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More South Africans to judge Cannes Lions

Three more South Africans have been appointed as judges of the outdoor, media and radio Lions juries at the Cannes Lions, the committee announced yesterday, Monday, 15 March 2010: TBWA's Damon Stapleton, The Jupiter Drawing Room's Anne van Rensburg and Net#work BBDO's Ivan Johnson.
More South Africans to judge Cannes Lions

Commenting on the juries, Terry Savage, chairman of the festival said, “Cannes Lions is a truly global event attracting thousands of entries of the highest creative calibre. The industry experts that we have picked to deliberate over and award the entries in the these categories are a true reflection of this, bringing together respected and acclaimed creatives from all corners of the world. It will be an honour to work with these teams.”

Outdoor Lions jury


  • Singapore, Tay Guan Hin, regional executive creative director, JWT Asia - jury president
  • Argentina, Maxi Itzkoff, executive creative director, Del Campo/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi
  • Australia, Rocky Ranallo, creative director, Belgiovane Williams Mackay
  • Brazil, Marco Versolato, chief creative officer, Y&R Brazil
  • France, Olivier Apers, creative director, BETC Euro RSCG
  • Germany, Sebastian Hardieck, chief creative officer, BBDO Düsseldorf
  • India, Sajan Raj Kurup, founder and creative chairman, Creativeland Asia
  • Japan, Toru Fujii, creative director, ADK TOKYO
  • South Africa, Damon Stapleton, executive creative director, TBWA/Hunt/Lascaris Johannesburg
  • Spain, Leandro Raposo, general creative director, McCann Erikson Madrid
  • Turkey, Karpat Polat, president & creative director, DDB&Co Istanbul
  • UK, Jon Williams, chief digital officer, EMEA, Grey
  • USA, Kathy Delaney, chief creative officer and president, SapientNitro

Media Lions jury


  • Global, Laura Desmond, Global CEO, Starcom MediaVest Group - jury president
  • Argentina, Sebastian Civit, CEO, MediaCom Argentina
  • Australia, Peter Horgan, MD, OMD Australia
  • Austria, Xavier Reynaud, CEO, Initiative Austria
  • Belgium, Francois Chaudoir, CEO, Space
  • Brazil, Monica de Carvalho, media vice president, DDB Brasil
  • Canada, Fred Forster, president & CEO, PHD Canada
  • Chile, Esteban Calvo, CEO, Andean Region, Havas Media
  • Colombia, Paulina Parra Contreras, president, Andean Region, Initiative
  • France, Sébastien Danet, CEO, ZenithOptimedia Francenbsp;
  • Germany, Jens Erichsen, MD, Carat
  • India, Ravi Kiran, CEO - South Asia & Emerging Market Leader - Specialist Solutions, Starcom MediaVest Group
  • Israel, Gilad Kat, MD International Accounts, MediaCom Israel
  • Italy, Alessandro Mandelli, CEO and country manager, Havas Media
  • Japan, Hideo Rai, media director, Dentsu
  • New Zealand, Barry Williamson, media director, Mediaedge:cia
  • Russia, Dmitri Nasalski, MD, UM Russia
  • South Africa, Anne van Rensburg, media director, The Jupiter Drawing Room, Cape Town
  • Spain, Beatríz Delgado, CEO, Mindshare Spain
  • Sweden, Fredrik Svensson, partner, Naked Sweden
  • Switzerland, Sekan Kee, MD, Vizeum Switzerland
  • UK, Steve Williams, CEO, OMD
  • Global, Mike Cooper, Worldwide CEO, PHD
  • USA, Joshua Spanier, director of Communication Strategy, Goodby Silverstein & Partners
  • USA, Matt Seiler, CEO, UM

Radio Lions jury


  • Global, Paul Lavoie, chairman, TAXI - jury president
  • Argentina, Riki Saul, director, RAYA Producciones
  • Australia, Grant Rutherford, executive creative director, DDB
  • Belgium, Raf Debraekeleer , creative director/producer, Cobra Radio Brewery
  • Brazil, Álvaro Rodrigues, chairman and chief creative officer, Agência3
  • Canada, Jane Murray, associate creative director, Ogilvy
  • Chile, Tony Sarroca, executive creative director, Prolam Y&R
  • Germany, Tom Hauser, creative director, Grabarz&Partner
  • India, Manohar Nayak, MD, Lingo India
  • New Zealand, Chris Schofield, creative director, DraftFCB
  • Norway, André Koot, partner and art director, Shnel & Melnychuck & Forsman & Bodenfors
  • South Africa, Ivan Johnson, executive creative director, Net#work BBDO Cape Town
  • Spain, Breno Cotta, chief creative officer, Ruiz Nicoli Líneas
  • The Philippines, Raoul Panes, executive creative director, Leo Burnett Manila
  • UK, Tony Hertz, owner and creative director, Hertz:Radio
  • USA, David Gerbosi, recording engineer and sound designer, Another Country

Judging will take place in Cannes during the festival week, with the winners of the Radio, Media and Outdoor categories being announced at the evening Awards Ceremony on Tuesday 22 June 2010.

Entries can be submitted online at www.canneslions.com.

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