Enabling Innovation
We are happy that the following eminent experts have agreed to serve on the jury for the GAIN Award:
Roger Barnett
Chairman and CEO, Shaklee Corporation
"Providing nutritional interventions to the poorest people on our planet is not only providing the gift of life, it is also the single greatest return on investment that can be made to bring both large populations of the world and developing countries to greater economic prosperity. Any innovation that helps advance this goal should be recognized and supported and encouraged to be used to improve people's health and economic prosperity."
Antony Burgmans KBE
Former Chairman and CEO Unilever
“It is nice to be associated with an organisation such as GAIN. Their work is absolutely in the sweet spot of what society needs tomorrow.“
Professor Stuart Hart & associates
Cornell University, Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise
"I am pleased that GAIN recognises the important role that the private sector can play in fighting malnutrition. And I look forward to being part of this new initiative that encourages businesses to utilise their expertise to improve the health of the poorest around the world”.
Sarita Nayyar
Senior Director, Head of Consumer Industries, World Economic Forum
Rakesh Nangia
Director of Operations, World Bank Institute
“I am delighted to be on the panel of GAIN. Given the scale of the malnutrition problem - impacting the lives of an estimated 2 billion people and with the potential to worsen in the wake of rising food prices - it is all the more important to deliver innovative solutions. The World Bank Institute is herefore pleased to support the work of GAIN in identifying and scaling up such solutions, including building capacity for private sector engagement as a partner in addressing vitamin and mineral deficiencies among the world's poor.”
Will Oulton
Managing Director CRG Advisory Services Ltd and former Deputy CEO of FTSE Group
“I am delighted to continue my association with GAIN as an Award Panel member. From my experience in benchmarking companies on responsible business practice, I fully appreciate how credible and well thought through awards can provide a platform for companies to showcase outstanding innovative approaches to a wide group of global stakeholders. This can only enhance and encourage responsible business practice and sustainable innovation in this critically important area.”
Cheryl Scott
Senior Advisor to Global Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Lijing L. Yan
Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, China
“Malnutrition is a widespread and deep-rooted social problem with many deleterious health consequences. To win the battle against malnutrition, effort from the public sector alone is not enough. GAIN business award is an innovative and important initiative to recognize and encourage business involvement in fighting the worldwide problem of malnutrition, especially among the poor. Therefore, I am very excited to be on the panel of judges to work with other experts in making this Award a success."
Full biographies for our jury members are available.
