List of 2014 Young Global Leader Honourees
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East Asia
Candice Beaumont
Managing Director and
Chief Investment Officer
L Investments, LLC
Australia
Rachael Chong
Founder and Chief
Executive Officer
Catchafire
Australia
Mei Ling Doery
Founder and Executive
Director
Live Council
Australia
Clare Payne
Member of the Board and Banking and Finance
Founder, Banking and
Oath
Finance Ethics Panel
Australia
Dorjee Sun
Chief Executive Officer
Carbon Conservation
Australia
Hayley Warren
Chief Executive Officer
Halo Medical Devices
Australia
Sabrina Chao
Chairman
Wah Kwong Maritime
Transport Holdings
Hong Kong SAR
Yvonne Li
Founder and Chief
Executive Officer
Avantage Ventures
Hong Kong SAR
Dee Poon
Chief Executive Officer
Esquel Group
Hong Kong SAR
Iim Fahima Jachja
Chief Executive Officer
Virtual Consulting
Indonesia
Iwao Aso
Group Chairman
ASO Corporation
Japan
Ken Endo
Researcher
Sony Computer Science
Laboratories, Inc.
Japan
Keisuke Goda
Professor of Physical
Chemistry
The University of Tokyo
Japan
Kentaro Ichiki
Creative Director
Hakuhodo Inc.
Japan
Tonni Agustiono
Kurniawan
Visiting Scholar, Institute United Nations University Japan
of Advanced Studies
Soichiro Minami
Founder and Chief
Executive Officer
BizReach
Japan
Eikei Suzuki
Governor
Mie Prefectural
Government
Japan
Ricky Wong
Chief Executive Officer
and Founder
Asia Media Group
Malaysia
Bayanjargal
Byambasaikhan
Managing Partner
NovaTerra LLC
Mongolia
Ganzorig Vanchig
Senior Vice-President
and Director of Strategic
Planning
Shunkhlai Group
Mongolia
Khin Zaw Latt
Founder
KZL ART Gallery &
Bamboo School
Myanmar
Ken Tun
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
Parami Energy Group of
Companies
Myanmar
Zin Mar Aung
Founder, Director of
Boards and Director,
Political Education
Yangon School of
Political Science
Myanmar
Jacinda Ardern
Member of Parliament
New Zealand Labour
Party
New Zealand
Rachel Carrell
Chief Executive Officer
DrThom
New Zealand
Anthony Smare
Director
Nambawan Super
Limited
Papua New Guinea
Bai Yunfeng
Chairman
CPCEP
People's Republic of
China
Chen Wei
Deputy Chief Executive
Officer
Bocom International
Holdings Company Ltd
People's Republic of
China
Deng Fei
Director, Journalist
Department
Phoenix Weekly
People's Republic of
China
Gao Xiaohong
Deputy Director-General, China Development Bank People's Republic of
Executive Office
China
Jin Keyu
Professor of Economics
London School of
Economics
People's Republic of
China
Lee Xiaodong
Chief Executive Officer
China Internet Network
Information Center
People's Republic of
China
Liu Qiangdong
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
JD.com
People's Republic of
China
Ma Yansong
Founder and Principal
Architect
MAD Architects
People's Republic of
China
Andrea Pasinetti
Founder and Chief
Executive Officer
Teach for China
People's Republic of
China
Tong Zhilei
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
ChineseAll
People's Republic of
China
Yang Dongning
Director, Information and China Banking
Publicity Division,
Regulatory Commission
General Executive Office
Julia Andrea Abad
Chief of Presidential
Management Staff
Maria Doris Dumlao
Senior Business Reporter Philippines Daily Inquirer Philippines
Earl Martin Sawit
Valencia
President
IdeaSpace Foundation
Philippines
Ayesha Vera-Yu
Chief Executive Officer
and Co-Founder
Advancement for Rural
Kids (ARK)
Philippines
Ji-Young Park
Chief Executive Officer
Com2uS Corporation
Republic of Korea
Cassandra Chiu
Psychotherapist and
Founder
The Safe Harbour
Counselling Centre
Singapore
Lena Ng
Board Advisor
Amata Corporation PCL
Singapore
Kang So-Young
Catalyst, Founder and
Chief Executive Officer
Awaken Group
Singapore
Jonathan Rake
Chief Executive Officer
and Principle Officer,
Zurich and Singapore
Zurich Insurance Group
Singapore
People's Republic of
China
Office of the President of Philippines
the Philippines
Aswin Techajareonvikul
President and Chief
Executive Officer
Berli Jucker Public Co.
Ltd.
Thailand
Nguyen Hoang Long
Ambassador
Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary
Embassy of Vietnam
Vietnam
Vo Trong Nghia
Founder and Architect
Vo Trong Nghia Co., Ltd
Vietnam
Fabrice Franzen
Partner
Bain & Company Inc.
Belgium
Marietje Schaake
Member
European Parliament
Belgium
Nikolina Nikolova
Advisor to the President
of the Republic on
European Regional
Cooperation
Office of the President of Bulgaria
the Republic
Ivan Vatchkov
Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Investment
Officer
Algebris Investments
Asia Pte Ltd
Bulgaria
Marion Poetz
Assistant Professor
Copenhagen Business
School
Denmark
René Redzepi
Founder and Chef
Noma
Denmark
Zhivko Mukaetov
Chief Executive Director
Alkaloid AD Skopje
Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia
Pierre Kosciusko Morizet Founder and Chief
Executive Officer
PriceMinister.com
France
Julien Steimer
Secretary-General,
Director and Member of
the Board of Directors
AXA Enterprises
France
Valerie Feldmann
Senior Director,
Operations
FloDesign Wind Turbine
Germany
Alexander Geiser
Managing Partner
Hering Schuppener
Consulting
Germany
Bettina Hein
Founder and Chief
Executive Officer
Pixability, Inc.
Germany
Souad Mekhennet
Reporter
Daily Beast
Germany
Philipp Missfelder
Member of the German
Parliament and Federal
Chairman of the Youth
Party CDU
German Parliament
Germany
Johannes Weber
Managing Director
Social Venture Fund
Germany
Ilias Chantzos
Senior Director,
Government Affairs
Symantec Corporation
Greece
Giulio Boccaletti
Managing Director
The Nature Conservancy Italy
Francesca Carlesi
Managing Director
Deutsche Bank
Europe
Italy
Hajo Van Beijma
Founder and Partnership Text to Change
Director
Netherlands
Nina Jensen
Conservation Director
WWF - World Wide Fund Norway
for Nature - Norway
Katarzyna Pisarska
Director
European Academy of
Diplomacy
Irina Anghel-Enescu
Secretary-General
South Eastern European Romania
Private Equity and
Venture Capital
Association
Cristina Batlan
Founder and Chief
Executive Officer
Musette Group
Romania
Natalia Vodianova
Founder and President
Naked Heart Foundation
Russian Federation
Patricia Cobian
Managing Director
Telefónica Europe
Spain
Jose Enrique Concejo
Director
Société Générale
Corporate & Investment
Banking
Spain
Sonia Medina
Partner and Chief
Operating Officer
Africa Renewables
Spain
Karl-Johan Persson
President and Chief
Executive Officer
Hennes & Mauritz AB
Sweden
Thomas Aeschi
Member of Parliament
National Council of
Switzerland
Switzerland
Wladimir Klitschko
World Heavyweight
Champion and Owner
Klitschko Management
Group GmbH
Ukraine
Michael Acton Smith
Chief Executive Officer
Mind Candy Ltd
United Kingdom
Patrick Allen
Head of News, Europe,
Middle East and Africa
CNBC
United Kingdom
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Professor of
Neuroscience
University College
London (UCL)
United Kingdom
Kieron Boyle
Head, Social Investment
and Finance
Cabinet Office
United Kingdom
Roksana Ciurysek-Gedir
Director, Head for Central Edmond de Rothschild
and Eastern Europe
United Kingdom
Nathalie Dauriac-Stoebe
Chief Executive
Signia Wealth
United Kingdom
Kathryn Dovey
Tax Policy Analyst,
Global Forum on Tax
Transparency
OECD
United Kingdom
Banafsheh Geretzki
Senior Director
Alvarez & Marsal Europe United Kingdom
Catherine Howarth
Chief Executive Officer
ShareAction
United Kingdom
Sony Kapoor
Managing Director
Re-Define
United Kingdom
Francesca McDonagh
Regional Head of Retail
Banking Wealth
Management, MENA
HSBC Bank Middle East
Limited
United Kingdom
Belinda Parmar
Chief Executive Officer
and Author
Lady Geek
United Kingdom
Poland
Catherine Parry
Chief Executive Officer
Templars
Communications
United Kingdom
Lila Preston
Partner
Generation Investment
Management LLP
United Kingdom
Rohan Silva
Entrepreneur in
Residence
Index Ventures
United Kingdom
Maseena Ziegler
Author and Entrepreneur
United Kingdom
Latin America & The Caribbean
Rodrigo Teijeiro
Founder and Chief
Executive Officer
Fnbox.com
Argentina
Niel Harper
Senior Manager, Next
Generation Leaders
Internet Society
Barbados
Julia Bacha
Filmmaker and Creative
Director
Just Vision
Brazil
Tatiana Lacerda
Prazeres
Adviser to the General
Director
World Trade Organization Brazil
(WTO)
Claudia Sender
Chief Executive Officer
TAM Linhas Aereas SA
Brazil
Leila Cristina Velez
Founder and Managing
Director
Beleza Natural
Brazil
Nicolás Shea
Founder and Chief
Executive Officer
Cumplo Chile S.A.
Chile
Christian Hernandez
Gallardo
Co-Founder and
Managing Partner
White Star Capital
El Salvador
Julio Hector Estrada
Executive Director
National Agency for
Public Private
Partnerships
Guatemala
Monique Péan
Founder
The Vanessa Péan
Foundation
Haiti
Mariam McIntosh
Partner
Portland Private Equity
Jamaica
Salomon Chertorivski
Woldenberg
Secretary of Economic
Development,
Government of the
Federal District
Secretariat of Economic
Development
Mexico
Sandro Salsano
Founding Partner
Columbus Frontiers
Panama
Gonzalo Begazo
Executive Vice-President AJE Group
Peru
Claudia Belmont Graña
Member of the Board and Belcorp
Director, Social
Innovation
Peru
Vania Masías
Founding Director
Ángeles D1
Peru
Augusto Townsend
Klinge
Editor, Economics and
Business Department
Empresa Editora El
Comercio
Peru
Middle East & North Africa
Rania A. Al-Mashat
Sub-Governor for
Monetary Policy
Central Bank of Egypt
Egypt
Eyal Gura
Venture Partner
Pitango Venture Capital
Israel
Mohammad Ali Shabani
Researcher
School of Oriental and
African Studies (SOAS)
Islamic Republic of Iran
Hassan El Houry
Chief Executive Officer
National Aviation
Services
Kuwait
Christine Sfeir
Chief Executive Officer
and Founder
Treats Holding
Lebanon
Fatima Zahra Mansouri
Mayor of Marrakech
Hashim Shawa
Chairman and General
Manager
Bank of Palestine
Palestinian Territories
Khalid Alkhudair
Chief Executive Officer
and Founder
Glowork
Saudi Arabia
Nabeel Amudi
President, Aramco
Services Company
Saudi Aramco
Saudi Arabia
Gassan Al Kibsi
Managing Director
McKinsey & Company
Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Mater
Contemporary Artist and
Founder
Edge of Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Asma Siddiki
Chief Executive Officer
Alpha1Education
Saudi Arabia
Razan Zaitouneh
Human Rights Lawyer
Violation Documentation
Center in Syria
Syria
Khelifa Omezzine
Adviser to Minister of
Finance
Ministry of Finance of
Tunisia
Tunisia
Leila Hoteit
Partner
Booz & Company
United Arab Emirates
Noura Al Kaabi
Chief Executive Officer,
Media Zone Authority
TwoFour54
United Arab Emirates
Mona Ghanem Al Marri
Director-General
Government of Dubai
Media Office
United Arab Emirates
Lana Nusseibeh
Ambassador and
Permanent
Representative of the
UAE
United Nations
United Arab Emirates
Dominique Anglade
President and CEO
Montreal International
Canada
Ailish Campbell
Vice-President, Policy,
International and Fiscal
Issues
Canadian Council of
Chief Executives
Canada
Alison Loat
Co-Founder and
Executive Director
Samara
Canada
James Moore
Minister of Industry
Industry Canada
Canada
Morocco
North America
Shahrzad Rafati
Founder and Chief
Executive Officer
BroadbandTV Corp
(BBTV)
Canada
Nolan Watson
Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer and
President
Sandstorm Gold Ltd. &
Sandstorm Metals &
Energy Ltd
Canada
Michelle Zatlyn
Co-Founder and Director CloudFlare
Canada
Daniella Ballou-Aares
Senior Adviser for
Development
US Department of State
USA
David Berry
Partner
Flagship Ventures
USA
Devry Boughner Vorwerk Director, International
Business Relations
Cargill Inc.
USA
Antony Bugg-Levine
Chief Executive Officer
Nonprofit Finance Fund
USA
Leah Busque
Founder and Chief
Executive Officer
TaskRabbit, Inc.
USA
Jared Cohen
Director, Google Ideas
Google
USA
Kat Cole
President
Cinnabon
USA
Amy Cuddy
Associate Professor
Harvard Business School USA
Soraya Darabi
Co-Founder
Zady.com
USA
Brooke Ellison
Member of the Board
Empire State Stem Cell
Board
USA
Limor Fried
Owner and Head
Engineer
Adafruit Industries LLC
USA
Steven Fulop
Mayor of Jersey City
Rayid Ghani
Co-Founder
Edgeflip
USA
Julia R. Greer
Professor of Materials
Science and Mechanics
California Institute of
Technology (Caltech)
USA
Jaime Herrera Beutler
Congresswoman from
Washington (R), 3th
District
United States House of
Representatives
USA
Lynn Jurich
Co-Founder and Co-Chief SunRun
Executive Officer
USA
David Karp
Founder and Chief
Executive Officer
Tumblr
USA
Maria Teresa Kumar
Founding President and
Chief Executive Officer
Voto Latino
USA
Courtney Leimkuhler
CFO, U.S. & Canada
Division
Marsh (MMC)
USA
Olivia Leland
Director, Giving
Partnerships
Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation
USA
Ida Liu
Managing Director and
Head of North America,
Asian Clients Group
Citi Private Bank North
America
USA
USA
Jessica Long
Managing Director
Accenture Development
Partnerships
USA
Nathaniel R. Morris
Co-Founder and Chief
Executive Officer
Rubicon Global
USA
Josh Nesbit
Chief Executive Officer
Medic Mobile
USA
Jennifer Nichols
Global Head of Legal
Aberdeen Asset
Management
USA
Rajiv Pant
Chief Technology Officer The New York Times
Kavita Patel
Fellow and Managing
Director, Engelberg
Center for Health Care
Reform
The Brookings Institution USA
Dhanurjay Patil
Vice President, Product
RelateIQ
USA
Hosain Rahman
Founder and Chief
Executive Officer
Jawbone
USA
Devesh Raj
Partner and Managing
Director
The Boston Consulting
Group
USA
Austin Ramirez
President and Chief
Executive Officer
Husco International
USA
Julissa Reynoso
US Ambassador
US Embassy
USA
Alan Ricks
Co-Founder
MASS Design Group
USA
Daron Roberts
President and Founder
4th and 1, Inc.
USA
John B. Rogers
President, Chief
Local Motors
Executive Officer and CoFounder
USA
Juan Carlos Ruck
Sales Vice-President
Frito Lay North America
USA
Sara Sutton Fell
Chief Executive Officer
and Founder
FlexJobs.com
USA
Sandhya Venkatachalam Founding Partner
Centerview Capital
Technology
USA
Rebecca Weintraub
Faculty Director
Global Health Delivery
Project at Harvard
University
USA
Laurie Zephyrin
National Director of
Reproductive Health
US Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA)
USA
Heather Zichal
Deputy Assistant to
White House, United
President Barack Obama States of America
for Energy and Climate
Change
USA
USA
South Asia
Pallavi S. Aiyar
Author and Journalist
The Hindu and Free
Lance
India
Farhan Akhtar
Film Director, Actor,
Screenplay Writer,
Singer, Producer and
Choreographer
Excel Entertainment
Production House
India
Sachin Bansal
Co-Founder and Chief
Executive Officer
Flipkart.com
India
Avani Davda
Chief Executive Officer
Tata Starbucks Limited
India
Mohit Joshi
Vice-President and Head, Infosys Ltd
Financial Services and
Insurance Unit, Europe
India
Roshni Nadar Malhotra
Executive Director and
Chief Executive Officer
HCL Corporation Ltd
India
Vishwarupe Narain
Country Head
Texas Pacific Group
India
Nandini Piramal
Executive Director and
Head of Human
Resources
Piramal Enterprises
Limited (PEL)
India
Rishad Premji
Chief Strategy Officer, IT Wipro Limited
Business
India
Anoop Ratnaker Rao
Chief Operating Officer
Naandi Foundation
India
Chiki Sarkar
Chief Executive Officer
Penguin Random House
India
India
Parmesh Shahani
Head, Innovation
Laboratory
Godrej Industries Ltd
India
Anurag Thakur
MP & National President
BJYM (BJP's Youth
Wing)
India
Ratheesan Yoganathan
Co-Founder and Group
Chairman
Lebara Group
India
Sabeen Mahmud
Founder
T2F
Pakistan
Ali J. Siddiqui
Chief Executive Officer
Mahvash and Jahangir
Siddiqui Foundation
Pakistan
Mosharraf Zaidi
Founder and Campaign
Director
Alif Ailaan - Time to End
Pakistan's Education
Emergency
Pakistan
Bernice Dapaah
Executive Director
Ghana Bamboo Bikes
Ghana
Michael Macharia
Founder and Group Chief Seven Seas
Executive Officer
Technologies (SST)
Kenya
Sara Menker
Founder and Chief
Executive Officer
Gro Ventures
Kenya
Kanini Mutooni
Chief Executive Officer
MyAzimia Ltd
Kenya
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nneka Mobisson-Etuk
Executive Director
Institute for Healthcare
Improvement
Nigeria
Danladi Verheijen
Founder and Chief
Executive Officer
Verod Capital
Nigeria
Dave Duarte
Chief Executive Officer
Treeshake
South Africa
Nkosana Mashiya
Deputy-Registrar for
Banks
South Africa Reserve
Bank (SARB)
South Africa
Lerato Mbele
Presenter
BBC World Service
South Africa
Gugu Nxiweni
Chairman
Etrostep
South Africa
Marlon Parker
Founder
Reconstructed Living Lab South Africa
Anton du Plessis
Managing Director
Institute for Security
Studies (ISS)
Hanli Prinsloo
Filmmaker and Ocean
Adventurer
Hanneli Rupert
Founder and Creative
Director
Okapi, Merchants on
Long
South Africa
Charlize Theron
Actress and Founder
Charlize Theron Africa
Outreach Project
South Africa
Alek Wek
Model and Member of the USCRI
US Committee for
Refugees and Immigrants
South Africa
South Africa
South Sudan
Angellah Jasmine Kairuki Deputy Minister
Government of Tanzania Tanzania
Luca H. Neghesti
Chief Executive Officer
Jefag Logistics Tanzania Tanzania
Ltd
Vincent W. Bagiire
Member of Parliament
Uganda