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INITIATIVES
Global Competitiveness
Award
The Global Competitiveness Award honors leaders who have advanced the competitiveness agenda and made significant contributions to their nations, regions, cities, and globally. The Award recognizes trailblazers and groundbreakers who have brought together coalitions of people, leveraged new tools and models, championed new legislation and government policies, or ignited other activities to help strengthen their country’s competitiveness. These leaders transform how business is done, how government works with business, and how sectors come together to promote sustainability, innovation, growth, and prosperity for all of their citizens.
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Find out more about the Awardees since 2016 below.
 Joan GabelChancellor, University of Pittsburgh GFCC Global Competitiveness Awardee, 2025 |  Mehmood KhanCEO, Hevolution GFCC Global Competitiveness Awardee, 2025 |  Farnam JahanianPresident, Carnegie Mellon University GFCC Global Competitiveness Awardee, 2025 |  Harris PastidesPresident Emeritus, University of South Carolina GFCC Global Competitiveness Awardee, 2025 |
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 Ian GreerPresident and Vice-Chancellor, Queen’s University of Belfast GFCC Global Competitiveness Awardee, 2024 |  Stephen KingonChairman, Centre for Competitiveness GFCC Global Competitiveness Awardee, 2024 |  Paul Madden and Bob BarbourBob Barbour, CEO & Paul Madden, Director, Centre for Competitiveness GFCC Global Competitiveness Awardees, 2024 |  Yusoff Sulaiman & Rashid Al-DerhamDatuk Dr. Mohd Yusoff Sulaiman & Dr. Hassan Rashid Al-Derham GFCC Global Competitiveness Awardees, 2023 |
 Simos Anastapoulos & Symeon TsomokosSimos Anastasopoulos, President, Compete GR & Symeon Tsomokos, President, Delphi Economic Forum. Special Recognitions, GIS 2022 |  Christos MegalouCEO, Piraeus Bank GFCC Global Competitiveness Awardee, 2022 |  Michinari HamaguchiGFCC Distinguished Fellow GFCC Global Competitiveness Awardee, 2022 |  Anuar BuranbayevPartner of Center for Research and Consulting GFCC Global Competitiveness Awardee, 2019 |
 Eldar AbdrazakovFounder & CEO of the Centras Group GFCC Global Competitiveness Awardee, 2019 |  Asset IssekeshevExecutive Director, Fund of the First President of Kazakhstan GFCC Global Competitiveness Awardee, 2019 |  Santiago MurtaghPresident, Culligan Argentina & President, EXCELENCIA GFCC Global Competitiveness Awardee, 2018 |  Zakri Abdul HamidFormer Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia GFCC Global Competitiveness Awardee, 2017 |
 His Excellency Amr Al-DabbaghChairman and CEO, Al-Dabbagh Group GFCC Global Competitiveness Awardee, 2016 |
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