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Meet the Judges

24/25 judges to be announced.
Please read more about the judges for our first competition below.

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Professor of Economics and Public Policy

Oxford University

Paul Collier

Paul Collier is the author of The Future of Capitalism, Refuge, the Bottom Billion, and other books on social and economic reform - more

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Head of UK Private Bank Wealth Management, Barclays

Annabelle Bryde

Annabelle has more than 25 years’ experience in investment banking and wealth management. Before joining Barclays, she was Head of Wealth Management US, Canada, UK & Nordics at Bank Vontobel AG Zurich. Prior to this, she held senior leadership roles for UBS.

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Founder/CEO
Praava Health

Sylvana Quader Sinha

Since Sylvana founded Praava Health in 2018 it has become one of the fastest-growing healthcare providers in emerging markets, having already served more than half a million patients to date in Bangladesh. 

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Professor of Entrepreneurship
Warwick University

Deniz Ucbasaran

Deniz's research explores entrepreneurial activity involving new value creation at the level of the individual, the team and the firm. She is widely published in a range of journals which include the Harvard Business Review - more

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Social Entrepreneur
Founder of Beam

Alex Stephany

Alex Stephany is an award-winning social entrepreneur and the founder of Beam, an innovative tech platform supporting homeless people and refugees into stable jobs and homes more

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Managing Partner
Grit Ventures

Christy Cardenas

An early-stage builder in technology and impact spaces Christy  believes in deep technological progress and the transformative power of technology.  She focuses on clean energy, fintech, AI and data platforms - more

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Executive Director
Launchpad - UT Austin

Nina Ho

Nina believes that creative work –whether entrepreneurship, technology, or the arts – is a privilege that should be accessible to all more

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Lawyer

Peter Hood

Peter is a lawyer specialising in ESG, business and human rights.  He has acted in some of the leading cases in the field and designed human rights and environmental due diligence programs for some of the largest companies in the world.

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Managing Director
TowerBrook

Gordon Holmes

Prior to joining TowerBrook in 2010, Mr. Holmes was a Managing Principal at Quadrangle Group, where he headed the firm’s London office. He received his MBA from Stanford Business School in 1995.

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Entrepreneur

John Norman

An entrepreneur with over 40 years’ experience, John has enjoyed starting, growing, acquiring, selling businesses, such as Prima Solutions - a leading provider of ERP solutions -  with an ethos of fun, fair trade, and social engagement.

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Entrepreneur/Investor

Charles Delingpole

A serial entrepreneur and angel investor within the fintech and technology sectors Charles' notable achievements include founding The Student Room and co-founding Kriya (formerly MarketFinance) more

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