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GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Masood Pirzada

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Masood Pirzada, vice-president of strategy and business development, Presidio Ventures

Emerging Leaders step up to success

The Global Corporate Venturing Emerging Leaders Awards profiles the industry’s top 50 people who have been in the industry for more than five years.

Emerging Leaders 2020 Contents

Contents list for GCV's 50 emerging leaders in corporate venturing 2020

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: #1 Kim Armor

The Top 10: #1 Kim Armor, managing director and chief financial officer, Comcast Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: #2 Dave Johnson

The Top 10: #2 Dave Johnson, managing director, Intel Capital

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: #3 Jonathan Charles

The Top 10: #3 Jonathan Charles, investment director, Samsung Catalyst Fund

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: #4 Amy Daniels Burr

The Top 10: #4 Amy Daniels Burr, managing director, operations and partnerships, JetBlue Technology Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: #5 Rashmi Gopinath

The Top 10: #5 Rashmi Gopinath, managing director, formerly M12 (Microsoft Ventures)

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: #6 Chris Yu

The Top 10: #6 Chris (Haiyang) Yu, managing director of Tencent Investment

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: #7 Frank Lee

The Top 10: #7 Frank Lee, investment director, Applied Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: #8 Chibo Tang

The Top 10: #8 Chibo Tang, partner, Gobi Partners China

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: #9 Michael Lohnert

The Top 10: #9 Michael Lohnert, managing director, Boeing HorizonX Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: #10 Pratima Aiyagari

The Top 10: #10 Pratima Aiyagari, domain lead Europe, artificial intelligence, machine learning and enterprise collaboration acquisitions and investments, Cisco Investments

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Shinji Asada

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Shinji Asada, head, Salesforce Ventures Japan

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Daniel Ateya

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Daniel Ateya, senior manager, 3M Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Samy Ben Aissa

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Samy Ben Aissa, managing director of corporate development and ventures, Verizon Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Joshua Berg

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Joshua Berg, director of Innovation Ventures, Magna International

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Sidra Ahmed Lefort

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Sidra Ahmed Lefort, investor, Munich Re Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Kristian Bodek

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Kristian Bodek, director of corporate venture capital, National Grid Partners

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Daniel de Macedo

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Daniel de Macedo, strategy and innovation manager, Algar Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Saman Farid

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Saman Farid, head, Baidu Ventures USA

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: John Featherston

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): John Featherston, senior director, Chick-fil-A New Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Teddy Himler

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Teddy Himler, vice-president, SoftBank Group International

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Sherry House

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Sherry House, corporate development director, Waymo

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Richard Hsu

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Richard Hsu, head of Southeast Asia investments, Susquehanna International Group

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Kunal Jain

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Kunal Jain, VC investor, JSW Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Hee Suk Jung

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Hee Suk Jung, head of investment, SK Gas

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Carlos Kokron

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Carlos Kokron, vice-president and managing director, Qualcomm Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Kevin Krejci

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Kevin Krejci, business development and alliance manager, Fujitsu Laboratories

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Eugeny Kuznetsov

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Eugeny Kuznetsov, co-founder and CEO, Orbita Capital Partners

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Michael Lee

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Michael Lee, general manager of business solution group, Qisda

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Judith Li

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Judith Li, partner, Lilly Asia Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Dusty Lieb

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Dusty Lieb, partner, Echo Health Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Robert Linck

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Robert Linck, chief investment officer, Shell Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Blake Luse

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Blake Luse, director, Ferguson Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Daniel Malandrin

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Daniel Aguilar Andrijic Malandrin, vice-president of private equity and venture capital, Bradesco and head, InovaBra Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Jade Mandel

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Jade Mandel, vice-president of venture capital and growth equity, GS Growth Team (formerly Principal Strategic Investments Group), Goldman Sachs

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Costantino Mariella

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Costantino Mariella, senior venture capital investment manager, Sony Innovation Fund

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Robert McIntyre

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Robert McIntyre, investment director, LG Technology Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Ravi Mulugu

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Ravi Mulugu, senior investment director, UL Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Rachel Muzyczka

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Rachel Muzyczka, senior associate, DMG Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Marian Nakada

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Marian Nakada, vice-president of venture investments, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Anna Ohlsson-Baskerville

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Anna Ohlsson-Baskerville, director, Unilever Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Nathan Pascarella

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Nathan Pascarella, business development manager, Hypertherm Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Yair Snir

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Yair Snir, vice-president and managing director, Dell Technologies Capital

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Rohen Sood

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Rohen Sood, general partner, Reinventure

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Adit Swarup

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Adit Swarup, partner, Rakuten Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Kazuyoshi Torii

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Kazuyoshi Torii, head of open innovation promotion office, Hitachi

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: John Wei

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): John Wei, senior investment manager, Sabic Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: William Zhao

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): William (Penglan) Zhao, vice-president, Bertelsmann Asia Investments

GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Ben Bergsma

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Ben Bergsma, senior associate, Munich Re Ventures

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Sameer Kenkare

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Sameer Kenkare, venture capital and startup engagement – innovation and partnerships, Amazon Web Services

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Osei Van Horne & Matthew Raubacher

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Osei Van Horne and Matthew Raubacher, managing directors, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital Technology Division