Judges

Michael Skapinker

The chairman of the judging panel, Michael Skapinker is an assistant editor of the FT and editor of FT Special Reports. He writes a weekly column on business and society that appears in the newspaper and online.

Lucy Kellaway

Lucy Kellaway is an associate editor of the FT and a management columnist. For 18 years her weekly column has poked funs at fads and jargon, and she has celebrated the ups and downs of office life both in her column and in her books.

Chris McKenna

Chris McKenna is an academic at the Saïd Business School of Oxford University, specialising in business history and professional service firms. He is a writer of business books, and his work has featured in a number of newspapers and magazines. He is also a fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, and has also taught in the US as well as France.

Andrew Hill

Andrew Hill is an associate editor of the FT and the management editor, writing a weekly column. In the past he has also been financial editor and City editor, as well as New York bureau chief, and correspondent in Brussels and Milan.

Rich Lesser

Rich Lesser is the president and chief executive of The Boston Consulting Group, the global management consulting firm. Before becoming chief executive this year he was BCG’s chairman for North and South America. His client work has focused on innovation, strategy and large-scale transformation in the healthcare and consumer sectors.

Baroness Kingsmill

Baroness Kingsmill CBE is a member of the House of Lords who after a 20-year legal career became deputy chair of the Competition Commission between 1996 and 2004. She is an adviser to a number of international companies and is a non-executive director of various British, European and US boards. She also writes a column for Management Today.