CANNES, FRANCE — The jury for the Cannes Lions 2023 International Festival of Creativity has been released and among the global jury are 47 creatives and executives from the Asia Pacific Region.
Swati Bhattacharya, Creative Chairperson of FCB India, sits at the jury of Brand Experience & Activation Lions; Sukesh Nayak, Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy India, is a juror under Creative Data Lions; Aditya Kanthy, CEO & Managing Director of DDB MUDRA Group, is a juror under Creative Effectiveness Lions; and Josy Paul, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer of BBDO India, is in the Creative Strategy jury.
Furthermore, Garima Khandelwal, Chief Creative Officer of Mullen Lowe Lintas Group, will be judging under Direct Lions; Hemant Shringy, Chief Creative Officer of BBDO India, is a juror of Health & Wellness Lions; Valerie Pinto, CEO of Weber Shandwick India, is in the PR Lions jury; Farishte Irani, Group Head – Copy for Dentsu Creative India is a juror under Print & Publishing Lions where Ali Rez, Chief Creative Officer of Impact BBDO, sits as the jury president.
PG Aditya, Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Talented India is in the Social & Influencer Lions jury; Rajdeepak Das, CEO and Chief Creative Officer of Leo Burnett India, is a juror under Sustainable Development Goals Lions; Aalap Desai, Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Creative West and Dentsu Creative Experience India, is in the jury of Radio & Audio Lions.
To add, Yoshihiro Yagi, Executive Creative Director of Dentsu Japan is the president of the Industry Craft Lions; Kenji Oda, Creative Director of Dentsu Japan, is in the Creative Commerce Lions jury; Keiichi Motoyama, Executive Creative Director of SIX Inc. Japan, is a juror in the Entertainment Lions for Gaming.
Seiya Matsumiya, CEO & Co-Founder of Black Cat White Cat Music, is in the Entertainment Lions for Music jury; Takahiro Hosoda, Chief Creative Officer of TBWA\HAKUHODO, is a juror under Innovation Lions. Naoki Tanaka, Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan is in the Mobile Lions jury.
Thasorn Boonyanate, Chief Creative Officer of BBDO Bangkok, is in the jury of Entertainment Lions for Music. Nopparath Eksuwancharoen, Creative Director & Head of Art of Sour Bangkok, sits in the Industry Craft Lions jury.
Amrita Randhawa, CEO of Publicis Groupe Singapore & Southeast Asia, is the president of the Creative Strategy Lions jury; Sisca Margaretta, Former CMO of Experian, Standard Chartered Bank Singapore, is in the jury of Creative B2B Lions along with Farrokh Madon, Chief Creative Officer APAC of Merkle B2B. Charu Menon, Partner & Executive Producer of Heckler Singapore, is also in the lineup for Film Craft Lions jury.
Bill Yom, Chief Creative Officer of Jung von Matt Hangang South Korea, is in the jury of Glass: The Lion for Change; and Yehoon Lee, VP, Executive Creative Director of Cheil Worldwide is a juror under Outdoor Lions.
Min Tze Lim, Creative Director, Entropia is a part of the Digital Craft Lions jury.
Joey David-Tiempo, Founder & CEO of Octopus&Whale from the Philippines, is a juror under the Entertainment Lions for Gaming; Sarah Ko, Executive Creative Director at PG One is on the jury of Print & Publishing Lions.
Shiny Hsin-Ning Lee, Creative Director of Whatever Taiwan, is a part of the Entertainment Lions jury; while Matt Wu, Head of Communications and Public Affairs at Boehringer Ingelheim Taiwan is a juror of Pharma Lions.
Florence Wong, CEO of OMD Hong Kong SAR, is a juror under Media Lions.
Under Creative Business Transformation Lions, Joanne Lao, CEO of TBWA Greater China, and Tze Kiat Tan, CEO of BBDO Asia, are on the jury. Yinbo Ma, Chief Creative Officer of McCann Worldgroup Mainland China, is a juror under Film Lions; Jocelyn Tse, Chief Strategy Officer of UM Mainland China, is a part of the Creative Data Lions jury.
Mars Shi, Creative Director of Tencent Mainland China, is a juror under Entertainment Lions for Gaming; Wendy Chan, Chief Creative Officer of Edelman Mainland China, is a part of the jury of Pharma Lions; Liza Zhang, Managing Director of MSL China, is in the jury of PR Lions; Awing Chen, Executive Creative Director of DDB China, is a juror under Social & Influencer Lions.
Justin Halim, Expert Partner of Bain & Company APAC, is a juror under Creative Commerce Lions; Irene Joshy, Head of Creative at Kantar APAC, is in the jury of Creative Data Lions; Anupriya Acharya, CEO of Publicis Groupe South Asia, is a juror under Media Lions; while Sharon Ho, Managing Director of Digitas China, is in the jury of Mobile Lions.
Alice Choi, EVP Managing Director of IPG Health APAC, is a juror under Pharma Lions; Narve Thakrar, Managing Partner of DDB Remedy APAC, is part of the Pharma Lions jury; Cam Blackley, Chief Creative Officer of M&C Saatchi AUNZ, is in the jury of Radio & Audio Lions; Shivani Maharaj, Chief Content & Partnerships Officer at Wavemaker AUNZ, is a juror under Social & Influencer Lions; Margie Reid, CEO of Thinkerbell & D.O.A AUNZ, is a part of the Sustainable Development Goals Lions jury.
The festival will take place on June 19 to 23, 2023.