Kitty Lun, Merlee Jayme, Ali Rez + Tista Sen to represent Asia on this year’s Cannes Glass: The Lions for Change jury

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced the jury members to sit on the Glass: The Lions for Change panel.

Four of the 10 person jury, lead by Jaime Robinson, Chief Creative Officer at Joan Creative USA, are from Asia. Representing Asia are: Kitty Lun (Facebook Creative Shop, Greater China – pictured above left), Merlee Jayme (Dentsu Jayme Syfu, Philippines – pictured above right), Ali Rez (Impact BBDO, Middle East and Pakistan – pictured below left) and Tista Sen (Wunderman Thompson India & Sri Lanka – pictured below right).

The Glass: The Lion for Change category celebrates culture-shifting creativity and entries will need to demonstrate ideas intended to change the world; that is, work which sets out to positively impact ingrained gender inequality, imbalance or injustice.

The full jury is listed below:

Jury President – Jaime Robinson, Chief Creative Officer, Joan Creative, USA
Ali Rez, Regional Executive Creative Director – Middle East and Pakistan, Impact BBDO, Middle East and Pakistan
Geoff Edwards, Chief Creative Officer, Saturday Morning, USA
Kitty Lun, Director, Head of Creative Shop, Greater China, Facebook, Hong Kong
Lisa Sherman, President & CEO, The Advertising Council, USA
Martina Poulopati, Essity Feminine Care: Global Brand Communications Manager, Essity, Germany
Merlee Jayme, CCO and Chairmom, Dentsu Jayme SYFU, The Philippines
Smita Reddy, Executive Vice President, Global Client Relationship Manager, Edelman, Global
Tista Sen, Regional Creative Director, Wunderman Thompson, India & Sri Lanka
Todd Hunter, Co-Chief Creative Officer, Observatory, USA