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Entrants to the BGA Future Leaders Case Competition have an opportunity to win the $3,000 USD cash prize, elevate their professional profile and gain international recognition amongst peers, educators and potential employers.
The BGA Future Leaders Case Competition provided current BGA student and graduate members an opportunity to showcase their business acumen by solving a time relevant global business problem with a focus on ensuring sustainability and responsible management practices are at the forefront of the solution.
The BGA Future Leaders Case Competition is a new award addition to the AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards.
The 2021 winner is:
Nicolas Sauviat, Aston Business School, Aston University (UK).
Bodo B. Schlegelmilch
Chair
The Association of MBAs and Business Graduates Association
Chairman
Professor Bodo B. Schlegelmilch heads the Institute for International Marketing Management at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business and is Chair of the Association of MBAs and Business Graduates Association. For more than 10 years, he served as Founding Dean of the WU Executive Academy.
Initially educated in Germany, he obtained two doctorates (a PhD in international marketing and a DLitt in corporate social responsibility) from the University of Manchester (UK) and an honorary PhD from Thammasat University (Thailand). Starting at Deutsche Bank and Procter & Gamble in Germany, he continued his career at the University of Edinburgh and the University of California, Berkeley. Appointments as British Rail Chair of Marketing at the University of Wales (UK) and Professor of International Business at Thunderbird School of Global Management (USA) followed.
Bodo serves on several Business School advisory boards in Europe and Asia and is member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Marketing Science. He holds/held visiting appointments, for example at the Universities of Minnesota (USA), Keio (Japan), Leeds (UK), Sun Yat-Sen (China), Cologne (Germany) and the Indian School of Business (India), and has taught in over 30 countries.
Bodo received numerous teaching and research awards as well as Fellowships from the Academy of International Business, the Academy of Marketing Science and the Chartered Institute of Marketing. His research interests span from international marketing strategy to CSR, and his work has been published in a wide range of books and journals, such as the Journal of International Business Studies, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science and Journal of World Business. He has also been the first European Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Marketing, published by the American Marketing Association.
Siân Sutherland
Co-Founder
A Plastic Planet
Co-Founder of A Plastic Planet
Igniting social change, creating brands, campaigns and businesses with soul is Sian’s passion. Multi-award winner, including Female Marketer of the Year, CEW Achiever Award, Entrepreneur of the Year and British Inventor of the Year; Sian is a serial entrepreneur with a varied background in advertising, Michelin Star restaurants, film production, skincare and brand creation design agencies.
In 2017 Sian and Frederikke Magnussen founded A Plastic Planet, a global campaign organisation with a single goal – to ignite and inspire the world to turn off the plastic tap. As entrepreneurs, they bring a fresh pro-business solutions-focused approach to environmental issues.
A Plastic Planet are highly vocal in the world’s media, working collaboratively with industry, retailers, Governments, legislators and the UN; to accelerate the pace of change at all levels. Recognised in The 2019 Fast Company Awards and winners of International Campaign of the Year, A Plastic Planet created the infamous Plastic Free Aisle campaign, opening this catalyst for supermarket change in Amsterdam early 2018. They also launched the Plastic Free Trust Mark for brands, with over 1000 already certified, and the Industry Commitment Mark ‘Working Towards Plastic Free’. From plastic hackathons for Unilever and WPP to creating new laws banning export of plastic waste, from lobbying for plastic taxes, and the creation of the first PlasticFree.com materials library with blockchain partner IBM, A Plastic Planet have created global impact in just 3 years
Harry Tucker
Co-Founder
P L A N E Industries
Co-Founder of P L A N E Industries
Harry co-founded P L A N E Industries with his brother Ben in 2012 with the aim to ‘Create and deliver products and experiences that elevate any previous pious or homespun notions of recycled or up-cycled manufacture, to the level of a globally recognised brand.’
P L A N E Industries has received international recognition through channels like Dragons Den, Four Rooms, Discovery and Fine Art Gallery Mead Carney for their work. Harry has an interest in sustainability which is a core pillar of P L A N E Industries, who upcycle decommissioned plane parts turning them in to beautiful works of furniture, keeping them away from the scrapyard.
Vicky Lester
Deputy Director
The Case Centre
Deputy Director
The Case Centre
Vicky Lester joined The Case Centre in 1991 and became its Deputy Director in 2008.
As Deputy Director Vicky works with the Director to set, deploy and implement the company’s strategy. She is also responsible for managing the organisation’s finances and overseeing the management team. Prior to her current role Vicky worked in many areas of the business, including sales, operations and systems.
Vicky regularly represents The Case Centre as a speaker at conferences and events around the world. She also enjoys reviewing and judging cases for a variety of case writing competitions.
Education
Vicky holds a Diploma in Management Studies from De Montfort University. She also completed the Business Growth Programme at Cranfield School of Management.
