Lynn de Souza to represent India at Cannes
08 Apr 2009
The Media Lions jury for the 56th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival has been announced.
This year, Lynn de Souza, chairman & CEO, Lintas Media Group will representing India on the jury. The members of the jury has been increased by five people to facilitate the lengthy judging and discussion procedure.
The Media Lions jury comprises: Nick Brien, President & CEO, Mediabrands – Jury President
Lynn de Souza, Chairman & CEO, Lintas Media Group
Alejandro Terzi, President, IGNIS Medios & Comunicación
Henry Tajer, CEO, Universal McCann
Joachim Feher, CEO, MediaCom
Bruno Liesse, Director, Deepblue - Aegis Media
Gleidys Salvanha, Media Director
Lauren Richards, CEO, Starcom MediaVest Group
Maira Tinkler Doñas, Managing Director, Young Media
Mauricio Sabogal, CEO - Latin America, Omnicom Media Group
Dominique Delport, CEO, Havas Media
Birgit Konrad, CEO, Mediaedge:cia
Jochen Lenhard, Managing Director, Mediaplus
Yossi Lubaton, CEO, Baumann BerRivnay
Elena Fedeli, Chief Operating Officer, PHD
So Yamada, Communications Planner, Dentsu Inc.
Prashant Kumar, CEO, IPG Mediabrands
Miguel Loret de Mola, CEO, Carat Mexico
Rebecca Houston, Director of Strategy & Planning, OMD
Steve Harrison, Key Client Operations Director, Optimum Media OMD Group
Marc Taback, CEO, Initiative Media
Peter Boland, Managing Director, Universal McCann
Daniel Collin, CEO, Mediaedge:cia
Petra Kreussler, CEO & Owner, The Generation Media
Philippa Brown, CEO, Omnicom Media Group and PHD
Nick Waters, CEO EMEA, Mindshare
Mark D'Arcy, CEO, Time Warner Global Media Group
Monica Gadsby, CEO, SMG Multicultural
Maria Luisa Francoli, Global Chief Executive Officer, MPG
Mainardo de Nardis, CEO, OMD Worldwide
Paul Woolmington, Founding Partner, Naked Communications
This year a revision of the categories, changes to the entry written submission, restructuring the way Media Lions will be judged to reflect the three crucial elements of a piece of media work placing more emphasis on the outcome of each media case, will be implemented.
The judging will now be based upon:
- Insight, Strategy and the Idea (35 per cent of the jury's vote)
- Creative Execution (30 per cent)
- Results and Effectiveness (35 per cent)
The Media Lions winners will be revealed on Tuesday, 23 June 2009