Judges Circulars 2019
An esteemed judging panel, drawn from the Young Global Leader community and leading experts across business and civil society, will review applications using a set of judging criteria.
Disclaimer: All categories are judged independently by a distinct subset of the Judging Panel and strict care is taken to avoid any personal or professional conflicts of interest in each of the categories. We maintain a rigorous and transparent adjudication process.
Ajay Chaturvedi
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, HarVa – Investor Award Category
Carlo Ratti
Professor and Director, Senseable City Lab – Public Sector Award Category
Carlo Van Kemenade
COO, DLL – Investor Award Category
Daniel Ritter
Partner, K&L Gates – Public Sector Award Category
Dominic Waughray
Head of Public-Private Partnership, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum – Multinational Award Category
Ellen MacArthur
Founder, Ellen MacArthur Foundation – Multinational Award Category
Frans van Houten
Chief Executive Officer, Royal Philips – Multinational Award Category
Freya Burton
Chief Sustainability and People Officer, Lanzatech – Tech Disruptor Award Category
Gabrielle Giner
Head of Sustainable Business Policy – Tech Disruptor Award Category
Ian Nolan
Director, Circularity Capital – Investor and SME Award Category
Jaime Nack
Founder and President, Three Squares – Public Sector Award Category
Janez Potočnik
Co-Chair of UN International Resource Panel, Former EU Commissioner for Environment – Leadership Award Category
Jennifer Zhu Scott
Founder, Radian Partners – Tech Disruptor Award Category
Jill Wyant
Executive VP & President, Global Food & Beverage – Tech Disruptor Award Category
John Atcheson
CEO, Stuffstr – Tech Disruptor Award Category
John Casey
Senior VP Communications – Investor Award Category
Katherine Garrett-Cox
Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank – Investor Award Category
Kristin Rechberger
CEO, Dynamic Planet – Public Sector Award Category
Kunihiko Shimada
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, K S International Strategies, Inc. – SME Award Category
Lila Preston
Partner, Generation Investment, Management LLP – Investor Award Category
Mari Pantsar
Director, Carbon-Neutral Circular Economy, Sitra – Public Sector Award Category
Matanya Horowitz
Founder, AMP Robotics – Tech Disruptor Award Category
Michael Lefenfeld
President and CEO, SiGNa Chemistry – SME Award Category
Miniya Chatterji
Chief Sustainability Officer, Jindal Steel & Power Group Ltd – Multinational Award Category
Pat Dwyer
Founder & Director, The Purpose Business – SME Award Category
Professor Dajian Zhu
Professor and Director, Institute of Governance for Sustainability, Tongji University – Public Sector Award Category
Tejpreet Chopra
President & CEO, Bhrat Light & Power – Multinational Award Category
Tom Meredith
Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Board Member, DLL – Investor Award Category
Tshering Lama
Chairman and Co-Founder, Idea Studio Nepal – SME Award Category
William McDonough
Chief Executive, McDonough Innovation – Multinational Award Category
Disclaimer: All categories are judged independently by a distinct subset of the Judging Panel and strict care is taken to avoid any personal or professional conflicts of interest in each of the categories. We maintain a rigorous and transparent adjudication process.