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