The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced the jury line-up for the 2026 Dan Wieden Titanium Lions and introduced its inaugural Creative Brand Lions Jury, bringing together leading figures from across the global creative and marketing industries.
The festival, scheduled to take place from 22 to 26 June 2026 in Cannes, France, will feature a new award category recognising brands that consistently deliver world-class creative marketing through strong systems, culture and capability.
The newly launched Creative Brand Lion will honour organisations that embed creativity into their operations and translate it into sustained business impact. The jury will be chaired by Marcel Marcondes, Global Chief Marketing Officer at AB InBev, alongside senior brand and creative leaders from some of the world’s most prominent companies. The panel reflects a blend of chief marketing officers and creative executives shaping how creativity drives growth at scale.
Meanwhile, the Dan Wieden Titanium Lions, which celebrate groundbreaking and transformative creativity, will be led by Chaka Sobhani, Global Chief Creative Officer at TBWA Worldwide. The jury includes some of the industry’s most decorated creative leaders, including former Cannes Lions Jury Presidents and innovators behind influential campaigns of the past decade. In a first for the category, Lebanon will be represented on the Titanium jury.
Commenting on the announcement, Simon Cook, CEO of LIONS, said: “The calibre of this year’s Juries reflects the true architects of modern creativity – leaders who are actively shaping the direction of our industry. The introduction of the Creative Brand Lion, alongside the Dan Wieden Titanium Lions Jury, made up of some of the industry’s most experienced leaders, reflects the future-facing view of creativity – one that’s driven by the cultures and conditions that make world-class work inevitable. As the late and great Dan Wieden said, it's only when these conditions are in place that ‘the work stops the industry in its tracks and makes us reconsider the way forward’.”
Members of the Creative Brand Lions Jury include Marcel Marcondes, Agathe Bousquet, Islam Eldessouky, Jean Lin, Julia Goldin, Nunu Ntshingila, Richard Brim, Rose Herceg, Sean Summers and Susan Credle.
The Dan Wieden Titanium Lions Jury features Chaka Sobhani, Andrea Diquez, Cindy Gallop, Esi Bracey, Gaëtan Du Peloux, Jimmy Smith, Naoki Tanaka, Nayla Tueni, Pancho Cassis and Tseliso Rangaka.
The Luxury Jury is expected to be announced at a later date as preparations continue for the 73rd edition of the festival.
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