Maurice Riley, chief data officer, Digitas, Australia and New Zealand, has been appointed a jury president for the 2020 a Cannes Lions.
He will head the judging of the Creative Data Lions section.
Riley, during his career, has delivered data-fuelled creative for P&G, BMW, Campbell’s Arnott’s, Virgin Australia, Samsung, and Tourism Australia.
His award wins include numerous Lions and he previously served on the Cannes Lions Creative Data Jury.
The jury presidents, chosen from among the world’s industry leaders, lead the juries at the Festival of Creativity June 22-26, 2020.
“We’re delighted to present such an impressive global line-up of experts from all over the world," says Simon Cook, managing director, Cannes Lion.
"The Cannes Lions jury presidents represent the many facets of the creative global industry and will play a fundamental role in defining the creative benchmark on the global stage in 2020. As the uses of creativity expand and diversify, so does the work and so do our expert juries."
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