Announcing the Roger Hatchuel Student Academy Class of 2024
Find out who will be joining us this year
04 April 2024
After a rigorous selection process, the students who will attend the Roger Hatchuel Student Academy at Cannes Lions this year have been chosen.
30 students from 30 different countries will join us at the Festival, where they’ll have the opportunity to kick-start their creative careers with the Academy’s highly curated learning programme. Throughout the week, they’ll explore different avenues of the industry, learn about the creative process, grow their personal brand and build a network of global peers.
The selection process is intense, and this year was no different. Each student was nominated by our partner organisations in their respective countries, and then chosen by our global selection panel which was made up of Academy Dean Serfi Altun, Academy Tutor Miguel Garcia Manrique, and industry experts from around the world. Take a look at the 2024 panellists below:
Serfi Altun, Founder & CEO, Idea Bakery, United States (Academy Dean)
Miguel Garcia Manrique, Sacred Heart University, United States (Academy Tutor)
Abnia Loriston, Program Director, The Creative Ladder, United States
Adrianne C. Smith, SVP/Senior Partner and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, FleishmanHillard, United States
Ariana Stolarz, Chief Strategy Officer, Communications x Accenture Song, United States
Gradwell Sears, Global Executive Creative Director, Media.Monks, United States
Guan Hin Tay, Creative Chairman, BBDO Singapore, Singapore
Joana Mendes, President, Clube de Criação, Brazil
Lisa Goodchild, Founder, Digilearning, United Kingdom
Maks Kallhed, Innovation Director, Amongst Friends, United Kingdom
Merlee Jayme, Chairmom / Founder, The Misfits Group Manila, Philippines
Niko Pirounakis, Freelance Creative Lead, Australia
Rachael Kendrick, Creative Director, Livity, United Kingdom
The Roger Hatchuel Student Academy will be welcoming the following students in 2024, plus an additional student from Colombia and an additional student from the Dominican Republic who will be announced soon:
Name |
Country |
Institution |
Partners |
Velimira Simeonova |
Bulgaria |
New Bulgarian University |
Bulgarian Association of Communications Agencies |
Ying Li |
China |
Xiamen University |
China Advertising Association |
Alejandro Bermudez Lopez |
Costa Rica |
Universidad de Costa Rica |
Comunidad |
Marios Paschalidis |
Cyprus |
Frederick University |
Cyprus Communication Agencies Association (SDEK) |
Aneta Procházková |
Czech Republic |
Prague School of Creative Communication |
Lionhearted |
Valeria Lopez |
Ecuador |
Universidad Casa Grande |
El Universo |
Malak Hatem |
Egypt |
Cairo University |
The Worx |
Lotta Erkkilä |
Finland |
Turku University of Applied Sciences |
Marketing Finland |
Martina Bossu |
Germany |
Miami Ad School Europe Berlin |
Weischer |
Mei Ting Tse |
Hong Kong |
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
The Association of Accredited Advertising Agencies of Hong Kong |
Máté Lőrincz |
Hungary |
Eötvös Lorand University |
MAKSZ |
Rachel Furlong |
Ireland |
TU Tallaght |
IAPI |
Laura Lipari |
Italy |
Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) Milano |
Art Directors Club Italiano |
Zalfa Ashour |
Kuwait |
Kuwait University |
International Advertising Association |
Lara van Lierop |
Netherlands |
The New School |
Orange Lions |
Babafemi Okeleye |
Nigeria |
Ajayi Crowther University |
CHINI Africa |
Sigurd Torrisen |
Norway |
Kristiania University College |
CAPA Kinoreklame AS |
Hannah Virginia Silvestre |
Philippines |
De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde |
4As Philippines |
Aleixo Mario |
Portugal |
Escola Superior de Comunicação Social |
MOP – Multimédia Outdoors Portugal |
Eduard Dica |
Romania |
SNSPA |
The Alternative School for Creative Thinking |
Chong Li Philip Ong |
Singapore |
Nanyang Technological University |
AAMs |
Claudia Matjushin |
Spain |
Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
Scopen |
Felicia Niklasson |
Sweden |
YRGO |
The Swedish Association of Communication Agencies |
Ting Yu Wang |
Taiwan |
Tamkang University |
Kleinerfisch |
Daria Ryzhova |
Ukraine |
Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University |
creativity.ua |
Clara Armanious |
United Arab Emirates |
Murdoch University Dubai |
Motivate Val Morgan Cinema Advertising |
Natasha Walsh |
United Kingdom |
Manchester Metropolitan University |
Manchester Metropolitan University |
Jared Montgomery |
United States |
VCU Brandcenter |
VCU Brandcenter |
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