Two South Africans to judge Direct, Promo Lions

The Direct Lions jury – the largest jury in Cannes with 31 members– will be chaired by Marcio Salem, president and creative director of Salem in São Paulo, Brazil. Armin Jochum, chief creative officer of BBDO Stuttgart and Berlin, Germany, will lead the Promo jury. Judging of all entries will take place in the Palais des Festivals in Cannes during the Festival week, with the winners of both categories being revealed on Monday 16 June.

“We have two great groups of skilled professionals, who as well as judging the creativity of the work, will also take into consideration the strategy, execution and results of the entries in these categories”, said Philip Thomas, festival CEO.

Direct Lions jury members

• Brazil, Marcio Salem, President/Creative Director, Salem, (Jury President)
  
• Argentina, Juan Pablo Jurado, President, Wunderman Argentina
  
• Australia, Dylan Taylor, Creative Director, BMF
  
• Austria, Andreas Spielvogel, Executive Creative Director, Wunderman Vienna
  
• Belgium, Phil van Duynen, Creative Director, Adopt
  
• Canada, Matt Shirtcliffe, Executive Creative Director, Proximity Canada
  
• Canada, Shirley Ward-Taggart, Senior Vice President/Creative Director, Arc Worldwide
  
• Chile, Luis Felipe Rios, General Manager, CP Comunicacion Chile
  
• Denmark, Jens Peter Jensen, Chief Executive Officer/Founder, rainmaker®
  
• France, Damien Frossard, Creative Director, Rapp Collins Paris
  
• Germany, Kurt Georg Dieckert, Chief Creative Officer, TBWA\Germany
  
• Germany, Jana Liebig, Chief Creative Officer, Philipp und Keuntje
  
• India, Nishad Ramachandran, Vice President/Group Creative Director, Contract Advertising
  
• Italy, Paolo Iabichino, Creative Director, OgilvyOne
  
• Japan, Shoichi Tamura, Creative Director/Communication Planner, Dentsu
  
• Malaysia, Hwa Huang, Deputy Chairman/Executive Creative Director, McCann Erickson Worldgroup
  
• New Zealand, Mike O'Sullivan, Executive Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi
  
• Norway, Alexander Gjersoe, Copywriter/Partner, SMFB
  
• Poland, Przem Wojak, Managing Partner/Executive Creative Director, Tequila\Polska
  
• Portugal, Nuno Antunes, Chief Executive Officer, Proximity Portugal
  
• Singapore, Chris Chiu, Executive Creative Director, Leo Burnett Singapore

  South Africa, Glynn Venter, Executive Creative Director, Draftfcb South Africa

• Spain, Ton Valdés, Creative Director, Euro RSCG 4D
  
• Sweden, Johan van der Schoot, Creative Director, Garbergs
  
• Switzerland, René Eugster, Creative Director, Agentur am Flughafen
  
• The Netherlands, Rob Severein, Creative Managing Director/Partner, &KoenseSeverein
  
• United Arab Emirates, Ed Jones, Regional Creative Director, Middle East, Saatchi & Saatchi
  
• United Kingdom, Peter Riley, Creative Partner, 20:20 London
  
• United Kingdom, Emma de la Fosse, Creative Partner, OgilvyOne Worldwide
  
• USA, Janet Barker-Evans, SVP/Group Creative Director, Draftfcb Chicago
  
• USA, Mauro Alencar, EVP/Executive Creative Director, Publicis Modem

Promo Lions jury members

• Germany, Armin Jochum, Chief Creative Officer, BBDO Stuttgart, (Jury President)
  
• Argentina, Diego Echandi, President/Creative Head Director, SMASH
  
• Australia, Ben Coulson, Executive Creative Director, George Patterson Y&R Australia
  
• Austria, Joachim Glawion, Creative Director, Draftfcb - Kobza
  
• Brazil, Mentor Muniz Neto, Creative Executive Vice President, Bullet
  
• Canada, Rico DiGiovanni, President/Partner, Spider Marketing Solutions
  
• France, Nathalie Cachet, General Director, DDB Piment
  
• India, Roshan Abbas, Managing Director, Encompass
  
• Japan, Tadahiro Ikenaga, Deputy Director, Promotion Business Development Division, Dentsu
  
• New Zealand, Andy Blood, Group Executive Creative Director, TBWA\Whybin\Tequila
  
• Russia, Natalia Stepanuk, General Director/Owner, IQ Marketing
  
• Singapore, Rowan Chanen, Regional Executive Creative Director, Young & Rubicam Asia

  South Africa, Joey Pastoll, Creative Director, Cross Colours

• Spain, Cristina Barturen, Managing Director, Euro RSCG 4D
  
• Sweden, Jesper Holst, Creative Director/Art Director, Åkestam Holst
  
• Switzerland, Danielle Lanz, Creative Director, Ruf Lanz
  
• The Netherlands, Mischa Schreuder, Creative Director, 2008
  
• United Kingdom, Shelford Chandler, Executive Creative Director, The Marketing Store
  
• USA, William Rosen, Chief Creative Officer, North America, Arc Worldwide

Launched in 2002 and 2006 respectively, Direct Lions and Promo Lions have seen a steady increase of entries over the years with participation from around the globe.

The 55th International Advertising Festival will be held 15 – 21 June 2008 in Cannes, France. For more information, go to www.canneslions.com.