Advertising Agency at Cannes Lions 2026
Speakers, executives and attendees working in Advertising Agency at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2026.
- Xavier Rees, Group CEO (AMV BBDO)
- Cindy Rose, Chief Executive Officer (WPP)
- Noel Bunting, Chief Creative Officer (Publicis London)
- Beth Ann Kaminkow, Chief Executive Officer, Americas & Chief Global Client Officer (dentsu)
- Glenn Cole, Founder and Chairman (72andSunny)
- Tobi Asare, Partner (AAR)
- Joanna Lawrence, Global Chief Strategy Officer (Havas)
- Jessica Tamsedge, CEO (Dentsu Creative UK)
- Andrea Hopelain, General Manager and Senior Vice President, Global Marketing (Seedtag)
- Karin Zimmermann, Global Vice-President, Business Transformation (Dentsu)
- Hen Innis, Co-Founder and Global Chief Executive Officer (Mutinex)
- Holly Dunn, Managing Partner, Head of Investment and Activation (Havas Media Network, North America)
- Jarrod Martin, Chief Executive Officer, Acxiom and Chief Transformation Officer, Omnicom Media (Acxiom)
- Jeff Benjamin, Global Chief Creative Officer (TBWA)
- Ashley Knight, Global Head of Strategy (Dentsu Lab)
- John McKelvey, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer (Barbarian)
- Jonathan Mildenhall, Chief Marketing Officer (Snack)
- Mohamed Sehly, CEO (BigTime Creative Shop)
- Maisie McCabe, UK Editor (Campaign)
- Kern Schireson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Goodby Silverstein & Partners)
- Jason Foo, Founder and CEO (DDB Perfect Storm)
- Anselmo Ramos, Co-Founder and Creative Chairman (Republica)
- Steve Babaeko, CEO / Chief Creative Officer (X3M Ideas)
- Mohammed Al Ayed, Chief Executive Officer (TRACCS) & Vice Chairman (TRACCS / Athar, Saudi Festival of Creativity)
- Laura Petruccelli, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer (Deutsch)
- Tati Lindenberg, CMO (Unilever Home Care)
- Brian Gleason, Chief Executive Officer (Seedtag)
- Philip Inghelbrecht, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer (Tatari)
- Nic Taylor, Senior Vice President & Head of Our LEGO Agency (The LEGO Group)
- Mike Follett, CEO (Lumen Research)
- Julian Douglas, Group CEO (VCCP)
- Ben Williams, Global Chief Creative Officer (DEPT)
- David Bell, Board Director (Dstillery)
- Justine Armour, Chief Creative Officer, International (72andSunny)
- Lisa Rosenberg, Global President, Consumer Brands (Allison Worldwide)
- Christena Pyle, Chief Client Experience Officer (Dentsu North America)
- Rafael Gil, Chief Creative Officer (Artplan)
- Stevie Archer, CCO (M+C Saatchi North America)
- Talia Bender Small, President (The Female Quotient)
- Tom Stein (Stein)
- Verena Gründel, Host and Director Brand & Comms (DMEXCO)
- Yulia Kalner, Head of Media & Creative (Kantar)
- Kerel Cooper, CMO (Marketcast)
- Heather Conneely, Senior Vice President of Agency Partnerships (TelevisaUnivision)
- Alissa Hansen, North America CEO (Omnicom Production)
- Chaka Sobhani, Global Chief Creative Officer (TBWA\Worldwide)
- Clare Hutchinson, Chief Strategy Officer (VCCP)
- Darre van Dijk, Chief Creative Officer (TBWA)
- Paloma Azulay, Vice President, Global Brand Marketing (McDonald's)
- David Leclabart, Président AUSTRALIEGAD et Co-Président (Association des Agences Conseil et Création)
- Fernando Machado, Brand Advisor (formerly Burger King, Activision) (Chipotle)
- KMac MacGregor, Chief Commercial Officer (Smartly)
- Lynsey Atkin, Founder & Partner (Baby Teeth)
- Mark Penn, Founder (Stagwell)
- Giuliana Coli, Vice President, Global Strategic Partnerships (WPP)
- Pats McDonald, Global Chief Strategy Officer (Dentsu Creative)
- Lindsay Franke, President & Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Ipsos North America)
- Tiffany Rolfe, Global Creative Lead (R/GA)
- Andrea Siqueira, Chief Operating Officer (Ampfy)
- Spencer Mandell, Global VP, Creative (Smartly)
- Kristine Kobe, Executive Vice President, Global Client Lead (Monks)
- Tejali Shete, Founder & CCO (Roll Dot Agency)
- Tracy-Ann Lim, Chief Media Officer (JPMorganChase)
- Aaron Starkman, Global Chief Creative Officer (Rethink)
- Allison Cirullo, Global Chair Consumer and Brand (Burson Group)
- Anja Spielmann, Global VP Brand Strategy and Growth (Royal Canin)
- Anupriya Acharya, CEO, South Asia (Publicis Groupe)
- Bertille Toledano, CEO, BETC and Havas Creative Middle East; President, Havas Creative Network (Havas)
- Chris Powell, Co-Editor (Campaign Canada)
- E.J. Schultz, News Editor (Ad Age)
- Gideon Spanier, Editor-in-Chief (Campaign UK)
- Greg Quinton, Chief Creative Officer (Design Bridge and Partners)
- Jessica Apellaniz, Chief Creative Officer (Wieden+Kennedy Mexico)
- Jim Peck, Chief Executive Officer (NIQ)
- Kainaz Karmakar, Chief Creative Officer (Ogilvy)
- Lindsay Borchik, Associate Vice President, Advertiser Solutions (PubMatic)
- Matt Murphy, Global Chief Creative Officer (72andSunny)
- Mihnea Gheorghiu, Global Chief Creative Officer (LePub)
- Rafael Pitanguy, Deputy Global Chief Creative Officer (VML)
- Phil Camarota, Chief Creative Officer (Flywheel)
- Paul Woolmington, Chief Executive Officer (Canvas Worldwide)
- Jay Wardle, President & General Manager, Corporate (Sojern)
- Sarah Collinson, Chief Executive Officer (HAVAS New York)
- Christophe Poirier, Global Chief Concept Officer (KFC)
- Helen Andrews, Chief Executive Officer (Johannes Leonardo)
- Thom Glover, CEO (American Haiku)
- Nadja Bellan-White, CEO (M+C Saatchi NA)
- Simon Sikorski, President (MurphyCobb)
- Carl Addy, Co-Executive Creative Director (Mayda)
- Floriane Tripolino, CEO (WPP Open X)
- Justin Thomas-Copeland, CEO (4A's)
- Tommaso Mangiarotti, Client Manager / EACA Young Board Co-Chair (Dentsu Creative)
- Rhonda Hiatt, CEO (M+C Saatchi Consulting)
- Steve Parkinson, Brand and Marketing Director (Allwyn UK)
- Luis Madruga Enriquez, CCO (VML Mexico)
- Pete Khoury, CCO, Asia (Omnicom Advertising)
- Alex Reeves, Managing Editor, EMEA (Little Black Book)
- Taide Guajardo, Chief Brand Officer (P&G)
- Tass Tsistsopolous, Global Executive Strategy Director (Wieden + Kennedy)
- Franki Goodwin, Chief Creative Officer (Saatchi & Saatchi)
- Jessica Myers, Managing Director, EMEA (MurphyCobb)
- Laurent Ezekiel, Global CEO (The Ogilvy Group)
- Jackie Stevenson, Chief Global Strategy and Innovation Officer (M+C Saatchi Group)
- Laura Davis, Chief Client Officer (Publicis Production)
- Melissa Tifrere, Chief Production Officer (Havas Creative)
- Megan Lally, CEO (Highdive)
- Amy Williams, Founder and CEO (Good-Loop)
- Chloe Pastore, President, Strategic Alliances & Partnerships (Publicis Sports)
- Kelsey Kearns, Sr Director, Revenue (DV)
- Dheeraj Sinha, Group CEO – India and South Asia (FCB)
- Lynn Branigan, President & CEO (She Runs It)
- Matt Bush, Chief Revenue Officer (Smartly)
- Monique Nelson, Executive Chair / Glass: The Lion for Change Jury President (UWG)
- Nick Pringle, EMEA Creative Lead (R/GA)
- Rich Silverstein, Co-Founder (Goodby Silverstein & Partners)
- Richard Brim, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer (Ace of Hearts)
- Ryan Joe, Editor-in-Chief (Adweek)
- Andrés Ordóñez, Global Chief Creative Officer (McCann)
- Bridget Beatty, Senior Sales Director/Team Lead (Wunderkind Ads)
- Dana Tahir, CEO, Middle East and Egypt (HAVAS Red)
- Joaquín Cubría, Chief Creative Officer (GUT)
- Kazuhiro Shimura, Executive Creative Director (Dentsu Inc.)
- Oriel Davis-Lyons, Chief Creative Officer (Mother New York)
- Sarah Lemarié, Chief Strategy Officer (Publicis France)
- Sindhuja Rai, Chief Client Officer, APMEA (WPP Media)
- Kieran Darwin, Head of Yahoo Ads UK (Yahoo)
- Brandon Gutman, Co-Founder & Co-CEO (Brand Innovators)
- Simon Carr, Chief Strategy Officer (Hearts & Science)
- Manuel Borde, CCO (VML Commerce)
- Tomás Ostiglia, ECD (LOLA Madrid)
- Bobi Carley, Director (ISBA)
- Nils Leonard, Founder (Uncommon)
- Nicole Rowett, Managing Director, New York (Mother)
- Ana Balarin, CCO (Wieden+Kennedy London)
- Micah Walker, Founder & CCO (Bear Meets Eagle on Fire)
- Alex Schill, Global CCO (Serviceplan Group)
- Jeanine Poggi, Editor-in-Chief (Ad Age)
- Claire Hollands, UK CEO (Saatchi & Saatchi)
- Ali Hanan, Founder/Executive Director (Creative Equals)
- Helen James, CEO (The Gate (MSQ))
- Karen Martin, CEO (BBH London)
- Katie Street, Founder (Street Agency)
- Arun Sudhaman, CEO (ICCO)
- Joe DeMiero, Chief Client and Business Officer (Havas Creative Network)
- Jasmine Enberg, Co-Founder & Co-Chief Executive Officer (Scalable)
- Nyma Quidwai, Vice President, Client Services & Inventory Partnerships (VIZIO)
- Corey Rados, Head of Global Creative Strategy (Uber Advertising)
- Emily Seal, Executive Director, Clio Health (The Clios)
- Jessica Shapiro, Chief Marketing Officer (LiveRamp)
- Peggy McCann, Chief Media Officer (GSD&M)
- Anthony Romano, CEO (Laughlin Constable)
- Luis Miguel Messianu, Founder-President-Chief Creative Officer (Messianu/Edelman/Lerma)
- Tom Ghiden, Managing Director (adam&eveTBWA)
- Celine Saturnino, CEO (Mediaplus UK)
- Marc Sternberg, Co-Founder & Co-CEO (Brand Innovators)
- Maria D'Amato, Executive Creative Director (GSD&M)
- Rick Song, Chief Executive Officer (RAD Amplify)
- Bruno Brux, Chief Creative Officer (GUT São Paulo)
- Peter Giorgi, SVP Brand Marketing, Partnerships & Creative Excellence (Rocket)
- Chris Charles, Executive Creative Director (21GRAMS, a Part of Real Chemistry)
- Damon Stapleton, Chief Creative Officer (Droga5 ANZ, Part of Accenture Song)
- Dashni Vilakazi, Managing Director (The MediaShop)
- Neo Makhele, Chief Strategy Officer (Ogilvy South Africa)
- Farah El Feghali, Executive Creative Director (McCann Paris)
- Lorenz Langgartner, Global Executive Creative Director (Serviceplan Group)
- James Womersley, Director (LIONS Advisory)
- JD Jurentkuff, Chief Creative Officer (Lola USA)
- Jenna Cummings, Chief Media Officer & Co-Founder (Rival)
- Joseph Bonnici, Chief Creative Officer and Owner (Tadiem)
- Josy Paul, Chairperson & Chief Creative Officer (BBDO India)
- Neo Mashigo, Group Chief Creative Officer (The Up&Up Group)
- Karina Wilsher, Partner, Global CEO (Anomaly)
- Kathryn Jacob OBE, Author, SAWA President, and Pearl & Dean CEO (SAWA)
- Katie Briefel, Founder, Strategist, Writer, Host (Let's Reset)
- Julia Holtback Yeter, Creative (Forsman & Bodenfors)
- Kawal Shoor, Founding Partner (The Womb)
- Kyungsin Kim, CEO and Executive Creative Director (Paulus)
- Lili Jiang, Executive Creative Director (Cheil Hong Kong)
- Lolly Thompson, Joint Global Chief Creative Officer (M+C Saatchi Group)
- Loren Cook, Executive Creative Director (Publicis London)
- Maggie Malek, CEO (Crispin)
- Majo Lopez, Copywriter (GUT Mexico City)
- Manir Fadel, President & Chief Creative Officer (Grey Brazil)
- Mark Elwood, Chief Creative Officer (Leo UK)
- Jiro Murayama, Creative Producer (DENTSU INC.)
- Mo Chen, Executive Creative Director (TBWA\China)
- Nancy Reyes, Global President & CEO (BBDO Worldwide)
- Patrick Bennett, Global Chief Creative Officer (-)
- Phil Thomas, Chairman (Cannes Lions)
- Pierre Jouffray, Global Executive Creative Director (Wieden+Kennedy)
- Pooja Manek, Creative and Founding Member (Talented Agency)
- Prachi Narayan, Managing Partner (Havas Play)
- Ravid Kuperberg, Partner and Trainer (Mindscapes)
- Rei Inamoto, Founding Partner (I&CO)
- Navin Talreja, Founding Partner (The Womb)
- Rose Herceg, CEO Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (WPP)
- Ruxandra Papuc, Global Executive Creative Director and Partner (AIN'T)
- Saffaan Qadir, Creative Director (PAULUS)
- Sergio Franco Tosso, Chief Creative Officer (Fahrenheit DDB)
- Sonal Chhajerh, National Creative Director (Leo India)
- Stephan Schwarz, Executive Creative Director (LePub Singapore)
- Laura Simpson, Chief Intelligence Officer (Omnicom Advertising)
- Arthur Sadoun, CEO (Publicis Groupe)
- Mia Rafowitz, Creative Director (Droga5)
- Ayu Sasaki, Executive Creative Director (Dentsu Inc.)
- Melanie Speet, Director of Spikes Asia (Spikes Asia)
- Zuza Duchniewska Sobczak, Chief Creative Officer (TBWA\WARSAW)
- Xavier Serrano, CEO (TBWA\Colombia)
- Tracey Lee, Strategic Advisor (Creatives for Climate)
- Thomas Kolster, Marketing activist and author (GOODVERTISING)
- Sunil Bajaj, Lead Brand Analyst (Contagious)
- Rob Estreitinho, Founder (Salmon Labs, a strategy studio)
- Adrian Adaramoye, Group Lead, Global Accounts and Agencies (TikTok)
- Rafael Donato, Chief Creative Officer (Ogilvy Brasil)