CANNES LIONS 2020: SONAL DABRAL TO HEAD DIRECT LIONS JURY

The 2020 Jury Presidents for Cannes Lions have been announced and Sonal Dabral, Chief Creative Officer, South & SE Asia & Vice Chairman, India, Ogilvy, has been selected to lead the Direct Lions Jury. Significantly, 53% of Jury presidents at the Cannes Lions 2020 are women (up from 33% in 2019) – ensuring global female talent is equally represented at the head of the juries. The new Creative Business Transformation Lions will also be awarded in 2020, alongside the refreshed PR Lions. The other 2020 Jury Presidents are:
Titanium Lions - Susan Credle, Global Chief Creative Officer, FCB, Global
Design Lions - Pum Lefebure, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Design Army, USA
Film Lions - Richard Brim, Chief Creative Officer, adam&eveDDB, UK
Mobile Lions - Andrew Keller, VP, Global Creative Director, Facebook, Global
Outdoor Lions - Luiz Sanches, Chairman, Chief Creative Officer & Partner,
AlmapBBDO, Brazil
Print & Publishing Lions - Liz Taylor, Global Chief Creative Officer Leo Burnett / Worldwide Chief Creative Officer Publicis Communications NA
Radio & Audio Lions - Ted Lim, Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Brand Agencies, Dentsu Aegis Network, APAC
Digital Craft Lions - Jax Ostle-Evans, Managing Director, Stink Studios, UK
Film Craft Lions - Kerstin Emhoff, President, PRETTYBIRD, USA
Industry Craft Lions - Jayanta Jenkins, Global Executive Creative Director, Samsung Mobile, Cheil Worldwide, Global
Entertainment Lions - Jae Goodman, CEO, Observatory
(A Stagwell and CAA Company), Global
Entertainment Lions for Music - Wyclef Jean, President and Chief Strategy Officer, Carnival World Music Group, USA
Entertainment Lions for Sport - Ben Hartman, Chief Client Officer, International,
Octagon, Global
Brand Experience & Activation Lions - Vicki Maguire, Chief Creative Officer, Havas, UK
Creative Business Transformation Lions - Ronald Ng, Global Chief Creative Officer,
Isobar, Global
Creative eCommerce Lions - Tiffany Rolfe, EVP Chief Creative Officer, R/GA, USA
Glass: The Lion for Change - Karen Blackett OBE, WPP UK Country Manager and Chairwoman MediaCom UK & Ireland
Sustainable Development Goals Lions - Eduardo Maruri, VP Global Creative Board & President/CEO Europe, Grey Worldwide, Global
Health & Wellness Lions - Tom Richards, Chief Creative Officer and Chairman of the Havas Health Global Creative Council, Havas Lynx, Global
Pharma Lions - Anne de Schweinitz, Global Managing Director, Healthcare, FleishmanHillard, Global
Innovation Lions - Claudia Cristovao, Head of Google Brand Studio, APAC, Google
Creative Effectiveness Lions - Ann Mukherjee, Chairman & CEO, North America, Pernod Ricard NA, USA
Creative Data Lions - Maurice Riley, Chief Data Officer, Digitas, Australia & New Zealand
Creative Strategy Lions - Suzanne Powers, Global Chief Strategy Officer, McCann Worldgroup, Global
Media Lions - Philippa Brown, Worldwide CEO, PHD, Global
PR Lions - Gail Heimann, President & CEO, Weber Shandwick, USA
Social & Influencer Lions - Debbi Vandeven, Global Chief Creative Officer,
VMLY&R, Global
The Presidents will join their juries at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity where the winning work will be awarded and celebrated each evening from June 22 to 26, 2020.