JURY

For The Spark 2021, we are once again assembling a high-calibre jury whose expertise will be used to select The Spark 2021 winners at the jury meeting.
The jury meeting will take place on the 6th of October.

Sebastian Matthes

Editor-in-chief Handelsblatt

    Fabian billing

    Head of McKinsey & Company Germany

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      Ann-Kristin Achleitner

      Scientific Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies (CEFS), Technische Universität München

        Christoph Brand

        CEO Axpo Holding AG

          Matthias Dill

          CEO & Managing Partner Energy Impact Partners Europe

            Dr. Ralph Fürderer

            Chief Technical Officer (CTO) Und Vorstandsmitglied Hager Group

              Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm

              Inhaberin des Lehrstuhls für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Wirtschaftstheorie, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg und Mitglied im Sachverständigenrat Wirtschaft

                Philipp Justus

                Managing Director Google Germany GmbH

                  Katharina Kreitz

                  Co-Founder Vectoflow GmbH

                    Barbara Kux

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

                      Andreas Nauen

                      CEO Siemens Gamesa

                        Dr. Sigrid Nikutta

                        Vorstandsvorsitzende DB Cargo

                          Dr. Victoria Ossadnik

                          COO Digital, E.ON SE

                            Dr. Stephan Rohr

                            Founder & Co-CEO TWAICE

                              Dr. Frank Reintjes

                              Executive Vice President, Head of Global Powertrain, E-Mobility & Manufacturing Engineering, Daimler Truck AG

                                Markus Sontheimer

                                CIO and CDO, DB Schenker

                                  NOMINATION COMMITTEE

                                  In the nomination phase, external topic experts, the Handelsblatt editorial team and a representative of McKinsey evaluate the applications. . Again, the three evaluation criteria (novelty, scalability, impact) are applied, yielding a shortlist of ten finalists.

                                  The experts for the nominations in 2021 are

                                  Prof. dr. Michael Dowling

                                  Professor for Innovation and Technology Management, University of Regensburg and Chairman of the Board of the Münchener Kreis

                                    Prof. dr. habil. Alois Knoll

                                    Professor at the Technical University of Munich, Chair of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Real-Time Systems

                                      Florian Petit

                                      Founder Blickfeld and Winner The Spark 2019

                                        Raffael Winter

                                        Partner at McKinsey & Company