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Cannes Lions announces 2023 Shortlisting Jury members

Cannes Lions has announced a line-up of global experts from across the creative industries who will shortlist world-class creative work. The shortlisted work will go on to be judged, awarded and celebrated on the global stage during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, running from 19-23 June 2023.

Announced today are 197 experts from across 58 markets, representing the global industry’s leading talent from a diverse range of disciplines. The Cannes Lions Shortlisting Juries will take part in judging entries remotely from their home locations worldwide.

Simon Cook, CEO, LIONS, comments, “The first round of judging, which establishes the Cannes Lions shortlist is critical. We have a world-class line up of exceptional talent, and experts from around the world who bring much commitment and expertise to the important task in hand. I’d like to extend my gratitude for their hard work in curating the work that will go on to be awarded and recognised at the Festival this year.”

The 2023 Shortlisting Jury members have been named as:

Classic Track

Film Lions:

Andreas Tatzreiter, CEO, Executive Creative Director, Spießer & Spinner, Austria,

Anisa Dzindo, Executive Producer / Producer, B-Reel Films, Sweden,

Anne Boothroyd, Executive Creative Director, Freelance (previously Dentsu Creative), New Zealand

Bart Vande Maele, Head of Production, Happiness, Belgium

Binaifer Dulani, Creative and Founding Member, Talented, India

Cj de Silva-Ong, Executive Creative Director, TBWA\SMP, The Philippines

Corinna Martínez, Head of Production, Mastodonte, Mexico

David Caballero, Chief Creative Officer, Wunderman Thompson, Spain

Eirik Sørensen, Creative, TRY, Norway

Francisco Bledel, Executive Creative Director, Publicis Argentina, LATAM

Helen King, Digital Director Creative, adidas, Global

Hiroyo Kanehako, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan

Jake O'Driscoll, Creative Director, Boys + Girls, Ireland

Jin Yang, Creative Partner, Leo Burnett, Taiwan

Johanna Lubin, Global Marketing Manager, Brand Purpose, Social Impact & Community, Global

Juan Rueda, Director and Partner, Akira Cine, Colombia

Marielle Wilsdorf, Chief Creative Officer, GGH MullenLowe GmbH, Germany

Miguel Bemfica, Chief Creative Officer, VMLY&R, MENA

Nopharit Dusadeedumkoeng, Deputy Executive Creative Director, Wolf Bkk, Thailand

Tim Fremmich Andresen, Creative Director, NORD DDB, Denmark

Volkan Dalkilic, Chief Creative Officer, Havas Turkiye, Turkey

Outdoor Lions:

Ahmed Mustafa, Executive Creative Director, Adcom Leo Burnett, Pakistan

Akama Davies, VP, Global Solutions and Operations, GroupM Nexus, Global

Alan Hairong Ji, CMO & VP, Focus Media, China & Japan

Andrew Brunton, Managing Director, EMEA, Billups, EMEA

Angie Tijam-Tohid, Executive Creative Director, Havas Ortega Group, The Philippines

Arah Kim, Associate Creative Director, Wieden+Kennedy, Mexico

Damisa Ongsiriwattana, Co-Founder / Chief Creative Officer, SOUR Bangkok, Thailand

Damon Stapleton, Chief Creative Officer, The Monkeys, New Zealand

Donevan Chew, Chief Creative Officer, Havas Immerse, Malaysia

Finnja Skornia, Creative Director, DDB Group, Germany

Gerardo Vazquez, Creative Director, VMLY&R, Puerto Rico

Ivo Purvis, Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Creative, Portugal

Juan Gómez, Brand Manager, Banco de Bogotá, Colombia

Laura Villanueva Chávez, Brand, Communications & Insight Manager, Mibanco, Peru

Man Wai Wong, VP, Group Creative Director, Design, Leo Burnett, Canada

Manuel Wenzel, Chief Creative Officer, TBWA\Switzerland AG, Switzerland

Moumita Pal, Senior Creative Director, FCB, India

Nayeli Kremb, Creative Director, Perfect Fools, Sweden

Nicolas Gaspart, Copywriter, mortierbrigade, Belgium

Nicolas Geahchan, Executive Creative Director, Wunderman Thompson, Qatar

Pia Lystad, Art Director, POL, Norway

Yoofi Breww, Creative Director, MullenLowe Accra, Ghana

Print & Publishing Lions:

Carlos Fernandez Oxte, Head of Creative / Executive Creative Director, Archer Troy, Mexico

Ida Gronblom, Executive Creative Director, FCB, USA

Maria Lujan Donaire, Executive Creative Director, HOY by Havas, LATAM

Nadia Charif, Senior Art Director, Dentsu Creative, Italy

Ravi Shanker, Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Groupe, Indonesia

Rianna Woods, Senior Art Director, Wunderman Thompson, UK

Radio & Audio Lions:

Carol Lambert, Creative Director, Creative Consultant, Ireland

Francisco Cavada, Chief Creative Officer, BBDO, Chile

Leen Renders, Director, Het Geluidshuis, Belgium

Nathalie Hasson, Head of Audio Narrative & Podcasts, HRCLS, France

Oje Ojeaga, CEO / Chief Creative Officer, Up In The Sky, Nigeria

Pipo Morano, Executive Creative Director, Grey, LATAM

Craft Track

Design Lions:

Aurélie Scalabre, Creative Director, BETC, France

Haoxi Lv, Senior Design Expert, Ant Group, Mainland China

Jonathan Johnsongriffin, VP, Global Brand Creative, Google Brand Studio, Google, Global

Mohammed Sehly, Executive Creative Director, Leo Burnett, Saudi Arabia

Prue Jones, Design and Creative Director, Accenture Song, Australia

Shekhar Badve, Founder Director, Lokus Design Pvt. Ltd., India

Film Craft Lions:

Aaron Leung, Head of Copy, Bates Pan Gulf LLC, UAE

Adrian Aspani, General Manager, LaDoble, Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Mexico, Madrid, Miami

Anne Akande, VFX Producer, Unini Productions Limited, UK

Belén Garau, Founder / Service Producer, The Local Production Company, Spain

Christina Yu, Director, Merchant, Canada

Damir Ciglar, Co Founder / CEO, Imago Ogilvy, SEE

Deh Bastos, Creative Director, Publicis Brasil, LATAM

Ewan Yap, Creative Director, TBWA\Media Arts Lab, Mainland China

Fiona King, Global Director of Production, Sweetshop, Global

Jeana Theron-Khoury, Film Director, Darling Films, South Africa

Karim Naceur, Global Head of Tv Production, BETC, Global

Kimberly Chin, Founder / Creative / Composer, Pitch Audio+Magic, Malaysia

Linnea Roxeheim, Director, Giants & Toys, Sweden

Martin Furze, Creative Director & Director, Bacon Production, Global

Ronak Chugh, Director, Rooted Films, India

Santiago Chaumont, Director, Central Films, Mexico

Shima Green, Director / Photographer, Craft Worldwide, USA

Silvia Bergamaschi, Senior Producer, Indiana Production SPA, Italy

Stylianos Cotionis, CEO and Executive Producer, Foss Productions, Greece

Tobias Fueter, Co-Founder & Director, stories AG, Switzerland

Wuthisak Anarnkaporn, Film Director / Founder, FACTORY 01, Thailand

Industry Craft Lions:

Atiya Zaidi, Managing Director / Executive Creative Director, BBDO, Pakistan

Davor Bruketa, Chief Creative Officer, Bruketa&Zinic&Grey, Croatia

Mahesh Ambaliya, Creative Director, VMLY&R, India

Marie-Elaine Benoit, Creative Director, Branding & Design, Sid Lee, Canada

Pedro Americo, Executive Creative Director, McCann, Germany

Sally Anderson, Creative Director, MetaDesign, China

Engagement Track | In partnership with LinkedIn

Direct Lions:

Adrian Yeap, Executive Creative Director, Publicis, Singapore

Agnieszka Klimczak, Creative Partner, FCB&theMilkman, Poland

Anke Roell, Head of Copy, HeimatTBWA\, Germany

Ben Sever, Chief Creative Officer, Co-CEO, and Partner, Havas, Israel

Carla Leveratto, Head of Creative Works, Google, Italy

Christel Chong, Creative Director, DDB, Hong Kong SAR

Diana Ceausu-Caverly, Global Chief Strategy Officer, MRM, Global

Ebba Grenninger, Deputy CEO and Creative Director, Jung Relations, Sweden

Jake Barrow, Group Executive Creative Director, VMLY&R, Australia

Jorge Eliecer Pinto, Executive Creative Director, MullenLowe SSP3, Colombia

Kimmy Liu, Executive Creative Director, Cheil PengTai Beijing, Mainland China

Luis Enriquez, Chief Creative Officer, VMLY&R, Mexico

Lulo Calio, Chief Creative Officer & Founding Partner, Togetherwith, Argentina

Magd El Sherif, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, matter, Egypt

Manuel Ostyn, Creative Partner, Joe Public, Belgium

Matilda Egere-Cooper, Editorial Director, Dentsu Creative, UK

Rene Verbong, Executive Creative Director, DEPT®, The Netherlands

Rita-Maria Spielvogel, Creative Director, BBDO Wien, Austria

Roehl Sanchez, Chief Creative Officer, BIMM, Canada

Sergio Franco Tosso, Executive Creative Director, Fahrenheit DDB, Peru

Vincent Montocchio, Executive Creative Director, CIRCUS!, Mauritius

Whitney Michel, Executive Creative Director, Uniworld Group, South Africa

Media Lions:

Abelardo Ibanez, CEO, Zenith Media, Spain

Alicia Lorenzo, SVP Revenue Growth & Corporate Communication Director, Ignis Media Agency, Argentina

Ami Qian, CEO, Carat China, Mainland China

Clare Trafankowska, Managing Director, iProspect, dentsu, South Africa

Elda Choucair, CEO, Omnicom Media Group, MENA

Emilie Perrier, VP Havas Play Content & Media Partnerships, HAVAS PLAY, France

Ender Buruk, CEO, Mindshare, EMEA

Gaurav Virkar, P&G Global Media Leader, Procter & Gamble, Global

Helen Galanis, CEO, Initiative, Canada

Isabelle Dacz, CEO, Wavemaker, The Netherlands

Karine Ysebrant de Lendonck, Chief Media Officer, Publicis Groupe, Belgium

Kelly Rosnell-Shand, Client Partner, Spark Foundry NZ, New Zealand

Miguel Pava, CEO, PHD, Costa Rica

Morten Flamand, CEO, EssenceMediacom, Sweden

Naomi Michael, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Asia Pacific, IPG Mediabrands, APAC

Rasmus Philip, Senior Strategist, Uncle Grey, Denmark

Stacy Ann Effs, Senior Director, Strategy, Hearts & Science, USA

Stephen Onaivi, Managing Director, OMD Ghana (mediaReachOMD), Ghana

Takamasa Hirai, Planning Creative Director, ADK Marketing Solutions, Japan

Tal Kedmi, CEO, Reflect Media, Israel

Thomas Jamet, CEO, IPG Mediabrands & UM, France

Valentina Vieira, VP Marketing, Alpina, Colombia

PR Lions:

Carol Yeung, Managing Director, Golin, Hong Kong SAR

Carol Warui, Deputy Managing Partner Public Relations & Influence, Ogilvy Africa, Kenya

Damián Martínez Lahitou, CEO & Founder, Feedback PR, Argentina

Deborah De Klerck, Managing Director, Famous Relations, Belgium

Higinio Martínez, GM & Consejero Delegado, Omnicom PR Group, Spain & Portugal

Ivo Půr, Managing Director, Hero & Outlaw a.s., Czech Republic

Jacqueline Bosselaar, CEO, HPB | Het PR Bureau, The Netherlands

Jorg Riommi, Chief Creative Officer Central & Eastern Europe, Publicis Groupe, CEE

Razan Karim, Senior Communications Director, Red Havas Middle East, UAE

Ruxandra Papuc, Executive Creative Director, McCann, Romania

Sandrine Cormary, General Manager, Omnicom PR Group, France

Social & Influencer Lions:

Alberto Quirós, Chief Creative Officer, Jotabequ Grey, Costa Rica

Angelica Alvarado Ariza, VP Beyond Core, AbInbev, Colombia

Baba Touré, Founder, Hammerfest, EMEA

Carla El Maalouli, Marketing consultant, Freelance, MENA

Christina So, Group Digital Planning Director, FCB Aotearoa, New Zealand

Eoin Sherry, Global Executive Creative Director, LePub, Global

Helen Lee, Agency Lead, LinkedIn, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan

Jennifer Hyland, Senior Director, Edelman, Ireland

Lorraine Ann Garcia, Social Media Lead, lululemon, APAC

Mami Koyama, Copywriter / Creative Planner, Dentsu, Japan

Michael Messer, Creative Director, Jung von Matt DONAU, Austria

Niat Asfaw Graca, General Manager, Serviceplan Bubble GmbH, Germany

Omaga Idirigbe, Executive Creative Director, DDB, Nigeria

Pablo Ferrari, Executive Creative Director, Independent, Mexico

Phindile Phiri, Director - Assets Influencer Partnerships Africa, The Coca-Cola Company, South Africa

Rahmon Agbaje, Co-Founder, Loud Parade, UK

Entertainment Track | In partnership with ESL FACEIT Group

Entertainment Lions:

Caroline Petruccelli, Head of Agency Production, Publicis Groupe, France

Devin Baker, Creative Director, 72andSunny, USA

Jason Fashade, Managing Director, Social & Experience, Ogilvy, Hong Kong SAR

Matias Anríquez, Creative Director, Wolf BCPP, Chile

Sumeli Chatterjee, Sr. Director, Integrated Marketing & Experiences (IMX), The Coca-Cola Company, India & South West Asia

Zizwe Vundla, CMO, Safaricom, East Africa

Experience Track

Brand Experience & Activation Lions:

Ashley Knight, Strategy Director, Jam3, The Netherlands

Chantal Silva Zúñiga, Digital Creative Director, DDB, Mexico

Doug Muir, Executive Creative Director, Proof, Canada

Genevieve Hoey, Creative Lead ANZ, 72andSunny, ANZ

Hasib Hasan Chowdhury, Sr. Group Creative Director, Adcomm Ltd., Bangladesh

HyungKyun Oh, Executive Creative Director, the.WATERMELON, APAC

Joachim Kortlepel, Executive Creative Director & Partner, Jung von Matt AG, Germany

Josefina Casellas, Executive Creative Director SS LATAM, R/GA, LATAM

Kazz Ishihara, Group Executive Creative Director, McCann Worldgroup, Japan

Keith Manning, Executive Creative Director, TBWA Hunt Lascaris, South Africa

Lucía Angulo, Head of Creative Business, Accenture Song, Spain

Mahesan M., Executive Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide, APAC

Mauricio Sarmiento, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Colombia / Publicis Groupe Panamá, LATAM

Paolo Garcia, Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Groupe, Vietnam

Peter Lund, Chief Creative Officer, AKQA, Global

Piotr Osinski, Regional Creative Director, VMLY&R, Poland

Rikke Sofie Jacobsen, Creative, POL Oslo, Norway

Rosana Vilcarromero, Head of Marketing, PlazaVea, Peru

Tamara Greene, Managing Director, Global Brands, Havas Creative Group, Global

Tulan Ma, Chief Creative Officer, BBDO China, Mainland China

Yasmina Boustani, Creative Director, Leo Burnett, UAE

Health Track

Health & Wellness Lions:

Annikka Koivu, Director, Health, wellbeing and food, Kaiku Group Ltd, Finland

Brian Wang, SVP, Head of Health, Edelman China, Mainland China

Emuron Alemu, Chief Creative Officer, The Quollective, Kenya

Gretel Lanner, Regional VP Latin America, Edgewell Personal Care, LATAM

Jayesh Nair, Digital Acceleration Lead, EMEA, Bayer Consumer Health, EMEA

Jini Mathai, Regional Head-Southeast Asia, Havas Health and You, Southeast Asia

Kai Baumann, Associate Creative Director, IPG Health, Germany

Lori Bullock, SVP, Executive Producer, Digitas Health, USA

Louise Ljungberg, Deputy CEO, ABBY.WORLD, Sweden

Mandie van der Merwe, Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Creative, Australia

Shamel Washington, Associated Creative Director - Health Equity, Deloitte Digital, USA

To see the Awarding and Shortlisting Juries in their entirety visit canneslions.com/awards/jury. Further information on this year’s Festival and the Lions Awards can be found at canneslions.com.

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