Eurobest reveals 2024 Jury line-up

Jury line-up sees the highest representation from Central Eastern Europe and representation from Iceland for the first time

Netflix sits on Jury for the first time

Eurobest, celebrating Europe’s most groundbreaking creativity, has today revealed the line-up of experts selected to award the region’s very best creative and effective work for 2024. Juries will convene in London later this November to participate in live judging.

Alongside revealing the inaugural Creative B2B Jury line-up, led by Sarah Higgins, Managing Director PR and EMEA & APAC Marketing, State Street Global Advisors, Eurobest welcomes the first representative from Iceland this year, Thorleifur Gunnar Gíslason, Design Director, Brandenburg Creative Agency, Reykjavík, Iceland. Gíslason’s work mainly specialises in branding, but he has received many accolades in both the graphic and product design space. Most recently, his team at Brandenburg was awarded Iceland’s first-ever Lion at Cannes Lions 2024. Commenting on his appointment, Gíslason said: “Coming from a small island with a tiny population in the middle of the Atlantic, isolation is something we strive to keep at bay. Inclusion is important. Perspectives are important. Building bridges is important. Fortunately for us, design is a global field, one that inherently fosters collaboration and the exchange of new ideas and fresh perspectives across borders.

“It is a great honour to represent Iceland on the Eurobest Jury for the first time in its history. At Brandenburg, we are committed to placing creativity and bold ideas at the forefront of everything we do, and this opportunity allows me to bring my insights to the broader industry conversation. Serving on the Jury provides a valuable opportunity for me to both contribute and learn a great deal throughout the experience. I look forward to celebrating work that inspires and sets new benchmarks in this ever-evolving field.”

This year also sees the highest representation of creatives from Central Eastern Europe, with 11 Jurors representing markets Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine. Brands and platforms represented this year include Google, Mars Petcare, Netflix, Samsung Electronics, StarNews Mobile, TikTok and TV 2 Denmark.

The Eurobest 2024 Juries have been named as:

Audio & Radio, Film, Print & Publishing: Nicky Bullard, Group Chief Creative Officer, MullenLowe, UK Can Faga, Founder, aRthuR Istanbul, Turkey Gabriele Caeti, Executive Creative Director, DDB Group, Italy Gabrielle Attia, Global Creative Director, Marcel, Global Jeannette Bohné, Managing Director, Serviceplan Berlin, Germany Klaartje Galle, Chief Creative Officer, VML, Belgium Lourenço Thomaz, Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Creative Portugal, Iberia Sean Carnegie, Managing Director, Radioville, UK

Brand Experience & Activation, Creative Commerce: Debbie Ellison, Chief Commerce Officer, VML, UK Alfonso Fernández, Chief Marketing Officer and Head of D2C, Samsung Electronics, Iberia Dagmara Witek-Kuśmider, Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Worldwide, Poland François Phan, Associate Director - Brand Experience and Product Innovation, Accenture Song, France Irene Kugelmann, Chief Creative Officer, DDB Germany Group of Companies, Germany Martin Svetlík, Executive Creative Director, McCann, Czech Republic Marula Vaz, Experiential Creative Director, Monks, Global Zoé de Priester, Creative Copywriter, mortierbrigade, Belgium

Creative B2B: Sarah Higgins, Managing Director PR and EMEA & APAC Marketing, State Street Global Advisors Alex Webb, Chief Creative Officer, Stein IAS, UK Benedict Buckland, Managing Director and Chief Strategy Officer, alan., UK Gabriela Lungu, Chief Creative Officer, LeSHOP, Europe Jean-Charles Caboche, Vice President, BETC and President, BETC Corporate, France Jose Sancho, Creative Director, DAVID, Spain Karin Robinson, Senior Director of Strategy, Edelman, UK Ute van Seggelen, Head of Communications B2B Marketing DACH, Google, Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Creative Business Transformation: Ete Davies, EVP, Dentsu Creative, EMEA Andrii Fedoriv, Founder and CEO, Fedoriv Marketing and Innovations, Ukraine Conrad Persons, President, Grey London, UK Irene Haven - de Vos, Managing Director, Hearts & Science (OMG), the Netherlands Isabelle Schnellbuegel, Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer, Accenture Song, Germany, Austria, Switzerland Marcelo Vergara, Worldwide Creative Director, Publicis Conseil, Global Nanna Gjerstrup, Creative Director, PONG, Denmark

Creative Data, Innovation: Kika Douglas Castroviejo, Chief Creative Officer, 180 Global, the Netherlands Annie Gallimore, Managing Director, Deloitte Digital, UK Lauren Ogúndèkó, Chief Transformation Officer, EMEA, KINESSO, EMEA Lorenz Langgartner, Global Executive Creative Director, Serviceplan Group, Germany Marcin Sosiński, Chief Creative Officer Poland & CEE, Dentsu Creative, CEE Niki Giannakou, Head of Innovation & Technology, VML, Greece

Creative Effectiveness, Creative Strategy: Jo Arden, Chief Strategy Officer, Ogilvy, UK Béla Ziemann, Chief Strategy Officer, LePub, Global Emmanuel Anjembe, Head of Strategy, Monks, France Gabriella Dishotsky, Group Brand Strategy Director, Forsman & Bodenfors, Sweden Karen Corrigan, CEO and Strategic Director, Happiness Anywhere, Belgium Viktoria Williams, Head of Global Marketing Strategy and Capability, British Airways, Global

Design, Industry Craft: Dennis May, Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Groupe DACH, Germany, Austria and Switzerland Covadonga Díaz, Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Creative, Spain Jelena Fiškuš, Creative Director, Studio Sonda, Croatia Maud Mulder, Creative Director, BETC, France Oskar Lübeck, Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Bold, Sweden Thorleifur Gunnar Gíslason, Design Director, Brandenburg, Iceland Viv Greywoode, Head of Design, Stink Studios, UK

Digital Craft, Social & Influencer: Alejandro Di Trolio, European Creative Chairman, Cheil, Europe Amélie Ebongué, Founder, Gamma & Gemini, Global Anna Nowak, Creative Technology Director, Saatchi & Saatchi, Poland Enoma Edevbaro, Head of SEK Social, SEK, Finland Jonathan Deeb, Chief Creative Officer, BBDO, Germany Peter Power, Creative Director, Anorak NoA, Norway Tom Skinner, Executive Creative Director, TikTok, Europe, The Nordics and Israel

Direct, Outdoor: Catalin Dobre, Chief Creative Officer and co-CEO McCann Worldgroup Romania, Regional Creative Director McCann CEE, McCann, CEE Alex Strimbeanu, Creative Director, JANDL, Slovakia Chaga Signe Bruun, Creative Director, TV 2 Creative / TV 2, Denmark Dominique Magnusson, Creative Director, Jung von Matt, Switzerland Josephine Ankarstrand, Creative Director, NORD DDB, Sweden Lavinia Francia, Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy, Italy Stéphane Gaubert, Chief Creative Officer, Havas Paris, France Uche Ezugwu, Creative Director, BBH, UK

Entertainment: Hermeti Balarin, Chief Creative Officer, Wieden + Kennedy, UK Cece Wyldeck, EMEA Director of Creative Development, MassiveMusic, EMEA Eric Schoeffler, Chief Creative Officer, Germany and Executive Creative Director, Europe, Havas, Europe Françoise Nottrelet, Global Head of Content Partnerships and Licensing, StarNews Mobile and Head of Business and Content, House of Podcasts, Global James Whatley, Strategy Consultant, Global Ludovica Federighi, Head of FUSE - Head of Content and Entertainment, Omnicom Media Group, Italy Luis Paulo Gatti, Executive Creative Director and Head of Entertainment, White Rabbit Budapest, Europe

Film Craft: Christopher Thiery, CEO, Prodigious, France Andrea Roman-Perse, Founder and Managing Director, Zauberberg Productions, Germany John Ford, Head of Creative, Netflix, EMEA Karim Bartoletti, Partner, Managing Director and Executive Producer, Indiana Production, Italy Laura Serra Estorch, Executive Producer, CANADA, Spain Naghmeh Pour, Director, new—land, Denmark Nikki Chapman, Production Partner, FCB London, UK

Healthcare: Rebecca Rhodes, Director, Public Affairs, Abbott, UK Alex Okada, Chief Creative Officer, Havas Lynx, UK Luc Wise, CEO and Founder, The Good Company, France Nadine Müller, Creative Director, IPG Health, Germany Najoh Tita-Reid, Chief Brand & Experience Officer, Mars Petcare, Global Rodrigo Vicente, Chief Creative Officer, VML Health, Spain Sonia Cosentino, Executive Creative Director, Publicis Health, Italy

Media: Matthias Brüll, Global CEO Mediaplus Group | Executive Board Member Serviceplan Group, Mediaplus Group and Serviceplan Group, Global Adam Hiscock, EMEA Chief Operating Officer, EssenceMediacom, EMEA Nataliya Morozova, Managing Partner, Havas Village, Ukraine Sandra Alvarez, Board Director, Core and Managing Director, Spark Foundry, Ireland Stian Jansen, Managing Director, Dentsu Norway Thomas Jamet, CEO, IPG Mediabrands and UM Paris, France Tobi Asare, Managing Partner, Head of Growth, OMD, UK

PR: Rachael Sansom, CEO, Havas Red, Europe and UK Christian Anhut, Chief Creative Officer, Edelman, Germany Fredrik Junge, Creative Director, Burson, France Kamiqua Lake, CEO, Coldr, UK Lina Franzon, Creative Director, ABBY.WORLD, Sweden Maksim Boritko, Creative Director, Banda, Ukraine Saskia Wallner, CEO, Ketchum, Austria

About the Jury, Simon Cook, CEO, LIONS, said: “We are delighted to announce such an exceptional line-up of talent and experts who bring so much commitment and expertise to the important task at hand. Our Jurors play a vital role in setting the creative benchmark for Europe and we are delighted to see representation from a broad range of agencies, brands and companies – including many for the first time – allowing a diverse range of voices in the Jury rooms. We wish them luck and look forward to seeing the body of work that will emerge following their discussions.”

Entries into Eurobest are being accepted until Thursday 17 October 2024 and registration into the Eurobest Young Creatives Competition is open until Monday 18 November 2024. Further information on the Awards can be found at www.eurobest.com.