The Jury

The Jury is composed of outstanding individuals with senior positions in academia, business and the non-profit sector. Read about the achievements of the 2010 Jurors by clicking on their profiles below.

Africa Asia Europe Latin America North America All
Wenceslao Casares
ARGENTINA
Co-CEO, Bling Nation
Annemarie Van Gaal
NETHERLANDS
Founder and CEO of AM Media publishing company
Founder of the Independent Media Group
Investor
Kimberlie Cerrone
UNITED STATES
Silicon Valley Angel Investor
Shahira Zeid
EGYPT
Vice Chairman and CEO, MZ Investments
Yang Lan
CHINA
Chairperson of Sun Media Group and Sun Culture Foundation
Loïc Sadoulet
FRANCE
Professor of Economics & Head of the Africa Initiative, INSEAD
Amparo Serrano
MEXICO
Chairwoman & Chief Creative Officer, Distroller
Sônia Regina Hess De Souza
BRAZIL
President and CEO of Dudalina S.A.
Pablo Brenner
URUGUAY
Partner, Prosperitas Capital Partners
Michelle Garnaut
AUSTRALIA / CHINA
Owner/Operator M. Restaurant Group
Shelly Porges
UNITED STATES
Senior Advisor, Global Women’s Business Initiative, US Department of State
Margarita Vaquer
ARGENTINA
Director of Public Affairs of Rincon de Corrientes S.A.
Johan Staël von Holstein
SWEDEN
Serial entrepreneur
Founder and CEO, MyCube
Wendy Luhabe
SOUTH AFRICA
Pioneering Social Entrepreneur, Chairman/Director of Companies, Author
Jury President Africa
Aziz Senni
FRANCE
Chairman of Business Angels des Cités (BAC)
Keiko Honda
JAPAN
Director, McKinsey & Company Japan Office
Spiros Voyadzis
GREECE
President of the Partnerships for Finance and Development Group
Jury President Europe
Miriem Bensalah Chaqroun
MOROCCO
CEO, Les Eaux Minérales d’Oulmès, Groupe Holmarcom
Michelle Sassoon
SINGAPORE
COO of The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf
Virginia Littlejohn
UNITED STATES
President and CEO of Quantum Leaps, Inc.
Senior Advisor at the OECD on Women Entrepreneurship
Jury President North America
John Dickinson
FRANCE
Founder, Financial Networking
Nell Merlino
UNITED STATES
Founder and CEO of Count-Me-In for Economic Independence
Iris Kronenbitter
GERMANY
Director of the National Agency for Women Start-ups & Entrepreneurs (BGa)
Zoë Dean-Smith
SWAZILAND
Managing Director of Visionary Growth & Development Consultants
Joyce Ventura
COLOMBIA
Film Producer
Jury President Latin America
Leyla Alaton
TURKEY
Board Member, Alarko Group of Companies
Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Minister of Foreign Trade
Jury President Asia