CANNES LIONS 2012: Press, Outdoor, Media and Direct Lions juries announced

Commenting on this year's appointments, Philip Thomas, CEO of Cannes Lions, says, "At the core of Cannes Lions is the work, which every year leaves thousands of international delegates inspired, enthused, and more knowledgeable. Our juries play a vital part in showcasing the best in creativity and communications on a global scale and we're looking forward to bringing these exceptionally talented people together in Cannes to do just this."

Leading these four juries will be: Lo Sheung Yan, JWT's Executive Creative Director, North East Asia and Chairman, China, Outdoor Lions Jury President; Tham Khai Meng, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy & Mather, Press Lions Jury President; Mainardo de Nardis, CEO of OMD Worldwide, Media Lions Jury President; and Gideon Amichay, former Chief Creative Officer and Joint Managing Partner of Shalmor Avnon Amichay / Y&R Interactive Tel Aviv, Israel, Direct Lions Jury President

Press Lions Jury

Pablo Alvarez Travieso, Executive Creative Director, JWT, Argentina

Manir Fadel, Creative Vice President, Lew'Lara\ TBWA, Brazil

Javier Mora, Executive Creative Director, Tribu DDB, Costa Rica

Stephan Vogel, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy & Mather, Germany

Duarte Pinheiro Melo, Creative Director, Draftfcb, Portugal

Grant Jacobsen, Executive Creative Director, DDB, South Africa

Thidarat Nitikijphaiboon, Creative Director, McCann Worldgroup, Thailand

Komal Bedi Sohal, Executive Creative Director, Lowe MENA, UAE

Jan Jacobs, Co-Founder, Johannes Leonardo, USA

Outdoor Lions Jury

Javier Campopiano, Regional General Creative Director, Draftfcb, Argentina

Wilson Mateos, Creative Director, DDB Brazil

Susan Westre, Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather, France

Vikram Gaikwad, Partner & Executive Creative Director, Creativeland Asia, India

Kentaro Ichiki, Creative Director, Hakuhodo, Japan

José Manuel Techera, Creative Vice President, JWT, Mexico

Rui Alves, Executive Creative Director, Y&R, South Africa

Merlee Jayme, Chairman, Chief Creative Officer, DDB DM9 Jayme Syfu, The Philippines

Paul Silburn, Creative Partner, Saatchi & Saatchi, UK

Mainardo de Nardis, Chief Executive Officer, OMD Worldwide, Global ' Jury President

Daniel Johns, National Chief Executive Officer, Ikon, Australia

Gino Baeck, Chief Executive Officer, Mindshare, Belgium

Sunni Boot, Chief Executive Officer, ZenithOptimedia, Canada

Thomas Wong, Chief Executive Officer, MPG Greater China

Bertrand Beaudichon, Vice President, Omnicom Media Group, France

Sudha Natrajan, Chief Executive Officer, Lintas Initiative Media, India

Isabelle Harvie-Watt Clavarino, Chief Executive Officer & Country Manager, Havas Media, Italy

Sung Woo, Global Media Director, Cheil Worldwide, Korea

Louise Bond, Chief Executive Officer, Spark PHD, New Zealand

Neil Hardwick, Chief Executive Officer, GroupM, Russia

Jaime López-Francos, Chief Executive Officer, Ymedia, Spain

Cosima Giannachi, Chief Executive Officer/Country Leader, Mindshare, Switzerland

Karen Blackett, Chief Executive Officer, MediaCom, UK

Lisa Donohue, Chief Executive Officer, Starcom, USA

Damian Winstanley, Managing Director, OMD International, Global

Direct Lions Jury

Francisco di Paola, Chief Operating Officer, di Paola, Argentina

Dieter Pivrnec, Executive Creative Director, Lowe GGK, Austria

Carlos Domingos, Chief Creative Officer, Age Isobar, Brazil

Kelly Zettel, Group Creative Director, Leo Burnett, Canada

Christoph Everke, Executive Creative Director, Serviceplan, Germany

Manish Bhatt, Founding Director, Scarecrow Communications, India

Minoru Yashima, Senior Planning Director, ADK, Japan

André Rabanea, Chief Creative Officer, Torke, Portugal

Thomas Yang, Creative Director, DDB, Singapore

Susana Pérez Bermejo, Creative Director, Orbital Proximity, Spain

Karin Lang, Managing Director, Head of Dialogue, Publicis Communications, Switzerland

Caitlin Ryan, Executive Creative Director, Proximity London, UK

Tim Geoghegan, Executive Creative Director, Timmovations, USA

The entry deadline has been extended until 6 April 2012.