Former Wieden+Kennedy president and international CCO Colleen DeCourcy is that this yr’s Cannes Lions’ Lion of St Mark, its lifetime achievement award. DeCourcy is the second girl to be recognised following Mary Wells Lawrence final yr.

The Lion of St Mark hails again to the times when the competition alternated between Cannes and the relatively extra diverting Venice.

DeCourcy, says: “I’m drawn to the truth that creativity – no matter who or the place it comes from – can change this business and our world. If I’m happy with something, it’s that I’ve been in a position to create area for folks to unlock their very own inventive potential, displaying there’s room for all of us right here.”

DeCourcy is the second recipient from W+Ok, following Dan Wieden in 2012. The primary was John Hegarty in 2011. Others had been Lee Clow, Joe Pytka, Bob Greenberg, Marcello Serpa, David Droga, Piyush Pandey and Prasoon Pandey, Wealthy Silverstein and Jeff Goodby and Wells Lawrence.