JURY

The top-class jury will select the winners of The Spark 2023 with their expertise.

The experts in 2023 are:

Fabian billing

Head of McKinsey Germany

Sebastian Matthes

Editor-in-chief Handelsblatt

Prof. Dr. Ann-Kristin Achleitner

Scientific Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies (CEFS), Munich University of Technology

Hanna Asmussen

Co-Founder & CEO Localyze

Dr. Thomas Becker

Sustainability Manager BMW Group

Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm

Economist, Professor of Economics and Chair of Economics, in particular Economic Theory at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Chair of the Scientific Management of the Energy Campus Nuremberg (EnCN), Director of the Laboratory for Experimental Research Nuremberg (LERN)

ILSE HENNE

CTO, thyssenkrupp Materials Services

Dörte Hirschberg

General Partner Climentum Capital

Ulla Hüppe

Director Sustainability Adhesive Technologies, Henkel

SUSANNE KADNER

Co-Founder & Head of Ecosystems CIRCULAR REPUBLIC, UnternehmerTUM

Barbara Kux

Co-Chairwoman of the
Board of Directors Firmenich SA and Supervisory Board member of Grosvenor Group, Henkel und Pargesa Holding

Alexander Leutner

Managing Director Cellbricks

CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER

Vice President – Climate Infrastructure Group, Blackrock

SEBASTIAN STEINHÄUSER

Chief Strategy Officer, SAP

Mark Vester

CEO of Der Grüne Punkt – Duales System Deutschland GmbH

NOMINATION COMMITTEE

In the 2023 nomination phase, external topic experts, the Handelsblatt editorial team and a representative of McKinsey evaluate the applications. Taking into account the specific The Spark evaluation criteria, The Spark Award finalists are determined from all applications by the nominating committee.

The experts for the 2023 nominations are:

Prof. dr. Michael Dowling

Chair of Innovation and Technology Management at the University of Regensburg and Chairman of the Munich Circle

THOMAS GRÜBLER

The Spark 2021 Start-up Winner, CEO & Co-founder OroraTech

ERIC HANNON

Partner McKinsey, Frankfurt office

HANS-JÜRGEN JAKOBS

Senior Editor Handelsblatt

KATHARINA JÜNGER

The Spark 2021 Female Founder, Co-Founder TeleClinic

PROF. DR. HABIL. ALOIS KNOLL

Professor TU Munich, Chair of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Real-Time Systems

the jury meeting 2023

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