EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2019 contributors
Last year in Monaco, these entrepreneurs and business leaders shared their vision of the future and helped us explore what’s next. The 2020 lineup will be revealed over the next few months.
Keynote speakers in 2019

Dr. Liu Jiren
Chairman and CEO
Neusoft Corporation

Natalia Vodianova
Supermodel
Entrepreneur and Philanthropist

Jen Rubio
Co-founder and Chief Brand Officer
Away

Stéphanie Gicquel
Extreme Sports Athlete

Rubens Menin
Chairman
MRV Engenharia

Anthony Pritzker
Chairman and CEO
Pritzker Private Capital

Lord Karan Bilimoria
Chairman
Cobra Beer Partnership
Speakers and contributors in 2019

George Atalla
EY Global Government &
Public Sector Leader

Dr. Joseph Astrachan
Emeritus Professor of Management
Kennesaw State University

Massimo Benetello
Managing Director
Gruppo La-Vis

Priscilla Bracht
Member of the Board of Directors
SIPEF

Ryan Burke
EY Global Growth Markets
Leader

Kath Carter
EY Global TAS Markets
Accounts and
Business Development Leader

Peter Coppinger
CEO and Co-founder
Teamwork.com

Bento Correia
Founder and Chairman of the Board
Vision-Box, S.A.

Jack Cowin
Executive Chairman and
Managing Director
Competitive Foods Australia Pty Ltd

Greg Cudahy
EY Global Technology
Media & Entertainment and
Telecommunications (TMT)
Sector Leader

Carmine Di Sibio
EY Global Chairman and
CEO-elect and
Global Managing Partner –
Client Service

Christian Egle
EY GSA
Health Sector Leader

Nico Gabriel
Managing Director
Sixt

Frédéric Genta
Country Chief Digital Officer
Principality of Monaco

Miah Kiat (MK) Goh
CEO
Karex Berhad

Kelly Grier
EY US Chairman and Managing Partner
and Americas Managing Partner

Carrie Hall
EY Americas
Family Enterprise Leader

Samu Hällfors
CEO
Framery Oy

Alexander Hayward
EY Global Enablement Leader for
Family Enterprise

Mary Lynne Hedley, PhD
President and COO
TESARO

Anne Heraty
CEO
Cpl Resources plc

Silvia Hernandez
EY GSA
Future of Work Now Leader

Jo Horgan
Founder and Co-CEO
MECCA Brands

Orla Hughes
Commercial Manager Europe
Portwest

Niels Jul Jacobsen
CEO
Mobile Industrial Robots ApS

Mark Jeffries
Author and
Communications Consultant

Sam Johnson
EY Americas Vice Chair – Accounts

Kevin Kajiwara
Co-President
Teneo Intelligence

Githanji Kaluperuma
Executive Director
Stafford Motor Co. (Pvt) Ltd

Glenn Keys AO
Co-founder and
Executive Chairman
Aspen Medical

Brad Keywell
Founder and CEO
Uptake Technologies

Ridhwan Khan
CEO
Mobicel

Professor Roger King
Founding Director
HKUST Tanoto Center for
Asian Family Business and
Entrepreneurship Studies

Silvana Koch-Mehrin
President
Women Political Leaders

Boguslaw Krysinski
Investment Director
Family Office

Benoit Laclau
EY Global Energy
Leader

Dr. Christina Lampe-Önnerud
Founder and CEO
Cadenza Innovation

Joanna Lau
Founder and CEO
Lau Technologies

Rebecca Macdonald
Founder and Executive Chair
Just Energy Group, Inc.

Daniel Mackey
CTO and Co-founder
Teamwork.com

Randy Miller
EY Global Advanced
Manufacturing & Mobility Leader

Stasia Mitchell
EY Global Entrepreneurship
Leader

Dr. Dominik Müller
EY GSA Family Office Leader

María Elena Obando
President
Coordinadora

Lauri Oinaala
EY Global Next Generation
Leader

Steve Papermaster
CEO and Chairman
Nano

Roger Park
EY Americas Innovation Leader

Bryan Pearce
EY Global Entrepreneurship
and Startups Leader

Jim Rai
Group Legal Director
Cascade Global

Mate Rimac
CEO
Rimac Automobili

Frank M. Rinderknecht
Founder and CEO
Rinspeed

Helena Robertsson
EY EMEIA
Family Enterprise Leader

Sergio Ricardo Romani
EY Latin America – South
Regional Managing Partner

Karoline Scheucher
CEO
Steirerfleisch Gesellschaft m.b.H.

Dominik Schiener
Co-founder
IOTA

Constantin Schön
Managing Director
Apollon SE

André Schwämmlein
Managing Director
FlixMobility GmbH

Jonathan Shames
EY Geostrategic
Business Group Leader

Šimon Šicko
CEO
PIXEL FEDERATION s.r.o.

Dr. Martin Steinbach
EY Global and EY EMEIA IPO Leader

Hans Steininger
Founder and Managing Partner
Apollo Capital Partners

Emil Tedeschi
President and CEO
Atlantic Grupa

Julie Linn Teigland
EY EMEIA Area Managing Partner-elect

James Timpson OBE
CEO
Timpson Ltd.

Marnix van Rij
EY Global
Family Enterprise Leader

Thomas Visti
CEO
Mobile Industrial Robots ApS

Mark Weinberger
EY Global Chairman and CEO

Louise Wilkie
EY Global Life Sciences
Strategy and Operations Leader

Jeff Wong
EY Global Chief
Innovation Officer

Dr. Thomas Markus Zellweger
Professor
Center for Family Business
University of St. Gallen
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