Cannes Lions has today announced its jury line-up of global experts selected to award the world’s very best creative work and benchmark excellence this June. The Lion-winning work will be announced and awarded during Cannes Lions Live, a fully digital experience, running from 21-25 June 2021, that’s included for free as part of the new LIONS Membership, launching in May. Jury members hail from across the world and represent the global industry’s leading talent from the broadest spectrum of disciplines. The juries also comprise 51% of female jurors, up from 48% in 2019.
The 2021 awarding jury members
Brand Experience & Activation Lions
Jury President – Vicki Maguire, Chief Creative Officer, Havas, UK
Sean Bryan, Co-Chief Creative Officer, McCann Worldgroup, North America
Dawid Szczepaniak, Chief Creative Officer, VMLY&R, Poland
Trix van der Vleuten, Chief Marketing Officer, KFC, Northern Europe
Alejandro Di Trolio, Executive Creative Director, Cheil, Spain
Daniela Vojta, EVP, Executive Creative Director, BBDO NY, USA
Anna Qvennerstedt, Global Chairman, Forsman & Bodenfors, Global
Alexander Kalchev, Chief Creative Officer, DDB Paris, France
Hannah Johnson, Director Storytelling, Demodern, Germany
Luciana Rodrigues, CEO and President, Grey, Brazil
Creative Business Transformation Lions
Jury President – Geoff Northcott, Global Chief Experience Officer & Managing Partner, EMEA, AKQA, Global
Jon Wilkins, Global Managing Director, Creative Council & Europe Communicate Lead, Accenture Interactive, Global
Charlotte Witte, EVP Brand Transformation, Weber Shandwick, Global
Jeff Geheb, Chief Transformation Officer, VMLY&R, Global
Paola Aldaz, Chief Innovation Office, DDB, Global
Endy Fung, Partner, Deloitte Digital, China
Sudeep Gohil, Partner, Customer, Brand and Marketing Advisory / Head of Brand Strategy, KPMG, Australia
Andrew Lam-Po-Tang, Managing Director, Management Consulting, Publicis Sapient, UK
Jayna Kothary, Global Chief Technology Officer, MRM, Global
Biljana Cvetanovski, Partner, McKinsey and Company, UK
Creative Data Lions
Jury President – Maurice Riley, Chief Data Officer, Digitas, Australia & New Zealand
Kazuhiro Shimura, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan
Jackie Mockridge Mattina, EVP, Consumer Insights & Analysis, 360i, USA
Daren Poole, Global Head of Creative, Insights Division, Kantar, Global
Arun Kumar, Chief Data & Marketing Technology Officer, Interpublic Group, Global
Capucine Pierard, Managing Director, Chief Data Officer, Havas, France
Mary Elizabeth Germaine, Partner/Managing Director, Ketchum, USA
Yannis Kotziagkiaouridis, Global Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Edelman, Global
Lisa Humphreys, Chief Transformation and Integration Officer, GroupM & UK Strategy Director, WPP, UK
Herve Bullot, Director Marketplace Insights, Levi Strauss & Co, Asia, Middle East and Africa
Andreia Vaz, Head of CMI, Strategy and Innovation, Nestlé Portugal
Creative eCommerce Lions
Jury President – Tiffany Rolfe, Global Chief Creative Officer, R/GA, Global
Gabriela Lungu, Global Creative Director, VMLY&R Commerce, Global
Adams Fan, Chief Creative Officer, F5 Shanghai, China
Eiko Kawano, Group Experience Director, Publicis Sapient, Canada
Roger Dunn, General Manager, GroupM Commerce, Australia & New Zealand
Angela Courtin, VP, Brand Marketing, YouTube, Global
Danielle Trivisonno Hawley, Global Executive Creative Director, Uber, Global
Sergio Gordilho, Co-president and Chief Creative Officer, Africa, Brazil
Maria Mujica, VP ecommerce, Mondelez, Latam
Hironori Iwasaki, Business Designer, Hakuhodo Fellow, Hakuhodo, Japan
Creative Effectiveness Lions
Jury President – Ann Mukherjee, Chairman and CEO, Pernod Ricard NA, USA
Jitender Dabas, Chief Strategy Officer & Chief Operations Officer, McCann Worldgroup, India
Michelle St. Jacques, Chief Marketing Officer, Molson Coors Beverage Company, USA
Adam Kakembo, Global Chief Marketing Officer, Aesop, Global
Fiona Carter, Partner, Chief Marketing Officer, Goldman Sachs, Global
Christine Ng, CEO, BBH China and Publicis Worldwide Shanghai, China
Neil Dawson, Chief Global Strategy Officer, Wunderman Thompson, Global
Jean-Paul Burge, Chairman & CEO, BBDO, Asia
Isaac Mizrahi, Co-President, Chief Operations Officer, Alma, USA
Sarah Thompson, Global CEO, Droga5, Global
Creative Strategy Lions
Jury President – Suzanne Powers, Global President & Chief Strategy Officer, McCann Worldgroup, Global
Juan Isaza, Strategy and Innovation VP, DDB, Latam
Kate Ivory, Head of Strategy, OMD, UK / EMEA
Alison Tilling, Chief Strategy Officer, VMLY&R, Australia & New Zealand
Gabriela Soares, Head of Strategy, Talent Marcel, Brazil
Brian Monahan, Global Client President; Head of US Ventures, Dentsu, Global
Tracey Follows, Founder CEO, Futuremade, UK
Anush Prabhu, Chief Strategy Officer, MediaCom, Global
Tanja Grubner, Global Marketing & Communications Director, Essity, Global
Maggie Windsor Gross, Head of Strategy, Deloitte Digital, USA
Zaid Al-Zaidy, CEO, Above+Beyond, UK
Design Lions
Jury President – Pum Lefebure, Chief Creative Officer, Design Army, USA
Florence Bellisson, President & Chief Creative Officer, BETC Etoile Rouge, France
Marcelo M. Bicudo, CEO, Superunion, Brazil
Kimberly Bartkowski, Design Principal, IBM, APAC
Zak Mroueh, Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Zulu Alpha Kilo, Canada
Lisa Smith, Executive Creative Director, Jones Knowles Ritchie, USA
Marina Danjo, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan
Dida Atassi, Design Director, Accenture Interactive Middle East, UAE
Esra Gülmen, Head of Design, Heimat Berlin, Germany
Nils Leonard, Founder, Uncommon Creative Studio, UK
Digital Craft Lions
Jury President – Jax Ostle-Evans, Managing Director, Stink Studios, UK
Morten Grubak, Executive Creative Director, VIRTUE — The Agency By VICE, Northern Europe
Sandra Bold, Global Creative Director, Publicis, Global
Jason Romeyko, Worldwide Executive Creative Director, Serviceplan, Global
Adrian Belina, Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director, Jam3, USA
Ronnie Wu, Chief Creative Officer, TBWA\China
Luciana Haguiara, Executive Creative Director, MediaMonks/Circus, Brazil
David Lee, Chief Creative Officer, Squarespace, USA
Katrien Bottez, Executive Creative Director, Happiness, an FCB alliance, Belgium
Antje Kruse-Schomaker, Executive Design Director, IBM iX, Germany
Direct Lions
Jury President – Reed Collins, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy APAC
Gilles Fichteberg, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Rosapark, France
Flavio Waiteman, Chief Creative Officer and Founder, Tech and Soul, Brazil
Francisca Maass, Chief Creative Officer, Grey, Germany
Sigal Abudy-Weber, Chief Creative Officer, McCann Tel Aviv, Israel
Daniel Lobaton, Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi NY, USA
Cristina Alonso Del Rio, Creative Director, La Despensa, Spain
Santosh Padhi (Paddy), Chief Creative Officer & Founder, Taproot Dentsu, India
Al Mackie, Chief Creative Officer, RAPP, UK
Ioana Filip, SVP Executive Creative Director, Energy BBDO, USA
Entertainment Lions
Jury President – Jae Goodman, CEO, Observatory (A Stagwell and CAA Company), Global
Rodrigo Figueroa Reyes, Founder & CEO, FCB&FiRe / FiReSPORTS, Argentina
Panos Sambrakos, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy, Greece
Glenn Cole, Founder & Creative Chair, 72andSunny, USA
Josh Feldman, Chief Marketing Officer, NBCUniversal Advertising Sales & Partnerships, USA
Emma Shuldham, Managing Director, ITB Worldwide, Global
Maria Garrido, Senior Vice President Marketing, Vivendi, Global
Kelly Mullen, Global Head of Unilever Entertainment, Unilever, Global
Byron Rex Phillipson, Global Executive Creative Director, Twitch, Global
Samantha Almeida, Head of Twitter Next, Twitter, Latam
Ashima Avasthi Chaudhuri, Head – Content, Zee Studios, India
Entertainment Lions for Music
Jury President – Wyclef Jean, President & Chief Strategy Officer, Sodo Mood Lab, Global
Olivier Robert-Murphy, Executive Vice President, Universal Music Group, Global
Hugo Veiga, Global Chief Creative Officer, AKQA, Global
Jennifer Frommer, SVP Brand Partnerships & Licensing, Columbia Records, USA
Amani Duncan, President, BBH, USA
Tamon Fujimi, Director of Creative Development, MassiveMusic, APAC
Alex Bodman, VP, Global Executive Creative Director, Spotify, Global
Ian Dalsemer, Creative Partner / Founder, The Elements Music, USA
Ollie Oshodi, Brand & Culture Advisor, Consultant, UK
Bettina Dorn, Senior Director Brand Partnership & Music Licensing, Warner Music Central Europe
Entertainment Lions for Sport
Jury President – Ben Hartman, Chief Client Officer, International, Octagon, Global
Elizabeth Lindsey, President, Brands and Properties, Wasserman, Global
Rafael Pitanguy, Chief Creative Officer, VMLY&R São Paulo, Brazil
JF Pathy, Marketing Director, FIFA, Global
Teddy Lynn, Founding Partner, Episode Four, USA
Gabi Mostert, Creative Director, Iris, UK
Ana Julfayan, Head of Creative Development, Beats by Dr Dre, USA
Bryan Habana, Chief Relationship Officer, Retroactive, South Africa
Louise Johnson, CEO, Fuse, UK / EMEA
Andy Walker, VP, Creative Director, Nike Inc, EMEA
Film Craft Lions
Jury President – Kerstin Emhoff, President, Prettybird, USA
Rory Hamilton, Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Boys + Girls, Ireland
Moritz Merkel, Executive Producer, Stink Films, Germany
Juliette Desmarescaux, Executive Producer, Grand Bazar, France
Hisashi Eto, Director, AOI, Japan
Renata Brandão, CEO, Conspiração, Brazil
Philip Hambi, Colourist, Moving Picture Company, UK
Olaf van Gerwen, Founder & Global Creative Director, Chuck Studios, Global
Laurent Simon, Chief Creative Officer, VMLY&R, UK
Sara Wallace, Executive Producer, Smuggler, Europe & Asia
Jesse Brihn, Director of Film and Content Production, Droga5, USA
Mette Jermiin, Managing Director & Executive Producer, Bacon, Denmark
Film Lions
Jury President – Richard Brim, Chief Creative Officer, Adam&EveDDB, UK
Rosie Bardales, Global Executive Creative Director, BETC Paris, Global
Karl Lieberman, Chief Creative Officer, Wieden+Kennedy, USA
Maxi Itzkoff, Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Slapglobal, Global
Tara Ford, Chief Creative Officer, The Monkeys Sydney, Australia
Morihiro Harano, Creative Director / Founder, Mori Inc., Japan
Doerte Spengler-Ahrens, Chief Creative Officer, Jung von Matt SAGA, Germany
Keith Cartwright, Founder / Chief Creative Officer, Cartwright, USA
Keka Morelle, Chief Creative Officer, Wunderman Thompson, Brazil
Eva Santos Bouzas, Chief Creative Officer, Delirio & Twain, Spain
Glass: The Lion for Change
Jury President – Bozoma Saint John, Chief Marketing Officer, Netflix, Global
Harjot Singh, Global Chief Strategy Officer, McCann Worldgroup, Global
Monique Nelson, Chair & Chief Executive Officer, UWG, USA
Kwame Taylor-Hayford, Co-Founder, Kin, Global
Marta Karlqvist, CEO, BCW Group, Nordics
Sarah Douglas, CEO, AMV BBDO, UK
Farah Ramzan Golant, CEO, kyu Collective, EMEA
PJ Pereira, Creative Chairman, Pereira O’Dell, Global
Swati Bhattacharya, Chief Creative Officer, FCB, India
Sophie Ann Kelly, SVP of Diageo’s Whisk(e)y portfolio, Diageo, North America
Health & Wellness Lions
Jury President – Tom Richards, Co-Global Chief Creative Officer, 21 Grams, Global
Patricia Corsi, Global Chief Marketing and Digital Officer, Bayer Consumer Health, Global
Neisha Tweed Bell, Head of Health, Creative Shop, Facebook, USA
Catherine Devaney, Deputy Managing Director, Head of Health, WE Communications, UK
Mayuko Kamo, Senior Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan
Bruno Abner Rebelo, EVP, Chief Creative Officer, McCann Health, USA
Javier Rodriguez de Santiago, Executive Creative Director, VMLY&Rx, Spain
Dina Peck, Chief Creative Officer, Patients & Purpose, USA
Prateek Bhardwaj, Chief Creative Officer, Lowe Lintas, India
Barbara Joly, Directrice Associée / Partner, Publicis Consultants MSL Group, France
Industry Craft Lions
Jury President – Jayanta Jenkins, EVP, Head of Marketing, Disney+, Global
Guy Merrill, Global Head of Art, Getty Images & iStock, Global
Sarah-Leith Izzard, Regional Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy, Asia
Paul Shearer, Chief Creative Officer, BBDO, EMEA
Shelley Smoler, Executive Creative Director, Droga5 London, UK
Steph van Niekerk, Creative Director, Grey Africa, South Africa
Marcelo Reis, Co-CEO & Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett, Brazil
Carol Lambert, Board Creative Director, Publicis Dublin, Ireland
David Banta, Executive Creative Director, TBWA/Chiat/Day, USA
Galit Gilboa, Art Direction Professor and Creative Director, Habetzefer Tel Aviv, Israel
Innovation Lions
Jury President – Claudia Cristovao, Head of Google Brand Studio, Google, APAC
Grace Francis, Chief Experience Officer, Karmarama, UK
Vishal Dheiman, VP, Head of Innovation, BBDO, USA
Andrew McKechnie, Chief Creative Officer, Verizon, USA
Cleve Gibbon, Chief Technology Officer, Wunderman Thompson, USA
Joakim (Jab) Borgström, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer, BBH, Global
Kris Hoet, Global Chief Innovation Officer, FCB Global, Global
Natasha Chetiyawardana, Creative Partner, Co-Founder, Bow & Arrow (part of Accenture Interactive), UK
Jennifer Fischer, Chief Innovation Officer, TBWA\RAAD, MENA
Leonid Sudakov, President, Kinship, Global
Media Lions
Jury President – Philippa Brown, Worldwide CEO, PHD, Global
Chrissie Hanson, Global Chief Strategy Officer, OMD Worldwide, Global
Gerry D’Angelo, Vice President Global Media, Procter & Gamble, Global
André França, Media Vice President, WMcCann, Brazil
Adam Gerhart, Global CEO, Mindshare, Global
Kathy Kline, Global Chief Strategy Officer, Starcom Worldwide, Global
Kyoko Matsushita, Global CEO, Essence, Global
Lizzie Nolan, Exec Vice President Global Strategy & Intelligence, Havas, Global
Deidre Smalls-Landau, Chief Marketing Officer and EVP, Global Culture, Universal McCann, USA
Clay Schouest, Global Head of Communications Planning, Carat, Global
Mobile Lions
Jury President – Andrew Keller, VP, Global Creative Director, Facebook, Global
Vico Benevides, CEO Brazil / Executive Creative Director Latam, GTB, Latam
Marilou Aubin, Partner, Executive Creative Director, lg2, Canada
Norikuni Takamiya, Co-Head of Tokyo / Director of Content & Design, I&CO, Japan
Madelon Uljee, Executive Creative Director, CODE D’AZUR, Netherlands
Fura Johannesdottir, Chief Design Officer, Huge, Global
Kent Boswell, National Director of Interactive, Traffik Group, Australia
Wale Gbadamosi Oyekanmi, Founder & Managing Director , Dare.Win, France
Resh Sidhu, Executive Creative Director, Barbarian, Global
Seamus Higgins, VP Chief Creative Officer, R/GA, APAC
Outdoor Lions
Jury President – Luiz Sanches, Chairman, Chief Creative Officer & Partner, AlmapBBDO, Brazil
Naho Manabe, Creative Director, Hakuhodo, Japan
Marco Venturelli, President en charge de la creation, Publicis Conseil, France
Markus Maczey, Creative Partner, Serviceplan, Germany
Pancho Cassis, Global Chief Creative Officer & Partner, DAVID, Global
Chaka Sobhani, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett and Fallon, UK
Fran Luckin, Chief Creative Officer, Grey Advertising, AMEA
Veradis Vinyaratn, Chief Creative Officer, TBWA\Thailand
Valentina Amenta, Creative Director, FCB Partners, Italy
Karin Onsager-Birch, VP of Creative, Lyft, USA
Pharma Lions
Jury President – Anne de Schweinitz, Global Managing Director, Healthcare FleishmanHillard, Global
Brett O’Connor, Executive Creative Director, VCCP Health, UK
Jeremy Bird, Managing Director / Chief Creative Officer, Havas Life Bird & Schulte, Germany
Wendy Chan, Executive Creative Director, McCann Health, China
Wendy Turner, Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy Health, Canada
Brian Lefkowitz, Chief Creative Officer, Digitas Health, USA
Carolyn Paul, EMEA Health Chair, Edelman, EMEA
Tim Hawkey, Chief Creative Officer, AREA 23, USA
Regina Moura Rocha, Communications and Digital Director, Roche Pharma Brazil
Parixit Bhattacharya, Managing Partner – Creative, TBWA\ India
PR Lions
Jury President – Gail Heimann, President & CEO, Weber Shandwick, Global
Eduardo Vieira, President & Co-CEO, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Latam
Dr. Sabine Hückmann, CEO, Ketchum, Germany
Emily Poon, President, Public Relations & Influence, Ogilvy, Asia
Anthony Chelvanathan, Global EVP & Executive Creative Director, Edelman, Global
Lisa Rosenberg, Partner + President, Consumer Brands, Allison+Partners, USA
Rachael Sansom, Managing Director, Red Havas UK, Global
Lewis Williams, EVP Chief Creative Officer, Burrell Communications Group, USA
Chris McCafferty, CEO, MSL Group, UK
Jim Donaldson, CEO, FleishmanHillard, UK and Middle East
Print & Publishing Lions
Jury President – Liz Taylor, Global Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett / Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Communications North America, Global
Dani Ribeiro, Creative Director, Artplan, Brazil
Tomás Ostiglia, Executive Creative Director, LolaMullenlowe, Spain
Adrián Piattoni, Chief Creative Officer, DDB, Argentina
Oliver Handlos, Executive Creative Director, Scholz & Friends Berlin, Germany
Alvin Lim, Founder, Creative Chairman, GPB Shanghai & Hong Kong
Nancy Crimi-Lamanna, Chief Creative Officer, FCB, Canada
André (Dedé) Laurentino, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy, UK
Nkgabiseng Motau, Chief Creative Officer, Think Creative Africa, South Africa
Hervé Poupon, Creative Director, Serviceplan France, EMEA
Radio & Audio Lions
Jury President – Merlee Jayme, Global President, Dentsu Mcgarrybowen, Chairmom, Dentsu Jayme Syfu, Global
Patan Tarazaga, Chief Creative Officer, Wunderman Thompson, Latam
Noelia Fernandez Garcia, Executive Creative Director, Manifiesto, Spain
Thor Borresen, VP Marketing, AB-InBev Colombia
Dennis May, Chief Creative Officer, Publicis, Germany
Lufuno Mavhungu, Creative Director, Independent, South Africa
Emma Sharkey, Chief Strategy Officer, Rothco Part of Accenture Interactive, Ireland
Mariana O’Kelly, Global Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy, Global
Ally Lang, Head of Maple Street Creative, UK
Jenny Glover, Executive Creative Director, Juniper Park TBWA, Canada
Social & Influencer Lions
Jury President – Debbi Vandeven, Global Chief Creative Officer, VMLY&R, Global
Alex Josephson, Global Head of Twitter Next, Twitter, Global
Ian Toombs, Executive Creative Director, Wieden+Kennedy, China
Domenico Massareto, Chief Creative Officer, Publicis, Brazil
Nicky Bell, VP Global Head of Facebook Creative Shop, Facebook, Global
Zuza Duchniewska-Sobczak, Executive Creative Director, DDB Warsaw, Poland
Darrell Nelson, Global Head of Cultural Strategy, Havas, Global
Nadja Lossgott, Executive Creative Director, AMV BBDO, UK
Akira Suzuki, Director, Head of Global Business Marketing, ByteDance K.K., Japan
Sarah Sutton, Global Media Director, Oatly, Global
Sustainable Development Goals
Jury President – Eduardo Maruri, VP Global Creative Board & President / CEO Europe, Grey
Fred Levron, Worldwide Creative Partner, FCB Global, Global
Solitaire Townsend, Co-founder, Futerra, Global
Simon Mainwaring, Founder / CEO, We First, USA
Simon Henzell-Thomas, Global Director Public Affairs and Advocacy, IKEA, Global
Michele Oliver, Global VP Brands and Purpose, Mars Incorporated, Global
Kimberlee Wells, CEO, TBWA\Melbourne & Adelaide, Australia
Anna Lungley, Chief Sustainability Officer, Dentsu International, Global
Tara Nolan, VP, Global Growth & Communications, Founder, Havas Media Group, The Conscious Connoisseur, Global
Natalie Samarasinghe, Executive Director, United Nations Association – UK
Titanium Lions
Jury President – Susan Credle, Global Chief Creative Officer, FCB Global, Global
Alex Grieve, Chief Creative Officer, AMV BBDO, UK
Judy John, Global Chief Creative Officer, Edelman, Global
Nicky Bullard, CCO, MRM London, Chairwoman, MRM Europe, UK / Europe
Jacki Kelley, CEO, Dentsu, Americas
Sonal Dabral, Writer / Director / Creative Consultant, Tribha, India
Bruno Bertelli, Global Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Worldwide, Global
John Patroulis, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer, Grey Group, Global
Trevor Robinson OBE, Executive Creative Director, Quiet Storm, UK
Margaret Johnson, Chief Creative Officer, Partner, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, USA
