Judges

The judging panel brings together a wealth of knowledge from industry, academia and the media. 

  Lionel Barber
Lionel Barber has been editor of the Financial Times since November 2005. In his 26 years with the newspaper, Mr Barber has been US managing editor, news editor, Brussels bureau chief, Washington correspondent and editor of the newspaper's European edition. He has written several books and lectured on subjects including US foreign policy, transatlantic relations, European security and monetary union. In 2001, European Voice named Mr Barber one of the 50 most influential personalities in Europe. In the same year he was invited to brief George W. Bush on European affairs. Mr Barber began his career in journalism in 1978 with The Scotsman newspaper after graduating from Oxford University with a joint honours degree in German and modern history.
 

 Lakshmi Mittal
Lakshmi Mittal is chairman and chief executive of ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker. Mr Mittal joined the family steel business after graduating from St Xavier's College in Calcutta. He founded Mittal Steel Company (formerly LNM Group) in 1976, building the company through high-profile acquisitions, culminating in Mittal Steel's takeover of Arcelor in 2006. This transformational deal saw Mr Mittal named Person of the Year 2006 by the Financial Times. Mr Mittal sits on the board of Goldman Sachs and EADS and on the advisory board of  the Kellogg School of Management. He is a member of the Indian prime minister's Global Advisory Council and the World Economic Forum's International Business Council.  In 2008, Mr Mittal was awarded the Padma Bibhushan, India's second highest civil honour, by the president of India. 
 

John Authers
John Authers is the FT's senior investment columnist.  In a 22-year career with the newspaper, he has been editor of the Lex column, US banking correspondent, US markets editor, investment editor and Mexico City bureau chief.  Mr Authers was named senior financial journalist of the year in 2009 by the Wincott Foundation, the premier award in UK financial journalism.  Mr Authers has a degree in philosophy, politics and economics from the University of Oxford, and an MBA from Columbia University.  His latest book is The Fearful Rise of Markets: A Short View of Global Bubbles and Synchronised Meltdowns. 

Dipak Jain
Dipak Jain is the dean of INSEAD, the international business school.  Before joining Insead, Mr Jain was  dean of the Kellogg School of Management from 2001-2009, where he was also the Sandy and Morton Goldman Professor in Entrepreneurial Studies.  Mr Jain sits on the board of director of Deere & Company  and Reliance Industries, and in 2003, was appointed a foreign affairs adviser to the prime minister of Thailand.  He has also served as a consultant to companies including Microsoft, Novartis, American Express, Sony, Nissan, Motorola, Eli Lilly, Philips and Hyatt International. 
 

 Leo Johnson
Leo Johnson is partner in the sustainability and climate change team at PwC.  He is co- founder of Sustainable Finance, sustainability advisers to more than 50 leading banks and corporates, and now a part of PwC. He is a business fellow of the Smith School of Enterprise & Environment at Oxford University, and hosted the BBC World show "Down to Business" which worked to scale up ground-breaking inclusive businesses. He is technical adviser to the FT Sustainable Banking Awards and a trustee of the Green Alliance. A graduate of Oxford University, Mr Johnson also has an MBA from INSEAD.

 Luke Johnson
Luke Johnson is a serial enterpreneur who first came to prominence in the 1990s with the acquisition and subsequent flotation of Pizza Express.  He is chairman of Risk Capital Partners, the private equity firm he founded in 2001, and plays a leading role in the operations of all the comapny's investments, which include the Giraffe restaurant chain, Patisserie Valerie and Signature Restaurants.  Mr Johnson recently stood down as chairman of Channel 4 Television, having held the position of six years.  He writes a weekly column for the Financial Times on entrepreneurship and is chairman of the Royal Society of Arts.   
 

Anne Méaux
Anne Méaux is founder and president of Image Sept, a Paris-based public affairs and media relations consultancy. It provides corporate communication services to companies, including Capgemini, Crédit Agricole and PPR, and advised Mittal Steel on the 2006 takeover of Arcelor. Before moving to the corporate world, Ms Méaux made her name in political public relations as communications adviser to Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, former French president, and the UDF parliamentary group in the French National Assembly. She was later communications adviser to Alain Madelin, French minister of industry. Ms Méaux was awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 2007.
 

 Terry Smith
Veteran stockbroker Terry Smith began his long association with the City of London in 1974. He started his broking career at W Greenwell & Co, where he was London's top-rated banking analyst. He then joined stockbroker BZW, where he famously penned a "sell" note on Barclays Bank, his employer's parent company. He then became head of research at UBS Phillips & Drew, from where he was dismissed in 1992, following the publication of his book Accounting for Growth. Mr Smith joined Collins Stewart shortly afterwards and led a management buy-out of the company in 2000. Collins Stewart bought Tullett Liberty in 2003 and Prebon Group a year later. Collins Stewart and Tullett Prebon were later demerged. Mr Smith is now the chief executive of Tullett Prebon, the inter-dealer broker, and founder of Fundsmith, the fund manager.