O Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity divulgou em 16 de abril a composição oficial dos júris que vão definir os vencedores da edição 2026 da premiação, marcada para 22 a 26 de junho em Cannes, na França. A lista reúne profissionais de agências globais, independentes e marcas de mais de 40 mercados — com estreia de República Dominicana e Venezuela —, e confirma uma presença brasileira forte: ao todo, são 19 jurados do país, distribuídos por 19 das 23 categorias anunciadas, além de duas cadeiras de presidência.
Os brasileiros no Cannes Lions 2026
O Brasil assume duas presidências de júri. Rafael Pitanguy, Deputy Global Chief Creative Officer da VML, lidera o júri de Brand Experience & Activation. Rafael Gil, Chief Creative Officer da Artplan, comanda o júri de Industry Craft. A lista do júri de Creative Brand Lion — categoria que terá Marcel Marcondes (AB InBev) como primeiro presidente — será divulgada proximamente pelo festival, assim como Dan Wieden Titanium e Luxury.
Entre as agências brasileiras representadas estão Artplan, VML, Droga5 São Paulo, GUT São Paulo, Ogilvy, AlmapBBDO, Wieden+Kennedy São Paulo, DAVID São Paulo, Africa Creative, Fbiz, Crispin, Golin, Publicis Production, HEFTY Music Sound e Galeria Holding. Do lado dos anunciantes e organizações, aparecem Meta Brasil, Kimberly-Clark, Plano Feminino e Diversidade Sustentável.
Confira a lista de jurados brasileiros anunciados por categoria:
- Audio & Radio: Edu Luke, Sound Creative, HEFTY Music Sound
- Brand Experience & Activation: Rafael Pitanguy (Presidente), Deputy Global CCO, VML · Brisa Vicente, Co-CEO, Droga5 São Paulo (Accenture Song)
- Creative B2B: Andre Athayde, Agency Partner, Meta
- Creative Business Transformation: Diego Guerhardt, Executive Creative Director, Fbiz
- Creative Effectiveness: Vinicius B. Reis, Partner e CEO, Crispin, e President, Stagwell Brasil e América Latina
- Digital Craft: Tiago Abreu, CCO, GUT São Paulo
- Entertainment: Rafael Donato, CCO, Ogilvy Brasil
- Entertainment Lions for Gaming: Rogério Chaves, Co-CCO, Africa Creative
- Film Craft: Tato Bono, President, Publicis Production
- Glass: The Lion for Change: Viviane Duarte, CEO, Plano Feminino
- Health & Wellness: Marília Zanoli, CMO, Kimberly-Clark
- Industry Craft: Rafael Gil (Presidente), CCO, Artplan
- Media: Paulo Ilha, Co-Founder e Chief Media Officer, Galeria Holding
- Outdoor: Marie Julie Gerbauld, CCO, DAVID São Paulo
- PR: Elaine Rodrigues, Managing Director, Golin
- Print & Publishing: Iron Brito, Creative Director, AlmapBBDO
- Social & Creator: Ary Nogueira, Creative Director, Wieden+Kennedy São Paulo
- Sustainable Development Goals: Flavia Martins, Founder e CEO, Diversidade Sustentável
O que aconteceu
A organização destacou que a edição 2026 amplia a diversidade de vozes do setor, com mais executivos de agências independentes, marcas e mercados emergentes da África, Pacífico, Oriente Médio e América Latina. “O impacto do júri do Cannes Lions não pode ser subestimado. Seu tempo e sua expertise estabelecem o benchmark criativo global para o ano seguinte”, afirmou Simon Cook, CEO do LIONS. Marian Brannelly, Global Director of Awards, complementou: “A composição dos júris deste ano mostra como a criatividade está se tornando mais interconectada, mais diversa e mais influente em todas as áreas do negócio”.
A lista completa de jurados anunciados por categoria:
Audio & Radio
Oriel Davis-Lyons (Presidente), CCO, Mother New York (EUA) · Beto Nahmad, ECD, VCCP (Espanha) · Claudia Hesse, CEO, Hesse Voices GmbH (Global) · Chesley Maddox, CEO, American Urban Radio Network (EUA) · Edu Luke, Sound Creative, HEFTY Music Sound (Brasil) · Fran Palines, Creative Director, VML Manila (Filipinas) · Gautam Wadher, CCO, Memac Ogilvy (EAU) · Jabulani Sigege, Group ECD, Machine_ (África do Sul) · Simon Langley, CCO, Bastion (Austrália) · Zuza Duchniewska Sobczak, CCO, TBWA\Warsaw (Polônia).
Brand Experience & Activation
Rafael Pitanguy (Presidente), Deputy Global CCO, VML (Global, Brasil) · Amy Weston, ECD, Clemenger BBDO (Austrália) · Brisa Vicente, Co-CEO, Droga5 São Paulo (Brasil) · Britt Nolan, CCO América do Norte, McCann · Defri Dwipaputra, Chief Creative Experience Officer, Dentsu Creative (Indonésia) · Helen Rhodes, CCO, Grey London (Reino Unido) · Julie Hogan, VP of Global Brand Experiences, Meta (Global) · Ricardo Avilés, CCO, LePub (México) · Satoshi Chikayama, ECD, Hakuhodo (Japão) · Zizwe Vundla, CMO, Safaricom | MPESA (Quênia).
Creative B2B
Ty Heath (Presidente), Global Director, LinkedIn · Adelise Ashdown, Global Head of Brand and Client Experience, JLL · Andre Athayde, Agency Partner, Meta (Brasil) · Benedict Buckland, Managing Director, alan. agency (Reino Unido) · Jim Curtis, CCO, LePub NY (EUA) · Kelly McConville, VP of Marketing, Fourthline (Holanda) · Megha Dutta, ECD, The Partnership Africa | Publicis · Park Wannasiri, CCO, VML (Tailândia) · Sam Stuchbury, ECD, Motion Sickness (Nova Zelândia) · Simon Higby, Nordic Creative Director, NORD.
Creative Business Transformation
Gugu Mthembu (Presidente), CMO, Telkom (África do Sul) · Andres Arlia, ECD, Dentsu Creative (EUA) · Clare Pickens, CEO, Leo (Austrália) · Diego Guerhardt, ECD, Fbiz (Brasil) · Ikuko Ohta, Chief Strategy Officer, Droga5 Tóquio (Japão) · Nadja Bellan-White, Group CEO, M+C Saatchi · Rakesh Menon, Chief Creative Experience Officer, Ulka (Índia) · Tarek Miknas, CEO, FP7McCann (MENAT) · Virginie Berçot, Global Brand Director, AXA · Virginie Briand, Partner, Deloitte (Alemanha).
Creative Commerce
Phil Camarota (Presidente), CCO, Flywheel · Giant Kung, CCO, Ogilvy (Taiwan) · Ian Loon, CEO, Publicis Groupe (Sudeste Asiático) · Kim Pick, Group ECD, VML (Nova Zelândia) · Mario Lagos, CCO, Name (Colômbia) · Matt Gay, ECD, adam & eve\TBWA (Reino Unido) · Oriane Canfrin, Head of Marketing, Ecobank (Costa do Marfim) · Ruxandra Papuc, Global ECD, AIN’T · Thanh Anh Nguyen, Head of Marketing, Grab (Vietnã).
Creative Data
Anupriya Acharya (Presidente), CEO, Publicis Groupe (Sul da Ásia) · Félix del Valle, CCO, MRM (Espanha) · Koert Bakker, Head of Insights, PwC Netherlands · Mary Anne He, Head of Data Insights, Havas Media (Oriente Médio) · Pipo Morano, ECD, MARURI (Equador) · Susana Albuquerque, ECD, Uzina (Portugal) · Tracey Cooke, CMO, Nestlé (Canadá) · Veli Ngubane, Founder e CCO, Avatar (AMEA) · Xavier Serrano, CEO, TBWA\Colombia · Yuliya Tushina, CEO, DASM (Cazaquistão).
Creative Effectiveness
Bertille Toledano (Presidente), CEO, BETC e Havas Creative · Aakriti Goel, Head of Strategy, Leo (EAU) · Adam Gerhart, Global Chief Client Officer, WPP Media · Ayu Sasaki, ECD, Dentsu Inc. (Japão) · Brent Smart, CMO, Telstra (Austrália) · Danielle Jin, CMO, Visa (APAC) · Glen Lomas, CEO Europe, Omnicom Advertising · Jane Wakely, EVP CCMO, PepsiCo · Mpume Ngobese, Managing Director, Joe Public (África do Sul) · Vinicius B. Reis, Partner e CEO, Crispin, e Presidente Stagwell Brasil e LATAM (Brasil).
Creative Strategy
Sarah Lemarié (Presidente), CSO, Publicis (França) · Alejandro Fischer, CSO, Havas (Oriente Médio) · Bethany Omeri, Head of Strategy, SPECIAL (Nova Zelândia) · Boris Nihom, CEO, Dentsu Benelux · Dan Hill, Global CSO, Wieden+Kennedy · Dheeraj Sinha, CEO, McCann (Índia) · Ellie Bamford, CSO, VML (América do Norte) · Jen Costello, Global CSO, TBWA\Worldwide · Neo Makhele, CSO, Ogilvy (África do Sul) · Renan Damascena, Co-Founder e CSO, MUVUKA e AUÊ (LATAM).
Design
Greg Quinton (Presidente), CCO, Design Bridge and Partners · Ben Miles, Chief Design Officer, R/GA (APAC) · Kyungsin Kim, CEO, Paulus (Coreia do Sul) · Lulu Raghavan, President, Landor (APAC) · Özge Güven, Visual Communication Designer, Studio Özge Güven (Turquia) · Patrick Bennett, CCO (Global) · Simone Rossum, ECD, SHIFT (África do Sul) · Vitor Hugo Favero, Global Design Lead, McCann (Global) · Yasmin Sindi, Senior Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi (Arábia Saudita) · Yoshihiro Kono, Senior Art Director, TBWA\HAKUHODO (Japão).
Digital Craft
Andrés Ordóñez (Presidente), Global CCO, McCann · Gurbaksh Singh, CCO e CIO, Dentsu Creative (Índia) · Hannah Johnson, Head of Creative Strategy DACH, Snap Inc. · KK Walker, ECD, Google · Martin Rabaglia, CEO, Genosha · Stephanie Mazingi, Creative Managing Director, Havas (África do Sul) · Tiago Abreu, CCO, GUT São Paulo (Brasil) · Tim Devine, Global Chief Invention Officer, AKQA · Vicky Lee, ECD, Medialand Digital Strategy (Taiwan) · Youssef Gadallah, Head of Creative Studio, TikTok — Bytedance (METAP).
Direct
Joaquín Cubría (Presidente), CCO, GUT (Argentina) · Hadi Alaeddin, Senior Creative Director, .Pomelo (EMEA) · Juan Manuel Gaitán, CCO, Ogilvy (República Dominicana) · Khethiwe Makhubo, Creative Group Head, McCann Joburg · Lili Jiang, ECD, Cheil Worldwide (Hong Kong) · Lorena Berges, Creative Director, DDB Latina Puerto Rico · Mark Elwood, CCO, Leo (Reino Unido) · Sophie Kelly, SVP, Diageo · Tanja Grubner, Global Marketing Director, Essity.
Entertainment
Chris Beresford-Hill (Presidente), Worldwide CCO, BBDO · Damisa Ongsiriwattana, Co-Founder e CCO, SOUR Bangkok (Tailândia) · Farah El Feghali, ECD, McCann Paris · Firas Ghannam, ECD, VML Riyadh (Arábia Saudita) · Jason Williams, Head of Creative Excellence APAC, Publicis Groupe · Jung A Kim, CEO e CCO, Innocean (Coreia do Sul) · Ned McNeilage, Head of Creative, Sphere (EUA) · Prachi Narayan, Managing Partner, Havas Play (Índia) · Rafael Donato, CCO, Ogilvy Brasil (Brasil) · Sophia Lindholm, Head of Creative, Forsman & Bodenfors (Suécia).
Entertainment Lions for Gaming
Lolly Thomson (Presidente), Joint Global CCO, M+C Saatchi Group · Amitesh Rao, CEO, Leo (Sul da Ásia) · Asako Okuno, Global Creative Director, Hakuhodo · Danni Pinch, ECD, Accenture Song (África do Sul) · Gabriel Caramelo Eccher, Marketing VP, Clash Royale, Supercell (Finlândia) · Josh Gross, CCO, BBDO Chicago · Rogério Chaves, Co-CCO, Africa Creative (Brasil) · Teddy Kossoko, Founder, GARA e Masseka Game Studio (França).
Entertainment Lions for Music
Matt Murphy (Presidente), Global CCO, 72andSunny · Corinna Martínez, Partner, Mastodonte Films (México) · Fizo Younis, CCO, Publicis Groupe (Oriente Médio) · Phiona Okumu, Head of Music, Spotify (África Subsaariana) · Prerna Suri, VP Communications, Sony Music (Ásia) · Rick Sakurai, Creative Director, MassiveMusic Tóquio · Ryan McManus, CCO, VML (Reino Unido) · Sergio Franco Tosso, CCO, Fahrenheit DDB (Peru) · Subhajit Mukherjee, Music Composer (Índia) · Toni Wallace, Partner, UTA.
Entertainment Lions for Sport
Shannon Washington (Presidente), CCO, 11 Ounces · A.P. Chaney, Senior Director Creative, Sparkling Flavors (Coca-Cola) · Andre Toledo, CCO, DAVID New York · Binda Dey, Global CMO, Knight Riders Sports (Índia) · Bukky Moemeke, Independent Consultant (Global) · Guy Futcher, Regional ECD, Octagon (APAC) · Jhon Da Silva, CEO, La Web Figital Agency (Venezuela) · Lucy Basden-Smith, Managing Director, Fuse International · Melody Li, SVP, Dentsu Sports International · Mohammed Sehly, CEO, BigTime Creative Shop (Arábia Saudita).
Film
Pelle Sjoenell (Presidente), ex-Worldwide CCO, Droga5 (Accenture Song) · Alexis Ospina, CCO, Grey (México) · Alice Chou, CCO, Dentsu Creative (Taiwan) · Ash Chagla, CCO, Science Sunshine (EAU) · Ben Sun Erhei, CEO e CCO, Havas Creative China · Femi Odugbemi, Founder e CEO, Zuri24 Media (Nigéria) · Janne Lysø, ECD, POL (Noruega) · Maiya Kinoshita, Creative Director, TBWA\Media Arts Lab Tóquio · Marcelo Vergara, ECD, Publicis Conseil (França) · Micah Walker, Founder e CCO, Bear Meets Eagle On Fire (Austrália).
Film Craft
Pip Smart (Presidente), EP e Partner, Revolver (Austrália) · Asma Humayun, Global Creative Director, Shiny Toy Guns · Atta Hemwadee, Director, Attah Film (Tailândia) · Eddy Rizk, CEO, BIG KAHUNA FILMS (EAU) · James Brook-Partridge, Head of Production, WPP Production · John Bleeden, SVP Global ECD, McCann · Maureen Hufnagel, Film Director, Landia (Argentina) · Mbithi Masya, Director, Fat Rain Africa (Quênia) · Melissa Tifrere, Chief Production Officer, Havas (EUA) · Tato Bono, President, Publicis Production (Brasil).
Glass: The Lion for Change
Monique Nelson (Presidente), Executive Chair, UWG · andre (g.) gray, Chief Brand Officer, Overtime · Anna Johannes, Co-Founder, Culxtured · Breana Auberry, Global Brand Director, The LEGO Group · Rana Sadek, Senior Creative Director, IMPACT BBDO Dubai · Sonita Alizadeh, Rapper (Global) · Suhana Gordhan, CCO e Founder, LoveSong (África do Sul) · Zoe Hamilton, Global CSO for Unilever, Ogilvy · Viviane Duarte, CEO, Plano Feminino (Brasil).
Health & Wellness
Kainaz Karmakar (Presidente), CCO, Ogilvy (Índia) · Allison Ceraso, CCO, Digitas Health · Amanda Fuller, Managing Partner, Omnicom Health (Oceania) · Donevan Chew, CCO, Havas (Malásia) · Joseph Bonnici, CCO e Owner, Tadiem (Canadá) · Marília Zanoli, CMO, Kimberly-Clark (Brasil) · Muhannad Kadi, CMO, King Faisal Specialist Hospital Research Centre (Arábia Saudita) · Norkor Duah, CEO, MullenLowe Accra · Raimundo Undurraga, CCO, VML (Chile) · Séverine Autret, Global Creative Excellence Lead, Opella.
Industry Craft
Rafael Gil (Presidente), CCO, Artplan (Brasil) · Alistair Thompson, ECD, Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann / DMB. (Áustria) · Damon Stapleton, CCO, Droga5 ANZ · Derek Green, CCO, TBWA\RAAD (MENA) · Hiroyuki Kato, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc. (Japão) · Krystle Mullin, CCO, john st. e T&P (Canadá) · Lauren Kimball, EVP Experience Design Director, Edelman · Liana Liebenberg, Creative Partner, Design Bridge and Partners (África do Sul) · Maud Robaglia, Head of Art, Publicis Conseil (França) · Michael Wilk, Global Head of Art, Serviceplan Group.
Innovation
Kazuhiro Shimura (Presidente), ECD, Dentsu Inc. (Japão) · Anna Nicanorova, CTO, Annalect · Craig Elimeliah, CCO, Code and Theory · Daniel Payan, CCO, VML (Colômbia) · Emma Lax, Global Head of Intelligence and Innovation, Havas Creative Network · Hadleigh Sinclair, Group CD, Colenso BBDO (Nova Zelândia) · Juliet Ehimuan, Founder e CEO, Beyond Limits Global (Nigéria) · Kika Douglas Castroviejo, CCO, LePub (Holanda) · Pablo Vitale, SVP ECD, Monks Buenos Aires · Sabaa Quao, Founding President, PlusCo Venture Studio (Canadá).
Media
Sindhuja Rai (Presidente), Chief Client Officer, WPP Media (APMEA) · Anisha Iyer, CEO, OMD (Índia) · Azhar Siddiqui, CEO, Mediaplus Middle East · Dashni Vilakazi, Managing Director, The MediaShop (África do Sul) · Fabrice Plazolles, Managing Director e CCO, Havas Play (França) · Kendra Hatcher King, Global Chief Design Officer, Spark Foundry · Marta García Alonso, VP Marketing, HEINEKEN (México) · Paulo Ilha, Co-Founder e Chief Media Officer, Galeria Holding (Brasil) · Will Swayne, Global Practice President, dentsu.
Outdoor
Aaron Starkman (Presidente), Global CCO, Rethink · Habiba Allam, Creative Director, Careem · Jake Barrow, CCO, VML (República Tcheca) · Leisa Wall, CCO, McCann New Zealand · Marie Julie Gerbauld, CCO, DAVID São Paulo (Brasil) · Peter Dobbyn, Creative Director, Publicis Dublin · Pooja Manek, Creative e Founding Member, Talented Agency (Índia) · Sergio Chinchilla, General Creative Director, Garnier (Costa Rica) · Stéphane Gaubert, CCO, Havas Paris · Tim Wasicki, Group CD, OUTFRONT Media.
Pharma
Tracey Brader (Presidente), CSIO, Remedy Edge (Reino Unido) · Aleisia Gibson Wright, Founder e President, GW Health Public Relations (EUA) · Alex Okada, CCO, Havas Lynx (Reino Unido) · Andrea Lillis, SVP ECD, Klick Health · Chris Charles, ECD, 21GRAMS (EUA) · Mandi Fine, CEO e Founder, FINE (África do Sul) · Paola Aldaz, CMO, Keralty Group e Colsanitas (Colômbia) · Ryan Wallman, ECD, Wellmark (Austrália) · Sharon Tan, Head of Client and Growth, Publicis Health (APAC) · Wei Fei, Group ECD, Ogilvy Shanghai.
PR
Dana Tahir (Presidente), CEO, HAVAS Red (Oriente Médio e Egito) · Elaine Rodrigues, Managing Director, Golin (Brasil) · Hillary Andoh, Founder e CEO, HSA PR (África) · Jean Paoli, ECD, Weber Shandwick (Europa) · Joe Mackay-Sinclair, Founder e CEO, The Romans · Lauren Thomson, VP of Creative Strategy, MSL (Canadá) · Mina Sakai, Chief Consultant, Dentsu PR Consulting (Japão) · Simone Gupta, Co-Founder, Supermassive (Austrália) · Taj Reid, Global CCO, Burson · Tim Green, CCO, Edelman (APAC).
Print & Publishing
Jessica Apellaniz (Presidente), CCO, Wieden+Kennedy (México) · Alexis Bronstorph, CCO, No Fixed Address (Canadá) · Dhruv Warrior, ECD, VML (Índia) · Fernando Pellizzaro, Global ECD, AKQA · Iron Brito, Creative Director, AlmapBBDO (Brasil) · Jason Murison, Creative Lead, DAMAC Properties · Lorenz Langgartner, Global ECD, Serviceplan Group · Mo Chen, ECD, TBWA\China · Nkgabiseng Motau, Co-Founder e CCO, Think Creative Africa · Riccardo Fregoso, CCO, Dentsu Creative (SEMENAT).
Social & Creator
Mihnea Gheorghiu (Presidente), Global CCO, LePub · Asia Ali, Founder e MD, MKV Digital (EAU) · Anny Havercroft, Global Head of Product MarComs, TikTok · Ary Nogueira, Creative Director, Wieden+Kennedy São Paulo (Brasil) · Guillermo Vega, CCO, Ogilvy North America e Global Creative Network Lead, The Coca-Cola Company · Katariina Ollari, Head of Social and Content, NoA | Bob the Robot (Finlândia) · Khangelani Dziba, Brand Communications Consultant (África do Sul) · Munya Chawawa, Comediante e Fundador, Munz Made It (Reino Unido) · Pedro Perez, CCO, TBWA\Chiat\Day LA · Victor Nguyễn-Long, Group Social Creative Director, Google.
Sustainable Development Goals
Kazoo Sato (Presidente), CCO e CEO, Earth Centric Design (Japão) · Bogosi Motshegwa, Founder, CEO e CSO, Thinkerneur (África) · Flavia Martins, Founder e CEO, Diversidade Sustentável (Brasil) · Laura Rogers, ECD, AMV BBDO (Reino Unido) · Marcela Melero, Chief Growth Marketing Officer, Dove Unilever · Mary Catherine Fixel, Managing Director, Sustainability, Accenture Song · Nicolai Smith, CCO, AKQA (EMEA) · Rob Galluzzo, CEO e EP, FINCH (AUNZ) · Sergiy Biloshytskiy, Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi (Ucrânia) · Sherri Aldis, Director, United Nations Communications.
O festival informou que os júris de Creative Brand, Dan Wieden Titanium e Luxury terão seus integrantes anunciados em breve.
