The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, taking place June 22–26, has set its Awarding Jury lineup for this year’s Festival. This exceptional group of global experts will convene in Cannes this June to set the global benchmark for creative excellence.
This year’s juries reflect the growing diversity of the voices shaping the global creative industry, with fresh perspectives from independent agencies and brands across an array of sectors. Amongst those making their Jury debut is French brand, AXA, following its success in 2025, winning 13 Lions. The lineup also welcomes increased representation from across Africa, Pacific, MENA and LATAM, including first-time jurors from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.
Simon Cook, CEO, Lions, said, “The impact of the Cannes Lions Jury can’t be underestimated. Their time and expertise in recognising groundbreaking work sets the global creative benchmark for the year ahead and provides a view of the future shape of creativity. Each year, our Juries are carefully selected to uphold this standard, and this year is no exception. Welcoming new expert voices across a breadth of markets and disciplines, we are delighted to bring together some of the industry’s most well-respected leaders to define the creative standards driving our industry forward and celebrate the transformative power of creativity to create change, shape society, and build business.”
Marian Brannelly, global director of awards, Lions, added, “The composition of this year’s Juries speaks to how creativity is evolving – it’s becoming more interconnected, more diverse, and more influential across every part of business. With more markets than ever represented and a growing number of leaders from independent agencies and brands, this year’s line-up will ensure that the work is judged through a truly global and contemporary lens. This is critical to setting the benchmark for creative excellence today. We thank all our experts for the care and dedication they will bring to the judging process.”
The 2026 Awarding Jurors have been named as:
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, Coca-Cola Co.
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
The lineup for the Creative Brand, Dan Wieden Titanium and Luxury Juries will be announced in due course.
