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Cannes Lions jurors announced --
Tue, 03 May 2016 10:31
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The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity completed the announcements of this year s jurors by naming those who will be a part of the remaining juries at Cannes Lions.
Philip Thomas, CEO, Lions Festivals, highlighted the importance of putting together balanced juries to ensure fair judging of the awards, while adding that the juries had a significant responsibility in determining the future path of creative communications.
387 people from 40 countries have been confirmed across all of the Cannes Lions juries and this year they will be comprised of 40 per cent women, a significant increase on last year s 31.5 per cent and a record number for the festival.
The juries will meet in Cannes to judge live throughout the festival, with the winners of the Lions being announced and honoured at awards ceremonies taking place across the eight days.
Terry Savage, Chairman, Lions Festivals, said He was delighted to be welcoming such an array of global talent that spanned the wide spectrum of creativity. The 2016 juries have been announced as:
Creative Effectiveness Lions:
Andrew Robertson, Chief Executive Officer, BBDO, Global Jury President
Martin Sorrondegui, Head of Marketing, Volkswagen, Argentina
Michele Teague, General Manager, Marketing, Kmart, Australia
Cristina Duclos, Marketing Director, Telefonica Vivo, Brazil
Melanie Johnston, President, DDB Toronto, Canada
Bertille Toledano, President, BETC Paris, France
Naomi Troni, Global Chief Growth Officer, MullenLowe, Global Jennifer Breithaupt, Managing Director, Advertising, Media and Global Entertainment, Citi, Global
Anthony Wong, Worldwide Effectiveness Director, Ogilvy & Mather, Global
Saurabh Varma, Chief Executive Officer, South Asia, Leo Burnett, India
Adrian Farina, SVP Marketing, Latin America, VISA Inc., Latin America
Emily Cho, Senior Vice President, Korean Air, South Korea Martin Weigel, Head of Planning, Wieden & Kennedy Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tracey Follows, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, The Future Laboratory, UK
Matt Gladstone, Planning Partner, Grey Worldwide, UK
Colleen Leddy, Head of Communication Strategy, Droga5, USA
Cyber Lions:
Chloe Gottlieb, SVP, Executive Creative Director, R/GA, USA Jury President
Ignacio Zuccarino, Head of Creative, Google, Argentina
Bob Mackintosh, Executive Creative Director, Host, Australia Kris Hoet, Chief Innovation Officer, Happiness, Belgium
Igor Puga, Innovation & Integration VP, DDB, Brazil
Sylvain Thirache, Executive Creative Director & Founding Partner, SID LEE Paris, France
Dirk Kedrowitsch, Chief Operating Officer, Publicis Pixelpark, Germany
Ravi Deshpande, Founder & Chairman, Whyness, India Fumitaka Takano, Creative Director / Communication Architect, ADK Tokyo, Japan
Gavin Becker, Head of Digital, Technology & Innovation, Colenso BBDO, New Zealand
Brent Choi, Chief Creative Officer, J. Walter Thompson Canada & New York, North America
Charlie Blower, Co-founder, Managing Partner, Blak Labs, Singapore
Jongpil Kim, Head of Digital Division, Innocean Worldwide, South Korea
Teresa Galante, Digital Creative Supervisor, Shackleton, Spain Bj rn H glund, Executive Creative Director, Crispin Porter & Bogusky Scandinavia, Sweden
Kelsie Van Deman, Head of Interactive Production, Wieden & Kennedy Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sacha Reeb, Executive Creative Director, Critical Mass, UK Victoria Buchanan, Creative Director, Tribal Worldwide, London, UK
Frederic Bonn, Chief Creative Officer, Mirum, USA
Megan Skelly, Group Creative Director, 360i, USA
Design Lions:
Tristan Macherel, Executive Creative Director, Landor, France Jury President
Andrew Simpson, Design Director, Vert Design, Australia
Verena Panholzer, Art Director, Es, Austria
Margot Doi Takeda, Founder - Creative Director, A10 Design, Brazil
Claude Auchu, Partner, Vice-President, Creative Director, Design, lg2boutique, Canada
Shen Yiwen, Co-founder and Chairperson, Beijing Jamewish Brand Consulting Firm, China
Linda Stannieder, Managing Partner, Graft Brandlab, Germany Elsie Nanji, Managing Partner, Red Lion, Publicis, India
Haruko Tsutsui, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan
Nathan Chambers, Creative Director, 485 Design, New Zealand Vlad Ermolaev, Co- founder, Creative Director, Ermolaev Bureau, Russia
Komal Bedi Sohal, Chief Creative Officer, Y&R, Singapore Nathan Reddy, Chief Creative Officer & Founder, Grid Worldwide Branding and Design, South Africa
Matthew Atchison, Creative Director, Saffron Brand Consultants, Spain
Candice Madrid-Dahlqvist, Design Director, Identity Works, Sweden
Tienchutha Rukhavibul, Graphic Design Director, TBWA\Thailand, Thailand
Jochem Leegstra, Founder / Creative Director, ...,staat, The Netherlands
Karen Welman, Founding Partner & Chief Creative Officer, Pearlfisher, UK
Sue Daun, Executive Creative Director, Interbrand, UK
Tim Allen, President, North America, Wolff Olins, USA
Keri Elmsly, Executive Creative Director, Second Story, USA
Digital Craft Lions:
Wesley ter Haar, Founder / Chief Operating Officer, MediaMonks, Global Jury President
James Noble, Founder & Managing Director, Carter Digital, Australia
Seb De Roover, Creative Director, &KOO, Belgium
Luciana Haguiara, Digital Creative Director, AlmapBBDO, Brazil Eric Cruz, Executive Creative Director, AKQA Shanghai, China Joanna Pe a-Bickley, Global Chief Creative Officer, IBM Interactive Experience, Global
Qanta Shimizu, Founder / Chief Technology Officer, PARTY, Global
Sean MacDonald, Global Chief Digital Officer, McCann Worldgroup, Global
Kyoko Yonezawa, Creative Technologist, Dentsu Inc., Japan Jakob Stenqvist, Creative Developer, Department, Sweden Yaprak G ltay, Service Design Lead, FJORD Design and Innovation from Accenture Interact
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