO, Impact BBDO, Egypt
Pete Case | CEO and Creative Chairman, Ogilvy, South Africa
Sarah Styrons Watson | Executive VP, Head of Strategy, Global Brands, McCann Worldgroup, Global
Sebastien Houdusse | Chief Strategy Officer, BETC, Global
Yusuf Chuku | Executive Strategy Director, New Gods, USA
Titanium Track
Dan Wieden Titanium Lions:
Judy John | Global Chief Creative Officer, Edelman, Global
Andisa Ntsubane | Managing Executive: Brand, Marketing and Communications Africa, Vodacom Group, Africa
Ariana Stolarz | Global Chief Strategy Officer, Marketing, Accenture Song, Global
Chaka Sobhani | President and Global Chief Creative Officer, DDB Worldwide, Global
Hugo Veiga | Global Chief Creative Officer, AKQA, Global
Javier Campopiano | Global Chief Creative Officer, McCann Worldgroup and McCann, Global
Jonathan Mildenhall | Chief Marketing Officer, Rocket, USA
Kentaro Kimura | International Chief Creative Officer, Hakuhodo Inc., Global
Marco Venturelli | Global Chief Creative Officer and CEO, Leo, Global
Pum Lefebure | Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Design Army, USA
The Shortlisting Jury line-up will be announced in due course. Further information on this year’s Jury, as well as the Festival, can be found at canneslions.com. More information on entering into the Lions Awards can be found at canneslions.com/awards.
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Notes to editors:
Awarding & Shortlisting Juries:
A larger group of Jurors are required to judge the following Lions, due to the volume of work submitted: Audio & Radio Lions, Brand Experience & Activation Lions, Creative Strategy Lions, Design Lions, Direct Lions, Entertainment Lions, Film Lions, Film Craft Lions, Industry Craft Lions, Media Lions, PR Lions, Social & Creator Lions.
During the initial stage of judging, up to 30 Shortlisting Jurors will work alongside the Awarding Jury to define the shortlist. Awarding and Shortlisting Jurors will work together and be grouped into sub-Juries for the first round of judging. Each sub-Jury contains a minimum of one member of the Awarding Jury and includes a balanced mix of gender, location, network, holding company and speciality to ensure impartiality.
Awarding Jurors take part in all the rounds of judging, including the initial round. Every single entry is viewed by the Awarding Jury, who will be responsible for finalising the shortlist and awarding metals in Cannes.
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