List of 2013 Young Global Leaders Honourees
East Asia
Tony Abrahams Co-Founder and Chief AI-MEDIA Australia Executive Officer Jeremy Balkin President Karma Capital Australia Rachel Botsman Founder Collaborative Lab Australia Jeremy Howard President and Chief Scientist Kaggle Australia Gordon Hughes Managing Director Rhythmscape Publishing Australia Jane McAdam Professor and Australian University of New South Australia Research Council Future Wales Fellow Alex Wyatt Chief Executive Officer Climate Bridge Australia Vannarith Chheang Executive Director Cambodian Institute for Cambodia Cooperation and Peace Dumith Fernando Managing Director, Regional Credit Suisse Hong Kong SAR Chief Operating Officer Asia Pacific Claire Hsu Co-Founder and Executive Asia Art Archive (AAA) Hong Kong SAR Director Jennifer Zhu Scott Founder and Managing Establish Asia Hong Kong SAR Partner Arif P. Rachmat Chief Executive Officer PT Triputra Investindo Arya Indonesia (Triputra Group) Masami Komatsu President and Chief Music Securities, Inc. Japan Executive Officer Shoukei Matsumoto Managing Director and Japan Fellowship of Japan Buddhist Monk Buddhists Taro Otsuka President Otsuka-Warehouse Co., Ltd. Japan Yohei Shibasaki Founder and Chief Executive Fourth Valley Concierge Japan Officer Corporation Naomichi Suzuki Mayor of Yubari Japan Daisuke Tsuda Journalist, Media Activist Neo-logue inc. Japan and Chief Executive Officer Joel Neoh Chief Executive Officer Groupon Malaysia Malaysia HH Tunku Ali Redhauddin Tunku Besar Seri Menanti Negeri Sembilan Malaysia Tuanku Muhriz Bayartsetseg Jigmiddash Secretary of State Ministry of Justice Mongolia Thura Ko Founder and Managing YGA Capital Limited Myanmar Director Win Win Tint Managing Director City Mart Holdings Co Ltd Myanmar Jamil Anderlini Beijing Bureau Chief The Financial Times New Zealand Simon Bridges Minister of Labour and of New Zealand Energy and Resources Ron Cao Co-Founder and Managing Lightspeed China Partners People's Republic of China
Director Richard Lin Chen Managing Director Yifei Group People's Republic of China Chen Qiqing Deputy Director Central Party School of the People's Republic of China Communist Party of China Judy Leissner Chief Executive Officer Grace Vineyard People's Republic of China Qin Jun Chairman Tuspark Technology People's Republic of China Innovation Co.,Ltd. Qiu Huanguang Associate Professor Center for Chinese People's Republic of China Agricultural Policy (CCAP) Wan Tailei Head of International National Association of People's Republic of China Cooperation Department Financial Market Institutional Investors (NAFMII) Ninie Yan Wang Founder and Chief Executive Pinetree Senior Services Pte People's Republic of China Officer Ltd Winston Ma Wenyan Managing Director and China Investment People's Republic of China Deputy Chief Representative Corporation (CIC) Zong Fuli President Hangzhou Wahaha Group People's Republic of China Co. John Echauz Executive Vice President Standard Insurance Co., Inc. Philippines Ronald Mendoza Executive Director AIM Policy Center, Asian Philippines Institute of Management Kim Dong Kwan Managing Director Hanwha Group Republic of Korea Lee Joosung Director SeAH Group Republic of Korea Lian Pin Koh Assistant Professor of ETH Zürich Singapore Applied Ecology and Conservation Aaron Maniam Director Institute of Policy Singapore Development, Singapore Civil Service College Dispanadda Diskul Chief Development Officer Doi Tung Development Thailand Project Nitsara Karoonuthaisiri Head, Microarray Laboratory National Center for Genetic Thailand Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) Gian Tu Trung Education Activist Institute for Research on Vietnam Educational Development (IRED) Le Thi Thu Thuy Vice-Chairwoman and Chief Vingroup Joint Stock Vietnam Executive Officer Company
Europe
Dries Buytaert Founder and Project Lead Drupal Belgium Almira Zejnilagic Director FTI Consulting Bosnia & Herzegovinia Jesper Buch Angel and Seed investor Jesper Buch Denmark Ida Auken Minister of the Environment Denmark Lars Jannick Johansen Chief Executive Officer The Social Capital Fund Denmark Urmas Paet Minister of Foreign Affairs Estonia
Jacques Beltran Senior Vice-President, Alstom International France Europe, CIS, Turkey Christian Mandl Chairman Maporama Solutions France Laetitia Puyfaucher Chief Executive Officer and Pelham Media France Founder Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Minister of Women's Rights France of France and Spokesperson of the French Government Arnaud Ventura Co-Founder and Chief PlaNet Finance France Executive Officer Florence Verzelen Managing Director GDF SUEZ France Alexander Atzberger China Strategy Head SAP AG Germany Florian Henckel von Writer and Film Director Germany Donnersmarck Christine Graeff Director-General, European Central Bank Germany Communications and Language Services Eun-Kyung Park Managing Director, Sixx Prosiebensat.1 Media AG Germany Kristina Schröder Federal Minister of Family Germany Affairs and Senior Citizens Elinros Lindal Chief Executive Officer, ELLA Iceland Creative Director and Founder Mark Pollock Adventurer, Athlete and MarkPollock.Com Ireland Author Fabrizio Campelli Chief Strategy Officer, Head Deutsche Bank AG Italy of Strategy and Planning Silvia Console Battilana Chief Executive Officer and Auctionomics (and xSwan) Italy Co-Founder Michel Martone Deputy Minister of Italy Employment and Social Policies Martina Viarengo Assistant Professor, The Graduate Institute of Italy International Economics International and Development Studies Igor Luksic Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro Montenegro Philipp Jan Flach Managing Director DeSeizoenen Netherlands Judith Lingeman Head of Charities Dutch Postcode Lottery Netherlands (Nationale Postcode Loterij) Catherine E. de Vries Professor of European University of Oxford Netherlands Politics, Department of Politics and International Relations Silje Vallestad Founder and Chief Executive Bipper Norway Officer Thomas Wilhelmsen Chief Executive Officer Wallenius Wilhelmsen Group Norway Vuk Jeremic President United Nations General Republic of Serbia Assembly , 67th Session Srdja Popovic Executive Director CANVAS Republic of Serbia
Dana Costache Founder, Global Culture and MindSpeaker Global Culture Romania Leadership Consultant and Leadership Codrut Pascu Managing Partner, Black Sea Roland Berger Strategy Romania Region Consultants Nikolay Nikiforov Minister of Communications Russian Federation and Mass Media Elizaveta Osetinskaya Editor-in-Chief Forbes Russia Russian Federation Gilles Mentré Special Advisor Lazard Slovakia Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Director, Science and Global Adaptation Institute Spain Nuño Technology (GAIN) Daniel Ek Chief Executive Officer and Spotify Ltd Sweden Founder Pierre Maudet Member of the Executive City of Geneva Switzerland Council of the State of Geneva in Charge of Security Matthew Parish Partner Holman Fenwick Willan LLP Switzerland Aymeric Sallin Founder and Chief Executive NanoDimension Switzerland Officer Celine Herweijer Partner PwC United Kingdom Katie Jackson Senior Vice-President, Statoil (UK) Limited United Kingdom Mergers and Acquisitions Deepak Madnani Founder and Managing Solar Exports Ltd United Kingdom Director Anna Marrs Group Head of Strategy and Standard Chartered United Kingdom Corporate Development Melisande Middleton Founder and Director Center for International United Kingdom Media Ethics (CIME) Vikas Pota Chief Executive Officer Varkey GEMS Foundation United Kingdom Magnus Renfrew Director, Asia Art Basel United Kingdom Lord Nathanael Wei Ming- Member of the House of United Kingdom Yan Lords
Latin America & The Caribbean
Marcela Escobari Executive Director Center for International Bolivia Development, Harvard University Panmela Castro Artist Brazil Cristiano Câmara Chief Executive Officer Grupo Jaime Câmara Brazil Ana Gabriela Pessoa Chief Executive Officer Ezlearn Brazil and Founder Luisa Ribeiro Co-Founder and Chief Papaya Ventures Brazil Executive Officer Elaine Smith Director Instituto Geração Brazil Rodrigo Teles Chief Executive Officer Endeavor Brazil Brazil Cesar A. Hidalgo ABC Career Massachusetts Institute Chile
Development Professor of Technology (MIT) Carlos de Hart Pinto Vice-Minister of Business Ministry of Trade, Colombia Development Industry and Tourism Roberto Herrera Chief Executive Officer Compañía de Electricidad Dominican Republic de San Pedro de Macorís - CESPM Jacques-Philippe Co-Founder and Chief MPOWERD, Inc. Haiti Piverger Executive Officer Simon Levy Dabbah Chairman of the Board Latinasia Group - Ideasia Mexico Investment Fund Rodrigo Pérez-Alonso Director, Planning, Telecomunicaciones de Mexico González Evaluation and Mexico Institutional Information Luis Arbulu Managing Partner Hattery Peru Martin Aspillaga Managing Director Salkantay Partners Peru Rina Gee Kupferschmid- Chief Executive Officer ESG Analytics Venezuela Rojas
Middle East & North Africa
Ali Adnan Ibrahim Vice-President Al Baraka Banking Group Bahrain Hisham El Khazindar Managing Director and Co- Citadel Capital SAE Egypt Founder Ali Zuashkiani Chief Executive Officer Physical Asset Management Islamic Republic of Iran Corporation Shirin Hafi Principal Arabic High School Israel Mary Nazzal Chairman and Founder Landmark Hotels Jordan Soulaymane Kachani Vice-Dean and Professor Columbia University Morocco Aisha Al Khater Director Museum of Islamic Art Qatar Wael Sawan Managing Director Pearl Qatar Shell Services Co. Qatar GTL, Chairman of Qatar Shell
Alya Ahmed Saif Al Thani Ambassador Extraordinary Permanent Mission of the Qatar and Plenipotentiary State of Qatar Tal Nazer Chief Executive Officer and BUPA Arabia Saudi Arabia Managing Director Ahmed Al Shugeiri TV Host Khawater Saudi Arabia Tawakkol Karman Head Women Journalists Without Yemen Chains
North America
Shauna Robertson Founder CrowdRise Canada
Renée Maria Tremblay Visiting Professional International Criminal Court Canada
William Adams Founder I.Am.Angel Foundation USA
Lynsey Addario Freelance Photographer USA
Miranda A. Ballentine Director of Sustainability Wal-Mart Stores Inc. USA
Julie Bedard Partner Skadden, Arps, Slate, USA Meagher and Flom LLP Thomas J. Bollyky Senior Fellow, Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations USA Economics, and Development Chelsea Clinton Board Member Clinton Foundation USA
Brian Deese Deputy Director National Economic Council USA (NEC) Wendy Dent Visiting Scholar and University of Southern USA Writer/Filmmaker California School of Cinematic Arts Eric Greitens Founder and Executive The Mission Continues USA Director John Harthorne Founder and Chief Executive MassChallenge USA Officer Vail Horton Chief Executive Officer and Keen USA Founder Tony Hsieh Chief Executive Officer Zappos.com USA
Chris Hughes Editor-In-Chief The New Republic USA
Leila Janah Founder and Chief Executive Samasource USA Officer Benjamin Jealous President and Chief NAACP USA Executive Officer Matthew Levin Executive Vice-President Aon Corporation USA
Jamie Morin Chief Financial Officer and United States Air Force USA Assistant Secretary Kimberley Motley Founder Motley Legal Services USA
Nina Nashif Managing Director, Business Sandbox Industries USA Development Tamara Olsen Partner, Leader of Global Bain & Company Inc. USA Healthcare practice Jared Polis Congressman from Colorado United States House of USA (D), 2nd District Representatives Ai-jen Poo Director National Domestic Workers USA Alliance David Rhodes President CBS News USA
Katherine Richard Founder and Chief Executive Warwick Energy Group USA Officer Alexis Ringwald Chief Executive Officer and LearnUp USA Co-Founder Clara Shih Chief Executive Officer and Hearsay Labs USA Founder Nate Silver Founder FiveThirtyEight.Com USA
Kim Slicklein President OgilvyEarth USA
Keely Stevenson Chief Executive Officer Bamboo Finance USA USA
Angela Sun Chief of Staff to the Chief Bloomberg LP USA Executive Officer and President Leila Takayama Research Scientist and Willow Garage, Inc. USA Manager Nick Talwar Head of North America Visa Inc. USA Credit and Global Card Benefits Dune Thorne Partner Brown Advisory USA
Shazi Visram Chief Executive Officer and Happy Family USA Founder Mark Vlasic Senior Fellow and Adjunct Georgetown University USA Professor of Law Ted Wiley Founder and Executive Aquion Energy USA
Anne Wojcicki Co-Founder 23andMe Inc. USA
Randi Zuckerberg Founder and Chief Executive Zuckerberg Media USA Officer
South Asia
Asif Saleh Senior Director, Strategy, BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Bangladesh Communications and Advancement Committee) Capacity Justin Finnegan Managing Director Mountain Hazelnut Venture Bhutan Limited Nima Tshering Professional Assistant to His The Royal Secretariat Bhutan Majesty the King Zubaida Bai Founder and Chief Executive AYZH India Officer Bunty Bohra Chief Executive Officer Goldman Sachs Services India Private Limited Ajay Chaturvedi Founder Chief Executive HarVa (Harnessing Value of India Officer Rural India...) Arunabha Ghosh Chief Executive Officer Council on Energy, India Environment and Water (CEEW) Amit Mehra Founder and Managing Reuters Market Light (RML) India Director Pranav Mistry Researcher MIT - Media Laboratory India Roopa Purushothaman Managing Director and Head Everstone India of Research Vaishali Rastogi Partner and Managing The Boston Consulting India Director Group Shivinder Mohan Singh Executive Vice-Chairman Fortis Healthcare Limited, India India
Pooja Warier Director UnLtd India, Bombay India Connect and Journeys for Change Akhilesh Singh Yadav Chief Minister of Uttar India Pradesh Mariam Nawaz Political Central Figure Pakistan Muslim League Pakistan (PML) Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy Documentary Filmmaker SOC Films Pakistan Athar Osama Founder and Chief Executive Muslim- Pakistan Officer Science.Com/Pakistan Innovation Foundation Sheherbano Taseer Reporter Newsweek Pakistan Pakistan
Sub-Saharan Africa
Marc Wabi Senior Special Adviser to the Chambre de Commerce et Côte d'Ivoire President d'Industrie Solomon Assefa Research Scientist IBM Thomas J. Watson Ethiopia Research Center Dorcas Gachari Chief Executive Officer Openworld Ltd Kenya Saran Kaba Jones Founder and Executive FACE Africa Liberia Director Nishan Degnarain Senior Economic Adviser to Mauritius the Minister of Finance and Economic Development Cobhams Asuquo Founder and Chief Executive CAMP Nigeria Officer Ndubuisi Ekekwe Founder and Chairman First Atlantic Semiconductors Nigeria and Microelectronics Tara Fela-Duroyoye Founder and Chief Executive House of Tara International Nigeria Officer Amy Jadesimi Managing director LADOL Nigeria Ola Orekunrin Founder The Flying Doctors Nigeria Marieme Jamme Founder SpotOne Global Solutions Senegal Jesmane Boggenpoel Founder and Director Harvest Advisory Services South Africa Andrew Kuper President and Founder LeapFrog Investments Ltd South Africa Lindiwe Mazibuko Parliamentary Leader Democratic Alliance (DA) South Africa James Mwangi Global Managing Partner Dalberg South Africa Alex Okosi Senior Vice-President and Viacom International Media South Africa Managing Director Networks Africa (formerly MTV Networks Africa) January Yusuf Makamba Deputy Minister of Tanzania Communications, Science and Technology Rosebell Kagumire Journalist and Africans Act for Africa Uganda Communications Consultant Monica Musonda Chief Executive Officer and Java Foods Limited Zambia Founder