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Indian agencies win 7 metals on day 3 of Cannes Lions 2019
MUMBAI: The third day at Cannes Lions 2019 turned out to be even better than the previous two for the Indian contingent as it packed home four silver and three bronze metals. The big wins came for Dentsu Webchutney, which won one silver and two bronze lions, Mindshare, which one silver and one bronze lions, and Lowe Lintas and Leo Burnett collecting one silver lion each.
Dentsu Webchutney won the silver lion for its Swiggy's 'Voice of Hunger' challenge in the Direct Lions category. The same campaign got it one bronze lion in the social & influencer Lions category. The second bronze lion for Dentsu Webchutney came in the PR Lions category for its anti-piracy campaign for the film ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’.
India got another metal in the PR Lions category with Leo Burnett picking up a silver lion for its #STOPMITHANI campaign for HDFC Bank.
Mindshare’s ‘Infection Alert System’ campaign for Lifebuoy got it a silver metal in the media Lions category. The same campaign bagged Mindshare a bronze lion in the creative data Lions category.
Lowe Lintas Mumbai along with Mullen Lowe Singapore and Mullen Lowe SSP3 Bogota won a silver lion for 'Lifebuoy #HelpAChildReach5’ campaign.
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Publicis Brazil’s creative chief Mauro Ramalho lands the jury chair at Abby Awards 2026
Mauro Ramalho brings 25 years of global advertising firepower to the new creative commerce, use of data and B2B category at Goafest
GOA: The Abby Awards 2026, powered by The One Club and The One Show, has appointed Mauro Ramalho, chief creative officer of Publicis Brazil, as jury chair for its newly launched creative commerce, use of data and B2B category. The announcement, made on 18 March, signals the awards’ intent to bring serious international muscle to a category that sits squarely at the intersection of creativity and commercial performance.
Ramalho is not a name that needs much introduction in global advertising circles. Over 25 years spanning three countries, he has worked at some of the industry’s most creatively restless addresses. At AKQA in San Francisco, he worked across McDonald’s, Nike, Fox, Target, Kraft Foods and GAP, and helped lead “The Lost Ring” for McDonald’s, one of the first alternate reality campaigns and among the most awarded projects of its era. He later moved to Organic in Toronto, bridging the Detroit and Toronto offices on Dodge, Jeep and Chrysler, before spending over a decade building CUBOCC into one of Brazil’s most iconic and innovative independent agencies, which subsequently joined the IPG network.
A stint at FCB followed, where Ramalho led integrated work bridging online and offline, before he joined R/GA São Paulo as vice-president and executive creative director, stitching together the São Paulo office with New York, London, Portland and California on global clients including Verizon, Google, Meta, Samsung, American Express and Heineken. He now heads Publicis Brazil as its chief creative officer.
His trophy cabinet includes Clios, Effies, TikTok awards and MMA Smarties, and he has served on juries at the Andys, TikTok and the Lisbon Awards.
The Abby Awards 2026 is scheduled to take place at Goafest 2026 on 20, 21 and 22 May in Goa.
For Indian advertising, landing a jury chair of Ramalho’s calibre for a category built around data-driven creativity and commerce is a statement of ambition. Goafest just raised its own bar.
