Cannes Lions: Design, Direct, Promo & Activation and PR Juries announced

Preeti Vyas, Raj Nair, Brian Tellis and Veena Gidwani to represent India.

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | April 7, 2011

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is pleased to release the names of those people who will make up the Design, Direct, Promo & Activation and PR juries at this year's Festival.

“These juries show a great mix of character, skill, expertise and knowledge and we are delighted that they could all come together to judge some of the best creative work in the world. We are sure to see some truly inspirational work awarded as a result of their judging process in Cannes,” says Philip Thomas CEO of Cannes Lions.

These four juries each have their own Jury President, with Luciano Deos, President of GAD Design in Brazil chairing the Design Jury; Alexander Schill, Chief Creative Officer and Partner of Serviceplan Group in Germany leading the Direct Jury; Warren Brown, Creative Founder of BMF in Australia presiding over the Promo & Activation Jury; and Dave Senay, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fleishman-Hillard International Communications heading up the PR Jury.

All entries will be judged and awarded during the Festival in Cannes with the Promo & Activation, PR and Direct Lions winners being announced at the Awards Ceremony on Monday 20 June and the Design winners on Wednesday 22 June.

Design Lions Jury
Brazil, Luciano Deos, President, GAD Design – Jury President
Canada, Helene Godin, Creative Director, Partner, Sid Lee
China, Stone Shaodong Lei, President, 180 China
France, Paul Groves, Creative Director, W&CIE
Germany, Kirsten Dietz, Managing Partner, Strichpunkt
India, Preeti Vyas, Chairwoman, Vyas Giannetti Creative
Japan, Mutsumi Ajichi, Creative Director/ Art Director, ADK Japan
New Zealand, Mike Mizrahi, Creative Director, Inside Out Productions
Portugal, Paulo Rocha, Chief Creative Officer, Ivity Brand Corp
Singapore, Goh Wee Kim, Creative Director, BBDO Singapore
South Africa, Janet Kinghorn, Executive Creative Director, The Brand Union
Sweden, Amelie Malmfält, Concept Director, Amore
United Kingdom, Tim Greenhalgh, Chief Creative Officer, Fitch
United Kingdom, Peter Knapp, Executive Creative Director EMEA, Landor Associates
USA, Conor Brady, Chief Creative Officer, Organic
USA, Leslie Smolan, Founding Partner, Carbone Smolan Agency

Direct Lions Jury
Germany, Alexander Schill, Chief Creative Officer & Partner, Serviceplan Group – Jury President
Argentina, German Yunes, Chief Executive Officer, Ogilvy Action
Australia, Matt Batten, Creative Director, Wunderman
Austria, Albert L Essenther, Chief Creative Officer & Chief Executive Officer, Euro RSCG Vienna
Belgium, Sebastien de Valck, Art Director, mortierbrigade
Brazil, Ana Paula Marques, Chief Creative Officer, Ponto de Criação
Canada, Antoine Bécotte, Chief Creative Officer, Cossette
France, Bruno Moreira, Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide
Germany, Myles Lord, Creative Director, Heimat
Hong Kong, Mark Ringer, Executive Creative Director, TBWA\Tequila\Hong Kong
India, Raj Nair, Regional Creative Director, Mumbai and South, Contract Advertising
Israel, Yoram Levi, Vice President & Creative Director, BBR Saatchi & Saatchi
Italy, Flavio Arturo Massari, Creative Director, Red Lion Communications
Japan, Naohiko Oikawa, President & Chief Executive Officer, Dentsu Consulting
New Zealand, Tony Bradbourne, Partner, Creative Director, Special Group
Portugal, Pedro Rodrigues, Managing Director, Desafio Global Activism
Singapore, Alex Lim, Creative Director, Publicis Singapore
South Africa, Xolisa Dyeshana, Creative Director, Joe Public
Spain, Raul Perez, Executive Creative Director, Momentum
Sweden, Lotta Mellgren, Creative Director, Ester
Switzerland, Markus Ruf, Co-Owner & Creative Director, Ruf Lanz
The Netherlands, Olaf Van der Geld, Creative Director, Tribal DDB Amsterdam
UK, Simon Robinson, Creative Director, Kitcatt Nohr Digitas
UK, Chris Clarke, Chief Creative Officer, LBi
USA, Mat Zucker, Chief Creative Officer, OgilvyOne Worldwide
USA, Gary Scheiner, Managing Partner & Chief Creative Officer, Rosetta

Promo & Activation Lions Jury
Australia, Warren Brown, Creative Founder, BMF – Jury President
Argentina, Nicolás Pimentel, President & Innovation Director, +Castro
Australia, Dylan Harrison, Executive Creative Director, DDB Sydney
Belgium, Vincent Jansen, Creative Director, Boondoggle
Brazil, Fernando Figueiredo, Chief Executive Officer, Bullet
Canada, Christine Dacyshyn, Senior Copywriter, Ogilvy & Mather
Finland, Eka Ruola, Executive Creative Director, hasan & partners
Germany, Timm Weber, Group Creative Director, Grabarz & Partner
India, Brian Tellis, Chairman, Fountainhead Promotions
Italy, Alessandra Lanza, Marketing and PR Manager, Gruppo Input
Japan, Amane Kawana, Executive Marketing Director, Hakuhodo
New Zealand, Steve Cochran, Creative Director, Colenso BBDO
Russia, Igor Kutsenko, President & Chief Creative Officer, Orange
South Africa, Theo Ferreira, Executive Creative Director, Hello World
Spain, Miguel Olivares, Founder Partner and General Creative Director, La Despensa
Sweden, Lars Holthe, Art Director, Åkestam Holst
Switzerland, Philipp Skrabal, Executive Creative Director and Partner, Wirz Werbung
The Netherlands, Thijs De Boer, Creative Director, UbachsWisbrun/JWT
UK, Debi Bester, Director of Creativity and Innovation, The Reinvention Works
USA, Rob Feakins, President & Chief Creative Officer, Publicis New York
Global, Thomas O'Keefe, EVP, Executive Creative Director, North America, DraftFCB

PR Lions Jury
USA, Dave Senay, President & CEO, Fleishman-Hillard – Jury President
Argentina, Natalia Rodoni, PR Director, AdverPR
Australia, Kat Thomas, Managing Director, One Green Bean
Brazil, Ronald Mincheff, President, Edelman Do Brazil
Germany, Karl-Heinz Heuser, Chief Executive Officer, Burson-Marsteller
India, Veena Gidwani, Chief Executive Officer, Madison Public Relations
Italy, Andrea Cornelli, President & Chief Executive Officer, Ketchum
Japan, Koichior Shima, Executive Creative Director, Hakuhodo Kettle
Portugal, António Cunha Vaz, Managing Partner, Cunha Vaz & Associados
Romania, Ioana Manoiu, Managing Partner, GMP PR
Spain, Juan-Cruz Más Vidal, President, Porter Novelli Barcelona
Sweden, Tobias Rydgren, Digital Director, Weber Shandwick
UK, Simon Shaw, Creative Director, Exposure PR
UK, Richard Millar, Chief Executive Officer, Hill & Knowlton
USA, Christopher Graves, Global Chief Executive Officer, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
USA, Renee Wilson, President North East Region, MS&L

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