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The Forum of Young Global Leaders is a community of innovators from diverse backgrounds and experiences. Search current members and alumni by year awarded, sector or region.

Hriday Ravindranath

Chief Digital and Information Officer, Orange, France

Hriday is the Global chief technology & information officer at BT. He and his team are responsible for thought leadership with a focus on BT’s technology strategy and transformation. Currently leading the charge on creating a digital native business for BT. He is recognised as one of the youngest CTIOs in the industry as well as in the history of BT. Hriday is passionate about exploiting emerging technologies such as AI/machine learning, deep analytics and 5G. His success in this field has come from a practical approach that uses technology innovation as a tool for business transformation, driving measurable business outcomes as well as future step change. He has more than a decade of global experience in IT/telecoms, outsourcing and large scale business transformation. Hriday is also committed to societal development and is passionate about providing technological solutions as a force for good to drive change. As the chairman of BT India Purpose Board he has been working in collaboration with the British Asian Trust and partner NGOs to deliver several initiatives for under developed communities in India. Hriday has an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from University of Edinburgh and also an MSc in Major Programs from Oxford University.

Nina Rawal

Partner; Co-Head, Ventures, Trill Impact Advisory AB, Sweden

Dr. Nina Rawal is Partner and Co-Head of Trill Impact Ventures, Europe's leading impact investing house. She previously headed the life science investment team at Industrifonden, a USD 800m VC fund. Previous experience also includes Boston Consulting Group in Stockholm and New York, and VP Strategy and Ventures at Gambro (Baxter Group). She serves on the boards of Cinclus Pharma and Stockholms Sjukhem, a non-profit hospital organization.
Nina holds a MSc in Biomedicine and a PhD in Molecular Neurobiology, both from the Karolinska Institute with research work done at Columbia University and Hopital la Salpetriere. Recognition for her work includes the selection as a WEF Young Global Leader and a '40 under 40 - European Young Leader.

Sarah Rawson

Regional Head of Business Management EMEA, Swiss Re Services Limited, United Kingdom

Sarah Rawson is an Actuary by trade, and quickly rose to become one of the youngest Managing Directors at Swiss Re. She is responsible for a large portfolio of Life & Health Insurance coverages across several countries. Sarah leads 280 people from many cultural backgrounds and serves as the Appointed Actuary for Swiss Re Europe and a member of Swiss Re's Management Committee. She is an influential voice for key decisions on topics that are often strategic but complex and provides significant steer to the business.

Atika Rehman

Deputy Editor, The Third Pole, United Kingdom

Atika Rehman is a journalist with over a decade of experience working as a reporter and editor in Pakistan. She is now based in the UK, where she is the foreign correspondent for Dawn, a widely respected English daily in Pakistan. Atika covers a breadth of local and international stories. She reports on Pakistani politics and the sizeable British Pakistani community in the UK and covers major developing stories such as Brexit, the elections and landmark court cases. Previously, she was the Managing Editor of Dawn.com, Pakistan's highest traffic English news site which has a digital audience of 90 million a month. Currently, Atika is also the Deputy Editor at The Third Pole, a digital publication which covers Asia's water crisis and its effects on migration, food security and livelihoods. Her work has earned both national and international recognition. Atika is a 2019 Acumen Fellow.

Marcel S. Reichart

Senior Global Adviser, Bertelsmann, Portugal

Advisor, Executive and Investor with global network and expertise, specialised in creative, technology and growth industries as well as in corporate, capital market and communication capacities.

Young Global Leader World Economic Forum (2005), Former Member Chief Strategy Officer Community, Former Member of the Global Agenda Council for Branding and Marketing, aiding the selection of the WEF Technology Pioneers, former associate to German Federal Minister of Economy, former Executive Vice President and Corporate Centre Board Member of Bertelsmann and former Executive Vice President RTL Group; former Managing Director and Chief of Staff, Hubert Burda Media, Co-Founder and former Co-Director DLD Conference.

Graduated from Otto-Beisheim-School of Corporate Management (WHU), PhD in Economic Sciences

Consuelo Remmert

Global Head of Corporate Affairs, Afiniti, France

Consuelo Remmert is Global Head of Corporate Affairs and General Manager of France for Afiniti, an international leader in AI technology. Prior to that, she spent 5 years at Palantir, working within the Office of CEO Alex Karp. She joined Palantir from the private Office of Nicolas Sarkozy, where she was in charge of the former French President's international activities. Prior to that, Consuelo was an Aide in President Sarkozy's diplomatic advisory team, where she worked on such issues as international development, climate change, human rights, education, food security and international health. This included preparing for international summits, especially during the French presidency of the G20 and G8 in 2011, and high-level negotiations at the United Nations. Consuelo worked at the United Nations Department of Public Information after graduating from Columbia College with honours (Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude). She later held positions in strategic communications at WPP and the Brunswick Group.

Magnus Renfrew

Founder and Managing Director, ARTHQ / Group, United Kingdom

Renfrew previously served as founding director of Art Basel in Hong Kong from 2012-2014 following the acquisition of ART HK by MCH Group. From 2007-2012 Renfrew was the founding fair director of ART HK: Hong Kong International Art Fair. ART HK is widely credited with repositioning Hong Kong as the center of the art market in Asia and as having a transformative impact on the cultural landscape of the city and its perception globally.

Renfrew has been recognized for his contribution by industry media and has regularly appeared in the Power 100 lists of ART + AUCTION, ART REVIEW and Le Journal des Arts as one of the 100 most influential figures in the art world.

Born in 1975, Renfrew was brought up in Cambridge, UK, and educated at The Leys School, Cambridge and the University of St Andrews where he gained a 1st Class MA (Hons) and the OE Saunders Prize for Art History. In Hong Kong he serves as Chair of the Advisory Council for Para Site Art Space and from 2014–2016 as a member of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

Bjarte Reve

Partner, Considium Consulting Group AS, Norway

Partner at management consulting firm Considium Consulting Group in Norway. (Considium.no)

School of Health Innovation, UIO, NTNU, Karolinska Institutet and Copenhagen University. More info here: https://www.med.uio.no/english/research/school-of-health-innovation/

Expertise: innovation, entrepreneurship, government, neuroscience, mental health, non-communicable disease. Alumni - Young Global Leaders, World Economic Forum. Master's in Mgmt, Norwegian School of Mgmt; Exec. MBA in Strategy, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Admin. Formerly: Political Adviser, Conservative Party, Norwegian Parliament; External Affairs, Merck & Company; Director, Strategy, Southern Norway Regional Health Authority; headed national health practice, Ernst & Young Advisory, Norway, Chief Executive Officer, Oslo Cancer Cluster; Chief Communications Officer and Member, Mgmt Cttee, Akershus Univ. Hospital.

Anne Richards

Vice-Chair, Fidelity International Ltd (FIL), United Kingdom

1985, BSc (Hons), University of Edinburgh; 1992, MBA, INSEAD; CDipAF, C Eng; FSIP, FRSE. Currently, Chief Executive, Fidelity International. IIF Board Member. Chair of TheCityUK. Previously Vice-Convener (Chair): Court of Edinburgh University (2014-2020); Chair, CERN & Society Foundation (2015-2020). Previously Chair, Financial Conduct Authority Practitioner Panel. Ambassador, 30% Club. Recipient of honours and awards, including: Commander of The Royal Victorian Order (CVO) (2014); CBE (2015); DBE (2021); Honorary Fellow, CFA Institute (UK); honorary DLitt, Heriot-Watt University.

David Rodin

Founder and Chair, Principia Advisory, Switzerland

David Rodin is one of the world’s foremost authorities on ethics and organizational culture. His work has helped to transform the fields of organizational and military ethics, and he advises some of the world’s largest private and public organizations.
He is the founder and CEO of Principia Advisory the leading consultancy for conduct, ethics and culture change. Operating globally, Principia provides strategic advice at Board and CEO-level to some of the world’s largest organizations and has particular experience in the technology, banking, professional services, and third sectors.
A distinguished moral philosopher, David worked for almost two decades at the University of Oxford where he was Co-Director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict and Co-Founder of the Oxford Changing Character of War program.
A Rhodes Scholar from New Zealand, David began his career at the Boston Consulting Group.

Daan Roosegaarde

Artist and Innovator, Studio Roosegaarde, Netherlands

Dutch artist and innovator; creative thinker and maker of social designs that explore the relation between people, technology and space. From an early age, has been driven by nature’s gifts such as luminous fireflies or jellyfish. Fascination for nature and technology is reflected in iconic works such as SMOG FREE PROJECT (the largest outdoor air purifier, which turns smog into jewellery), VAN GOGH PATH (a bicycle path that glows at night), and SPACE WASTE LAB to visualize and capture space waste. Studied fine arts; graduate, the Berlage Institute, Rotterdam, with a Master’s in Architecture. Founded Studio Roosegaarde in 2007; works with team of designers and engineers for a better future at studios in Rotterdam and Shanghai.

Nico Rosberg

Greentech Entrepreneur and F1 2016 World Champion, Monaco

Nico Rosberg became Formula 1 World Champion in 2016 with Mercedes AMG Petronas and announced his retirement 5 days later.

Since his retirement Nico continues his work as an ambassador for many international brands and has become a Greentech entrepreneur. He has investments in a variety of companies such as Formula E, Lilium, Chargepoint & Lyft and has also now co-founded the GREENTECH Festival which launched in May 2019.

He remains linked to motor sport through his commentary for SKY & RTL, his Rosberg Racing young driver’s academy and his engineering company TRE.

His recently launched podcast 'Beyond Victory' topped the charts for download and his Youtube and other social media channels are a big passion.

When he is not working he spends as much time as possible with his wife Vivian and two young daughters.