CANNES, FRANCE – For the first time in Cannes Lions history, 53% or 15 out of the 28 jury presidents serving this year are women. The lineup has always been dominated by men up until last year when only 33% of the jury heads were women.
The powerhouse women leaders joining this year are the following:
– Susan Credle, Global Chief Creative Officer, FCB for Titanium Lions
– Pum Lefebure, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Design Army for Design Lions
– Liz Taylor, Global Chief Creative Officer Leo Burnett / Worldwide Chief Creative Officer Publicis Communications NA for Print and Publishing Lions
– Jax Ostle-Evans, Managing Director, Stink Studios for Digital Craft Lions
– Kerstin Emhoff, President, PRETTYBIRD, USA for Film Craft Lions
– Vicki Maguire, Chief Creative Officer, Havas, UK for Brand Experience and Activation Lions
– Tiffany Rolfe, EVP Chief Creative Officer, R/GA, USA for Creative eCommerce Lions
– Karen Blackett OBE, WPP UK Country Manager and Chairwoman MediaCom UK & Ireland for Glass: The Lion for Change
– Anne de Schweinitz, Global Managing Director, Healthcare, FleishmanHillard for Pharma Lions
– Claudia Cristovao, Head of Google Brand Studio, APAC, Google for Innovation Lions
– Ann Mukherjee, Chairman and CEO, Pernod Ricard NA for Creative Effectiveness Lions
– Suzanne Powers, Global Chief Strategy Officer, McCann Worldgroup for Creative Strategy Lions
– Philippa Brown, Worldwide CEO, PHD for Media Lions
– Gail Heimann, President & CEO, Weber Shandwick, Global for PR Lions
– Debbi Vandeven, Global Chief Creative Officer, VMLY&R for Social & Influencer Lions
Gender equality in the ad industry has always been a hot topic with Cindy Gallop, advocate for women and former chair of BBH (now founder of MakeLoveNotPorn) being at the forefront. Gallop, among others, has been calling out advertising agencies for being in favor of men in terms of the pay gap and leadership positions.
“This year, we have established gender parity in our President line-up as part of our on-going commitment to appoint outstanding global talent that represents the full breadth of our diverse community,” said Simon Cook, Managing Director, Cannes Lions.
Completing the lineup are some of the top male leaders from both the client and agency side:
– Richard Brim, Chief Creative Officer, adam&eveDDB, UK for Film Lions
– Andrew Keller, VP, Global Creative Director, Facebook for Mobile Lions
– Luiz Sanches, Chairman, Chief Creative Officer & Partner, AlmapBBDO, Brazil for Outdoor Lions
– Ted Lim, Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Brand Agencies, Dentsu Aegis Network, APAC for Radio & Audio Lions
– Jayanta Jenkins, Global Executive Creative Director, Samsung Mobile, Cheil Worldwide for Industry Craft Lions
– Jae Goodman, CEO, Observatory (A Stagwell and CAA Company), Global for Entertainment Lions
– Wyclef Jean, President and Chief Strategy Officer, Carnival World Music Group, USA for Entertainment Lions for Music
– Ben Hartman, Chief Client Officer, International, Octagon, Global for Entertainment Lions for Sport
– Eduardo Maruri, VP Global Creative Board & President/CEO Europe, Grey Worldwide, Global for Sustainable Development Goals Lions
– Tom Richards, Chief Creative Officer and Chairman of the Havas Health Global Creative Council, Havas Lynx Group for Health & Wellness Lions
– Maurice Riley, Chief Data Officer, Digitas, Australia & New Zealand for Creative Data Lions
– Reed Collins, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy, Asia for Direct Lions
Cannes Lions has also announced that they will be awarding the new Creative Business Transformation Lions which is being headed by jury president, Ronald Ng, Isobar Global Chief Creative Officer.
“We’re delighted to present such an impressive global line-up of experts from all over the world. The Cannes Lions Jury Presidents represent the many facets of the creative global industry and will play a fundamental role in defining the creative benchmark on the global stage in 2020,” said Cook. “As the uses of creativity expand and diversify, so does the work and so do our expert juries.”
The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity is happening on June 22-26.
