
JURY
In 2019 a high-caliber jury will select the winners of The Spark during the jury session.
The jury session will take place on September 30th.

Sven Afhüppe
Editor-in-chief Handelsblatt

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

christian schlögel
Chief Digital Officer Körber

Reinhold achatz
Chief Technology Officer and Head of Corporate Function Technology, Innovation & Sustainability at thyssenkrupp AG

christina reuter
Member of the supervisory board KION Group AG

megumi ikeda
Managing Director Hearst Ventures & General Manager Hearst Ventures Europe

Cornelius Baur
Head of McKinsey Germany

LUKAS ZANGER
COO Magazino and Winner The Spark 2018

markus Sontheimer
CIO/CDO and Member of the Board of Management Schenker AG

martin hofmann
Group CIO Volkswagen AG

ALENA KRETZBERG
Head of Group Digital Transformation & Strategy Commerzbank AG
NOMINATION COMMITTEE
In the nomination stage the applications are evaluated by external subject experts, the Handelsblatt editorial team and a representative of McKinsey. The three criteria also form the basis of the evaluation at this stage. The best applications are nominated as finalists.
In 2019 the experts of nomination are:

Andrea Rexer
Handelsblatt – Head of department company & markets

Niko Mohr
Partner at McKinsey

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

uli erxleben
Founder SMACC & Hypatos

Alois Knoll
Director of the An-Institut of the Technischen Universität Fortiss GmbH and of the Graduate School of Information Science in Health (GSISH)