Cannes Lions has completed its jury president line-up for the awards in June. Bozoma Saint John, Merlee Jayme and Geoff Northcott complete the full line-up, joining the jury presidents initially appointed for the 2020 awards. These final appointments make the Jury President line-up 57% female (16 female jury presidents), the highest in the Awards’ history and significant progress from 2019’s Jury (33% female).

Bozoma Saint John, chief marketing officer, Netflix, and President of the Glass: The Lion for Change Jury, commented, “We need to recognise the brands and advertisers who are driving positive progress and change in the world by reflecting an equal world. This is why the Glass Lions are so important – they shine a light on work that has really impacted the issue of gender inequality. I can’t wait to see how brands approach this ongoing challenge in new and fresh ways this year.”

Philip Thomas, chairman at Lions, stated, “We know that after the postponement of last year’s awards, our jury presidents are eager to get going. 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. Happily, they’re an extremely talented bunch of individuals and more than qualified to take on the job of setting the world’s new creative benchmark.”

Susan Credle, global chief creative officer at FCB, has been chosen as president of the Titanium jury that awards game-changing work that marks a new direction for the industry and moves it forward. She noted, “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 of the Lions will take place during Cannes Lions in June.

Simon Cook, managing director at Lions, explained, “From our conversations with the jury presidents, we know that there is a shared hope that the judging will take place physically at the Festival in June. In the event that this becomes impossible, we have created a remote judging experience, successfully used at our regional awards, that’s as close to the physical judging as we can make it.

“It’s a crucial part of all of our Lions awards – a human experience but also a rigorous and robust process.”

Cannes Lions is scheduled to take place from June 21 to 25 2021 and will incorporate the awarding of both the 2020 and 2021 Lions.

The 2021 Jury Presidents are:

Communication Track

• Titanium Lions – Susan Credle, global chief creative officer, FCB, Global
• Design Lions – Pum Lefebure, 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 and partner, AlmapBBDO, Brazil
• Print & Publishing Lions – Liz Taylor, global chief creative officer, Leo Burnett/worldwide chief creative officer, Publicis Communications NA, Global
• Radio & Audio Lions ­– Merlee Jayme, global president, dentsu mcgarrybowen/chairmom, Dentsu Jayme Syfu, Global

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, EVP, head of marketing, Disney+, 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 – Geoff Northcutt, global chief experience officer and managing partner, EMEA, AKQA, Global
• Creative eCommerce Lions – Tiffany Rolfe, global chief creative officer, R/GA, Global
• Good Track
• Glass: The Lion for Change – Bozoma Saint John, global chief marketing officer, Netflix, Global
• Sustainable Development Goals Lions – Eduardo Maruri, VP global creative board and president/CEO Europe, Grey Worldwide, Global

Health Track

• Health & Wellness Lions – Tom Richards, global chief creative officer, 21GRAMS, Global
• Pharma Lions – Anne de Schweinitz, global managing director, Healthcare, FleishmanHillard, Global

Innovation Track

• Innovation Lions – Claudia Cristovao, head of Google Brand Studio, APAC, Google, APAC

Impact Track   

• Creative Effectiveness Lions – Ann Mukherjee, chairman and CEO, Pernod Ricard NA, USA

Reach Track

• Creative Data Lions – Maurice Riley, chief data officer, Digitas, Australia & New Zealand
• Creative Strategy Lions – Suzanne Powers, global chief strategy officer, McCann Worldgroup, Global
• Direct Lions – Reed Collins, chief creative officer, Ogilvy, Asia
• Media Lions – Philippa Brown, worldwide CEO, PHD, Global
• PR Lions – Gail Heimann, president and CEO, Weber Shandwick, Global
• Social & Influencer Lions – Debbi Vandeven, global chief creative officer, VMLY&R, Global