UK Cannes Lions Jurors Announced

We are delighted to introduce you to the UK jurors for Cannes Lions 2022!

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is an annual event which brings together creative industries from across the world to celebrate the best talent while providing learning and networking opportunities.

It is part of our role as UK representatives for Cannes Lions to help find the UK jurors for the festival. We are very excited to reveal such a fantastic cohort of industry professionals who will be judging the work submitted for the awards.

This year, the UK Cannes Lions President is Brett O’Connor, Executive Creative Director, VCCP Health, who will also be participating as part of the Pharma jury.

The full list of UK jurors is as follows:

• Adam Harris, Global Head, Brand Partnership Studio, Twitch
• Amy Williams, CEO and Founder, Good-Loop
• Anaïs Hayes, Head of Brand Innovation, Google
• Andy Jex, Chief Creative Officer
• Andy Sandoz, Global Chief Creative Officer, Deloitte Digital
• Anna Vogt, Chief Strategy Officer, VMLY&R
• Bernard Achampong, Creative Director, Unedited
• Broderick Hicks, Senior Vice President, Head of EMEA, Wasserman
• Debora Koyama, Global Growth Operations Officer, Unilever
• Dick Dunford, Executive Creative Director, TBWA Worldhealth
• Edward Prince Jr, Group Chief Product Officer, Kantar
• Goldie Robbens, Head of Production, Uncommon Creative Studio
• Harjot Singh, Global Chief Strategy Officer, McCann
• James Northway, Global Head Of Data, Wavemaker
• Jane Ostler, EVP, Creative and Media Solutions, Kantar
• Kabir Ahuja, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
• Karen Boswell, Chief Experience Officer, VMLY&R
• Kate Murphy, Executive Creative Director, ACNE London
• Kate Stanners, Chairwoman & Global Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi
• Kathryn Thomas, Founder & Global Executive Creative Director, One Green Bean
• Katie Burke, Metaverse Continuum Studio Global Strategy Director, Accenture Song
• Laura Jordan Bambach, President & Chief Creative Officer, Grey London
• Lizi Hamer, APAC Executive Creative Director, No2ndPlace
• Nicholas Hulley, Chief Creative Officer, AMV BBDO
• Nicky Bullard, Group Chief Creative Officer, MullenLowe Group, UK
• Nimo Awil, Creative Director, Media.Monks
• Owen Lee, Chief Creative Officer, FCB Inferno
• Patricia McDonald, Global CSO, Creative, dentsu
• Paul Kinsella, Chief Creative Officer, Havas Lynx Group
• Paulette Long OBE, Music Consultant/Board Director
• Phil Hurrell, Creative Director and Co-Founder, Coffee & TV
• Richard Brim, Chief Creative Officer, adamandeve
• Rita Harnett, Ecommerce Partner, Wavemaker
• Rosie Collins, Head of Strategy, BBH London
• Sanjiv Mistry, Executive Creative Director, McCann London
• Sarah Higgins, Managing Director PR and EMEA & APAC Marketing, State Street Global Advisors
• Stephen Hutchison, Head of Commercial Partnerships, The Football Association
• Stuart Bowden, Global Chief Strategy & Product Officer, Wavemaker
• Stuart Radford, Executive Creative Director, Superunion
• Susan Higgs, Executive Creative Director, DentsuMB
• Vicki Maguire, Chief Creative Officer, Havas London
• Zoë Clapp, Marketing Director, YouTube

Congratulations to all selected jurors – it is a hugely important role!

You can learn more about the jurors and find out which category they are judging here.

Now that you know our jurors… Would you like to meet our UK Young Lions? They will be representing the UK at the global competitions which form part of Cannes Lions. You can check them out here.

We also recently announced the launch of a special UK trade mission to Cannes Lions this summer, run by the UK Advertising Exports Group (UKAEG) in partnership with the Department for International Trade (DIT). The trade mission will be backed by a special campaign supported by a coalition of industry partners including the APA, Clear Channel, Channel 4, Framestore, M&C Saatchi, Pinterest, and PwC, to profile the industry’s very best companies at the International Festival of Creativity. Companies are invited to join the mission by submitting their application before May 12th here.

If you want to stay up-to-date with our latest news and upcoming events at Cannes Lions, make sure you check out our Cannes Lions hub here.