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The Judges

The judges for the European Business Awards are listed below. You can learn more about them by clicking on their photo.

Judges are invited to participate in the competition based on their experience, business acumen and expertise. Each panel includes different nationalities and they are naturally well-versed in the cultural aspects of each of the finalists' countries.

They are independent and receive no personal or financial benefit from their participation, You can find out more about how we select our judges by reading this blog.

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  • Chairman of Judges (FCIM, ACII, FICSI, Chartered Marketer)

    PHILIP FORREST

  • Associate Vice President, Retail, Consumer Goods & Logistic business, Infosys

    GINO GAENSSLER

  • Enterprise Correspondent, Financial Mail on Sunday

    VICKI OWEN

  • Executive President, ISS Spain

    JOAQUIM BORRÀS

  • Founder and Managing Director, Mapesbury Capital Partners

    OLIVER P. GARRIGUE

  • Managing Partner, &samhoud International

    EDWIN WINTER

  • Lund University

    PROFESSOR DAVID EDGERTON

  • Executive Director, Commission for Employment and Skills, UK

    IAN KINDER

  • Chair for Business Administration & Financial Services, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf

    PROF. DR. CHRISTOPH J BÖRNER

  • General Manager , EMEA & Managing Director Global City Cleaning, Tennant Company

    YVES DERYCKE

  • Director & Founder, Observatory of Spanish Multinational Companies (OEME) and an Associate Professor in the Strategy and General Management department at ESADE Business School

    Dr. Xavier Mendoza

  • Founder, Deulcom International

    BAYBARS ALTUNTAS

  • MBA IEDC, univ. dipl. oec. - President & CEO, Mercator group

    TONI BALAŽIČ

  • Chief Financial Officer, Bigpoint GmbH

    MICHAEL GUTSMANN

  • Director, TIGER

    PROFESSOR GRZEGORZ W. KOLODKO

  • Executive Director, EXPRESS – Kalofolias Publishing Printing S.A.

    ALINDA D. KALOFOLIAS

  • CEO and Chairman of the Board, M3 Communications Group, Inc.

    MAXIM BEHAR

  • Chief Integrity Officer, Millicom International Cellular

    ENRIQUE AZNAR

  • Director and CEO, ICC United Kingdom

    NICHOLAS ARMOUR

  • Pro Vice-Chancellor & Director of Finance, University of Roehampton

    REGINALD BLENNERHASSETT

  • Executive Director & Assistant Chief Executive, Bank of Cyprus UK Ltd

    KYPROS KYPRIANOU

  • CEO, Turkcell Global Bilgi A.Ş.

    BAHADIR PEKKAN

  • Co-founder and CEO, Companeo

    LAURENT HORWITZ

  • Senior Director, Albright Stonebridge Group & Managing Partner, Global Dealings Group

    HAKAN AKBAŞ

  • Regional Director for Europe, RSM International

    ROBERT COLES

  • Founder and Chairman, Delfarma Sp. z o.o., Poland

    DR. TOMASZ DZITKO, MBA

  • BT Turkey and Eastern Mediterranean, General Manager

    MEHMET BAŞER

  • BISOL Group, Member of the Board

    DR. PETER BALOH

  • Innovation Coordinator,Eczacıbaşı Holding

    ATA SELÇUK

  • Global Consumer Healthcare Management Consultant

    RALPH AHRBECK

  • Managing Director, Hiscox Europe

    PIERRE-OLIVIER DESAULLE

  • Managing Partner, RSM Poland

    BARTOSZ MIŁASZEWSKI

  • CEO, Mavi Jeans

    CUNEYT YAVUZ

  • Senior Vice President, Lumata

    FRED BECKER

  • Founding Director, Sysdoc

    KATHERINE CORICH

  • Head of Sustainability, Musgrave Group

    JOHN CURRAN

  • British Consul-General for North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate and Director-General of UK Trade & Investment in Germany

    MALCOLM SCOTT

  • CEO, Sheffield Forgemasters International

    DR. GRAHAM.A. HONEYMAN

  • Managing Director, Huthwaite International

    TONY HUGHES

  • International Contact Partner, Member of BoD, Head of International relations and administration Department of RSM BX Bulgaria.

    MARINA KANCHEVA

  • CEO, RSM Kapitalkarden

    N. LOKMAN KETENCI

  • Passionate Managing Director, Vincit

    MIKKO KUITUNEN

  • Chief Financial Officer, solairedirect

    CHRISTOPHE LAHON

  • Founder & Director, Loccioni Humancare

    CLAUDIO LOCCIONI

  • Chief Executive, Infinis

    ERIC MACHIELS

  • COO & General Manager, Made in Design

    PHILIPPE MERIAUX

  • CEO, IPDIA

    FRANCK MURRAY

  • Vice President, Strategy & Marketing - CSC

    ANGELA BOWLAND

  • Owner, Benjamin Muscat Consultant

    BENJAMIN MUSCAT

  • Director, M&A

    MGR. LIBOR NĚMEČEK, PHD

  • Human Resources Director, DocMorris and Unicarepharmacy

    TRACY O’BRIEN

  • Managing Partner, RSM International Member Firms

    JOAQUIM PATRÍCIO DA SILVA

  • CEO & Chairman, RSM France

    JEAN-MICHEL PICAUD

  • CEO, Macedonian Thrace Brewery S.A.

    DEMETRI POLITOPOULOS

  • CEO, Aerogen Ltd.

    JOHN POWER

  • Managing Director of &Samhoud Spain

    ROCIO PUERTA LOPEZ

  • Director for Trade & Investment France; Regional Director for Inward Investment for Europe, the Middle East and Africa - UKTI

    MICHAEL WARD

  • CEO, Sunrise System Company

    PAWEŁ RYBAK

  • Chief Operations Officer, RSM Germany

    GREGOR SCHMIDT

  • Managing Partner, RSM Scot SRL

    DAN SCHWARTZ

  • Partner of RSM Italy and leads the Corporate Finance and Transaction Services Department.

    ANDREA TUCCIO

  • Chief Operating Officer, Island Hotels Group Holdings plc Managing Director, Island Caterers Limited

    WINSTON J. ZAHRA

  • Customer Experience Lead, Emirates Group

    CRAIG LEE

  • Chief Executive, Tech City

    ERIC VAN DER KLEIJ

  • Senior Operational Manager, Scottish Power

    KEITH JONES

  • Former Managing Director of Liverpool Football Club

    CHRISTIAN PURSLOW

  • President of the Board of Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency

    SŁAWOMIR MAJMAN

  • Commentator-in-chief, EKONOM

    ROBERT BRESTAN

  • Associate Vice President & Head of Infosys’ Process Manufacturing Sub-vertical, Europe

    NITESH BANSAL

  • Founder and Editor in Chief, EUobserver

    LISBETH KIRK

  • Country Head, Germany – Infosys

    FRANZ-JOSEF SCHÜRMANN

  • CEO of the International Chamber of Commerce, UK

    STEPHEN PATTISON

  • Senior Investing Partner, RSM Belgium

    KURT CONINX

  • Vice President Corporate Communication of Icelandair

    GUDJON ARNGRIMSSON

  • 67th Prime Minister of Belgium

    FORMER PRIME MINISTER YVES LETERME

  • Executive Director, European Academy of Business in Society

    JOHN SWANNICK

  • Former President of the Republic of Estonia (08.10.2001-09.10.2006)

    PRESIDENT ARNOLD RÜÜTEL

  • CEO of the Irish Exporters Association and Chairman of the Institute of International Trade of Ireland.

    JOHN WHELAN

  • Senior Innovation Advisor to the Rector of Vistula University

    DOCTOR JANUSZ MARSZALEC

  • Group Chief Sales & Marketing Officer and a Group Vice President, BP plc

    LUC BARDIN

  • Executive Director of ESADE University Program

    ALFRED VERNIS

  • General Manager, Bilim Pharmaceuticals

    DOCTOR ERHAN BAS

  • Managing Director, Etiketten CARINI GmbH

    EDGAR SOHM

  • Worldwide Social Media Manager, Digital Strategy Group, HP

    JEROEN COENEN

  • Chief Operating Officer Europe, Kantar Media Intelligence

    GISELLE BODIE

  • Chief Executive, CQI

    SIMON FEARY

  • Founder & CEO of Petrotechnics

    PHIL MURRAY

  • CEO – Taxback.com

    TERRY CLUNE

  • Chairman of the Fairtrade Foundation

    DAVID CLAYTON-SMITH

  • Group Chief General Manager, Bank of Cyprus

    YIANNIS KYPRI

  • Former EC Vice President & Commissioner for Enterprise & Industry

    GÜNTER VERHEUGEN

  • CEO of Carlsberg Brewery

    FLEMMING LINDELØV

  • President of the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development.

    BOŻENA LUBLIŃSKA-KASPRZAK

  • CEO of Selfridges, Chairman of Luxury Skincare, Director of ASOS

    PETER WILLIAMS

  • CEO and Managing Director of Intracom IT Services Group of Companies

    ATHANASIOS KOTSIS

  • Chairman of Impulsa TDT, BAOLAB Microsystems and Director General of TV3

    JOAN MAJÓ

  • Editor in Chief, The FINANCIAL

    ZVIAD POCHKHUA