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The Judges

The judges for the 2011 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, FICSI, ACII, Chartered Marketer

    PHILIP FORREST

  • Head of Trade and Supply Chain UK, HSBC

    IAN TANDY

  • 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

  • Head of Corporate Banking, HSBC Ireland

    ALAN DUFFY

  • 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

  • Founder and CEO of 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

  • Founder, Vueling Airlines

    CARLOS MUÑOZ

  • Former Minister of Environment (2006-2008); President of Foundation UniVerde

    HON. ALFONSO PECORARO SCANIO

  • Human Resources Director Europe, Diageo

    ALBERT HAKKERS

  • Head of Commercial Banking, HSBC Bank Plc

    STEPHEN PRICE

  • Enterprise Editor, The Mail on Sunday

    HELEN LOVELESS

  • Founder and Managing Director, Mapesbury Capital Partners

    OLIVER P. GARRIGUE

  • CEO, Amplifon Group

    FRANCO MOSCETTI

  • Head of Corporate Sustainability, HSBC

    MAGGIE CROMPTON

  • Head of Strategy Business Banking and Marketing CMB, HSBC BANK PLC HBFR

    PHILIPPE BARBE

  • Regional Director for Europe, RSM International

    ROBERT COLES

  • Country Head France, Infosys Technologies

    ERIC LAFFARGUE

  • Dean, ESADE Business School

    DOCTOR ALFONS SAUQUET

  • Vice President and Head of Infosys’ Manufacturing Business Unit in Europe

    SUDHIR CHATURVEDI

  • Managing Partner, &Samhoud International

    EDWIN WINTER

  • Lund University, Sweden

    PROFESSOR DAVID EDGERTON

  • DipM- Hon FCIM, FIoD, FCMI, FRSA, FCAM Chartered Marketer, Chief Executive, The Chartered Institute of Marketing

    RODERICK E. WILKES

  • Fellow, Chartered Institute of Marketing

    JOHN W ALLAN

  • Director, Morston Consulting

    MARTIN CARDOE