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By sharing insights, showcasing innovation, and leading bold ideas, New Champions are changing the world. Through our platforms, members amplify their voice and shape the future of business and society.

New Champions Awards

Each year, the New Champions Awards honor members who exemplify purpose-driven leadership across sustainability, innovation, and organizational excellence. These leaders embody how business success and positive global change go hand in hand.

Joseph Vellone
Chief Executive Officer, ChargeScape

Excellence in Technological Disruption and Responsible Innovation

The world’s first pilot using EV batteries to power data centers pairs daytime solar charging with nighttime discharge, lowering emissions and costs while bolstering California’s grid amid surging AI demand.

Jason Haider
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Xenco Medical 

Excellence in Governance and Leadership for Global Challenges

Afya Dada modernizes cancer training, deploys advanced surgical tech, and empowers 100,000 health workers, building a Kenya-led model to cut women’s cancer deaths and strengthen health equity.

Farzanah Chowdhury,
Chief Executive Officer, Green Delta Insurance, Bangladesh

Excellence in Innovation for Inclusive Sustainable Growth 

Bangladesh’s Weather Index Crop Insurance replaces slow, costly claims with data triggered payouts that have reached 1.6 million farmers and delivered BDT 225 million in relief, advancing inclusive climate resilience.

Selva Pankaj
Chief Executive Officer, RTC Education

Community Choice Award

Regent advances flexible, community-driven higher education and now chairs the Duke of Edinburgh’s SG70 to secure the Award’s long-term sustainability, expanding non-formal learning that delivered £762M in global social value in 2022.

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New Champions Awards 2025

Celebrating our new Champions Awards winners and the leadership driving meaningful change.

Excellence in Governance and Leadership for Global Challenges

Jason Haider
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Xenco Medical 

Community Choice Award

Steve Phillips, Chairman of the Board, RTC Education

Excellence in Innovation for Inclusive Sustainable Growth

Farzanah Chowdhury

Chief Executive Officer, Green Delta Insurance, Bangladesh

Insights in action

Explore how New Champions are applying knowledge and visibility to scale real-world impact.
Through collaboration, innovation, and shared learning, our members demonstrate what it means to lead with purpose.

Henrik Stamm Kristensen
Founder & Chief Moonshot Officer, Blendhub

By localising food-powder production in portable “hub” factories, Blendhub lowers costs and supports farmers. Selection to the New Champions network is giving Kristensen the partnerships and credibility he needs to expand this model worldwide and deepen its social impact. 

Dan Xu
Chief Marketing Officer, MicroTech Medical

MicroTech develops wearable devices that simplify diabetes management for millions of patients. After five years in the New Champions Community, Xu says the network has broadened the company’s horizons, opened business insights and strengthened collaboration across the healthcare ecosystem. 

Michael Sutherland Brown
Co-founder, Teamshares

Teamshares converts owner-managed small businesses into employee-owned firms, closing wealth gaps in local communities. Brown says joining the network connects him with like-minded leaders and accelerates the company’s goal of multiplying its positive impact across society. 

Bhairav Trivedi
Chief Executive Officer, Crown Agents Bank

Crown Agents Bank makes cross-border payments faster and cheaper in hard-to-reach markets, boosting financial inclusion. Trivedi credits the New Champions programme with expanding the bank’s global story and linking it to partners that share its social-impact mission. 

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