MB100 2025
The 2025 Meaningful Business 100 .
The 2025 Meaningful Business 100 are an outstanding group of leaders combining profit and purpose to tackle complex social and environmental issues.
Curated by an expert panel of judges, the winners include social entrepreneurs, corporate sustainability leaders and impact investors from 39 countries. They will now participate in an ongoing programme, in which they gain access to a global peer network, investment opportunities, capacity-building resources, and pro-bono services. The MB100 is supported by a range of leading organisations including EY, Hogan Lovells, Forster Communications, Green Frontier Capital, Kenya Climate Ventures and The Portman Estate.
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Our Judges .
30 judges contributed their expertise to select this year’s Meaningful Business 100 winners. Representing organisations like Google, the World Economic Forum, Unilever, Temasek and Mastercard, the judging panel reviewed 900+ nominations, from 86 countries.
Adam Elman
Director of Sustainability - EMEA, Google
Alex Area
Chief Officer, African Development Bank Group
Andia Laura Chakava
Managing Partner, Afrishela Fund
Awo Ablo
President, Co-Impact
Cheryl Kiser
Executive Fellow in Social Innovation, The Institute for Social Innovation, Babson College
Cristóbal Escalona
General Manager, Fundación Acción Colectiva
Daniel Nowack
Head of Social Innovation, World Economic Forum
Fida Kibbi
Vice President, Head of Marketing, Communications, Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility, Ericsson MEA
Florian Kemmerich
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Human Planet
Jason Plent
Senior Partner, Verizon Business
Jennifer Beason
Global Director, Impact Entrepreneurship + Social Procurement, Corporate Social Responsibility
Karan Mehta
Principal, Green Frontier Capital
Kimberly Gire
Chair, Centre for Global Equality
Ke-Vin Lim
Head, Group Innovation, City Developments Limited
Lisa Hawkes
Global Sustainability Senior Manager, Unilever
Mafruza Khan
Director, Global Resource Mobilisation and Partnerships, BRAC
Marie-Aimée de Dampierre
Chair, Hogan Lovells
Marya Besharov
Academic Director, Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
Masami Sato
Founder & CEO, B1G1
Matthias Stausberg
Group Advocacy Director, Virgin Group
Medea Nocentini
Founder, C3 & Senior Partner, Global Ventures
Monica Fonseca
Co-Founder, The Lab Girl
Natasha Jamal
VP Global Programmes - Centre for Inclusive Growth, Mastercard
Rui (Juliet) Zhu
Director of ESG and Social Innovation Centre, CKGSB
Shayan Hazir
Managing Director, Chief Digital Officer, Asia, HSBC
Shiv Kumar
Co-Founder, Catalyst Group
Simi Nwogugu
CEO, Junior Achievement Africa
Stasia Mitchell
Global Entrepreneurship Leader, EY
Stepfanie Cheong
VP Community Investment, Temasek
Victor Ndiege
CEO, Kenya Climate Ventures
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Our Sponsors .
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MB100 Testimonials .
This is one of the most proactive and effective networks I have come across; there is a culture of collaboration and action that makes things happen fast. Add to that the chance to spend time with and mentor specific members building future-reader businesses; this is time and effort well spent.
The mentorship programme has been incredibly helpful so far already. Thank you so much for organising this program for us entrepreneurs!
I met my tribe – people to help me improve business for impact. Where else can you connect with like minded folks to support the SDG goals across the universe, investing only 30 minutes of your time? I met one person from Switzerland, one from the UK, one from South Africa and another member from Germany in one day!
