AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards Finalist 2021

The AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards is an annual occasion at which leading lights from the global business education community come together to celebrate excellence and commend achievement among Business Schools, students, graduates, suppliers, and employers that share AMBA & BGA’s values of ambition, impact and integrity. AMBA & BGA is delighted to be able to announce the shortlisted finalists in each of the award’s 5 categories, dedicated to students and graduates. MBA Student of the Year: Ciara Close, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin (Ireland) Kayee Au, AUC School of Business, The American University in Cairo (Egypt) Koshy Alexander, IE Business School (Spain) Leon Lloyd, Business School, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK) Mital Thanki, School of Business, University of Leicester (UK) Ramiro Agustin Costa, Universidad del CEMA (Argentina) MBA Startup of the Year: Aku Wilenius, School of Business, Aalto University (Finland) for Caidio Codilia Gapare, Business School, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK) for C-Lash Daniele Pes, Graduate School of Management, MIP Politecnico di Milano (Italy) for Grycle Laura Judith Ramírez Guevara, EGADE Business School, Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico) for Dereum Labs Tatiana Flores Burbano, ESADE Business School, Ramon Llull University (Spain) for Exponencial Yann Le Guillou, Rennes School of Business (France) for Biosency MBA Entrepreneur of the Year: Daniel Burns, TUM School of Management, Technische Universität München (Germany) for Testifi Daniel George, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University (UK) for StepEx Francisco Santolo, Universidad del CEMA (Argentina) for Scalabl Oluwatobi Ajayi, Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University (Nigeria) for Nord Automobiles Ramil Khantimirov, Graduate School of Management, Saint Petersburg State University (Russia) for StormWall Sarah Martin, Kent Business School, University of Kent (UK) for Nourish Zero Waste MBA Leadership Award: Alforde Charumbira, UCT Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town (South Africa) Ashwanth Gnanavelu, Kent Business School, University of Kent (UK) Ivan Syreyshchikov, Graduate School of Management, Saint Petersburg State University (Russia) Oare Ehiemua, ESADE Business School, Ramon Llull University (Spain) Shivanku Misra, IMI New Delhi (India) Vyacheslav Klimov, International Institute of Business (IIB) (Ukraine) BGA Future Leaders Case Competition: Ahmed Youssef Ahmed Aly, Graduate School of Management, MIP Politecnico di Milano (Italy) Hari Chandan Patnaik, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham (UK) Nicolas Sauviat, Aston Business School, Aston University (UK) Racquella Laurel Parris, Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business, The University of the West Indies (Trinidad and Tobago)