Cannes Lions 2023 jury presidents include Bruno Bertelli, Devika Bulchandani and Javier Campopiano

Ogilvy CEO Devika Bulchandani, Accenture Song CEO & Creative Chairman David Droga, Global CEO of Le Pub Bruno Bertelli, Grey Worldwide Chief Creative Officer Javier Campopiano and Leo Burnett Global Chief Creative Officer Chaka Sobhani will be among the jury presidents at Cannes Lions this year. Cannes Lions announced the lineup of jury presidents today for this year's International Festival of Creativity, which takes place June 19-23. Entries for Cannes Lions open on Jan. 19. Award entries will have new requirements to address the impact work has on growth and the environment as well as disclosures about the diversity of teams creating the work. Droga will head up the jury deciding the Titanium Lions, which in November were renamed as the Dan Wieden Titanium Lions in tribute to the late founder of Wieden+Kennedy. Bulchandani will head up Creative Effectiveness, another key jury at the Festival. Bertelli leads the Film Lions jury, Campopiano leads the Outdoor Lions and Sobhani will head up the Direct Lions jury. Other agency leaders heading juries include DDB Worldwide Global Chief Creative Officer Ari Weiss, leading the Brand Experience & Activation Lions; R/GA US Chief Creative Officer, Connected Communications, Shannon Washington, heading the Mobile Lions; TBWA\Media Arts Lab Global Chief Creative Officer Brent Anderson, who heads the Entertainment Lions; and McCann London Co-President and McCann U.K. Joint Chief Creative Officer Rob Doubal, chairing Entertainment for Sport. Among the marketers leading juries are Tea Uglow, creative director, Google, APAC, who will oversee the Glass Lions; Resh Sidhu, Snap's global director of Arcadia Creative Studio, leading the Digital Craft jury; Francine Li, global head of marketing, Riot Games, heading Entertainment Lions for Gaming; and Danielle Hinde, owner/executive producer at Doomsday Entertainment, who will oversee Entertainment Lions for Music. “These individuals represent the rich spread of exceptional talent from across the full spectrum of the creative industry,” Simon Cook, Cannes Lions CEO, said in a statement. “The Cannes Lions Jury Presidents play an essential role in upholding the integrity of the Lions as well as setting the creative benchmark for the global industry. We thank them for their unique perspectives, expertise, and experience for the leadership they will bring to the very important task ahead of them.” Check out the latest Ad Age events and award programs Back in October, Cook had promised at the ANA Masters of Marketing conference that Cannes would address continued criticism about the diversity of its juries, promising to “evolve our jury selection process and our criteria to ensure that our juries fully reflect society, rather than the industry.” This year's lineup includes 15 men and 15 women, with jury chairs from the Asia Pacific region, South Africa, Mexico and Brazil as well as the U.S. and Europe, and for the first time ever, a jury president from the Middle East/North Africa region, Impact BBDO Chief Creative Officer Ali Rez, who will serve as Print & Publishing Lions Jury President. “The UAE is a place where creativity thrives, and where we believe nothing is impossible,” stated Rez. “It is a special honor to represent that very spirit of this inspiring country, and the rich heritage of the Middle East, at Cannes Lions as Jury President. I hope this announcement will pave the way for many more people from the region to lead juries in the future at this most prestigious of awards.” Publicis Groupe's Bertelli added, in an email to Ad Age: “This appointment for me is a true honor, especially considering it's the second time that the Lions Film category sees an Italian Jury President. The last time, it happened, was in 1955 so almost seven decades ago! I am very excited and thrilled to gather with the others jury members to discover and explore the entries and understand which films will be considered as the bravest and most extraordinary, capable of subverting conventional thinking thanks to their uniqueness. “We will have to judge objectively and impartially as well as enhance the creativity that we will consider will make the difference. I am confident we will see great content. As always I think that brands that communicate on a global scale resonate if they ride the cultural change and its topicality creating a common language, easily understandable by all. It’s in the nuance of the local-going-global culture that resides the energy, interest and attention needed to take ideas beyond all borders.” Grey's Campopiano, meanwhile, described the Outdoor Lions as “a fantastic category” in an email to Ad Age. “It conveys so many different meanings under its simple (only in appearance) definition: it means a way of advertising that keeps evolving and innovating to a point that makes it almost unrecognizable as outdoor, and also a form of communication that remains in some cases as pure as it started when the Romans placed the first signs in the walls of Pompeii taverns,” he said. “That is what makes it so exciting and complex to judge, and what will surely bring great discussions to the room.” Sign up for Ad Age newsletters From influencer marketing to agencies, get the latest news and analysis delivered to your inbox Click here 2023 Cannes Lions jury chairs: Brand Experience & Activation Lions Jury President: Ari Weiss, Global Chief Creative Officer, DDB Worldwide, Global Creative B2B Lions Jury President: Tom Stein, Chairman and Chief Growth Officer, Stein IAS, Global Creative Business Transformation Lions Jury President: Justin Peyton, Chief Transformation Officer, Wunderman Thompson, APAC Creative Commerce Lions Jury President: Nancy Crimi-Lamanna, Chief Creative Officer, FCB, Canada Creative Data Lions Jury President Samantha Hernández Díaz, Chief Strategy Officer, GUT Mexico City, Mexico Creative Effectiveness Lions Jury President: Devika Bulchandani, Global CEO, Ogilvy, Global Creative Strategy Lions Jury President: Amrita Randhawa, CEO, Publicis Groupe, Singapore & Southeast Asia Design Lions Jury President: Quinnton Harris, Co-founder & CEO, Retrospect, USA Digital Craft Lions Jury President: Resh Sidhu, Global Director of Arcadia Creative Studio, Snap Inc., Global Direct Lions Jury President: Chaka Sobhani, Global Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett, Global Entertainment Lions Jury President: Brent Anderson, Global Chief Creative Officer, TBWA\Media Arts Lab, Global Entertainment Lions for Gaming Jury President: Francine Li, Global Head of Marketing, Riot Games, Global Entertainment Lions for Music Jury President: Danielle Hinde, Owner / Executive Producer, Doomsday Entertainment, USA Entertainment Lions for Sport Jury President: Rob Doubal, Co-President of McCann London and Joint Chief Creative Officer of McCann UK, McCann London, UK Film Lions Jury President: Bruno Bertelli, Global CEO of Le Pub, Global Chief Creative Officer of Publicis Worldwide, Chief Creative Officer of Publicis Groupe Italy, Publicis Worldwide, Global Glass Lions: The Lion for Change Jury President: Tea Uglow, Creative Director, Google, APAC Health & Wellness Lions Jury President: Mel Routhier, Chief Creative Officer, VMLY&R Chicago, USA Industry Craft Lions Jury President: Yoshihiro Yagi, Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan Innovation Lions Jury President: Grace Francis, Global Chief Creative and Design Officer, WONGDOODY, Global Media Lions Jury President: Christian Juhl, Global CEO, GroupM, Global Mobile Lions Jury President: Shannon Washington, US Chief Creative Officer, Connected Communications, R/GA, USA Outdoor Lions Jury President: Javier Campopiano, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer at Grey and Global Chief Creative Officer of OpenX From WPP, Grey/OpenX, Global Pharma Lions Jury President: Joshua Prince, CEO, Professional Group, Omnicom Health Group, Global PR Lions Jury President: Jo-ann Robertson, CEO, Global Markets, Ketchum, Global Print & Publishing Lions Jury President: Ali Rez, Chief Creative Officer, Impact BBDO, MENAP Radio & Audio Lions Jury President: Tseliso Rangaka, Chief Creative Officer, FCB, South Africa Social & Influencer Lions Jury President: Samantha Almeida, Director of Diversity and Content Innovation, Globo, Brazil Sustainable Development Goals Lions Jury President: Jean Lin, Chief Culture Officer, Dentsu Group Inc., Global Dan Wieden Titanium Lions Jury President: David Droga, CEO & Creative Chairman, Accenture Song, Global

Cannes Lions 2023 jury presidents include Bruno Bertelli, Devika Bulchandani and Javier Campopiano

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