The jury has been announced for the Direct Lions awards being held during the annual Cannes advertising festival in France in June.

Philip Thomas, CEO of Cannes Lions, said: "We are seeing more and more delegates arriving at the beginning of the Cannes Week when the Direct, PR and Promo & Activation Lions are awarded, and for a very good reason. Among these sections you can find the future of communications, with work spanning all media, embracing digital, and offering clients really innovative thinking. We look forward to working with these jury members as they undertake the challenging task of sorting through thousands of entries and awarding the Lions." 

DIRECT LIONS JURY:

• Spain, Pablo Alzugaray, chief executive officer, Shackleton – jury president 
• Argentina, Esteban Lorenzut, executive creative director, CP Proximity Argentina 
• Australia, David Nobay, creative chairman, Droga5 Australia 
• Austria, Thomas Tatzl, creative director, PKP BBDO 
• Belgium, Geoffrey Hantson, creative director and managing partner, Duval Guillaume, Antwerp 
• Brazil, Marisa Furtado, vice-president and creative director, Fábrica Comunicação Dirigida 
• Canada, Brenda McNeilly, vice-president and creative director, FUSE Marketing Group 
• China, Wu Youyin, chief director, IdeaXIS International Communications 
• Denmark, Sonja Lund, creative director, RelationshusetGekko 
• France, Jérôme Droulez, creative director, Tequila 
• Germany, Hartmut Kozok, managing director, Tribal DDB 
• Germany, Stefan Wübbe, creative director, Kolle Rebbe
• Hong Kong, Shayne Pooley, executive creative director, OgilvyOne Worldwide Hong Kong 
• India, Ramesh Iyengar, chairman and managing director, Select Direct Marketing Commns 
• Israel, Kobi Barki, executive creative director and partner, Shimoni Finkelstein Draftfcb 
• Italy, Sergio Müller, creative director, Rapp 
• Japan, Kyoko Someya, creative director, Hakuhodo 
• Malaysia, Adrian Miller, executive creative director, Saatchi & Saatchi 
• New Zealand, Vaughn Davis, creative director, Y&R 
• Norway, Karin Lund, art director, TRY Advertising Agency 
• Portugal, Jorge Castanheira, managing director, Wunderman Portugal 
• Singapore, Erik Ingvoldstad, regional creative director Asia Pacific, MRM Worlwide 
• South Africa, Conn Bertish, executive creative director, JWT Cape Town 
• Sweden, Lotta Mårlind, creative director, Garbergs Advertising Agency 
• Switzerland, Peter Broennimann, creative director, Spillmann/Felser/Leo Burnett 
• The Netherlands, Peter van Leeuwen, creative business partner, van Wanten Etcetera 
• UK, John Townshend, creative partner, Rapier 
• UK, Charlie Wilson, creative director, OgilvyOne London 
• USA, Augé Reichenberg, executive vice-president and group creative director, Draftfcb Group 
• USA, Scott Lewis, executive creative director, JWT 

Judging will take place in Cannes during the festival week, with the winners of the Direct, PR and Promo & Activation categories being announced at the evening awards ceremony on Monday June 21. 

Entries for the 57th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival (20-26 June 2010) can be submitted online here.