Cannes Lions announces 2020 Jury Presidents; for the first time, 50% Presidents are women

• In 2020, 50% of Presidents are also women for the first time (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.
• Ogilvy's Sonal Dabral will head the Direct Lions.

Cannes Lions has announced the Jury Presidents selected to lead the juries at the 2020 Festival of Creativity (taking place from 22-26 June 2020). The Presidents are chosen from among the world’s very best industry leaders. Together, they combine a diverse wealth of creative expertise, skill and talent, from both clients and agencies, to benchmark and award global creative excellence and effectiveness that will set the bar for the year ahead.

Among the global spread of elite industry experts, 50% of Presidents are also women for the first time (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.

Simon Cook, Managing Director, Cannes Lions, said, “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. As the uses of creativity expand and diversify, so does the work and so do our expert juries. 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.”

Here's the list of Jury Presidents for Cannes Lions 2020:

• 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 Group, 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 and CEO, Pernod Ricard NA
• Creative Data Lions – Maurice Riley, Chief Data Officer, Digitas, Australia & New Zealand
• Creative Strategy Lions - Suzanne Powers, Global Chief Strategy Officer, McCann Worldgroup, Global
• Direct Lions - Sonal Dabral, Chief Creative Officer, South & SE Asia & Vice Chairman, India, Ogilvy, South & SE Asia
• 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 22-26 June 2020.

Entries to the Lions Awards open on 16th January 2020.