List of 2012 Young Global Leaders Honourees

As of 6 March 2012

East Asia
Australia Kate Ellis Minister for Employment Participation and Childcare and Minister for the Status of Women of Australia Managing Director, Access to Sport Head of Responsible Investment Nike Inc.

Australia

Lisa MacCallum Carter

Australia

Amanda McCluskey

Colonial First State Global Asset Management Internews

Australia

Kathleen Reen

Vice-President for Asia, Environment and New Media Executive Director Founder and Chief Executive Officer Co-Founder Founder

Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong SAR

Adrian Cheng Francis Ngai

New World Development Social Ventures Hong Kong Ruma Inc. Blitz Megaplex, Global Entrepreneurship Program Clara Online Inc.

Indonesia Indonesia

Aldi Haryopratomo Ananda Siregar

Japan

Kentaro Iemoto

President and Chief Executive Officer President Artist Executive Director

Japan Japan Japan

Mitsuru Izumo Drue Kataoka Lin Kobayashi

Euglena Co. Ltd

Foundation for International School of Asia, Karuizawa Hatena Co. Ltd Kopernik

Japan Japan

Junya Kondo Toshihiro Nakamura

Chief Executive Officer Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer

Japan

Akimitsu Sano

Cookpad

Japan

Kunihiko Shimada

Special Adviser to the Minister of Environment of Japan Co-Chief Executive Officer Head, Planning Section, Product Planning Department Member of the Malaysian Parliament and Vice President of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat City Councillor Province Wellesley Municipal Council BioMine Enigmo Inc.

Japan

Shokei Suda

Japan

Satoru Yamamoto

Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd

Malaysia

Nurul Izzah Anwar

Malaysia

Steven Sim Chee Keong

New Zealand

Privahini Bradoo

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder Secretary-General

Peoples Republic of China Peoples Republic of China Peoples Republic of China

Liu Jiachen

All-China Youth Federation Greenovation Hub

Lo Sze Ping

Executive Director

Ning Tian

Chief Executive Officer

Zhejiang Panshi Information Technology Co. Ltd San Francisco Ballet

Peoples Republic of China Peoples Republic of China Peoples Republic of China Peoples Republic of China Philippines

Yuan Yuan Tan

Principal Dancer

Tian Wei

TV Host

China Central TV (CCTV) Caixin Media

Shuo Wang

Managing Editor

Nick Yang Ning

Vice-Chairman of the Board Chief Executive Officer and Founder Co-Founder, Chief Scientific Officer Co-Founder and Managing Director

KongZhong Corporation

Analisa Balares

Womensphere

Philippines

Diosdado Rey Banatao

Entropy Resins Inc.

Philippines

Benedict Carandang

Tuldok Animation Studios Inc.

Philippines

Reese Fernandez

President and Founding Partner Administrative Pastor

Rags2Riches

Republic of Korea

Kim Hana

Myung Sung Presbyterian Church Risk Management Institute, National University of Singapore National Research Foundation, Projects Division, Office of the Prime Minister SAP Research United Nations Association of Singapore (UNAS) TOPICA Education Group

Singapore

Lutfey Siddiqi

Adjunct Professor

Singapore

Tan Yinglan

Head

Singapore Singapore

Victor Tong Joo Chuan Kwong Weng Yap

Research Manager Secretary-General

Vietnam

Tuan Pham

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

South Asia
Afghanistan India Rangina Hamidi Subhashini Chandran Founder and President Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director (Tea Estates India Limited) Chief Executive Officer Director and Official Spokesperson for the Prime Minister of India Director Chief Executive Officer McKinsey and Company Livelihoods Equity Connect (LEC) Harvard University Vaatsalya ARE Technologies Kandahar Treasures Woodbriar Group - Tea Estates India Limited (TEIL)

India India

Vandana Goyal Binoy Job

Akanksha Foundation

India India

Alok Kshirsagar Adarsh Kumar

India India India

Sendhil Mullainathan Ashwin Naik Sanjiv Rai

Professor, Economics Founder Founder and Chairperson

India

Chhavi Rajawat

Sarpanch of Soda

Municipal Government of Soda

India

Rajamanohar Somasundaram V. R. Ferose Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed

Founder and Managing Director Managing Director Secretary-General

Hexolabs

India Maldives

SAP Labs India South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

Pakistan Pakistan

Fatima Bhutto Shahzada Dawood

Author and Poet Director Dawood Hercules Chemicals Limited Almoiz Industries MTV Pakistan

Pakistan Pakistan

Nauman Khan Fasi Zaka

Managing Director Radio Host and Columnist Executive Director

Sri Lanka

Asanga Abeyagoonasekera

Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKIIRSS) The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS)

Sri Lanka

Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah

Director

Europe
Bulgaria Yana Buhrer Tavanier Campaign Director Bulgarian Helsinki Committee Eurobank EFG Bulgaria (Postbank)

Bulgaria

Petia Dimitrova

Executive Director, Deputy Chairperson of the Management Board Chief Executive Officer Founder

Denmark Denmark

Soulaima Gourani H.R.H. Mary Elizabeth of Denmark

Soulaima Gourani ApS The Mary Foundation, H.K.H. Kronprinsesse Marys Fond

France

Christel Heydemann

Executive VicePresident, Human Resources and Transformation Communication Adviser Artist Freelance Journalist

Alcatel-Lucent

France France France

Sandrine Joseph JR Nabila Ramdani

Orange France

Georgia

Vera Koalia

Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Federal Minister of Health of Germany Chief Executive Officer Basketball Player Strategic Assistant to Group Chief Executive Officer Partner Zurich Financial Services PUMA

Germany

Daniel Bahr

Germany Germany Germany

Franz Koch Dirk Nowitzki Andrea Strmer

Germany

Christian Hans Wessels

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

Hungary

Agnes Osztolykan

Member of Parliament of the National Assembly of Hungary Chief Sustainability Officer Information Designer Mayor of the City of Florence Co-Founder Head of Global Banking and Markets Unit Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Member of the Parliament of Romania Layar Bank of America Merrill Lynch eRepublik.com BT

Ireland

Niall Dunne

Italy Italy

Angela Morelli Matteo Renzi

Netherlands Poland

Claire Boonstra Michal Krupinski

Portugal

Alexis Bonte

Romania

Victor Ponta

Russian Federation

Nikolay Dobrovolskiy

Vice-President, Product Development Board Member and Executive Director for Russia, Belarus and Tajikistan

Parallels Inc.

Russian Federation

Denis Morozov

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Russian Federation

Roland Nash

Chief Investment Strategist Plenipotentiary for Knowledge Economy Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder Member Parliament of Spain Minister for European Union Affairs of Sweden Managing Partner Founder and Director National Deputy of the National Council of Switzerland Founder and Director Head of the Centre for Carbon Measurement Controller Global Chief Financial Officer Director of Advocacy and Policy Chief Executive Officer Program Director Design Director and Associate Partner

Verno Capital

Slovakia

Martin Bruncko

Government of the Slovak Republic SharpBrains

Spain

Alvaro Fernandez

Spain

Eduardo Madina

Sweden

Birgitta Ohlsson

Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland

Pasha Bakhtiar Jem Bendell Natalie Rickli

Willowtree Lifeworth

United Kingdom United Kingdom

Maggie Berry Jane Burston

Women in Technology National Physical Laboratory BBC One McCann Worldgroup

United Kingdom United Kingdom

Danny Cohen Tara Comonte

United Kingdom

Brendan Cox

Save the Children

United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom

Rajeeb Dey Sam Gregory Tom Hulme

Enternships.com Witness IDEO London

United Kingdom

Martha Lane Fox

UK Digital Champion appointed by the Government of the United Kingdom Managing Partner and Founder Head, Emerging Markets

Go On UK

United Kingdom

Tim Levene

Augmentum Capital

United Kingdom

Rain Newton-Smith

Oxford Economics

United Kingdom

Ian Pearman

Chief Executive Officer

Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO OneLeap

United Kingdom

Robyn Scott

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

United Kingdom

Kresse Wesling

Co-Founder and Director

Elvis & Kresse

Middle East and North Africa

Egypt

Wael Ghonim

Middle East and North Africa Marketing Manager Co-Founder and Managing Partner Founder and President Strategic Initiatives Founder and Creator Executive VicePresident, Branding Chair of the Committee, Foreign Affairs, National Defence and Religious Affairs of the Moroccan Parliament Poet

Google

Egypt

Ayman Ismail

Enovio

Israel Israel Jordan Jordan

Eli Beer Jonathan Adiri Lama Hourani Dina Shoman

United Hatzalah of Israel Better Place Inc. Lama Hourani Creations Arab Bank

Morocco

Mbarka Bouaida

Palestinian Territories

Suheir Hammad

Palestinian Territories Tunisia United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates

Nisreen Shahin

Executive Director

Rawabi Foundation

Slim Amanou Sultan Ahmed Jaber

Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer

Alixsys MASDAR - Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company Enviromena

Sami Khoreibi

Chief Executive Officer

Dalia Mogahed

Executive Director and Senior Analyst

Gallup Center for Muslim Studies

United Arab Emirates

Ohood Al Roumi

Director-General

Office of the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates EPFL SV BMI

Yemen

Hilal Lashuel

Director, Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Neuroproteomics

Sub-Saharan Africa

Botswana

Olebile Makhupe

Head of WholeSale Banking, Africa China Trade Corridor Managing Partner

Standard Charterd Bank

Ghana

Kimathi Kuenyehia

Kimathi & Partners, Corporate Attorneys MPedigree Network African Leadership Academy InMobi

Ghana Ghana

Bright Simons Fred Swaniker

President Co-Founder and Chief Executive Office Vice-President and Managing Director Managing Director Chief Executive Officer and Founder Editor Chief Operating Officer

Kenya

Isis Nyong'o

Nigeria Nigeria

Biola Alabi Akudo Anyanwu-Ikemba

MNET Africa Friends Africa

Nigeria Rwanda

Simon Kolawole Clare Akamanzi

Thisday Rwanda Development Board (RDB)

Senegal South Africa South Africa

Amadou Hott Oya-Hazel Gumede Sisonke Msimang

Chief Executive Officer Director Executive Director

Afribridge Capital Ashira Legal Advisors Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa BioTherm Energy

South Africa Sudan Tanzania

Jasandra Nyker Emmanuel Jal Mohammed Dewji

Chief Executive Officer Singer and Activist Group Managing Director

Mohammed Enterprises Ltd

Togo

Cina Lawson

Minister of Posts and Telecommunications of the Republic of Togo Managing Director Anchor Mara Group CCTV9

Uganda Zimbabwe

Ashish Thakkar Vimbayi Kajese

North America

Canada

Kaliya Hamlin

Executive Director

Personal Data Ecosystem Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Federal Trade Commission US Department of State LB Transportation Consulting Inc. Warby Parker

Canada

George Stroumboulopoulos

Broadcaster

Canada

Tim Wu

Senior Advisor

USA USA

Huma Abedin Lena Janel Bansal

Deputy Chief of Staff President and Chief Executive Officer Co-Founder and CoChief Executive Officer Sector Leader, Consumer and Commercial Finance Partner Emergency Room Doctor Artist and Co-Founder

USA

Neil Blumenthal

USA

David Boehmer

Heidrick and Struggles

USA USA USA

Binta Niambi Brown David Callaway Candy Chang

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Carolinas Medical Center Civic Center

USA

Jane Chen

Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Cosmetic Chemist President Executive Director

Embrace

USA

Eunice Nuekie Cofie

Nuekie Inc.

USA USA

Cesar Conde Joshua DuBois

Univision Networks White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships Population Action International Facebook Inc.

USA

Suzanne Ehlers

President and Chief Executive Officer Vice President, Business and Marketing Partnerships Chief Executive Officer Founder Chief Executive Officer and Founder Co-Founder and Partner Founder and Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Founder and Executive Director Founder Professor of Economics Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer

USA

David Fischer

USA USA USA

Dave Hanley Scott Harrison Brian Herlihy

Banyan Branch charity: water Seacom

USA USA

Ken Howery Josh James

Founders Fund Domo Inc.

USA USA

Valerie Keller Salman Khan

Veritas Khan Academy

USA USA USA

John Legend Jonathan Levin Lynn Loo

The Show Me Campaign Stanford University Princeton University

USA USA

Adam Lowry Greg McKeown

Method Product Inc. THIS Inc.

USA

Aimee Mullins

Athlete, Actress and Design Innovator

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USA

Kristin Groos Richmond

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Assistant Professor

Revolution Foods

USA

Pardis Sabeti

Harvard FAS Center for Systems Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology ABC News-Bloomberg Television The World Bank

USA

Rebecca Saxe

Professor, Brain and Cognitive Science Correspondent

USA

Lara Setrakian

USA

Ian Solomon

United States Executive Director Chief Digital Officer Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer White House Correspondent

USA USA

Rachel Sterne JB Straubel

City of New York Tesla Motors

USA

Jeff Zeleny

New York Times

Latin America and the Caribbean

Argentina Laura Alonso National Representative of the Argentinean Congress Chief Executive Officer Co-founder Director Invertir Online YouNoodle.com Fidelidade Empreendimentos e Participacoes Associao Gastromotiva Brazilian Clinical Research Institute BEMOL/FOGAS Kapeh

Argentina Argentina Brazil

Facundo Garreton Rebeca Hwang Samuel Elia

Brazil

David Hertz

President and Director

Brazil

Renato D. Lopes

Executive Director and Co-Founder Chief Financial Officer Founder Minister of Planning of Chile Chief Executive Officer

Brazil Brazil Chile

Denis B. Minev Vanessa Vilela Felipe Kast

Ecuador

Carlos Moncayo Castillo

Asiam Business Group

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El Salvador Mexico

Diego De Sola Gina Badenoch

Chief Executive Officer Founder and Chief Executive Officer Member of the Board Co-Founder and Executive Board Member Assistant Resident Representative Programme National Director, Health Promotion Managing Director

Inversiones Bolivar Ojos que Sienten

Mexico Mexico

Santiago Cosio Pando Emilio Lozoya-Austin

America Movil JF Holding

Nicaragua

Maria Nelly Rivas

United Nations Development Programme Ministry of Health, Government of Panama Multicultural Capital

Panama

Carolina Freire

Puerto Rico

Georgie Bernadete

Venezuela

Henrique Capriles Radonski

Governor of the state of Miranda Speaker

Venezuela

Maickel Melamed

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