• by Joe Mandese  @mp_joemandese, January 11, 2023

GroupM Global CEO Christian Juhl has been named the 2023 Cannes Media Lions jury president.

As president, Juhl will oversee the media awards category's jurors and deliberation process, which will culminate in a variety of finalist, sub- and ultimately Grand Prix winners for this year's awards submissions, which will be unveiled during the festival in Cannes, France June 19-23.

Submissions for this year's entries in 29 categories representing both media, creativity and innovation open Jan. 19.

Other category jury presidents announced this morning include:

Brand Experience & Activation Lions Jury President: Ari Weiss, Global Chief Creative Officer, DDB Worldwide, Global

Creative B2B Lions Jury President: Tom Stein, Chairman and Chief Growth Officer, Stein IAS, Global

Creative Business Transformation Lions Jury President: Justin Peyton, Chief Transformation Officer, Wunderman Thompson, APAC

Creative Commerce Lions Jury President: Nancy Crimi-Lamanna, Chief Creative Officer, FCB, Canada

Creative Data Lions Jury President: Samantha Hernández Díaz, Chief Strategy Officer, GUT Mexico City, Mexico

Creative Effectiveness Lions Jury President: Devika Bulchandani, Global CEO, Ogilvy, Global

Creative Strategy Lions Jury President: Amrita Randhawa, CEO, Publicis Groupe, Singapore & Southeast Asia

Design Lions Jury President: Quinnton Harris, Co-founder & CEO, Retrospect, USA

Digital Craft Lions Jury President: Resh Sidhu, Global Director of Arcadia Creative Studio, Snap Inc., Global

Direct Lions Jury President: Chaka Sobhani, Global Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett, Global

Entertainment Lions Jury President: Brent Anderson, Global Chief Creative Officer, TBWA\Media Arts Lab, Global

Entertainment Lions for Gaming Jury President: Francine Li, Global Head of Marketing, Riot Games, Global

Entertainment Lions for Music Jury President: Danielle Hinde, Owner / Executive Producer, Doomsday Entertainment, USA

Entertainment Lions for Sport Jury President: Rob Doubal, Co-President of McCann London and Joint Chief Creative Officer of McCann UK, McCann London, UK

Film Lions Jury President:  Bruno Bertelli, Global CEO of Le Pub, Global Chief Creative Officer of Publicis Worldwide, Chief Creative Officer of Publicis Groupe Italy, Publicis Worldwide, Global

Glass Lions: The Lion for Change Jury President: Tea Uglow, Creative Director, Google, APAC

Health & Wellness Lions Jury President: Mel Routhier, Chief Creative Officer, VMLY&R Chicago, USA

Industry Craft Lions Jury President: Yoshihiro Yagi, Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan

Innovation Lions Jury President: Grace Francis, Global Chief Creative and Design Officer, WONGDOODY, Global

Mobile Lions Jury President: Shannon Washington, US Chief Creative Officer, Connected Communications, R/GA, USA

Outdoor Lions Jury President: Javier Campopiano, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer at Grey and Global Chief Creative Officer of OpenX From WPP, Grey/OpenX, Global

Pharma Lions Jury President: Joshua Prince, CEO, Professional Group, Omnicom Health Group, Global

PR Lions Jury President: Jo-ann Robertson, CEO, Global Markets, Ketchum, Global

Print & Publishing Lions Jury President: Ali Rez, Chief Creative Officer, Impact BBDO, MENAP

Radio & Audio Lions Jury President: Tseliso Rangaka, Chief Creative Officer, FCB, South Africa

Social & Influencer Lions Jury President: Samantha Almeida, Director of Diversity and Content Innovation, Globo, Brazil

Sustainable Development Goals Lions Jury President: Jean Lin, Chief Culture Officer, Dentsu Group Inc., Global

Dan Wieden Titanium Lions Jury President: David Droga, CEO & Creative Chairman, Accenture Song, Global