Il Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, in programma dal 22 al 26 giugno prossimi, ha annunciato la composizione della giuria che assegnerà i premi di questa edizione. Tra i giurati al debutto figura anche il brand francese AXA, dopo il successo ottenuto nel 2025 con 13 Leoni vinti.
La line-up registra inoltre una maggiore rappresentanza geografica, con una presenza rafforzata di professionisti provenienti da Africa, Pacifico, Medio Oriente e Nord Africa (MENA) e America Latina (LATAM), includendo per la prima volta giurati da Repubblica Dominicana e Venezuela.
La giuria
Audio & Radio
Oriel Davis-Lyons | Chief Creative Officer, Mother New York, USA
Beto Nahmad | Executive Creative Director, VCCP, Spain
Claudia Hesse | CEO, Hesse Voices GmbH, Global
Chesley Maddox | CEO, American Urban Radio Network, USA
Edu Luke | Sound Creative, HEFTY Music & Sound, Brazil
Fran Palines | Creative Director, VML Manila, the Philippines
Gautam Wadher | Chief Creative Officer, Memac Ogilvy, UAE
Jabulani Sigege | Group Executive Creative Director, Machine_, South Africa
Simon Langley | Chief Creative Officer, Bastion, Australia
Zuza Duchniewska Sobczak | Chief Creative Officer, TBWA\Warsaw, Poland
Brand Experience & Activation
Rafael Pitanguy | Deputy Global Chief Creative Officer, VML, Global
Amy Weston | Executive Creative Director, Clemenger BBDO, Australia
Brisa Vicente | Co-CEO, Droga5 São Paulo, a part of Accenture Song, Brazil
Britt Nolan | Chief Creative Officer, North America, McCann, North America
Defri Dwipaputra | Chief Creative Experience Officer, Dentsu Creative, Indonesia
Helen Rhodes | Chief Creative Officer, Grey London, UK
Julie Hogan | VP of Global Brand Experiences, Meta, Global
Ricardo Avilés | Chief Creative Officer, LePub, Mexico
Satoshi Chikayama | Executive Creative Director, Hakuhodo, Japan
Zizwe Vundla | Chief Marketing Officer, Safaricom | MPESA, Kenya
Creative B2B
Ty Heath | Global Director, Thought Leadership, GTM Strategy, LinkedIn, Global
Adelise Ashdown | Global Head of Brand and Client Experience and Regional Marketing Lead, APAC, JLL, Global and APAC
Andre Athayde | Agency Partner, Meta, Brazil
Benedict Buckland | Managing Director, alan. agency, UK
Jim Curtis | Chief Creative Officer, LePub NY, USA
Kelly McConville | VP of Marketing, Fourthline, the Netherlands
Megha Dutta | Executive Creative Director, The Partnership Africa | Publicis, Africa
Park Wannasiri | Chief Creative Officer, VML, Thailand
Sam Stuchbury | Executive Creative Director and Founder, Motion Sickness, Aotearoa New Zealand
Simon Higby | Nordic Creative Director, NORD, The Nordics
Creative Business Transformation
Gugu Mthembu | Chief Marketing Officer, Telkom, South Africa
Andres Arlia | Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Creative, USA
Clare Pickens | CEO, Leo, Australia
Diego Guerhardt | Executive Creative Director, Fbiz , Brazil
Ikuko Ohta | Chief Strategy Officer, Droga5 Tokyo, part of Accenture Song, Japan
Nadja Bellan-White | Group CEO, M+C Saatchi, North America
Rakesh Menon | Chief Creative Experience Officer, Ulka, India
Tarek Miknas | CEO, FP7McCann, MENAT
Virginie Berçot | Global Brand Director, AXA, Global
Virginie Briand | Partner, Deloitte, Germany
Creative Commerce
Phil Camarota | Chief Creative Officer, Flywheel, Global
Giant Kung | Chief Creative Officer and Writer, Ogilvy, Taiwan
Ian Loon | CEO, Media and Digital, Singapore and Chief Transformation Officer, Southeast Asia, Publicis Groupe, Singapore and Southeast Asia
Kim Pick | Group Executive Creative Director, VML, Aotearoa New Zealand
Mario Lagos | Chief Creative Officer, Name, Colombia
Matt Gay | Executive Creative Director, adam&eve\TBWA, UK
Oriane Canfrin | Head of Marketing and Communication, Ecobank, Ivory Coast
Ruxandra Papuc | Global Executive Creative Director and Partner, AIN’T, Global
Thanh Anh Nguyen | Head of Marketing and Commercial, Grab, Vietnam
Creative Data
Anupriya Acharya | CEO, Publicis Groupe, South Asia
Félix del Valle | Chief Creative Officer, MRM, Spain
Koert Bakker | Head of Insights & Innovation, PwC Netherlands, Global
Mary Anne He | Head of Data & Insights, Havas Media, Middle East
Pipo Morano | National Executive Creative Director, MARURI, Ecuador
Susana Albuquerque | Executive Creative Director and Partner, Uzina, Portugal
Tracey Cooke | Chief Marketing Officer, SVP, Nestlé, Canada
Veli Ngubane | Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Avatar, AMEA
Xavier Serrano | CEO, TBWA\Colombia, Colombia
Yuliya Tushina | CEO, Creative Division, DASM, Kazakhstan
Creative Effectiveness
Bertille Toledano | CEO, BETC and Havas Creative Middle East; President, Havas Creative Network, Global
Aakriti Goel | Head of Strategy, Leo, UAE
Adam Gerhart | Global Chief Client Officer, WPP Media, Global
Ayu Sasaki | Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan
Brent Smart | Chief Marketing Officer, Telstra, Australia
Danielle Jin | Chief Marketing Officer, Asia Pacific, Visa, APAC
Glen Lomas | CEO Europe, Omnicom Advertising, Europe
Jane Wakely | Executive VP, Chief Consumer & Marketing Officer and Chief Growth Officer – International Foods, PepsiCo, Global
Mpume Ngobese | Managing Director, Joe Public, South Africa
Vinicius B. Reis | Partner and CEO, Crispin, Brazil and President, Stagwell, Brazil and Latin America
Creative Strategy
Sarah Lemarié | Chief Strategy Officer, Publicis, France
Alejandro Fischer | Chief Strategy Officer, Havas, Middle East
Bethany Omeri | Head of Strategy, SPECIAL New Zealand, Aotearoa New Zealand
Boris Nihom | CEO, Dentsu, Benelux
Dan Hill | Global Chief Strategy Officer, Wieden+Kennedy, Global
Dheeraj Sinha | CEO, McCann, India
Ellie Bamford | Chief Strategy Officer, VML, North America
Jen Costello | Global Chief Strategy Officer, TBWA\Worldwide, Global
Neo Makhele | Chief Strategy Officer, Ogilvy, South Africa
Renan Damascena | Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, MUVUKA and AUÊ, LATAM
Design
Greg Quinton | Chief Creative Officer, Design Bridge and Partners, Global
Ben Miles | Chief Design Officer, R/GA, APAC
Kyungsin Kim | CEO and Executive Creative Director, Paulus, South Korea
Lulu Raghavan | President, Landor, APAC
Özge Güven | Visual Communication Designer, Studio Özge Güven, Turkey
Patrick Bennett | Chief Creative Officer, Global
Simone Rossum | Executive Creative Director, SHIFT, South Africa
Vitor Hugo Favero | Global Design Lead, McCann, Global
Yasmin Sindi | Senior Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi, Saudi Arabia
Yoshihiro Kono | Senior Art Director, TBWA\HAKUHODO, Japan
Digital Craft
Andrés Ordóñez | Global Chief Creative Officer, McCann, Global
Gurbaksh Singh | Chief Creative Officer and Chief Innovation Officer, Dentsu Creative, India
Hannah Johnson | Head of Creative Strategy DACH, Snap Inc., DACH
KK Walker | Executive Creative Director, Google, Global
Martin Rabaglia | CEO, Genosha, Global
Stephanie Mazingi | Creative Managing Director, Havas, South Africa
Tiago Abreu | Chief Creative Officer, GUT São Paulo, Brazil
Tim Devine | Global Chief Invention Officer, AKQA, Global
Vicky Lee | Executive Creative Director, Medialand Digital Strategy, Taiwan
Youssef Gadallah | Head of Creative Studio, TikTok – Bytedance, METAP
Direct
Joaquín Cubría | Chief Creative Officer, GUT, Argentina
Hadi Alaeddin | Senior Creative Director, EMEA, .Pomelo, EMEA
Juan Manuel Gaitán | Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy, Dominican Republic
Khethiwe Makhubo | Creative Group Head, McCann Joburg, South Africa
Lili Jiang | Executive Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide, Hong Kong SAR
Lorena Berges | Creative Director, DDB Latina Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Mark Elwood | Chief Creative Officer, Leo, UK
Sophie Kelly | SVP, Global Tequila and Mezcal Categories, Diageo, Global
Tanja Grubner | Global Marketing Director, Essity, Global
Entertainment
Chris Beresford-Hill | Worldwide Chief Creative Officer, BBDO Worldwide, Global
Damisa Ongsiriwattana | Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, SOUR Bangkok, Thailand
Farah El Feghali | Executive Creative Director, McCann Paris, France
Firas Ghannam | Executive Creative Director, VML Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Jason Williams | Head of Creative Excellence, APAC, Publicis Groupe, APAC
Jung A Kim | CEO and Chief Creative Officer, Innocean, South Korea
Ned McNeilage | Head of Creative, Sphere, USA
Prachi Narayan | Managing Partner, Havas Play, India
Rafael Donato | Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy, Brazil
Sophia Lindholm | Head of Creative, Forsman & Bodenfors, Sweden
Entertainment Lions for Gaming
Lolly Thomson | Joint Global Chief Creative Officer, M+C Saatchi Group, Global
Amitesh Rao | CEO, Leo, South Asia
Asako Okuno | Global Creative Director, Hakuhodo, Global
Danni Pinch | Executive Creative Director, Accenture Song, South Africa
Gabriel Caramelo Eccher | Marketing VP, Clash Royale, Supercell, Finland
Josh Gross | Chief Creative Officer, BBDO Chicago, USA
Rogério Chaves | Co-Chief Creative Officer, Africa Creative, Brazil
Teddy Kossoko | Founder, GARA and Masseka Game Studio, France
Entertainment Lions for Music
Matt Murphy | Global Chief Creative Officer, 72andSunny, Global
Corinna Martínez | Partner and Head of Production, Mastodonte Films, Mexico
Fizo Younis | Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Groupe, Middle East
Phiona Okumu | Head of Music, Sub-Saharan Africa, Spotify, Sub-Saharan Africa
Prerna Suri | VP, Communications, Sony Music Entertainment, Asia and Middle East
Rick Sakurai | Creative Director and Managing Director, MassiveMusic Tokyo, APAC
Ryan McManus | Chief Creative Officer, VML, UK
Sergio Franco Tosso | Chief Creative Officer, Fahrenheit DDB, Peru
Subhajit Mukherjee | Music Composer, India
Toni Wallace | Partner and Head of Global Music Brand Strategy and Partnerships, United Talent Agency, Global
Entertainment Lions for Sport
Shannon Washington | Chief Creative Officer and Managing Partner, 11 Ounces, Global
A.P. Chaney | Senior Director – Creative, Sparkling Flavors (NAOU), The Coca-Cola Company, North America
Andre Toledo | Chief Creative Officer, DAVID New York, USA
Binda Dey | Global Chief Marketing Officer, Knight Riders Sports, India
Bukky Moemeke | Independent Consultant, Sport and Entertainment Marketing, Global
Guy Futcher | Regional Executive Creative Director, Octagon, APAC
Jhon Da Silva | CEO and Creative Director, La Web Figital Agency, Venezuela
Lucy Basden-Smith | Managing Director, Fuse International, Global
Melody Li | SVP, Business Development, Dentsu Sports International, APAC
Mohammed Sehly | CEO, BigTime Creative Shop, Saudi Arabia
Film
Pelle Sjoenell | Former Worldwide Chief Creative Officer, Droga5, part of Accenture Song, Global
Alexis Ospina | Chief Creative Officer, Grey, Mexico
Alice Chou | Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Creative, Taiwan
Ash Chagla | Chief Creative Officer, Science & Sunshine, UAE
Ben Sun Erhei | CEO and Chief Creative Officer, Havas Creative China, Mainland China
Femi Odugbemi | Founder and CEO, Zuri24 Media Limited, Nigeria
Janne Lysø | Executive Creative Director, POL, Norway
Maiya Kinoshita | Creative Director, TBWA\Media Arts Lab Tokyo, Japan
Marcelo Vergara | Executive Creative Director, Publicis Conseil, France
Micah Walker | Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Bear Meets Eagle On Fire, Australia
Film Craft
Pip Smart | Executive Producer and Partner, Revolver, Australia
Asma Humayun | Global Creative Director and Senior Producer, Shiny Toy Guns, Pakistan and Global
Atta Hemwadee | Director, Attah Film, Thailand
Eddy Rizk | CEO, BIG KAHUNA FILMS, UAE
James Brook-Partridge | Head of Production, WPP Production, UK
John Bleeden | SVP, Global Executive Creative Development, McCann, Global
Maureen Hufnagel | Film Director, Landia, Argentina
Mbithi Masya | Director, Fat Rain Africa, Kenya
Melissa Tifrere | Chief Production Officer, Havas, USA
Tato Bono | President, Publicis Production, Brazil
Glass: The Lion for Change
Monique Nelson | Executive Chair, UWG, USA
andre (g.) gray | Chief Brand Officer, Overtime, USA
Anna Johannes | Co-Founder, Culxtured, USA
Breana Auberry | Global Brand Director, Culture Marketing and Collaborations, The LEGO Group, Global
Rana Sadek | Senior Creative Director, IMPACT BBDO Dubai, UAE
Sonita Alizadeh | Rapper, Global
Suhana Gordhan | Chief Creative Officer and Founder, LoveSong, South Africa
Zoe Hamilton | Global Chief Strategy Officer for Unilever, Ogilvy, Global
Viviane Duarte | CEO, Plano Feminino, Brazil
Health & Wellness
Kainaz Karmakar | Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy, India
Allison Ceraso | Chief Creative Officer, Digitas Health, USA
Amanda Fuller | Managing Partner, Omnicom Health, Oceania
Donevan Chew | Chief Creative Officer, Havas, Malaysia
Joseph Bonnici | Chief Creative Officer and Owner, Tadiem, Canada
Marília Zanoli | Chief Marketing Officer, Kimberly-Clark, Brazil
Muhannad Kadi | Chief Marketing Officer, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Saudi Arabia
Norkor Duah | CEO, MullenLowe Accra, Ghana
Raimundo Undurraga | Chief Creative Officer, VML, Chile
Séverine Autret | Global Creative Excellence Lead, Opella, Global
Industry Craft
Rafael Gil | Chief Creative Officer, Artplan, Brazil
Alistair Thompson | Executive Creative Director, Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann / DMB., Austria
Damon Stapleton | Chief Creative Officer, Droga5 ANZ, Part of Accenture Song, AUNZ
Derek Green | Chief Creative Officer, TBWA\RAAD, MENA
Hiroyuki Kato | Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan and Global
Krystle Mullin | Chief Creative Officer, john st. and T&P, Canada
Lauren Kimball | Executive VP, Experience Design Director, Edelman, Global
Liana Liebenberg | Creative Partner, Design Bridge and Partners, South Africa
Maud Robaglia | Head of Art, Publicis Conseil, France
Michael Wilk | Global Head of Art, Serviceplan Group, Global
Innovation
Kazuhiro Shimura | Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan
Anna Nicanorova | Chief Technology Officer, Annalect, Global
Craig Elimeliah | Chief Creative Officer, Code and Theory, Global
Daniel Payan | Chief Creative Officer, VML, Colombia
Emma Lax | Global Head of Intelligence and Innovation, Havas Creative Network, Global
Hadleigh Sinclair | Group Creative Director, Colenso BBDO, Aotearoa New Zealand
Juliet Ehimuan | Founder and CEO, Beyond Limits Global, Nigeria
Kika Douglas Castroviejo | Chief Creative Officer, LePub, the Netherlands
Pablo Vitale | SVP Executive Creative Director, Monks Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sabaa Quao | Founding President, PlusCo Venture Studio, Canada
Media
Sindhuja Rai | Chief Client Officer, WPP Media, APMEA
Anisha Iyer | CEO, OMD, India
Azhar Siddiqui | CEO, Mediaplus Middle East, MENA
Dashni Vilakazi | Managing Director, The MediaShop, South Africa
Fabrice Plazolles | Managing Director and Chief Creative Officer, Havas Play, France
Kendra Hatcher King | Global Chief Design Officer, Spark Foundry, Global
Marta García Alonso | VP Marketing, HEINEKEN, México
Paulo Ilha | Co-Founder and Chief Media Officer, Galeria Holding, Brazil
Will Swayne | Global Practice President – Media and Integrated Solutions, dentsu, Global
Outdoor
Aaron Starkman | Global Chief Creative Officer, Rethink, Global
Habiba Allam | Creative Director, Careem, Global
Jake Barrow | Chief Creative Officer, VML, Czech Republic
Leisa Wall | Chief Creative Officer, McCann New Zealand, Aotearoa New Zealand
Marie Julie Gerbauld | Chief Creative Officer, DAVID São Paulo, Brazil
Peter Dobbyn | Creative Director, Publicis Dublin, Ireland
Pooja Manek | Creative and Founding Member, Talented Agency, India
Sergio Chinchilla | General Creative Director, Garnier, Costa Rica
Stéphane Gaubert | Chief Creative Officer, Havas Paris, France
Tim Wasicki | Group Creative Director, OUTFRONT Media, USA
Pharma
Tracey Brader | Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Remedy Edge, UK
Aleisia Gibson Wright | Founder and President, GW Health Public Relations, USA
Alex Okada | Chief Creative Officer, Havas Lynx, UK
Andrea Lillis | SVP, Executive Creative Director, Klick Health, North America
Chris Charles | Executive Creative Director, 21GRAMS, USA
Mandi Fine | CEO and Founder, FINE, South Africa
Paola Aldaz | Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Marketing, Keralty Group and Colsanitas, Colombia
Ryan Wallman | Executive Creative Director, Wellmark, Australia
Sharon Tan | Head of Client and Growth, Publicis Health, APAC
Wei Fei | Group Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy Shanghai, Mainland China
Pr
Dana Tahir | CEO, HAVAS Red, Middle East and Egypt
Elaine Rodrigues | Managing Director, Golin, Brazil
Hillary Andoh | Founder and CEO, HSA PR, Africa
Jean Paoli | Executive Creative Director, Weber Shandwick, Europe
Joe Mackay-Sinclair | Founder and CEO, The Romans, Global
Lauren Thomson | VP of Creative Strategy and Integrated Communications, MSL, Canada
Mina Sakai | Chief Consultant, Dentsu PR Consulting Inc., Japan
Simone Gupta | Co-Founder, Supermassive, Australia
Taj Reid | Global Chief Creative Officer, Burson, Global
Tim Green | Chief Creative Officer, Edelman, APAC
Print & Publishing
Jessica Apellaniz | Chief Creative Officer, Wieden+Kennedy, Mexico
Alexis Bronstorph | Chief Creative Officer, No Fixed Address, Canada
Dhruv Warrior | Executive Creative Director, VML, India
Fernando Pellizzaro | Global Executive Creative Director, AKQA, Global
Iron Brito | Creative Director, AlmapBBDO, Brazil
Jason Murison | Creative Lead, DAMAC Properties, Global
Lorenz Langgartner | Global Executive Creative Director, Serviceplan Group, Global
Mo Chen | Executive Creative Director, TBWA\China, Mainland China
Nkgabiseng Motau | Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Think Creative Africa, Africa
Riccardo Fregoso | Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Creative, Southern Europe, Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (SEMENAT)
Social & Creator
Mihnea Gheorghiu | Global Chief Creative Officer, LePub, Global
Asia Ali | Founder and Managing Director, MKV Digital, UAE
Anny Havercroft | Global Head of Product MarComs and Industry Education, TikTok, Global
Ary Nogueira | Creative Director, Wieden+Kennedy São Paulo, Brazil
Guillermo Vega | Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy North America and Global Creative Network Lead, The Coca-Cola Company
Katariina Ollari | Head of Social and Content, NoA | Bob the Robot, Finland
Khangelani Dziba | Brand Communications Consultant, Independent, South Africa
Munya Chawawa | Comedian, Actor and Founder of Munz Made It, UK
Pedro Perez | Chief Creative Officer, TBWA\Chiat\Day LA, USA
Victor Nguyễn-Long | Group Social Creative Director, Google, Global
Sustainable Development Goals
Kazoo Sato | Chief Creative Officer and CEO, Earth Centric Design, Japan
Bogosi Motshegwa | Founder, CEO, and Chief Strategy Officer, Thinkerneur, Africa
Flavia Martins | Founder and CEO, Diversidade Sustentavel, Brazil
Laura Rogers | Executive Creative Director, AMV BBDO, UK
Marcela Melero | Chief Growth Marketing Officer, Dove, Unilever, Global
Mary Catherine Fixel | Managing Director, Head of Sustainability, Accenture Song, Global
Nicolai Smith | Chief Creative Officer, AKQA, EMEA
Rob Galluzzo | CEO and Executive Producer, FINCH, AUNZ
Sergiy Biloshytskiy | Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi, Ukraine
Sherri Aldis | Director, United Nations Communications, United Nations, Western Europe