Cannes Lions announces 2020 Jury Presidents

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 to set the bar for the year ahead.

Among the global spread of elite industry experts, 53% 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 ongoing commitment to appoint outstanding global talent that represents the full breadth of our diverse community.”

The 2020 Jury Presidents are announced as follows:

Communication Track

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

Craft Track

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 Track

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

Experience Track

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