JURY

For The Spark 2022 and the Female Founder Award 2022, we have once again put together a top-class jury that will use their expertise to select the winners. The jury meeting will take place on September 12th.

Fabian billing

Head of McKinsey Germany

    Sebastian Matthes

    Editor-in-chief Handelsblatt

      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)

        Thomas Grübler

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

          Kai Hankeln

          CEO Asklepios Kliniken GmbH & Co. KG aA

            Katharina Jünger

            The Spark 2021 Female Founder, Co-Founder TeleClinic

              Barbara Kux

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

                Sierk Pötting

                COO BioNTech

                  Peer Schatz

                  Managing Director of PS Capital Management GmbH, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Centogene N.V., Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Resolve Biosciences GmbH and Member of the Supervisory Board of Siemens Healthineers AG

                    Betül Susamis Unaran

                    Chief Strategy and Digital Officer, Executive Board Member Zur Rose Group

                      NOMINATION COMMITTEE

                      In the 2022 nomination phase, external subject experts, the Handelsblatt editorial team and a representative from McKinsey will evaluate the applications. Taking into account the specific The Spark evaluation criteria, the finalists of The Spark Award are determined by the nomination committee from all applications.

                      The experts for the 2022 nominations are:

                      Prof. dr. Michael Dowling

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

                        Hans-Jürgen Jakobs

                        Senior Editor Handelsblatt

                          Prof. dr. habil. Alois Knoll

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

                            Katharina Kreitz

                            Co-Founder Vectoflow GmbH

                              Stefan Biesdorf

                              Partner McKinsey & Company

                                Dr. Stephan Rohr

                                Founder & Co-CEO TWAICE