Brilliance Awards Winners 2020

Awarded to Elisa Pogliano, Senior Director of Digital & Omnichannel, Mattel, UK

Awarded for standout digital change management, Elisa Pogliano successfully transformed Mattel Europe’s traditional toy distribution models into a highly integrated, cross-border digital ecosystem. As a standout COB Certified E-Commerce Manager alumna, she pioneered the creation of Mattel’s centralized European Digital & Media division, scaling a high-performing regional team to modernize legacy commercial workflows. She successfully managed the digital omnichannel readiness for a $1.5 billion brand portfolio, seamlessly uniting trade marketing with advanced consumer data analytics across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Her strategic blueprint directly accelerated Mattel’s rollout of multi-market Direct-to-Consumer e-commerce platforms, establishing her as the definitive global benchmark for certified leadership driving enterprise-wide digital transformation.

Elisa is now a Senior Associate Trainer at the Digital Skills Authority’s elite Corporate Training Academy.

Awarded to Andre Soelistyo, Co-CEO Gojek, Indonesia

The honour was awarded for masterfully orchestrating the commercial strategy and ecosystem partnerships that drove unprecedented digital platform scaling across Southeast Asia in 2020. Soelistyo navigated the economic crisis by securing landmark digital investments from Google, Facebook, and PayPal to aggressively expand the GoPay financial network. By structurally pivoting the business model, he turned a transit app into a vital digital lifeline, rapidly onboarding millions of offline merchants onto Gojek’s digital marketplace. His visionary leadership converted traditional commerce into a high-frequency online engine, establishing the definitive global playbook for data-driven ecosystem expansion.

Awarded to Getir, Turkey

While the world went into sudden lockdown, this Turkish startup became the ultimate global blueprint for the “pioneer of ultra-fast grocery delivery.” In 2020, Getir aggressively optimized its dark-store logistics, algorithmic routing, and mobile app to scale deliveries to millions of housebound citizens, multiplying its revenues and setting off a global venture capital race in the instant-delivery sector.

Awarded to Ahbap Derneği (Ahbap Platform), Turkey

Led by reknowned musician Haluk Levent, this decentralized Turkish charity executed a masterclass in organic, crowd-sourced digital marketing and social media mobilization in 2020. Using highly transparent, real-time Twitter tracking and digital verification systems, Ahbap coordinated millions of dollars in medical equipment, student stipends, and food aid, outperforming traditional institutional campaigns through sheer digital agility.

Awarded to Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech)

In early 2020, GovTech Singapore built and launched TraceTogether, the world’s first nationwide Bluetooth-based contact tracing ecosystem. Instead of keeping the software proprietary, they showcased global digital citizenship by open-sourcing the underlying “BlueTrace” protocol, allowing developers and governments worldwide to freely copy their architecture to save lives.

Awarded to Canada Council for the Arts and CBC/Radio-Canada