“We know that after the postponement of last year’s awards, our jury presidents are eager to get going,” said Philip Thomas This year, the jury president lineup is comprised of 57 percent women — the highest in the awards’ history DUBAI: International advertising awards festival Cannes Lions has confirmed its jury president lineup for the awards scheduled to take place in June 2021. Bozoma Saint John, global chief marketing officer at Netflix; Merlee Jayme, global president at Dentsu Mcgarrybowen; and Geoff Northcott, managing partner and chief experience officer at AKQA, complete the full line-up and join the jury presidents initially appointed for the 2020 awards. “We know that after the postponement of last year’s awards, our jury presidents are eager to get going,” said Philip Thomas, chairman, Lions. “They will be leading juries in a unique year, awarding Lions for both 2020 and 2021 — no small job but one that will provide a crucial reflection and insight into the industry’s recent unprecedented journey.” This year, the jury president lineup is comprised of 57 percent women — the highest in the awards’ history. One of them, Susan Credle, global chief creative officer, FCB, who is this year’s president of the titanium jury, said: “Advertising at its creative best is one of the most powerful economic-driving, business problem-solving, culture-changing agents in the world. By celebrating the work at the Cannes lions festival, we are reminded of our potential and inspired to live into it.” Judging will take place during the festival in June. The hope is for the judges to be physically present together but if they are unable to do so, the festival has created a remote judging experience, which was implemented at its regional awards. “It (the judging process) is a crucial part of all of our Lions awards; a human experience but also a rigorous and robust process,” said Simon Cook, managing director, Lions. Cannes Lions is scheduled to take place from June 21-25, 2021, and will incorporate the awarding of both the 2020 and 2021 Lions. The full list of jury presidents for 2021 is: Titanium Lions: Susan Credle, global chief creative officer, FCB, Global Design Lions: Pum Lefebure, chief creative officer, Design Army, US Film Lions: Richard Brim, chief creative officer, adam&eveDDB, UK Mobile Lions: Andrew Keller, VP, global creative director, Facebook Outdoor Lions: Luiz Sanches, chairman, chief creative officer & partner, AlmapBBDO, Brazil Print & Publishing Lions: Liz Taylor, global chief creative officer, Leo Burnett, and worldwide chief creative officer, Publicis Communications NA Radio & Audio Lions: Merlee Jayme, global president, dentsu mcgarrybowen and chairman Dentsu Jayme Syfu Digital Craft Lions: Jax Ostle-Evans, managing director, Stink Studios, UK Film Craft Lions: Kerstin Emhoff, president, PRETTYBIRD, US Industry Craft Lions: Jayanta Jenkins, EVP, head of marketing, Disney+, 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, US Entertainment Lions for Sport: Ben Hartman, chief client officer, International, Octagon Brand Experience & Activation Lions: Vicki Maguire, chief creative officer, Havas, UK Creative Business Transformation Lions: Geoff Northcott, global chief experience officer & managing partner, EMEA, AKQA Creative eCommerce Lions: Tiffany Rolfe, global chief creative officer, R/GA Glass: The Lion for Change: Bozoma Saint John, global chief marketing officer, Netflix Sustainable Development Goals Lions: Eduardo Maruri, VP global creative board & president/CEO Europe, Grey worldwide Health & Wellness Lions: Tom Richards, global chief creative officer, 21GRAMS Pharma Lions: Anne de Schweinitz, global managing director, Healthcare, FleishmanHillard Innovation Lions: Claudia Cristovao, head of Google Brand Studio, APAC Creative Effectiveness Lions: Ann Mukherjee, chairman and CEO, Pernod Ricard NA, US Creative Data Lions: Maurice Riley, chief data officer, Digitas, Australia & New Zealand Creative Strategy Lions: Suzanne Powers, global chief strategy officer, McCann Worldgroup Direct Lions: Reed Collins, chief creative officer, Ogilvy, Asia Media Lions: Philippa Brown, worldwide CEO, PHD PR Lions: Gail Heimann, president & CEO, Weber Shandwick Social & Influencer Lions: Debbi Vandeven, global chief creative officer, VMLY&R