They join a panel of 29 other judges, headed by David Sable, vice chairman & chief operating officer at Wunderman.
Judging will take place in Cannes during the Festival week of 21-27 June 2009 in Cannes, France, with the DM winners being announced on Monday 22 June.
Direct marketing has one of the largest judging panels at Cannes.
2009 Cannes Lions Direct Jury
USA David Sable, Vice Chairman & Chief Operating Officer, Wunderman - Jury President
Argentina Roberto Patxot, Regional Creative Director, OgilvyOne Worldwide
Australia Gavin McLeod, Creative Director, M&C Saatchi/Mark
Australia Grant Rutherford, Executive Creative Director, DDB Group
Austria Gerda Reichl-Schebesta, Creative Director, TBWA\Wien
Belgium Stijn Gansemans, Creative Director & Partner, Openhere
Brazil Rui Piranda, Senior Creative Director, Giovanni+Draftfcb
Canada Philippe Meunier, Creative Chief & Senior Partner, Sid Lee
Chile Rodrigo Edwards, Chief Executive Officer, Edwards Asociados
Denmark Chandra Benjamin Mostov, Partner & Chief Operating Officer, Wunderman
France Nicolas Taubes, Executive Creative Director, Tequila\
Germany Walter Ploetz, Executive Creative Director, Publicis Hamburg
Germany Roman Kretzer, Executive Creative Director, gkk DialogGroup / Scholz & Friends
India Leena Basrur, Executive Chairman, Direxions Marketing Solutions
Italy Michele Sechi, Creative Director, Arc Leo Burnett
Japan Masaru Kitakaze, Creative Director, Hakuhodo
Malaysia Ronald Ng, Chief Creative Officer, BBDO/Proximity Malaysia
New Zealand Wayne Pick, Executive Creative Director, RAPP New Zealand
Norway Stein Simonsen, Copywriter, Dinamo
Portugal João Geada, Creative Director, JWT Lisbon
Singapore Farrokh Madon, Executive Creative Director, McCann Erickson Singapore
South Africa Pepe Marais, Executive Creative Director, Joe Public
Spain Alfonso Marián, Executive Creative Director, Shackleton Direct
Sweden Gunnar Skarland, Senior Art Director, GOSS
Switzerland Daniel Bruengger, Managing Director, Bruengger Bachmann Dialog
Thailand Dominic Stallard, Executive Creative Director - Regional Unilever (Asia), Lowe
The Netherlands Antoine Houtsma, Creative Director, Doom&Dickson
United Arab Emirates Peter Bidenko, Executive Creative Director, Impact Proximity
United Kingdom Steve Aldridge, Creative Partner & Chairman, Partners Andrews Aldridge
United Kingdom Daren Kay, Executive Creative Director, Tullo Marshall Warren
USA Victoria Azarian, Senior Partner & Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather, New York
Aldridge and Kay join Cannes Lions Direct jury
LONDON - Steve Aldridge, creative partner and chairman of Partners Andrews Aldridge and Daren Kay, TMW's executive creative director are to be the UK's representatives on the jury to judge this year's Cannes Lions Direct awards.