List of 2011 Young Global Leaders Honourees

As of 9 March 2011

East Asia

Australia Christian Behrenbruch Founder and Chief Executive ImaginAb Inc.

Officer
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 Purpose
Officer
Australia David Hill Partner Deloitte
Cambodia Sophal Ear Assistant Professor of National US Naval Postgraduate
Security Affairs School
Hong Kong SAR Yana Peel Co-Director and Founder Intelligence Squared
Asia
Hong Kong SAR Diana Tsui Director of Corporate Social KPMG
Responsibility and Chief
Executive Officer of KPMG
Foundation
Indonesia Rieke Diah Pitaloka Member of Parliament Indonesian Democratic
Party of Struggle
Indonesia M. Arsjad Rasjid President Director and Company PT Indika Energy Tbk
Group Chief Executive Officer
Indonesia Najwa Shihab Anchor Metro TV
Japan Kanae Doi Director, Japan Human Rights Watch
Japan Masatada Kobayashi Director and Senior Executive Rakuten Inc.
Officer
Japan Shinjiro Koizumi Member of the House of
Representatives, Japan
Japan Haruo Miyagi President ETIC (Entrepreneurial
Training for Innovative
Communities)
Japan Ken Noguchi Alpinist
Japan William H. Saito Founder and Chief Executive InTecur
Officer
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 Universiti Tunku Abdul
Mrs Chua Chai Leng Professor Rahman
of Economics
New Zealand Mitchell Pham International Development Augen Technology
Director Group
New Zealand David Rodin Co-Director and Senior Oxford Institute for
Research Fellow Ethics, Law and Armed
Conflict, Oxford
University
People's Republic Grace Chiang Managing Director and Co- Social Venture Group
of China Founder
People’s Republic Liu Goodwin Associate Dean and Professor University of California,
of China of Law Berkeley
People's Republic Liu Yingxia Chairperson Harbin Xiangying Group
of China
People's Republic Annabelle Long Managing Director Bertelsmann China
of China Holding
People's Republic Pan Haidong Chief Executive Officer and Hudong.com Inc.
of China Founder
People's Republic Wang Yong Secretary-General Brand China Industry
of China Union
People’s Republic Wen Zhou Chief Executive Officer 3.1 Phillip Lim
of China
People's Republic Caroline Watson Director and Founder Hua Dan
of China
People's Republic Zhang Hongxia General Manager and Executive Weiqiao Textile CO.
of China Chairperson of the Board LTD-H
People's Republic Zhang Jianqun President and Chief Executive Yizhou Cement Group
of China Officer
People's Republic Zhou Xun Actress
of China
Philippines Rex Bernardo Director of Research Mabini College
Philippines Kala Mulqueeny Senior Counsel Asian Development
Bank
Philippines Sheila Lirio Marcelo Founder and Chief Executive Care.com
Officer
Republic of Korea Kang Hyunjung Chief Executive Officer Ultra Construction &
Engineering Co
Republic of Korea Na Sung-Kyun Founder and Chief Executive Neowiz
Officer
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 HTC-VIA
Development and Strategy, VIA
Technologies
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 President and Chief Executive Thai Beverage Public
Sirivadhanabhakdi Officer 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 Jahaan Technology
Director Corporation
Bangladesh Abdul Wunem Wasif Photographer
India Anuradha Acharya Founder and Chief Executive Ocimum Biosolutions
Officer Ltd
India Sanjay Chandra Managing Director Unitech Limited
India Sandeep Chatterjee Vice-President and Chief Source Trace Systems
Technology Officer Inc.
India Gita Gopinath Professor of Economics Harvard University
India Priya Hiranandani- Founder and Co-Chairman Hirco Group
Vandrevala
India Manish Khera Chief Executive Officer Financial Inclusion
Network and
Operations Ltd (FINO)
India Chetan Maini Deputy Chairman and Chief Mahindra Reva
Technology Officer
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 Founding Partner and Head of HCL Technologies,
Srikrishna Global Strategy and Sales 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 University of Vermont
Planning and Asian Studies,
Rubenstein School of
Environment and Natural
Resources
Pakistan Mir Ibrahim Rahman Chief Executive Officer GEO TV Network

Europe
Azerbaijan Murad Sofizade Director, Portfolio Management, Finam Capital
Fund Raising
Belgium Raphael Schoentgen Chief Representative Officer GDF Suez
Croatia Marin Soljacic Associate 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 A Capital Asia
Officer
France Olivier Oullier Associate Professor of Université de Provence
Neuroscience 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
Germany Katrin Ley Vice-President, Brand Strategy, Reebok International
Business Development and Ltd
Women's Sport Business Unit
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 of Strategy & Thomson Reuters
Marketing
Germany Martin Seidenberg Chief Executive Officer, Central Deutsche Post DHL
Europe Supply Chain (Global Mail Division)
Germany Brigitte Sitzberger Associate Direc Advanced Technology
Investment Company
(ATIC)
tor
Greece Dionysia-Theodora Member of Hellenic Parliament,
Avgerinopoulou 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 MyBnk
Officer
Italy Pasquale Salzano Vice-President, International Eni SpA
Public Affairs
Italy Diana Verde Nieto Founder Clownfish
Netherlands Lucas Simons Founder and Chief Executive Fore Finance /
Officer NewForesight
Republic of Serbia Milos Ristic Chief Executive Officer for Delta Maxi Group
Serbia
Russian Andrey Elinson Deputy Chief Executive Officer Basic Element
Federation
Russian Yan Yanovskiy Founder and Managing Partner First Nation SB
Federation
Spain Lucas Carné Co-Founder Privalia
Spain David del Ser Founder and Chief Executive Frogtek
Officer
Sweden Sasja Beslik Head of Environmental, Social Nordea Bank AB
and Governance Analysis
(ESG)
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 Group
Dogus Strategy
Ukraine Max Levchin Vice-President of Engineering Google Inc.
Ukraine Ruslana Lyzhichko Singer
United Kingdom Pete Cashmore Chief Executive Officer and Mashable
Founder
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 CNN International
Managing Director
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 Qatar Foundation
Chairman, World Innovation
Summit for Education
Saudi Arabia Loulwa M. Bakr Director - Head of Saudi Arabia, Credit Suisse Saudia
Investment Banking Arabia
Saudi Arabia May Al Dabbagh Director, Gender and Public Dubai School of
Policy Programme Government, UAE
Saudi Arabia Fahd Al Rasheed Managing Director and Chief Emaar The Economic
Executive Officer City
United Arab Badr Jafar Executive Director Crescent Petroleum
Emirates
United Arab Rima Maktabi Host of Inside the Middle East CNN
Emirates
United Arab Sultan S. Al Qassemi Chairman Barjeel Geojit Securities
Emirates LLC
United Arab Zaid Daoud Al Siksek Chief Executive Officer Health Authority - Abu
Emirates Dhabi (HAAD)

SubSaharan Africa
Ethiopia Bethlehem Tilahun Co-Founder and Managing SoleRebels
Alemu Director
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 The Tiossano Tribe
Founder
South Africa Avril Halstead Chief Director, Sectoral National Treasury of
Oversight South Africa
South Africa Vuyo D. Kahla Group Executive, Advisory and Sasol Limited
Assurance
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

North America
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 Consorte Media
Officer
USA Rye Barcott Speechwriter and Special Duke Energy
Advisor to the Chairman and Corporation
Chief Executive Officer
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 Hilton Worldwide
Corporate Communications
USA Hala Gorani Anchor CNN International
USA Nikki R. Haley Governor of South Carolina
USA Omar Hamoui Founder and Chief Executive AdMob Inc.
Officer
USA Jessica Jackley Founder and Chief Executive ProFounder
Officer
USA Asli Karahan Executive Director, Office of the UBS AG
Chief Executive Officer
USA Vivek Kundra Chief Information Officer, United Office of Management
States of America and Budget
USA Jamail Larkins Founder and Chief Executive Ascension Aircraft
Officer
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 Nike Inc.
Running
USA Jane McGonigal Director of Games Research and Institute for the Future
Development (IFTF)
USA Westley Moore Investment Professional Citigroup
USA Blake Mycoskie Founder TOMS Shoes
USA Jaime Nack President and Founder Three Squares Inc.
USA Dana Perino Political Commentator Fox News
USA April Rinne Director, WaterCredit Water.org
USA Charles Rutstein Chief Operating Officer Forrester Research Inc.
USA Dan Senor Senior Adviser Elliott Management
Corporation
USA E. Benjamin Skinner Senior Fellow, Schuster Institute Brandeis University
for Investigative Journalism
USA Dylan E. Taylor Chief Executive Officer, USA Colliers International
USA Alexa von Tobel Founder and Chief Executive LearnVest
Officer
USA Melanie Walker Senior Program Officer for Bill & Melinda Gates
Special Initiatives 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 Johnson & Johnson
and Services Sourcing
Colombia Juan Carlos Pinzón Chief of Staff to the President of
Bueno Colombia
Cuba Aimé Pelaíz Barranco Vice-Dean, Faculty of Physics University of La Habana
Dominican Eduardo A. Cruz President ARS Humano
Republic
Guatemala Yara Argueta Chief Operating Officer Grupo Solid
(Guatemala) SA
Guatemala Salvador Biguria Head of New Businesses Grupo Pantaleon jus
Mexico Mario Martin Delgado Secretary of Education of
Carrillo 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 Agora Partnerships
Partner

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