Jury

Independent and renowned individuals from fields such as technology, politics and developmental work will undertake the selection process for the competition. We are pleased to introduce the jury supporting the “empowering people. Award”.

Prof. Daniel Fletcher

Lloyd Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering and Biophysics at UC Berkeley

Dr. Christoph Frei

Secretary General World Energy Counsil

Tanja Gönner

Chair of the Management Board Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Prof. Dr. Peter Gruss

President of the Max Planck Society

Wolfgang Hafenmayer

LGT Venture Philanthropy Managing Partner

Manuela Kasper-Claridge

Head of Economics Department, Deutsche Welle-TV

Thomas Loster

Chairman of the Munich Re Foundation

Felix Oldenburg

Europe Leader and Director Germany for Ashoka

Stephan Opitz

Director General for Policy and Latin American Region within KfW Development Bank

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ewald Pruckner

Steinbeis-Transfer Centre for Process Engineering, Energy and Environmental Technology

Dr. Dorothea Ringe

Head of Strategy and Finance at the Oxford Entrepreneurship Centre Saïd Business School

Gerry Salole

Chief Executive European Foundation Center

Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Georg Teutsch

Scientific Managing Director Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)

Mirjam Schöning

Senior Researcher at the Skoll Center, Said Business School, Oxford University

Simon Trace

CEO Practical Action

Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer

Executive Director Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)

Jean-Luc Vincent

Founding President of the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva

Gavin Lindsay Wall

Director of the Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division (AGS) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations