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Awards: Asia Pacific leaders appointed as Jury Members in this year’s Cannes Lions

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MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Cannes Lions has recently announced its jury line-up of creative leaders for this year’s International Festival of Creativity. The extensive list features great minds from agencies and brands all over the world — all of whom are respected for their award-winning campaigns and commitment to producing ground-breaking effective work.

Among the Cannes Lions Jury Members are leaders from the Asia Pacific region. Not only is this year’s jury list brimming with female jurors, because there’s a huge chunk of representation from the APAC region as well.

Aside from Jury Members, four APAC leaders have been named Jury Presidents. Here are the APAC Jury Presidents and their respective categories:

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  • Creative Data Lions: Maurice Riley, Chief Data Officer, Digitas, Australia & New Zealand
  • Direct Lions: Reed Collins, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy APAC
  • Innovation Lions: Claudia Cristovao, Head of Google Brand Studio, Google, APAC
  • Radio & Audio Lions: Merlee Jayme, Global President, Dentsu Mcgarrybowen, Chairmom, Dentsu Jayme Syfu, Global
As for the Jury Members, here are the APAC leaders in their respective categories: 
Creative Business Transformation Lions
  • Endy Fung, Partner, Deloitte Digital, China
  • Sudeep Gohil, Partner, Customer, Brand and Marketing Advisory / Head of Brand Strategy, KPMG, Australia
Creative Data Lions
  • Kazuhiro Shimura, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan
  • Herve Bullot, Director Marketplace Insights, Levi Strauss & Co, Asia, Middle East and Africa
Creative eCommerce Lions
  • Adams Fan, Chief Creative Officer, F5 Shanghai, China
  • Roger Dunn, General Manager, GroupM Commerce, Australia & New Zealand
  • Hironori Iwasaki, Business Designer, Hakuhodo Fellow, Hakuhodo, Japan
Creative Effectiveness Lions
  • Jitender Dabas, Chief Strategy Officer & Chief Operations Officer, McCann Worldgroup, India
  • Christine Ng, CEO, BBH China and Publicis Worldwide Shanghai, China
  • Jean-Paul Burge, Chairman & CEO, BBDO, Asia
Creative Strategy Lions
  • Alison Tilling, Chief Strategy Officer, VMLY&R, Australia & New Zealand
Design Lions
  • Kimberly Bartkowski, Design Principal, IBM, APAC
  • Marina Danjo, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan
Digital Craft Lions
  • Ronnie Wu, Chief Creative Officer, TBWA\China
Direct Lions
  • Santosh Padhi (Paddy), Chief Creative Officer & Founder, Taproot Dentsu, India
Entertainment Lions
  • Ashima Avasthi Chaudhuri, Head – Content, Zee Studios, India
Entertainment Lions for Music
  • Tamon Fujimi, Director of Creative Development, MassiveMusic, APAC
Film Craft Lions
  • Hisashi Eto, Director, AOI, Japan
  • Sara Wallace, Executive Producer, Smuggler, Europe & Asia
Film Lions
  • Tara Ford, Chief Creative Officer, The Monkeys Sydney, Australia
  • Morihiro Harano, Creative Director / Founder, Mori Inc., Japan
Glass: The Lion for Change
  • Swati Bhattacharya, Chief Creative Officer, FCB, India
Health & Wellness Lions
  • Mayuko Kamo, Senior Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan
  • Prateek Bhardwaj, Chief Creative Officer, Lowe Lintas, India
Industry Craft Lions
  • Sarah-Leith Izzard, Regional Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy, Asia
  • Paul Shearer, Chief Creative Officer, BBDO, EMEA
Innovation Lions
  • Jennifer Fischer, Chief Innovation Officer, TBWA\RAAD, MENA
Mobile Lions
  • Norikuni Takamiya, Co-Head of Tokyo / Director of Content & Design, I&CO, Japan
  • Kent Boswell, National Director of Interactive, Traffik Group, Australia
  • Seamus Higgins, VP Chief Creative Officer, R/GA, APAC
Outdoor Lions
  • Naho Manabe, Creative Director, Hakuhodo, Japan
  • Fran Luckin, Chief Creative Officer, Grey Advertising, AMEA
  • Veradis Vinyaratn, Chief Creative Officer, TBWA\Thailand 
Pharma Lions
  • Wendy Chan, Executive Creative Director, McCann Health, China
  • Carolyn Paul, EMEA Health Chair, Edelman, EMEA
  • Parixit Bhattacharya, Managing Partner – Creative, TBWA\ India
PR Lions
  • Emily Poon, President, Public Relations & Influence, Ogilvy, Asia 
Print & Publishing Lions
  • Alvin Lim, Founder, Creative Chairman, GPB Shanghai & Hong Kong
  • Hervé Poupon, Creative Director, Serviceplan France, EMEA
Social & Influencer Lions
  • Ian Toombs, Executive Creative Director, Wieden+Kennedy, China
  • Akira Suzuki, Director, Head of Global Business Marketing, ByteDance K.K., Japan
Sustainable Development Goals
  • Kimberlee Wells, CEO, TBWA\Melbourne & Adelaide, Australia
Titanium Lions
  • Sonal Dabral, Writer / Director / Creative Consultant, Tribha, India

Cannes Lions, a five-day International Festival of Creativity, is the largest gathering in the creative marketing community. The festival will run from 21-25 June 2021 for the global premier and will be fully digital. 

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