Cannes Lions 2023 – storyboard18

Sustainability requires collaboration, not competition: Conny Braams of Unilever

Braams, whose career has taken her to Spain, Singapore, Africa and the Middle East, spoke to Raja Rajamannar, chief marketing and communications officer and president of healthcare business at Mastercard, on short-term growth, long-term resilience and sustainability at Cannes Lions this year.

Conny Braams, chief digital & commercial officer of Unilever, said marketers have a huge role to play in terms of sustainability.

If I wanted to lead like a woman earlier, now I want to do it like an Indian: Ogilvy’s Devika Bulchandani

Bulchandani talks about making sure that the creative reputation of Ogilvy is intact.(Image sourced from Forbes India)

The Indian-origin global CEO of Ogilvy believes winning, be it a client or at Cannes, fixes everything. She says the industry loves complication, but in the end, it is creative thinking that solves a business problem. She talked to Storyboard18’s Delshad Irani at Cannes Lions 2023.

WPP’s Rob Reilly on creativity, humour in advertising, future of AI and more

Reilly spoke very highly of India and how it has made progress in leaps and bounds in creativity and technology and marrying the two effortlessly.

Rob Reilly, global chief creative officer, WPP talks about his first experience of winning a Lion, being jury president, humour in advertising, AI, young creatives and more.

Simply Speaking: All about the Olympics of creativity

The Glass Lion recognises work that implicitly or explicitly addresses issues of gender inequality or prejudice, through the conscious representation of gender in advertising.

Attending Cannes Lions makes you think like a marketer, create like an entertainer, deploy like a tech platform, writes Shubhranshu Singh.

Ogilvy’s Devika Bulchandani & Liz Taylor on their relationship with each other, personal goals and more

Devika Bulchandani global CEO and Liz Taylor, global CCO at Ogilvy in conversation with Storyboard18's Delshad Irani.

Devika Bulchandani global CEO and Liz Taylor, global CCO at Ogilvy talk about their relationship with each other, client relationships, the burden of running a legacy ad agency and more.

AI engenders fear as well as wonder, says Martin Sorrell of S4 Capital

Storyboard18’s editor Delshad Irani talks to Sorrell about AI and its impact.

According to Martin Sorrell, AI’s impact can be witnessed in visualization and copywriting. Also, because of AI, media planning and buying has turned upside down, and there is hyper personalization at scale.

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AI isn’t a hype but a real revolution: Yannick Bolloré of Havas

Yannick Bolloré, Chairman and CEO, Havas commented, “I couldn’t be more excited about this transformative development for Havas. Aiming at supercharging our positive impact for our clients."

Yannick Bolloré, chairman and chief executive officer, Havas Group, talks to Storyboard18’s editor Delshad Irani at the Cannes Lions 2023, about the need for AI from a media maven’s perspective.

Craving for socialisation post Covid has spurred premium trend in spirits, says Diageo’s Cristina Diezhandino

Cristina Diezhandino, global CMO of Diageo. (Image sourced from Diageo website)

Cristina Diezhandino, global chief marketing officer, Diageo, talks to Storyboard18 at Cannes Lions, the epicentre of creativity.

Havas Group’s Yannick Ballore on the AI revolution and its impact on the A&M industry

Yannick Ballore, chairman - Vivendi and chairman and CEO - Havas Group along with Storyboard18's Delshad Irani

Yannick Ballore talks about the impact AI will have on advertising and marketing and if jobs in the industry are really under threat or not.