Cannes Lions announces 2026 Shortlisting Jury line-up

Nigeria’s creative industry shines as multiple Nigerian leaders join a record-breaking global Shortlisting Jury line-up.

Cannes Lions has announced the Shortlisting Jury for this year’s Festival. The Jury will shortlist world-class creative work that will go on to be judged, awarded and celebrated during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, taking place 22–26 June 2026.

This year’s global line-up brings together a diverse collection of experts reflecting the full breadth of disciplines across the creative landscape. The line-up welcomes increased representation from across Pacific and Africa, including Jurors from Ethiopia, Namibia and Zimbabwe for the first time, alongside over 40 independent agencies making their Jury debut this year. Among the notable firsts is HumanSense, an independent agency that marks Sri Lanka’s first-ever Cannes Lions Juror.

Commenting on this year’s line-up, Simon Cook, CEO, LIONS, said: “The Shortlisting Jury play a crucial role in the Awards. Their work in recognising groundbreaking creativity establishes the standard of excellence celebrated at the Festival. This year’s line-up brings together an exceptional cohort of talent from across a breadth of specialisms and markets. Their unique expertise will ensure the shortlist champions the innovative work driving the industry forward. Thank you to our Jurors for dedicating their time to curating the body of work that will set the global creative benchmark for the year ahead.”

The 2026 Shortlisting Jurors have been named as:

Brand Experience & Activation

Alkisti Stolp | CEO, McCann, Germany

Anton Kim | Chief Marketing Officer, Forte, Kazakhstan

Cristina Re Calegari | Head of Marketing and Communication, Synlab Italia, Italy

Deh Bastos | Creative and Content Director, Paim, Brazil

Delali Dzidzienyo | Head, Marketing and Corporate Affairs, First National Bank Ghana, Africa

Eka Kipiani | Creative Director and Founder, Supermarket, Georgia

Florencia Loda | Chief Creative Officer, draftLine, AB InBev, Argentina

Heinrich Vejlgaard | Executive Creative Director, Robert/Boisen & Like-Minded, Denmark

Humza Ijaz | Managing Director, Head of Design and Digital Products, Accenture Song, Middle East

Ivan Landzhev | Chief Creative Officer, gutsandbrains DDB , Bulgaria

Jan Ott Hendrik | Executive Creative Director, BBDO Beijing, Mainland China

Jon Biggs | EMEA Executive Creative Director, Monks, EMEA

Jonelle Ricketts | Head of Marketing, IKEA, Canada

Josephine Muvumba | Managing Director, MetropolitanRepublic, Uganda

Karla Bonilla | President and Chief Creative Officer, Fire Creative, Puerto Rico

Kit Koh | Group Executive Creative Director, Leo Shanghai, Mainland China

Laurent Marcus | Innovation and Technology Director, Special Group, Australia

Mabel Adeteye | Head of Brands and Marketing Communications, Wema Bank, Nigeria

Márton Jedlicska | Executive Creative Director, Publicis Groupe, Hungary

Moumita Pal | National Creative Director, Dentsu Creative, India

Nina East | Group Creative Director, Ogilvy, Australia

Penny Sadlier | Managing Director, LePub Singapore and PG One APAC, Singapore and APAC

Ricardo Aspiazu | SVP - Creative and Brand Design, Verizon, USA

Ricardo Mendoza | Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy, Guatemala

Rizek Jildeh | Head of Strategy, Adpro&, Jordan

Rob Longuet | Creative Director, Dentsu Creative, Aotearoa New Zealand

Saakshi Verma Menon | Chief Marketing Officer, Foods, PepsiCo, India

Sebastien Zanini | Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Creative Paris, France

Shu Hung | Global Chief Creative Officer, AKQA, Global

Veronica Ruiz del Vizo | CEO, Amarillo Creative Lab, Venezuela

Warunyoo Sorasetsakoon | Executive Creative Director, BBDO Bangkok, Thailand

Winston Binch | Chief Brand and Experience Officer, GALE, USA

Creative Strategy

Aki Spicer | Chief Strategy Officer and Consultant, formerly Cashmere and Monks, USA

Amine Bennis | CEO, Tribal Casablanca, Morocco

Carmen Rodriguez | Global Chief Growth Officer, GUT, Global

David Halter | Chief Practice Officer, Dentsu Creative, Australia

Emeka Obia | Regional Head of Strategy, Publicis West Africa, West and Central Africa

Gil Kemami | CEO Pan-Africa, Twotone Global, Kenya

Lulu Cuevas | Strategy Director, Cultura de Marcas, LATAM

Maria Galleriu | Chief Strategy Officer, International, 72andSunny, Global

Nilakshi Medhi | Chief Strategy Officer, Publicis Groupe, Indonesia

Rowena Bhagchandani | CEO and Co-Founder, BLKJ Havas, Singapore

Shawna Ross | Chief Strategy Officer, Dentsu Creative, USA

Taciana Lopes | SVP of Marketing and Communications, Mastercard, Brazil

Tarek Sioufi | Chief Strategy Officer, Grey London, UK

Design

Akinpelumi Okelola | Senior Design Specialist, NBCUniversal, Global

Andrea Castro | Art Director, Joystick, Costa Rica

Anna Yates | Executive Creative Director, Host Havas, Australia

Anselmo Tumpić | Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director, Studio Tumpić/Prenc, Croatia

Anthony Shea | VP, Design Director, Arnold, USA

Bastien Baumann | Chief Design Officer, Publicis Groupe, USA

Bronwen Rautenbach | Co-Founder and Creative Partner, Sunshinegun, Africa

Camila Moleta | Founder, MORE GRLS, Brazil

Colin Yesutor | Creative Director, Havas Africa, Ghana and Nigeria

David Allard | Executive Creative Director, Sid Lee, Canada

David Fischer | Creative Director and Executive Board Member, Scholz & Friends, Switzerland

Elin Eskilsson | Creative Director and Brand Designer, Kid Collective AB, Sweden

Emma Barratt | Global Executive Creative Director, Wolff Olins, Global

Eva Stetefeld | Managing Partner and Executive Creative Director, DDB, Germany

Joachim Roncin | Head of Design, Maison Fantôme, France

Jyrki Poutanen | Chief Creative Officer, United Imaginations, Finland

Nina Granath | Creative Director, Stockholm Design Lab, Sweden

Raya AbuJaber | Creative Director, Jordan

Direct

Alex Pineda | Chief Creative Officer, Horizon FCB, MENA

Arthur Tsang | Chief Creative Officer, McCann China, Greater China

Ashish Khazanchi | Managing Partner, Enormous, India

Awing Chen | Founder and Creative Partner, Good Percent, Asia

David Fraser | Executive Creative Director, BMF, Australia

Dudu Mokholo | Chief Marketing Officer, Pernod Ricard, Africa Middle East

Emmanuel Amankwah | Executive Creative Director, ReZultz Advertising M&C Saatchi, Ghana

Felipe Paniago | Chief Marketing Officer, Reclame AQUI, Brazil

Gabriela Ortiz Chacón | Creative Director, PARADAIS TBWA, Ecuador

Jenny Mak | Executive Creative Director and Partner, jnr., Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

Jesús Rasines | Chief Creative Officer, Havas Creative, Spain

Johan Køhler | Creative Director, NoA | &Co., Denmark

Kelsey Hodgkin | CEO and Partner, Special US, USA

Mateusz Mroszczak | Chief Creative Officer, VML, Singapore

Nobuhiro Arai | Executive Creative Director, AKQA Tokyo, Japan

Odile Breffa | Strategy Director, Innocean Berlin, Germany

Pannarai Juanroong | Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy, Thailand

Sally Alzaza | Regional Creative Director, Interesting Times, MENA

Sehee Kim | Creative Director, Innocean, South Korea

Shani Gershi | VP Creative and Strategy, Kendago, Global

Steph Mackie | Co-Founder and Co-Chief Creative Officer, Mackie Biernacki Inc., Global

Tawanda Mahobele | Creative Lead, TBWA, Zimbabwe

Third Domingo | Founder and Chairman, IdeasXMachina Hakuhodo, the Philippines and APAC

Volkan Dalkılıç | Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Groupe, Türkiye

Zeynep Orbay | Creative Director, Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Entertainment

Amy Mowafi | Co-Founder and CEO, MO4 Network, Egypt

Andrea Corvetto | Managing Director, Circus Grey, Peru

Brian Carley | Chief Creative Officer, Razorfish, USA

Georgina McKinnon | CEO of Content, Omnicom Media Group, APAC

Jason Harvey | Executive VP and General Manager, BET+, USA

Justin Gomes | Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Bananas, South Africa

Mauro Ramalho | Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Brasil, Brazil

Michael Nagy | Executive Creative Director and Partner, Jung von Matt DONAU, Austria

Olena Martynova | Chief Marketing Officer, Starlight Media and CEO, Starlight Creative, Ukraine

Yune Aranguren | Core Brands Director, AB InBev, Mexico

Film

Alvaro Rodrigues | CEO, Chief Creative Officer and Founding Partner, Made, Brazil

Ángela Pacheco | Executive Creative Director, El Ruso de Rocky, Spain

Asli Sahin | Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy, Germany

Dimitri Guerassimov | Chief Creative Officer, VML France and Chief Creative Officer, Colgate-Palmolive, WPP, EMEA

Graeme Jenner | Executive Creative Director, LePub Johannesburg, South Africa

Ie Tjer Wang | Executive Creative Director, The Shout Group, Malaysia

Imani Ellis | CEO and Founder, CultureCon, USA

Ion Cojocaru “Lutzu” | Content Director, McCann, Romani

Jenny Glover | Chief Creative Officer, Zulu Alpha Kilo, Canada

Kanit Mingmuang | Executive Creative Director, Wolf BKK, Thailand

Nonthaporn Ketmanee | Senior Creative Director, Leo, Hong Kong SAR

Otavio Schiavon | VP, Creative Director, BETC HAVAS, Brazil

Penny Brown | Head of Production, Droga5 ANZ, part of Accenture Song, Australia

Quods Ouaissi | Chief Creative Officer, TNC - thenext.click, Morocco

Richard Williams | Group Executive Creative Director, VML, Australia

Ruchi Sharma | Founder and Chief Creative Officer, HumanSense, Sri Lanka

Sean Vij | Creative Director and Writer, USA

Steve Cochran | Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi, Aotearoa New Zealand

Thabang Manyelo | Executive Creative Director, The Odd Number, South Africa

Theodore Perdikakis | Vice Chairman and Head of Creative, attp, Greece

Toby Allen | Chief Creative Officer, Anomaly, London, UK

Film Craft

Akanksha Seda | Director, Good Morning Films, India

Ale Houston | CEO and Founder, The Lab, Paraguay

Ali Rguigue | CEO, Artcoustic, Morocco

Amy Coomber | Chief Production Officer, Neverland, UK

Amy Gozalka | Group Creative Director, TBWA\Chiat\Day Chicago, USA

Archie López | CEO, Panamericana Films, Dominican Republic

August Jorfald | Director and Scriptwriter, NewsLab, Norway

Colin Foo | Senior Creative Director and VFX Supervisor, thequietlab, Singapore

Diana Revelo | Founder and Executive Producer, Akira Cine, Colombia and LATAM

Hélène Daubert | VP Create, BETC POP, France

Iwona Mnich | Executive Producer, Papaya Films, Global

Izzy Ehrlich | Senior Editor and Partner, School Editing, Canada

Jet Omoshebi | Senior Colourist, Goldcrest Post Production, UK

Katlego Baaitse | Film Director, Spitfire Films, South Africa

Luciana Pessoa | Executive Director and Partner, Lado Animation, Brazil

Mohamed El Zayat | Film Director, Independent, Egypt

Nadine Kriegelstein | Head of R&Studios, Das Rund GmbH, Austria

Nathalie Le Caer | Executive Producer, Iconoclast, France

Oshoveli Shipoh | Executive Creative Director, StreetLeader Creative, Namibia

Phuong Vu | Creative Director, Antiantiart, Vietnam

Rebekah Kelly | Executive Producer, FINCH, AUNZ

Rodrigo Butori | Group Creative Director, McCann New York, USA

Rodrigo "Coco" Casas | Group Creative Director, VML México, Mexico

Thom Glover | Chief Creative Officer, American Haiku, USA

Tim Legallo | Chief Production Officer, Ogilvy, North America

Wendi Chong | Head of Production and Executive Producer, BBH, Singapore

Yoshiki Ishii | CEO and Executive Producer, kirameki inc. and TAKAKKEI Inc., Japan

Zelalem Woldemariam | CEO and Chief Creative Director, Zeleman Communications, Ethiopia

Health & Wellness

Dr. Adjoa B. Asamoah | THE CROWN Act Champion and CEO, ABA Consulting, USA

Arjen Tarras | Executive Creative Director, VML, Belgium

Catherine Huang | Director, Public Affairs, Gilead Sciences, Taiwan

Charlie Godinet | Executive Creative Director, Daylight, Aotearoa New Zealand

Karl Johnson | VP, Group Creative Director, Klick Health, USA

Kate Torrance | VP, Head of Brand, SickKids Foundation, Canada

Katie McMorran | Group Managing Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Health, Global

Lina Polimeni | SVP and Chief Marketing Officer - Consumer, Eli Lilly and Company, USA

Mohamed El Nagdy | Creative Director, ‿ and us, UAE

Patty Huang | Executive VP, Group Creative Director, 21GRAMS, a Part of Real Chemistry, USA

Sadie Mayes | Associate Creative Director, VCCP Health, UK

Sarah Amatori | Creative Director, McCann Health Boot, Italy

Media

Ahmed Kapadia | Chairman and CEO, Synergy Group, Pakistan

Aurelia Noel | Head of Innovation and Transformation, dentsu X, Global

Binh Le Ba An | Chief Commercial Officer, Zalo Business, Vietnam

Chris Colter | Managing Director, Media Strategy A/NZ, Accenture Song, AUNZ

Christina Lu | CEO, Zenith China, Mainland China

Duncan Southgate | Global Creative and Media Specialist, Kantar, Global

Eileen Ooi | APAC President, PHD Asia Pacific, Malaysia

Hemalatha Subramanian | Omnichannel Marketing Lead, M.H.Alshaya, UAE

Jackie Lyons | Chief Planning Officer, Havas Media Network, North America

John Halpin | CEO, WPP Media, Aotearoa New Zealand

LaToya Christian | Founder and Strategic Advisor, Brazen, USA

María José Ezquerra | CEO, Havas, Argentina and Uruguay

Martin Woska | Chief Creative and Strategy Officer, TRIAD, Slovakia

Maya Kusybi | Business Director - Strategy, Zenith Media, MENA

Michelle Sarpong | Head of Activation, the7stars, UK

Monica Blanco | Strategy Director, PHD, Costa Rica

Preeti Nadgar | Chief Strategy Officer, Starcom, USA

Promise Oduh | Associate Director, mediaReachOMD, Nigeria

Rafael Urbano | CEO, Carat, Spain

Rafet Fatih Özgür | SVP Brand and Promotion, Turkish Airlines, Turkey

Rajna Cuculić | Managing Director, WPP Media, Croatia

Swapnil Patel | Co-President, Attention Arc, USA

Urania Agas | Chief Operating Officer, WPP Media, Canada

Valeria Brasil | Comms and Media Director, Wieden+Kennedy, Brazil

Outdoor

Andi Olbés | Group Creative Director, BBDO Guerrero, the Philippines

Anthony Eigbe | Chief Creative Officer, West Africa, TECNO Mobile Global, Nigeria

Biboy Royong | Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Creative Philippines, the Philippines

Camilo Carvajal | Chief Creative Officer, LePub Bogotá, Colombia

Danger Bea | Executive VP, Executive Creative Director, West BBDO, USA

Erika Kohnen | Group Creative Director, Droga5 New York, part of Accenture Song, USA

Galaletsang Kgoathe | Creative Partner, Ogilvy, South Africa

Jose Ignacio Solari | Chief Creative Officer, Puerto Chile, Chile

Kayoung Seo | Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide, South Korea

Leopold Kreczy | Head of Creative Performance and Creative Director, Wien Nord Serviceplan, Austria

Lisa Carrana | Executive Head of Art, M+C Saatchi, UK

Madis Ots | Creative Director, Salama, Estonia

Magda Szmilewska | Media Director, Oatly, Global

Malek Ghorayeb | Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Communications Levant, Lebanon

Mandy Wong | CEO, TBWA\Singapore, Singapore

Miguel Durão | Creative Partner, Stream and Tough Guy, Portugal

Mohamed Bareche | Executive Creative Director, Havas, Paris and Middle East

Rafael Barthaburu | Chief Creative Officer, VML, Uruguay

Ramy El Sakka | Chief Creative Officer, BPG, UAE

Sarah Dornieden | Creative Director, Jung von Matt SPREE, Germany

Suchitra Gahlot | National Creative Director, McCann India, India

Tamara Cross | Chief Creative Officer, MG OMD, UK

Tejali Shete | Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Roll Dot Agency, Global

Thea Heber B Iversen | Creative Copywriter, Monologtheateret, Norway

Thembalethu Msibi | Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, BlackSwan, South Africa

Tommy Cehak | Executive Creative Director, Leo, Australia

Wei Wen Kong | Creative Director, Muma, Malaysia

PR

Andres Ortiz | Partner and General Director, LLYC, Colombia

Björn Mellstrand | Head of Strategy and Advisor, JMW Kommunikation / JMWGolin, Sweden

Chad Song | Chief Vision Officer, CRACK THE NUTS Inc., Global

Deirdre Murphy | Global Client Partner, Ketchum, Global

Eleanor Sullivan | Chief Strategy Officer, Burson, UK

Felipe Braz Costa | Executive Creative Director, Edelman, EMEA

Keri-Ann Stanton | Chief Strategist and Founder, K.A.Muses Group (Pty) Ltd, South Africa

Khaled Elseginy | Head of Brand Communications, Feminine Care and Levant E2E Commercial Lead, P&G, Asia, Middle East and Africa

Louisa Hager | Group Creative Director, Weber Shandwick, USA

Marc Antoine Koreki | Managing Director, Havas Africa Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast

Max Burt | General Manager, One Plus One Communications, Aotearoa New Zealand

Nozipho Tshabalala | CEO, The Conversation Strategists, Global

Omawumi Ogbe | Founder and Managing Partner, GLG Communications, Nigeria

Peter de Albuquerque | Executive Strategist and Founder, PEDAL, Global

Shelley Sorensen | Executive VP, Dentsu Creative, USA

Silvia Lenberger | Head of Global Brand Experience, Nestlé, Global

Sonia Huria | Head - Brand, Social and Corporate Comms, Maddock Films, India

Vladimír Bystrov | Managing Partner, Bison & Rose, Czech Republic

Social & Creator

Aditya Sunilkumar | Executive Creative Director and Head of Digital, Havas Creative Worldwide, India

Adriano Abdalla | Chief Creative Officer, PROS, Brazil

Ben Lilley | Creative Chairman, HERO/McCann Australia, Australia

Bridget Harpur | Head of Marketing, Volkswagen Group Africa, South Africa

Carla Leveratto | Head of Creative Works, Google, Italy

Carlos Rodriguez | Global Creative Director, Frank at Omnicom, Global

Corianda Dimes | Senior Manager, Ads Marketing Strategy, Netflix, USA

Dawid Szczepaniak | Creative Chairman, VML, Poland

Francesco Grandi | Chief Creative Officer, LePub London, UK

Genevieve Gransden | Executive Creative Director, DAVID London, UK

Jan Propach | Executive Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi, Global and Europe

Joel Rodriguez | Head of Context Planning, Translation / UnitedMasters, USA

Monica Tailor | Chief Social Marketing Officer, McCann Content Studios, Global

Patt Nitikarn | Managing Director, We Are Social, Thailand

Sanya Grujicic | Executive Creative Director, Monks, Canada

Sarah-Jane Lowes | Head of Social and Digital, Droga5 Dublin, part of Accenture Song, UK and Ireland

Sharon Mills | Lead Creative Consultant, SMC Consulting, Ghana

Shinsuke (Sawa) Sawasaki | Group Executive Creative Director, Havas, Japan

Sibu Mabena | Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Duma Collective, South Africa

The 73rd edition of the Festival takes place from 22 to 26 June in Cannes, France. Pass options can be found at www.canneslions.com.