Alumni Recognition Awards

INSEAD Alumni Global Entrepreneurship Award

The INSEAD Alumni Association and INSEAD will present this award to recognise outstanding and entrepreneurial alumni for positive impact to business and society. The following criteria will be taken into consideration by the Award Committee:

• Impact of candidate’s entrepreneurial venture or innovation on his/her community
• Ways that the candidate’s venture exemplify the following values: global impact, innovation and diversity
• Most recent market value of candidate’s entrepreneurial venture with a preference given to companies with a market value of more than 500 million USD.

2019 award winners

Frédéric Mazzella, MBA’07D
Founder and President, BlaBlaCar

Nicolas Brusson, MBA’07D
Co-Founder and CEO, BlaBlaCar

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INSEAD Alumni Force for Good Award

The INSEAD Alumni Association and INSEAD will present this award to individuals who have demonstrated exemplary social impact in their professional or community work in any social domain(s), including but not limited to environmental, economic, biodiversity, or social impact areas. The following criteria will be taken into consideration by the Award Committee:

• Candidate has had a global and positive social impact on the community in which he/she has been active
• Candidate demonstrates exceptional achievements in any social domain

2019 award recipient

Yu Helen Hai,TIEMBA’11J
Goodwill Ambassador for Industrialization in Africa, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

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INSEAD Alumni Volunteer Leader Award

The INSEAD Alumni Association and INSEAD will present this award to individuals to recognise exemplary volunteer service to INSEAD, the INSEAD Alumni Association, INSEAD Alumni Fund, or any other volunteer group affiliated with INSEAD. The following criteria will be taken into consideration by the Award Committee:

• Ways the candidate has served INSEAD and the alumni community
• Duration of service
• Breadth and/or depth of the candidate’s involvement in volunteer service

2019 award recipient

Dirk Luyten, MBA’89J, IDP-C
Managing Director, Levante Capital Management

Bruno Berthon, MBA’91D
Senior Managing Director, Europe and Utilities, Accenture Strategy

Bettina Langenberg, IEP’97Oct
Retired Managing Director and Head of Global Banking Switzerland, Deutsche Bank AG

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INSEAD Alumni Emerging Entrepreneur Award

The INSEAD Alumni Association and INSEAD will present this award to individuals who have demonstrated exceptionality in the area of entrepreneurship. The Award Committee will divide the nominations into two groups: ventures that are less than five years old and ventures that are greater than five years old. The following criteria will be taken into consideration by the Award Committee:

• Impact of candidate’s entrepreneurial venture or innovation on his/her community
• Ways that the candidate’s venture exemplify the following values: global impact, innovation and diversity
• Most recent market value of candidate’s entrepreneurial venture with a preference given to companies with a market value of more than 500 million USD. For ventures that are less than five years old there is no preferred minimum valuation.

2019 award recipient

Nakul Sharma, MBA’11J
Founder and CEO, Hostmaker

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INSEAD Alumni Achievement Award

The INSEAD Alumni Association and INSEAD will present this award to individuals to recognise exemplary achievements of young alumni in their profession or community work in any domain(s). The following criteria will be taken into consideration by the Award Committee:

• How has the candidate had an international impact on their profession and/or community?
• In what ways have the candidate's achievements been extraordinary?

2019 award recipient

António Horta-Osório, MBA’91J
Executive Director and Group Chief Executive, Lloyds Banking Group

INSEAD Young Alumni Achievement Award

The INSEAD Alumni Association and INSEAD will present this award to individuals to recognise exemplary achievements of young alumni (5 years or less from graduation) who exemplify the values of the institution in their profession or community work in any domain(s). The following criteria will be taken into consideration by the Award Committee:

• How has the candidate had an international impact on their profession and/or community?
• In what ways have the candidate's achievements been extraordinary?

2019 award recipient

Daniel Layug, MBA'17D
Founder, PeoplePods