2022
Mariya Gabriel: EU-Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
Bastian Nominacher: Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Celonis
Stefan Vilsmeier: CEO and Founder of Brainlab
Dr. Oliver Trinchera: Co-Founder and CEO of Kinexon
Max Beyer: CFO of FINN
Rainer Märkle: General Partner at HV Capital
Dr. Ingo Potthof: Managing Director at UVC
Ilka Hostmeier: Board Member of BMW
2021
H.E. Prof. Romano Prodi: Former President of the European Commission and former Prime Minister of Italy
Hans-Jürgen Jakobs: Senior Editor, Handelsblatt
Thomas Saueressig: CTO, SAP
Nikolaus Lang: Managing Director and Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group
Dr. Peter Körte: CTO, Siemens
Prof. Helmut Schönenberger: Co-Founder and CEO, UnternehmerTUM
2020
Meghan Gregonis: U.S. Consul General, Munich
Grazia Vittadini: CTO, Airbus
Igor Levit: Pianist
Bernd Montag: CEO, Siemens Healthineers
Saori Dubourg: Member of the Executive Board, BASF
Ingrid Hamm: Co-Founder, Global Perspectives Initiative
H.E. Ban Ki-moon: Former Secretary-General of the United Nations
Prof. Muhammad Yunus: Nobel Peace Price Laureate
Bahar Saba: Caseworker at Reprieve UK
Omar Soliman: Caseworker at Reprieve UK
2019
Bastian Nominacher: Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Celonis
H.E. Dr. Christoph Heusgen: German Ambassador to the United Nations
Ralf Kleber: Country Manager Germany, Amazon
Stefan Winners: Board Member, Hubert Burda Media
H.E. Tony Blair: Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
2018
Dr. Reinhard Ploss: CEO, Infineon
Martin Ott: Vice President and Managing Director Central Europe, Facebook
Carsten Spohr: CEO, Lufthansa
Philippe Mareine: Head of Human Resources, ATOS
Frank Riemensperger: Chairman of Germany, Accenture
Dr. Eric Schmidt: Philanthropist, Former Executive Chairman, Alphabet
H.E. Kofi Annan: Former Secretary-General of the United Nations
Mary Lou Jepsen: Technology Pioneer
2017
Dr. Rainer Esser: Managing Publisher, Zeit
Charles-Edouard Bouée: CEO, Roland Berger
Erich Sixt: Owner and Chairman, Sixt
Bill Gates: Co-Founder & Co-Chair, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr. Gerd Müller: German Federal Minister for Economic Development and Cooperation
Dr. Melinda Crane-Röhrs: Anchorwoman, Deutsche Welle
Padmasree Warrior: CEO, NIO U.S.
2016
Benoît Cœuré: Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
Dr. Wolfgang Büchele: CEO, Linde
Dr. Sabine Herold: CEO, Delo
Dr. Gerd Müller: German Federal Minister for Economic Development and Cooperation
Dr. Gerhard Eschelbeck: CISO, Google
Jan Koum: Co-Founder & CEO, WhatsApp
H.E. Pascal Lamy: Former Director-General, World Trade Organization
Dr. Ulrich Küsthardt: CIO, Evonik
2015
John Bonnell Emerson: United States Ambassador to Germany
Dr. Roland Concin: Head of Global Operations, Red Bull
Karl Hopfner: President, FC Bayern Munich
Klaus Martin Hecht: CEO and Founder, HKM Consulting
Dr. Cleve Moler: Inventor of MATLAB
Dr. Thomas Enders: CEO, Airbus Group
Bodo Schäfer: Partner, CAPCO
Philippe Boisseau: President, Total
Ulrike Andres: Owner, Ulrike Andres International Consulting
Thomas Raffeiner: CEO, The Mobility House
Robert Flaechsig: Senior Economic Advisor, Member of the Saudi Arabian Royal Family
2014
Georg Schneider: Owner, Weisses Bräuhaus G. Schneider & Sohn GmbH
Prof. Roland Berger: Founder, Roland Berger