Delhi: Cannes Lions has announced the names of jurors for this year’s edition.
Among them are 10 jurors and 2 jury presidents from India who will be evaluating entries at Cannes Lions 2024 during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, scheduled to run from June 17 to 21, 2024.
Here’s the list of jurors from India:
Outdoor Lions:
Anusheela Saha, National Creative Director, FCB, India
Print and Publishing Lions:
Anupama Ramaswamy, Chief Creative Officer, Havas Worldwide, India
Audio and Radio Lions:
Rahul Mathew, Chief Creative Officer, DDB Mudra Group, India
Design Lions:
Mayuri Nikumbh, Head of Design, Conran Design, India
Digital Craft Lions:
Honey Bajaj, Head of Design and Digital Products, Accenture Song, India
Industry Craft Lions:
Parikshit Bhattaccharya, Chief Creative Officer, BBH, India
Creative Data Lions:
Anushree Ghosh, Head of Digital and D2C, ITC Limited - Foods Division, India
Direct Lions:
Sonal Chhajerh, Group Executive Creative Director, Leo Burnett, India
Health and Wellness Lions:
Mukund Olety, Chief Creative Officer, VML, India
Creative Effectiveness Lions:
Hephzibah Pathak, Executive Chairperson, Ogilvy, India
In addition to the aforementioned jurors, Prerna Mehrotra, Chief Client Officer and CEO Media at dentsu APAC, will serve as the jury president of the Media Lions, while Prasoon Pandey, an Ad Film Maker at Corcoise Films, India, is the jury president of the Film Craft Lions.
This year’s awarding jury represents 54 markets – the highest number of markets ever represented on the awarding jury.
Simon Cook, CEO, Lions, said, "We’re delighted to have a balance and breadth of expertise and global representation across our Juries. The Awarding Juries represent the global industry's leading talent from a diverse range of disciplines, and we welcome the unique perspectives they bring. We thank them for their time, dedication and care in setting the global creative benchmark for our industry."
Marian Brannelly, Global Director of Awards, Lions, added, "It’s exciting to see representation from four new markets this year – Armenia, Ghana, Pakistan and Panama – as well as the highest-ever representation from the Middle East and Africa. Our Jurors play a crucial role in upholding the integrity of the Lions, and we thank them for everything they bring to the important task ahead."