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Another South African to judge Cannes

The final two Cannes Lions juries, Cyber and Design were announced yesterday, Tuesday, 6 April 2010, and South African Glenda Venn, creative director of It's a Go, is on the Design jury.
Another South African to judge Cannes

Terry Savage, festival chairman, said, “In 2010 we welcome two juries who will be instrumental in choosing the best work in two disciplines that influence our lives on an hourly basis . They are some of the best people working in the industry which is fitting for two such important categories as Design and Cyber.”

Cyber Lions Jury


  • US, Jeff Benjamin, partner & executive creative director, Crispin Porter & Bogusky - jury president
  • Argentina, Walter Ioli, creative director, DDB Argentina
  • Australia, Damian Royce, creative director, Clemenger BBDO Melbourne
  • Austria, Herbert Pratter, head of isobar Austria, isobar - a unit of Aegis Media Austria Central Services
  • Belgium, Stef Selfslagh, creative director, Boondoggle
  • Brazil, Jean Boechat, creative director, JWT Brazil
  • Canada, Dawna Henderson, president & chief executive creative officer, henderson bas
  • China, Du Hong, CEO, Sina Technologies
  • Denmark, Rasmus Frandsen, creative director, LBi Copenhagen
  • France, Philippe Simonet, executive vice-president, TBWA\PARIS
  • Germany, Elke Klinkhammer, creative director, Neue Digitale / Razorfish
  • India, Prasanna Kulkarni, senior creative director, Digital Services, OgilvyOne Worldwide India
  • Japan, Yuki Kishi, creative director, Dentsu
  • Korea, Joung-Rack Lee, head of creative division, Cheil Worldwide
  • New Zealand, Lachlan McPherson, executive creative director, Publicis Mojo New Zealand
  • Norway, Markus Lind, art director, Apt
  • Poland, Rafal Gorski, creative director, Change Connections
  • Singapore, David Brown, executive creative director, XM Asia Pacific
  • Spain, Kuki Bastos Velasco, chief creative officer, Publicis Modem
  • Sweden, Martin Cedergren, executive creative director & senior partner, Åkestam.Holst
  • The Netherlands, Dagan Cohen, creative director, Draftfcb
  • UK, Matt Powell, creative director, Profero
  • UK, Edward Robinson, executive creative director, The Viral Factory
  • US, Rob Rasmussen, chief creative officer, Tribal DDB
  • US, Chloe Gottlieb, VP, executive creative director, Interaction Design, R/GA

Design Lions jury


  • US, Steff Geissbuhler, partner, C&G Partners - jury president
  • Brazil, André Poppovic, executive creative director, OZ Design
  • Canada, Louis Gagnon, creative director & partner, Paprika
  • France, Gilles Deléris, founder & creative director, W&Cie
  • Germany, Joachim Sauter, founding partner & head of design, ART+COM
  • India, Elsie Nanji, managing partner, Red Lion
  • Italy, Bruno Stucchi, creative director, Sudler&Hennessey/Dinamomilano
  • Japan, Katsuhiko Suzuki, creative director, Hakuhodo
  • Malaysia, Mun Tuck Wai, executive creative director, BBDO Proximity Malaysia
  • Portugal, Eugénio Chorao, chief executive officer, Euro RSCG
  • Russia, Alexey Fadeyev, creative director, Depot WPF Brand&Identity
  • Singapore, Roy Poh, creative director, Beautiful
  • South Africa, Glenda Venn, creative director, It's a Go!
  • Sweden, Björn Kusoffsky, creative director and Founder, Stockholm Design Lab
  • UK, Glenn Tutssel, executive creative director, The Brand Union
  • US, Noreen Morioka, partner, AdamsMorioka

Judging will take place in Cannes during the Festival week. The winners of the Cyber and Design categories being will be honoured at the Awards Ceremony on Wednesday 23 June 2010.

Entries can be submitted online at www.canneslions.com.

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