List of 2011 Young Global Leaders Honourees
As of 20 April 2011
East Asia
Australia
Christian Behrenbruch
Founder and Chief Executive
Officer
ImaginAb Inc.
Australia
Andrew Charlton
Strategic Advisor
Wesfarmers Limited
Australia
Geraldine Chin Moody
Chief Operating Officer
Baker & McKenzie
Australia
Saul Griffith
Chief Scientist
Other Lab
Australia
Jeremy Heimans
Co-Founder and Chief Executive
Officer
Purpose
Australia
David Hill
Partner
Deloitte
Cambodia
Sophal Ear
Assistant Professor of National
Security Affairs
US Naval Postgraduate
School
Hong Kong SAR
Yana Peel
Co-Director and Founder
Intelligence Squared
Asia
Hong Kong SAR
Diana Tsui
Director of Corporate Social
Responsibility and Chief
Executive Officer of KPMG
Foundation
KPMG
Indonesia
Rieke Diah Pitaloka
Member of Parliament
Indonesian Democratic
Party of Struggle
Indonesia
M. Arsjad Rasjid P.
Mangkuningrat
President Director
PT Indika Energy Tbk
Indonesia
Najwa Shihab
Anchor
Metro TV
Japan
Kanae Doi
Director, Japan
Human Rights Watch
Japan
Masatada Kobayashi
Director and Senior Executive
Officer
Rakuten Inc.
Japan
Shinjiro Koizumi
Member of the House of
Representatives, Japan
Japan
Haruo Miyagi
President
Japan
Ken Noguchi
Alpinist
Japan
William H. Saito
Founder and Chief Executive
Officer
InTecur
Japan
Yoshikazu Tanaka
Chief Executive Officer
Gree.jp
Japan
Koichi Yamauchi
Member of the House of
Representatives, Japan
Japan
Naoko Yamazaki
Astronaut
Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency
(JAXA)
Malaysia
Cheng Ming Yu
Professor and Chair of Mr and
Mrs Chua Chai Leng Professor
of Economics
Universiti Tunku Abdul
Rahman
ETIC (Entrepreneurial
Training for Innovative
Communities)
New Zealand
Mitchell Pham
International Development
Director
Augen Technology
Group
New Zealand
David Rodin
Co-Director and Senior
Research Fellow
Oxford Institute for
Ethics, Law and Armed
Conflict, Oxford
University
People's Republic
of China
Grace Chiang
Managing Director and CoFounder
Social Venture Group
People's Republic
of China
Liu Yingxia
Chairperson
Harbin Xiangying Group
People's Republic
of China
Annabelle Long
Managing Director
Bertelsmann China
Holding
People's Republic
of China
Pan Haidong
Chief Executive Officer and
Founder
Hudong.com Inc.
People's Republic
of China
Wang Yong
Secretary-General
Brand China Industry
Union
People’s Republic
of China
Wen Zhou
Chief Executive Officer
3.1 Phillip Lim
People's Republic
of China
Caroline Watson
Director and Founder
Hua Dan
People's Republic
of China
Zhang Hongxia
General Manager and Executive
Chairperson of the Board
Weiqiao Textile CO.
LTD-H
People's Republic
of China
Zhang Jianqun
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Yizhou Cement Group
People's Republic
of China
Zhou Xun
Actress
Philippines
Rex Bernardo
Director of Research
Mabini College
Philippines
Kala Mulqueeny
Senior Counsel
Asian Development
Bank
Philippines
Sheila Lirio Marcelo
Founder and Chief Executive
Officer
Care.com
Republic of Korea
Kang Hyunjung
Chief Executive Officer
Ultra Construction &
Engineering Co
Republic of Korea
Na Sung-Kyun
Founder and Chief Executive
Officer
Neowiz
Singapore
Chew Seow-Chien
Partner
Bain & Company SE
Asia Inc.
Singapore
Carlos Fernandes
Chief Executive Officer
Record TV
Singapore
Areena Loo
Founder and Executive Director
Bridge Learning
Taiwan, China
Timothy Chen
Vice-President, Business
Development and Strategy, VIA
Technologies
HTC-VIA
Taiwan, China
Tina Y. Lo
Managing Director
Industrial Bank of
Taiwan
Taiwan, China
Cynthia Wu
Executive Director
Shin Kong Life
Foundation
Thailand
Nick Pisalyaput
Co-Founder
Thai Ethics and
Corporate
Responsibility
Association
Thailand
Thapana
Sirivadhanabhakdi
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Thai Beverage Public
Company Limited
Vietnam
Ngo Bao Chau
Professor
University of Chicago
Vietnam
Jimmy Pham
Founder and Director
KOTO International
South Asia
Afghanistan
Dawood Azami
Bureau Chief
BBC World Service
Afghanistan
Fawad Ahmad Muslim
President and Chief Executive
Director
Jahaan Technology
Corporation
Bangladesh
Abdul Wunem Wasif
Photographer
India
Anuradha Acharya
Founder and Chief Executive
Officer
Ocimum Biosolutions
Ltd
India
Sandeep Chatterjee
Vice-President and Chief
Technology Officer
Source Trace Systems
Inc.
India
Gita Gopinath
Professor of Economics
Harvard University
India
Priya HiranandaniVandrevala
Founder and Co-Chairman
Hirco Group
India
Manish Khera
Chief Executive Officer
Financial Inclusion
Network and
Operations Ltd (FINO)
India
Chetan Maini
Deputy Chairman and Chief
Technology Officer
Mahindra Reva
India
Shaffi Mather
Co-Founder
Ambulance Access for
All
India
Meenakshi Natarajan
Member of Parliament, India
India
Deepender Singh Hooda
Member of Parliament, India
India
Ramakarthikeyan
Srikrishna
Founding Partner and Head of
Global Strategy and Sales
HCL Technologies,
Infrastructure Services
Division (HCLT ISD)
India
Bhavin Turakhia
Chief Executive Officer
Directi
Nepal
Ashutosh Tiwari
Country Representative
WaterAid Nepal
Pakistan
Saleem Ali
Professor of Environmental
Planning and Asian Studies,
Rubenstein School of
Environment and Natural
Resources
University of Vermont
Pakistan
Mir Ibrahim Rahman
Chief Executive Officer
GEO TV Network
Azerbaijan
Murad Sofizade
Director, Portfolio Management,
Fund Raising
Finam Capital
Belgium
Raphael Schoentgen
Chief Representative Officer
GDF Suez
Croatia
Marin Soljacic
Professor of Physics
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
Denmark
James R. Lee
Managing Partner and Founder
Lee & Partners
France
Alexandra Cousteau
Founder and President
Blue Legacy
International
France
André Loesekrug-Pietri
Founder and Chief Executive
Officer
A Capital Asia
France
Olivier Oullier
Associate Professor of
Neuroscience
Université de Provence
and CNRS
France
Pierre-Alexandre Teulié
Group Secretary
Carrefour
Germany
Christian Angermayer
Chief Executive Officer
Angermayer, Brumm &
Lange Merchant
Banking Group
Germany
Katinka Barysch
Deputy Director
Centre for European
Reform (CER)
Germany
Katharina Borchert
Chief Executive Officer
Spiegel Online
Europe
Germany
Katrin Ley
Vice-President, Brand Strategy,
Business Development and
Women's Sport Business Unit
Reebok International
Ltd
Germany
David J. McAllister
Minister-President of the State
of Lower Saxony
Germany
Aygül Özkan
Minister of Social Affairs,
Women, Family, Health and
Integration of Lower Saxony
Germany
Stefan Reichenbach
Global Head, Strategy &
Marketing for Commodities
Thomson Reuters
Germany
Martin Seidenberg
Chief Executive Officer, Central
Europe Supply Chain
Deutsche Post DHL
(Global Mail Division)
Germany
Brigitte Sitzberger
Associate Director
Advanced Technology
Investment Company
(ATIC)
Greece
Dionysia-Theodora
Avgerinopoulou
Member of Hellenic Parliament,
Greece
Hungary
Margaret de Heinrich
Co-Founder and President
Omorovicza Kozmetikai
KFT
Iceland
Hrund Gunnsteinsdottir
Director
Krád Consulting
Ireland
Valerie Casey
Founder and Executive Director
The Designers Accord
Italy
Francesca Colombo
General Manager
Teatro Del Maggio
Musicale Fiorentino
Italy
Lily Lapenna
Founder and Chief Executive
Officer
MyBnk
Italy
Pasquale Salzano
Vice-President, International
Public Affairs
Eni SpA
Italy
Diana Verde Nieto
Founder
Clownfish
Netherlands
Lucas Simons
Founder and Chief Executive
Officer
Fore Finance /
NewForesight
Republic of Serbia
Milos Ristic
Chief Executive Officer for
Serbia
Delta Maxi Group
Russian
Federation
Andrey Elinson
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Basic Element
Russian
Federation
Yan Yanovskiy
Founder and Managing Partner
First Nation SB
Spain
Lucas Carné
Co-Founder
Privalia
Spain
David del Ser
Founder and Chief Executive
Officer
Frogtek
Sweden
Sasja Beslik
Head of Environmental, Social
and Governance Analysis
(ESG)
Nordea Bank AB
Switzerland
Christa Markwalder
Member of Parliament, National
Council of Switzerland
Turkey
Egemen Bagis
Minister for EU Affairs and Chief
Negotiator of Turkey
Turkey
Ozlem Denizmen
Executive Vice-President,
Dogus Strategy
Dogus Group
Ukraine
Max Levchin
Vice-President of Engineering
Google Inc.
Ukraine
Ruslana Lyzhichko
Singer
United Kingdom
Pete Cashmore
Chief Executive Officer and
Founder
Mashable
United Kingdom
Stephen Frost
Head of Diversity and Inclusion
London Organising
Committee of the
Olympic Games and
Paralympic Games
(LOCOG)
United Kingdom
Gemma Mortensen
Executive Director
Crisis Action
United Kingdom
Rani Raad
Senior Vice-President and
Managing Director
CNN International
United Kingdom
Chuka Umunna
Member of Parliament for
Streatham, United Kingdom
Middle East and North Africa
Egypt
Tamim Khallaf
Diplomat in the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Egypt
Iran
Golnaz Fathi
Painter
Israel
Ofra Anne Eshed
Adviser to the President of Israel
Kuwait
Naif Al-Mutawa
Creator
THE 99 Comics
Lebanon
Georges Harik
Co-founder
www.hslabs.org
Qatar
Abdulla bin Ali Al Thani
Vice-President, Education and
Chairman, World Innovation
Summit for Education
Qatar Foundation
Saudi Arabia
Loulwa M. Bakr
Director - Head of Saudi Arabia,
Investment Banking
Credit Suisse Saudia
Arabia
Saudi Arabia
May Al Dabbagh
Director, Gender and Public
Policy Programme
Dubai School of
Government, UAE
Saudi Arabia
Fahd Al Rasheed
Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer
Emaar The Economic
City
United Arab
Emirates
Badr Jafar
Executive Director
Crescent Petroleum
United Arab
Emirates
Rima Maktabi
Anchor and Correspondent
CNN
United Arab
Emirates
Sultan S. Al Qassemi
Chairman
Barjeel Geojit Securities
LLC
United Arab
Emirates
Zaid Daoud Al Siksek
Chief Executive Officer
Health Authority - Abu
Dhabi (HAAD)
SubSaharan Africa
Ethiopia
Bethlehem Tilahun
Alemu
Co-Founder and Managing
Director
SoleRebels
Ethiopia
Dagmawi Woubshet
Assistant Professor
Cornell University
Kenya
Ory Okolloh
Founder
Ushahidi, South Africa
Nigeria
Funmi Iyanda
Broadcaster, Journalist,
Columnist and Blogger
Nigeria
Folashade Laoye
Group Managing Director
Hygeia Group
Senegal
Magatte Wade
Chief Executive Officer and
Founder
The Tiossano Tribe
South Africa
Avril Halstead
Chief Director, Sectoral
Oversight
National Treasury of
South Africa
South Africa
Vuyo D. Kahla
Group Executive, Advisory and
Assurance
Sasol Limited
South Africa
Basetsana Kumalo
President
Business Women's
Association of South
Africa
South Africa
Zibusiso Mkhwanazi
Executive Chairman
Krazyboyz Digital
South Africa
Tebogo Skwambane
Director and Founding Partner
North Road Consulting
Tanzania
Elsie S. Kanza
Economic Adviser to the
President of Tanzania
Tanzania
Susan Mashibe
Executive Director
Tanzanite Jet Centre
Ltd
Zambia
Jacqueline Musiitwa
Managing Partner and Founder
Hoja Law Group
Canada
Scott Gilmore
Executive Director
Peace Dividend Trust
Canada
Zoe Keating
Cellist and Composer
Canada
Naheed Nenshi
Mayor. Calgary, Canada
USA
Alicia Morga
Founder and Chief Executive
Officer
Consorte Media
USA
Rye Barcott
Speechwriter and Special
Advisor to the Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
Duke Energy
Corporation
USA
Gina Bianchini
Entrepreneur in Residence
Andreesen Horowitz
USA
Sara Blakely
Founder
Spanx
USA
Danah Boyd
Social Media Researcher
Microsoft Research
New England
USA
Niko Canner
Senior Vice-President
Booz & Company
USA
Daniel Cruise
Vice-President and Officer
Alcoa Inc.
USA
Dave Eggers
Writer, Editor, Publisher
USA
Amy Finkelstein
Professor of Economics
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT)
USA
Harold E. Ford Jr
Chairman
Democratic Leadership
Council
USA
Ellen Gonda
Senior Vice-President, Global
Corporate Communications
Hilton Worldwide
USA
Hala Gorani
Anchor
CNN International
USA
Nikki R. Haley
Governor of South Carolina
USA
Omar Hamoui
Founder and Chief Executive
Officer
AdMob Inc.
USA
Jessica Jackley
Founder and Chief Executive
Officer
ProFounder
USA
Asli Karahan
Executive Director, Office of the
Chief Executive Officer
UBS AG
USA
Vivek Kundra
United States Chief Information
Officer, United States of America
Office of Management
and Budget
USA
Jamail Larkins
Founder and Chief Executive
Officer
Ascension Aircraft
USA
Andrew Lee
Vice President, New Business
Aetna Inc.
USA
Clare Lockhart
Director and Co-Founder
The Institute for State
Effectiveness (ISE)
USA
Jayme Martin
Global Vice-President, Nike
Running
Nike Inc.
USA
Jane McGonigal
Creative Director
Social Chocolate
USA
Westley Moore
Investment Professional
Citigroup
USA
Blake Mycoskie
Founder
TOMS Shoes
USA
Jaime Nack
President and Founder
Three Squares Inc.
USA
Courtney O’Donnell
Director of Communications
Office of the VicePresident of the United
States
USA
Dana Perino
Political Commentator
Fox News
USA
April Rinne
Director, WaterCredit
Water.org
USA
Charles Rutstein
Chief Operating Officer
Forrester Research Inc.
North America
USA
Dan Senor
Adjunct Senior Fellow
Council on Foreign
Relations
USA
E. Benjamin Skinner
Senior Fellow, Schuster Institute
for Investigative Journalism
Brandeis University
USA
Dylan E. Taylor
Chief Executive Officer, USA
Colliers International
USA
Alexa von Tobel
Founder and Chief Executive
Officer
LearnVest
USA
Melanie Walker
Senior Program Officer for
Special Initiatives
Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation
USA
Adam Werbach
Chief Executive Officer
Saatchi and Saatchi S
Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina
Teresa Bo
Correspondent, Argentina
Aljazeera.net
Argentina
Wenceslao Casares
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Bling Nation Inc.
Argentina
Maria Eugenia Vidal
Minister of Social Work
City of Buenos Aires
Brazil
Wolff Klabin
Director
ORT Brasil
Chile
Eric Parrado
Professor
Adolfo Ibañez
University
Chile
Tomás Recart
Managing Director
Enseña Chile
Colombia
Liliana Gil
Director, Worldwide Marketing
and Services Sourcing
Johnson & Johnson
Colombia
Juan Carlos Pinzón
Bueno
Chief of Staff to the President of
Colombia
Cuba
Aimé Pelaíz Barranco
Vice-Dean, Faculty of Physics
University of La Habana
Dominican
Republic
Eduardo A. Cruz
President
ARS Humano
Guatemala
Yara Argueta
Chief Operating Officer
Grupo Solid
(Guatemala) SA
Guatemala
Salvador Biguria
Head of New Businesses
Grupo Pantaleon jus
Mexico
Mario Martin Delgado
Carrillo
Secretary of Education of
Mexico City
Mexico
Carlos Mota
Columnist and Anchor
Grupo Editorial Milenio
Mexico
Guillermo Romo
President
Grupo Mega
Nicaragua
Ricardo Terán Terán
Co-Founder and Managing
Partner
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