Advertising at Cannes Lions 2026

Speakers, executives and attendees working in Advertising at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2026.

Kate McCagg, Head of Brand Innovation Lab (Amazon Ads)
Anne Marie Nelson-Bogle, Vice President, YouTube Ads Marketing (YouTube)
Shane Dwyer, Vice President, Advertiser Solutions (Lyft Ads)
Sara Brooks, Chief Growth Officer (Teads)
Amy Reinhard, President of Advertising (Netflix)
Jessica Jensen, Chief Marketing Officer (LinkedIn)
Jenny Burke, Director, Global Video Strategy and GTM (Amazon Ads)
Baptiste Picard-Deyme, Global Strategy Partner (Dentsu)
Karen Kovacs, President, Advertising and Partnerships (Bravo)
Bolor Narantsatsralt, Chief Marketing Officer (Tavan Bogd Food's, Pizza Hut Mongolia)
Steve Babaeko, CEO / Chief Creative Officer (X3M Ideas)
Phil Ricketts, Wholesale Commercial Director (Royal Mail MarketReach)
Jo Arden, Chief Strategy Officer (AMV BBDO)
Selin Song, President, Google Customer Solutions (Google)
Aaron Boekestein, Director - Ads Partnerships & APAC Exec Sponsor (Google)
Ashley Patterson, Head of Retail, QSR & CPG (YahooAds)
Shannon Shae Montoya, Vice President, Global Head of B2B Marketing, Sponsorships, & Events (Yahoo Inc.)
Marika Roque, Chief Strategy Officer (Paramount Advertising)
Mike Peralta, Global Chief Revenue Officer (Future)
Harvey Ma, Vice President and General Manager (Sam's Club)
Jill Toscano, Vice President, Media (Walmart)
Maggie Schmerin, Chief Advertising Officer (United Airlines)
Xanthe Wells, VP, Global Creative (Pinterest)
Jane Ostler, EVP Global Thought Leadership (Kantar)
Jess Ling, Executive Vice President, Global Advertising (American Express)
Christine Martino, Chief Revenue Officer of National Ad-Sales (Screenvision Media)
Kristin Lane, Head of Brand Strategy, Advertising & Integrated Marketing (Adobe)
Kamya Elawadhi, Co-Founder and President (Doceree)
Will Lee, Chief Executive Officer (Adweek)
Kyle Monson, Founding Partner (Conversant)
Khara Hutchinson, Director, Commerce Media & Programmatic Innovation (Bayer Consumer Health)
Kimberly Faver, Senior Vice President, Brand Partnerships, NBCUniversal Advertising & Partnerships (NBCUniversal)
Sara Badler, Chief Advertising Officer, North America, Guardian News & Media (The Guardian)
Gina Ballenger, Group Director, Creative Solutions (Walmart Connect)
Alycia Bar-Av, Brand Advertising & Media Strategy, US Firm (Deloitte)
Hilary Bastel, Vice President, Marketing Channel Strategy & Operations (LinkedIn)
Stephanie Horton, Senior Director, Global Marketing & Commerce (Google)
Caroline Giegerich, Vice President, AI (IAB)
Sarah Harms, Vice President, Ads Marketing & Measurement (Roku)
Lisa Holme, Vice President, Head of Content (Roku Media)
Jenny Kelly, Head of Content & AI (Deloitte Digital)
Stephen McDermott, Vice President Sales, Yahoo DSP (Yahoo)
Aurore Domont, Présidente (MEDIA FIGARO)
Dawn Lee Williamson, CRO, Media Solutions (Comcast Advertising)
Dinah Williams, Founder (Avenir Network)
Ed Mullins, Senior Director, Inventory Development, EMEA (StackAdapt)
Giuseppe La Rocca, VP, Enterprise (StackAdapt)
KMac MacGregor, Chief Commercial Officer (Smartly)
Mark Stenberg, Senior Media Reporter (Adweek)
Nicola Mendelsohn, Head of Global Business Group (Meta Global Business Group)
Benjamin Felix, Chief Marketing Officer (TripleLift)
Kerry-Anne Hamilton, Director, Growth (#Paid)
Carol Hutchinson, General Manager, Global Advertising (Microsoft)
Sir John Hegarty, Co-Founder (BBH)
Carol Phillips Hutchinson, General Manager, Global Advertising (Microsoft)
Alison Levin, President, Advertising & Partnerships (NBCUniversal)
Yuliya Sobakar Grati, Director, Inventory Development (StackAdapt)
Karen Eccles, Managing Director (Sky Media)
Monique Perlmutter, Managing Vice President of Riott Media (Marriott International)
Kelly Williams, Managing Director, Commercial (ITV)
Abigail Staples, Head of Brand Marketing, Amazon Devices (Amazon)
Mihnea Gheorghiu, Global Chief Creative Officer (LePub)
Spencer Fox, Founder (FOX. Creative Excellence Advisory)
Jo Cotton, Chief Executive (Omnicom Production)
Trevor Robinson, Founder & Executive Creative Director (Quiet Storm)
Ying Wang, General Manager, Advertising (Xumo)
Mimi Turner, Head of Marketplace Innovation (LinkedIn)
Rory Sutherland, President Emeritus (Ogilvy Consulting)
Matt Cull, CEO (Vannda)
Eugene Healey, Brand Expert and Founder (The New Fundamentals of Brand)
Josh Krichefski, President EMEA (PMG)
Stephen Colvin, CEO (Trusted Media Brands / Jukin)
Robin Shore, Director, Business Development (LinkedIn)
Andy Webb, Senior Director, Global Head of Media (Uber)
Anna Grodecka-Grad, SVP, Client Services (StackAdapt)
Carlo Murison, CEO (Two Tone Global)
James Rooke, President (Comcast Advertising)
Jesse Feister, Executive Director (Webby Media Group)
Oli Marlow-Thomas, Chief Innovation Officer (Smartly)
Sherene Hilal, Chief Ads Product Officer (SiriusXM)
Felipe Thomaz, Associate Professor of Marketing (Saïd Business School, University of Oxford)
Matthew Palmer, Global Publisher Partnership Lead, NIQ Marketing Effectiveness (NIQ)
Rak Patel, Chief Commercial Officer (Channel 4)
Heather Kehrberg, Director, Advertising Services (Amazon Ads)
Katie Gerlach, Vice President, Sales (Ampersand)
Traci Spiegelman, Vice President, Global Media (Mastercard)
Eric Sheinkop, CEO & Founder (The Desire Company)
Nita Song, CEO (IW Group)
Addison Capper, Managing Editor, Americas (Little Black Book)
Taj Critchlow, Founder / Managing Partner (FELA)
Matt Bourn, Co-author, Trusted Advertising (Advertising Association)
Lucia Mastromauro, VP of Advertising (Deliveroo)
Charlotte Maines, Vice President of Devices Content & Ads (Amazon)
Jann Martin Schwarz, Senior Director, Marketplace Innovation (LinkedIn)
Angie More, Head of Creator Ad Partnerships (Amazon)
Josh Noval, Senior Vice President, Olympics & Paralympics Advertising Sales & Partnerships (NBCUniversal)
Xhemile Poley, Vice President, Global Head of Events (LG Ad Solutions)
Geoff Schiller, Chief Executive Officer (Screenvision Media)
Nick Bennett, VP Business Development – Strategy (Broadsign)
Tameka Kee, Advertising Futurist
Liz Wilson, Global Chief Integration Officer (Landor)
Sachini Imbuldeniya, CEO (House of Oddities)
Pearl Tam, Senior Vice President, Content & Community (Brand Innovators)
Charlie Collier, CEO (Roku)
Kate Rush Sheehy, Chief Strategy Officer (GSD&M)
Shannon Hoyer, Senior Director of Media Execution (DICK'S Sporting Goods | DICK'S Media)
Stephanie Paturzo, Head of Commercial Marketing (Instacart)
Darius Meadon, Chief Marketing Officer (Mirakl)
Dustin Callif, President (Tool)
Joel Simon, Founder (JSM Music)
Chandreyi Saha Davis, Vice President of Brand Marketing and Product Marketing (Yahoo)
Patrick Callinan, Director Mobile Monetization (T-Mobile Advertising Solutions)
Tal Jacobson, Chief Executive Officer (Perion)
Jessica Henrichs, Chief Executive Officer (Colle McVoy)
Carmen Graf, Global Vice President, Marketing (Indeed)
Matthew Drengler, Head of Partnerships (Podscribe)
Chris Winburn, Executive Vice President, Head of US Sales (Innovid by Mediaocean)
Carmen Gonzalez-Meister, General Manager of Food (Fetch)
Matt Krepsik, Chief Executive Officer (MediaRadar)
Brandon Rochon, Chief Creative Officer (Notorious111)
Ruth Cartwright, UK Managing Director (Active International UK)
Laura Swinton Gupta, Editor in Chief (Little Black Book)
Brittney Rigby, Managing Editor AUNZ (Little Black Book)
Jennifer Carey, Director of Media and Effectiveness (Channel 4)
Cliona Hayes, Senior Director of Brand Marketing (Indeed)
Danielle Kramer, SVP of Sales (GroundTruth)
Dawn Williamson, CRO (Comcast Advertising)
Aimee McKay, Client Partnerships Director and Europe Lead (Bauer Media)
Cameron Hendrix, Co-Founder (Magellan AI)
Ali Cox, Founder and CEO (Noble West)
Sergio Lopez, CEO (Omnicom Production)
Cindy Chen, Creator
Bill Imada, Chief Collaboration Officer and CEO (IW Group, Inc.)
Zhenya Tsenzharyk, Managing Editor, Editorial Strategy (Little Black Book)
Leo O'Connor, Executive Vice President, Digital and Streaming (Paramount Advertising)
Tracy Ann Lim, Managing Director, Global Chief Media Officer (JPMorganChase)
Amy McDevitt, Head of Live Sports Brand Partnerships (Amazon Ads)
Joe Park, Vice President, Creative Experiences and AI Solutions (Amazon Ads)
Ian Dallimore, Vice President Digital Growth & GM of Programmatic (Lamar Advertising Company)
John Zissimos, Chief Creative & Digital Officer (Salesforce)
Beau Avril, SVP, Partnerships (Beast Industries)
Gabriel Dewitt, Head of Consumer Monetization (Yahoo)
Jeremy Helfand, Vice President, Head of Prime Video Advertising (Amazon)
Thomas Hongtack Kim, Chief Creative Officer (PAULUS)
Bruno Danto, Publisher and Editorial Director (Esquire)
Alistair Thompson, Executive Creative Director (Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann / DMB.)
Tarek Miknas, CEO (FP7McCann MENAT)
Azhar Siddiqui, CEO (Mediaplus Middle East)
Suzanne Vranica, Advertising Editor (Wall Street Journal)
Jake Dubbins, Chair (Conscious Advertising Network)
Sanrego Rowa, Jr. Art Director (Dentsu)
Ann Marie Kerwin, Americas Editor (WARC)
Alexis Bronstorph, Chief Creative Officer (No Fixed Address)
Preeti Srivastav, Group Head of Sustainability (Asahi Group Holdings)
Polly McMorrow, Founder & CEO (Ace of Hearts)
Oliver Feldwick, Chief Innovation Officer (The&Partnership)
Laura Ranzato, Executive Director (Clean Creatives)
Johnny Hornby, Chairman & CEO (T&P)
Brent Smart, Former CMO (Telstra Australia)
Hannah Johnson, Head of Creative Strategy DACH (Snap Inc.)
Katrina Stirton Dodd, Trends Editor (Contagious)
Susan Credle, Former Chair & Global Chief Creative Officer (FCB)
Adam Ferrier, Founder, Consumer Psychologist (Thinkerbell)
Chelsea Carson, Head of Innovation (T&P)
Agathe Bousquet, President (Publicis Groupe France)