Cannes Lions Announces 2025 Shortlisting Jury Line-up

Cannes Lions has announced today the line-up of global experts from across the creative industries who will shortlist world-class creative work this June. Work from across the globe will be judged, awarded and celebrated during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, running from 16 to 20 June 2025.

Announced today are experts from across 79 markets, representing the global industry's leading talent from a diverse range of disciplines. Markets represented on the Shortlisting Jury for the first time are Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland and Mongolia.

Simon Cook, CEO, LIONS, said, "All our Jurors play a crucial role in shaping the work awarded at Cannes Lions. This year, we are seeing an unprecedented level of global engagement from deserving talent, with more markets, more voices, and more perspectives coming together to recognise the global benchmark. I’d like to extend my gratitude for their hard work and care in curating the work that will go on to set the global standard and make history."

Marian Brannelly, global director of awards, LIONS, added, "The 2025 Shortlisting Jury is a true reflection of the global nature of creativity today. The addition of new markets like Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Iceland, and Mongolia is a testament to the rising creative influence and economies of these regions. As the creative landscape evolves, we are proud to have an increasing number of voices that represent the rich diversity of talent across the globe."

The 2025 Shortlisting Jurors have been named as:

Classic Track

Audio & Radio Lions:

-Amanda Smith | Creative Director, BUCK, the Netherlands

-Athina Afton Lalljee | Creative Director, McCann, Canada

-Chesley Maddox-Dorsey | CEO, AURN, USA

-Fadi Mroue | Chief Creative Officer, SRMG, Saudi Arabia

-Jon Austin | Co-Founder and Creative Lead, Supermassive, Australia

-Laura Tohtua | Creative Director, N2 Creative, Finland

-Lovemore Muzwayine | Sound Designer, Aquanote Productions, South Africa

-Marlene Bacher | Creative Director, Jung von Matt DONAU, Austria

-Ramiro Rodriguez Gamallo | Chief Creative Officer and Partner, GUT, Argentina

Film Lions:

-Alexis Bronstorph | Chief Creative Officer, No Fixed Address, Canada

-Alfred Wong | Chief Creative Officer, VML, Hong Kong SAR

-Andre Pedroso | Chief Creative Officer, Delta MullenLowe, Ecuador

-Andy Del Rosario | Associate Creative Director, McCann Worldgroup, the Philippines

-Arm Buddhaphol | Executive Creative Director, Rabbit's Tale, part of Accenture Song, Thailand

-Ben Coulson | Chief Creative Officer, dentsu, APAC

-Cristóbal Pérez-Gazitúa S. | Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Believe, Chile

-Damien Guiol | Chief Creative Officer, Change an FCB alliance, France

-Jenna Livingston | Global Creative Director, Meta, Global

-Jexy Holman | Executive Creative Director, LePub New York, USA

-Joffre Carmona | Global Chief Creative Officer and Founding Partner, Buentipo, Global

-Leah Churchill-Brown | Executive Producer, Exit Films, Australia

-Louise Bonnar | Head of Film, Havas London, UK

-Luca Cortesini | Chief Creative Officer, DDB Group, Italy

-Maarten De Maayer | Creative Director, Publicis Groupe, Belgium

-Mahmoud Shokri | Creative Director and Co-Founder, ABDULLAH & SHOKRI, Egypt

-Nuno Riça | Creative Director, BAR Ogilvy, Portugal

- Peter Kain | Executive Creative Director, BBDO New York, USA

-Rebecca Bourke | Founder and Executive Producer, Assembly Ireland and Apex UK, Ireland and UK

-Rikke Sofie Jacobsen | Senior Creative and Partner, POL, Norway

-Sara Samsøe | Executive Producer and Head of Production, new-land, Denmark

-Seulki Lee | Executive Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide, South Korea

-Sharon Mills | Lead Creative Consultant, SMC Consulting, Ghana

-Sophie Gold | President, Eleanor, USA

-Tian It Ng | Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Communications Beijing, Mainland China

Outdoor Lions:

- Alejandro Barrera | Executive Creative Director, McCann Worldgroup, Colombia

-Amber Ward | CEO, Invisible North, USA

-Amy Weston | Executive Creative Director, Clemenger BBDO, Australia

-Anne-Claude Chénier | Chief Creative Officer, Cossette East, Cossette, Canada

-Biboy Royong | Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Creative, the Philippines

-Bruno Trad | Creative Director, Alma DDB, USA

-Carla Alonso Cancellara | VP of Creative, Fbiz, Brazil

-Enkhbayasgalan Tungalag | CEO, KMG Creative Group, APAC

-Fumani Khumalo | Creative Group Head, VML, South Africa

-Hanna Meijer | Senior Art Director, Åkestam Holst NOA, Sweden

-István Bracsok | Chief Creative Officer and Founding Partner, White Rabbit Budapest, Hungary

-Janez Rakušček | Executive Creative Director, Luna \TBWA, Slovenia

-Katy Hopkins | Executive Creative Director, Iris, UK

-Kristine Holzhausen | Chief Creative Officer, Leo, Germany

-Lauren Smith | Executive Creative Director, 72andSunny, USA

-Michele De iuliis | Associate Creative Director, Havas Middle East, United Arab Emirates

-Nikki Lindman | Creative Director, VCCP London, UK

-Ricardo Avilés | Chief Creative Officer, LePub, Mexico

-Robert Slovak | Creative Director, Slovák & Friends, Slovakia

-Sachini Imbuldeniya | CEO, House of Oddities, UK

-Sandra Amachree | Head of Communications - Marketing, HEINEKEN, Nigeria

-Seung Jae Lee | Chief Creative Officer, IDEOT, South Korea

-Sheng Jin Ang | Executive Creative Director, MullenLowe, Singapore

-Stefania Siani | CEO and Chief Creative Officer, Serviceplan Italia, Italy

-Steph Cajucom | Senior Creative Director, Amazon Brand Innovation Lab, USA

Craft Track

Design Lions:

-Basel Jumaa | Executive Creative Director, VML, Jordan

-Brandt Botes | Head of Design, Dentsu Creative, South Africa

-Clara Mulligan | European Head of Design, Managing Partner, Anomaly, Europe

-Dever Thomas | Partner, Design, Work & Co, part of Accenture Song, Denmark

-Gerardo Ortiz | Co-Founder / CEO, Brands&People, Mexico

-Hrafn Gunnarsson | Creative Director, Brandenburg, Iceland

-Jean-Jacques Charrais | Creative Director, W Conran Design, France

-Koutouan Luc Emmanuel Aboussou | Group Creative Director, Publicis West Africa, West Africa

-Lauren Kimball | Executive VP, Experience Design Director, Edelman, USA

-Lucia Müller | Creative Director, Ideal Axicom, Brazil

-Marianne Waite | Global Director of Inclusivity, Interbrand, Global

-Michael Wilk | Global Head of Art, Serviceplan Group, Global

-Nari Moon | Creative Director, INNOCEAN, South Korea

-Paul O'Brien | Design Director, Elmwood, UK

-Zeynep Orbay | Creative Director, Wieden+Kennedy, the Netherlands

Film Craft Lions:

-Alexandra Roussel | Head Executive Producer, Eddy Production, France

-Anastacia Lee | CEO and Executive Producer, DBLA hybrid production studio, Uzbekistan

-Asma Humayun | Global Creative Director and Senior Producer, Shiny Toy Guns, Pakistan and Global

-David Mesfin | VP Creative Director, INNOCEAN, USA

-Diego de la Maza | Chief Production Officer, Deutsch, USA

-Elie Fahed | Film Director, See You on Set Films, Lebanon

-Eva de Lera | Founder and Executive Producer, Lobo Kane, Spain

-Giant Kung | Chief Creative Officer and Writer, Ogilvy, Taiwan

-Julian Maira | Director, 14 al Centro, LATAM

-Kevin Jin | Chief Creative Officer, BBDO Shanghai, BBDO China, Mainland China

-Konstantin Trendafilov | Founder and Creative Director, Human, Bulgaria

-Liesl Lategan Kyriakou | Founder and Executive Producer, Spitfire Films, South Africa

-Maria Teresa Benvenuto | Creative Executive Producer, Canica Films, Peru

-Meji Alabi | Director, RSA Films and JM Films, UK

-Melissa Tifrere | Chief Production Officer, Havas Creative Network, USA

-Nayla Chacra | Head of Post Production and Executive Producer, Prodigious, Global

-Nicole Godoy | Head of Production, VML, Brazil

-Nneka Onuorah | Filmmaker, Nneka Productions, USA

-Vivek Dubey | Director, Manjumaa, India

-Wandile Zulu | CEO, Pitch Black Post, South Africa

Industry Craft Lions:

-Arnab Ray | Executive Creative Director, Landor, India

-Devaksha Vallabhjee | Creative Group Head, FCB Africa, South Africa

-Farid Bawa | Head of Design, 180 Amsterdam, the Netherlands

-Genevieve Wilkins | Executive VP, Creative, ROKK Solutions, USA

-Gianni Tozzi | Global Chief Creative Officer, FutureBrand, Italy

-Giannis Vassilopoulos | Group Creative Director, Frank&Fame, Greece

-Jelena Fiškuš | Creative Director and Co-Founder, Studio Sonda, Croatia

-Olivier Le Lostec | Creative Director, DDB Paris, France

-Osvaldo Restrepo | General Creative Director, Corkidi Studios, Panama

-Rafael Gil | Chief Creative Officer, Artplan, Brazil

-Rosie Stone | Associate Creative Director, Leo, Australia

-Serena Di Bruno | Chief Creative Officer, BBDO, Italy

Engagement Track

Direct Lions:

-Andrea Cook | CEO, JAM CRM, Canada

-Benjamin Anyan | Group Creative & Strategy Director, Publicis West Africa, Central And West Africa Region

-Christina Aventi | Chief Strategy Officer, BMF, Australia

-Clíona Hayes | Senior Director of Global Brand and Advertising, Indeed, Global

-Donovan Bryan | Executive Creative Director, McCann, Germany

-Edgard Gianesi | Chief Creative Officer, DAVID, USA

-Hope Nardini | Global Executive Creative Director, Grey, Global

-Hwee Peng Koh | Creative Partner, Blak Labs, Global

-Klára Palmer | Chief Creative Officer, DDB Prague, Czech Republic

-Linda Kachingwe-Sisya | Executive Marketing & Communication Head - Africa and International, Rand Merchant Bank, Global

-Marcelo Bruzzesi | Regional Executive Creative Director, Havas, LATAM

-Marcelo Waintraub | Chief Creative Officer, From, Uruguay

-Martino Caliendo | Associate Creative Director, Impact BBDO, UAE

-Orkhan Karim | Founder, Executive Creative Director, Endorphin, Azerbaijan

-Prajato Guha Thakurta | Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, MANJA, India

-Salim Mohamed | Head of Strategy (Creative & Media Practice), Dentsu, Malaysia

-Sandrine Le Goff | Executive Creative Director, LePub Amsterdam, the Netherlands

-Sarah Mestarihi | Creative Director, M+C Saatchi Group, Qatar

-Tanya De Poli | Founder and CEO, Founders, USA

-Tara Lawall | Chief Creative Officer, Rethink, USA

-Winona Wee | Senior Creative, Wieden+Kennedy London, UK

Media Lions:

-Abby Wong | Chief Strategy Officer, Greater China, IPG Mediabrands, Greater China

-Amanda Morrissey | Global President and Chief Growth Officer, iProspect, dentsu, Global

-Brooke Leland | President, Mekanism Media, Canada

-Claudelle Naidoo | CEO, GroupM, Sub-Saharan Africa

-Daniel Shepherd | Group Chief Strategy Officer, Omnicom Media Group, MENA

-David McCallen | Chief Strategy Officer - APAC, OMD, APAC

-Elizabeth Anyaegbuna | Co-Founder, 16x9media, UK

-Haris Mujanović | CEO, Via Media, Bosnia and Herzegovina

-Harry Walker | Director, Agencies & Media, Google, Spain and Portugal

-Ian Mc Grath | Chief Operations Officer Media, dentsu, Ireland

-Jolene D'Souza | Group Strategy Director, Special, Aotearoa New Zealand

-Juan Rafael Fabián | Founder and Chairman, Minderlust Group, Dominican Republic

-Lara Arbid | CEO, Initiative and Magna Global, MENAT

-Lara Jelinski | CEO Austria and Media Switzerland, dentsu AG, Austria and Switzerland

-Mahesh Krishna | Executive VP of Strategy, Spark Foundry, USA

-Manzar Feres | Globo Managing Director, Advertising, Globo, Brazil

-Nataliya Morozova | Managing Partner, Havas Village, Ukraine

-Nicolas Piris | Global Head of Client Marketing, Bloomberg, Global

-Sibel Ülkü | Executive Client Lead, GroupM and Wavemaker, Turkey

-Sumanta Ganguly | Chief Strategy Officer, Ogilvy Africa, Sub Saharan Africa

-Takamasa Hirai | Senior Planning Director / Vertical Planner, ADK Marketing Solutions, Japan

-Tracey Afuwape | Chief Strategy Director, PHD, Nigeria

-Vineeth Dhruvan | CEO, Publicis Media, Vietnam

PR Lions:

-Angelina Villanueva | Chief Marketing Officer, Asia Business Unit, McDonald's, Asia

-Bridget Jung | Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy, Australia

-Carme Miró | CEO, APPLE TREE, EMEA

-Christian Anhut | Chief Creative Officer, Edelman, Germany

-Daryl Ho | Managing Director, We. Communications, Singapore

-Florencia Kessler | Global Creative Reputation Officer, Grey, GlobalHolly Gilbert | Executive VP, Dentsu Creative, USA

-Khangelani Dziba | Group Divisional Head: PR & Influencer Marketing, RAPT Creative Agency, South Africa

-Lorella Gessa | Chief Communications Officer, Vivendi, France

-Marta Sigarán | Partner - Country Manager, CCK, El Salvador

-Masashi Kitaichi | Managing Director, Havas Red, JapanNina Pickup | Executive Sustainability and Creative Strategist, UK

-Peter Jacob | Managing Director, MENAT, Current Global, MENAT

-Rejane Romano | ESG Director, Publicis Groupe, Brazil

-Sarah Hargrave | CEO, Porter Novelli, UK

-Tony O’Neill | Executive VP, Executive Creative Director, Golin, USA

Social & Creator Lions:

-Adriana Gomez Gil | Influencer Marketing Team Leader, Human To Human, Spain

-Andre van Niekerk | Global Digital Partner and Head of Digital Operations, Carat, Global

-Asawin Phanichwatana | Creative, Thailand

-Carolina Eugenia del Hoyo | Regional Marketing Director, Fratelli Branca, Argentina

-César Castaño | Executive Creative Director, Monks, Colombia

-Enoma Edevbaro | Head of SEK Social, SEK, Finland

-Erika Romero | Creative Director, Tazi Almaty/ FCB, Kazakhstan

-Estelle Khayat | Associate Strategy Director, Leo, MENA

-Frank Cartagena | CEO, MullenLowe, USA

-Ibrahim Seck | Creative Director, Monks, France

-Jeannette Bohné | Managing Director, Serviceplan Berlin, Germany

-María Madriz | Creative Director, Joystick, FIFCO, Costa Rica

-Mike Sharman | Chief Creative Officer, Retroviral, South Africa

-Mohammed Ajawi | Director of Digital Experience, Ogilvy, UAE

-Nabil Sarih | Creative Director, VML Casablanca, Morocco

-Rafael Gonzaga | Executive VP, Executive Creative Director, WEST BBDO, USA

-Shohei Ooishi | Copywriter, TBWA\HAKUHODO, Japan

-Smaran Jworchan | Creative Business Partner, TikTok, AUNZ

-Sophie van der Schaft | Founder and co-CEO, AndAgencyAmsterdam, the Netherlands

-Star Kachisa | Head of Marketing, Spotify, Sub-Saharan Africa

-Vicky Lee | Executive Creative Director, Medialand Digital Strategy, Taiwan

Entertainment Track

Entertainment Lions:

-Abdul Karim Abudullah | CEO, Culture Management Group / Afrofuture Festival, Ghana

-Calvin Innes | General Manager and Executive Creative Director, Jung Von Matt NERD, Global

-Cathy Boxall | Global Head of Entertainment, Dentsu, Global

-Dawn Reese | President, Mediabrands Content Studio, USA

-Joshua Burke | Global Head of Music & Culture Marketing, The Coca-Cola Company, Global

-Maiya Kinoshita | Creative Director, TBWA\Media Arts Lab Tokyo, Japan

-Matthieu Elkaim | President and Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy Paris, France

-Rajika Mittra | Managing Partner, Havas Play, India

-Sascha Kuntze | Chief Creative Officer, BBH Asia Pacific, Singapore

-Valentina Hoyos | Marketing Lead, Spotify, LATAM

-Warangrat Rattanabumrung | Creative Director, SOUR Bangkok, Thailand

Experience Track

Brand Experience & Activation Lions:

-Abu Sayed Mohammad Nurur Rahman | Executive Creative Director, Grey Dhaka, Bangladesh

-Bartosz Jeglejewski | Creative Director, McCann, Poland

-Beryl Agyekum Ayaaba | CEO, EchoHouse Africa, Ghana

-Brenda Jácome | Creative Director, DDB, Colombia

-Camilo Guanes | Founder - Chief Creative Officer, Oniria\TBWA, Paraguay

-Carolina Pinheiro | CEO, Inbrax, Chile

-Dare Oyegbola | Head Agency Operations at Havas Play Nigeria and Ghana, Havas, Nigeria and Ghana

-Emma Robbins | National Executive Creative Director, M+C Saatchi, Australia

-Facundo Paglia | Chief Creative Officer, Lopito Ileana & Howie, Puerto Rico

-Firas Ghannam | Executive Creative Director, VML, Saudi Arabia

-Hang Nguyen Thi Thu | Business Unit Director, Unilever, Vietnam

-Jimena Archundia | Country Manager, VaynerMedia, LATAM

-Joanne Tong | Managing Director, IPG Mediabrands, Hong Kong SAR

-John Bergdahl | Head of Creative, Forsman & Bodenfors, Sweden

-Jordan Cuddy | Executive VP, Global Head of Brand Experience, Monks, Global

-José Figueroa | Chief Creative Officer, Grativi BBDO, Guatemala

-Kai Heuser | Executive Creative Director, AKQA, Germany

-Kevin Mulroy | Partner and Executive Creative Director, Mischief, USA

-Leah Meranus | CEO, dentsu X, North America

-Motonori Sugiyama | Executive Creative Director, Droga5 Tokyo, part of Accenture Song, Japan

-Nathaël Duboc | CEO, Dentsu Creative, France

-Neville Shah | Chief Creative Officer, FCB Kinnect, India

-Regan Grafton | Chief Creative Tinker, Thinkerbell Aotearoa, Aotearoa New Zealand

-Robert Thompson | Head of Marketing and Communication, Sanlam Investments, Global

-Rona Yakobi | Owner and VP Creative, Rona & Ido, Israel

-Sarah Berro | Head of Creative, Vice Media, MEA

-Viktor Jacobsson | Creative Director, Uber, the Netherlands

-Viviane Duarte | CEO, Plano | Brands & Purposal, Brazil

-Yuan Chuang | Creative Director, Leo, Taiwan

Health Track

Health & Wellness Lions:

-Aleisia Gibson Wright | Founder and President, GW Health Public Relations, USA

-Alex Frias | Executive VP, Global Marketing, Steve Madden, Global

-Cheryl Horsfall | Executive Creative Director, adam&eveDDB, USA

Curtis Westman | VP, Associate Creative Director, AREA 23, an IPG Health Company, Canada

-Luciana Olivares | CEO, Boost Brand Accelerator, Peru

-Maiko Banno | General Manager in Healthcare PR, OZMA PR Inc., Japan

-Mark Verhagen | Executive Creative Director, VML, Indonesia

-Melle Hock | US Chief Strategy Officer, Global Strategy Lead, Unilever, Edelman, Global

-Michael Duffy | Brand & Innovation Head, AMEA Region, Opella Consumer Healthcare, AMEA

-Mike Brightley | Creative Director, Langland, Global

-Raluca Kovacs | Chief Strategy Officer and Founder, Better, Romania

-Rifah Qadri | Executive Director Marketing & Corporate Communications, easypaisa digital bank, Pakistan

-Thomas Amoedo | Managing Director, Landia, Mexico

Strategy Track

Creative Strategy Lions:

-Arun Iyer | Co-Founder and Partner, Spring Marketing Capital, India

-Catherine Bannister | Chief Strategy Officer, TBWA RAAD, MENA

-Ela Gökkan Savci | CEO, MullenLowe, Turkey

-Joseph Temitope | Director, Brand Strategy, Dentsu Creative, Nigeria

-Mariam Asmar | VP, Brand and Strategic Consulting, Braze, USA

-Sbusiso Kumalo | Group Chief Marketing Officer, African Bank, South Africa

-Seth Gaffney | Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, PREACHER, the Netherlands

-Sony Nichani | CEO, Publicis Groupe, Indonesia

-Thais Souza Nicolau | Marketing Director, Nomad, Brazil

Further information on this year's Jury, as well as the Festival and Awards, can be found at canneslions.com.