Cannes Lions Festival has announced the first 16 jury presidents for the upcoming awards and Airbnb CMO Jonathan Mildenhall was quick to note that there were no "dark-skinned" jury presidents in the lineup at all.
Dear #jurypresidents @ #canneslions please join me in championing greater ethnic diversity on the juries. https://t.co/5CchU6DN80
— Jonathan Mildenhall (@Mildenhall) January 26, 2017
Of the 16 jury presidents, two are of Southeast Asian-Chinese descent (Ogilvy's Tham Khai Meng and Dentsu's Ted Lim) and six are women.
It is understood that Mildenhall himself has been named a jury president, but the category he will be judging has not been confirmed.
Campaign has asked the Cannes Lions team for comment and for the full breakdown of the remaining jury presidents. The team has responded but not been able to issue a statement as of press time.
#canneslions #jurypresidents please work to get dark-skin jurors on your juries. #changestartswithus. We need it now more than ever... https://t.co/9xOiywOUkP
— Jonathan Mildenhall (@Mildenhall) January 27, 2017
Here's looking forward to a #notsowhitecanneslions during this year's #CannesLions
— Jonathan Mildenhall (@Mildenhall) January 26, 2017
Absolutely @mandyfever no more so than ever we need organizations like #CannesLions to champion substantial diversity across ALL we do. https://t.co/YLER34vM9T
— Jonathan Mildenhall (@Mildenhall) January 26, 2017
Agree Chris. so grateful that @cindygallop & others have made a huge impact re women. Now the ethnic diversity agenda needs to pick up pace https://t.co/8aBGUB2CnJ
— Jonathan Mildenhall (@Mildenhall) January 27, 2017
