Cannes Creative Leaders bursaries awarded

Bursaries for The Cannes Creative Leaders Programme awarded to Ecuador, Nigeria & Vietnam

London, 11 April 2011 – The three Cannes Creative Leaders Programme bursaries, awarded to professionals working in the industry based in one of the 151 countries that have never previously won a Cannes Gold Lion, have been granted to:

Mr. Akinpelu "Akin" Adesola, Creative Director of LOWE-Lintas in Lagos, Nigeria
Mr. Patrick Tom, Executive Creative Director of TBWA\Vietnam in Saigon, Vietnam
Ms. Anabelle Vargas, Account Executive, Intermedia Group BTL in Quito, Ecuador

Selected from close to 40 applicants, Akinpelu "Akin" Adesola, Patrick Tom and Anabelle Vargas will enjoy a complimentary place on the Cannes Creative Leaders Programme joining fellow participants on the two-week module taking place in Berlin and Cannes in June 2011.  During the first week, participants will be based at the Berlin School, one of the world's leading creative training institutions, which has built a global reputation with its innovative Executive MBA program to help creative industry executives lead for excellence in their organisations. There they will engage in six days of intensive training from the Berlin School's professors after which they will relocate to Cannes during the Festival week, where the course continues with bespoke sessions, group projects, speeches and lectures as well as the use of Cannes Lions' incredible array of workshops, master-classes and seminars. All facilities of the full week in Cannes will be available to the participants, including all Festival content, exhibitions, screenings, award shows and galas.

“Similar to last year, we had a phenomenal response to the bursaries, so the selection process wasn’t easy, but we believe that the successful three candidates were the most deserving,” said Philip Thomas, Festival CEO. “They will benefit from the unique and fantastic opportunity that the Cannes Creative Leaders Programme offers to anybody in the industry who wish to perfect their creative leadership strategy skills to produce creative excellence,” he continued.

Clark Parsons, Managing Director of Berlin School of Creative Leadership, commented, “As we move ever further into the digital age, the means of communicating, associating, buying and selling are clearly shifting. The Cannes Creative Leadership Programme aims to help participants become even more effective leaders at shaping the future for the industry, their organisation and themselves.”

There are a few spaces left for the Cannes Creatives Leaders Programme which costs €7950, and includes all tuition fees over the two weeks, a Cannes Lions full week delegate registration and lunches. Flights, accommodation, incidentals and other meals are not included. Class size is planned at circa 30 places.

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Register now by contacting cannesleaders@berlin-school.com. A brief written submission will be required.