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

      Prof. dr. dr. Ann-Kristin Achleitner

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

        Christoph Brand

        CEO Axpo Holding AG

          Matthias Dill

          CEO & Managing Partner Energy Impact Partners Europe

            Dr. Ralph Fürderer

            Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and board member Hager Group

              Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm

              Chair of Economics, in particular Economic Theory, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg and Member of the German Council of Economic Experts

                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

                      Dr. Sigrid Nikutta

                      CEO 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

                              CIDO, ISS World Services

                                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