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Past Awardees
Leaders & Professionals
Celebrating impact, Recognizing brilliance. Inspiring excellence.
For nearly two decades, Digital Skills Authority’s Brilliance Awards have honored exceptional achievements across industries, government, nonprofits, startups, and communities around the world.
At the heart of the awards is our passion for recognizing the visionary leaders, talented professionals, and outstanding teams who are making a difference and shaping the future.
Explore below individual awardees from our Heritage 2009-2016, Legacy 2016-2025 & 2026 Brilliance Awards.
Brilliance Award for Digital Growth Leadership 2025
Awarded to Thomas Plantenga, CEO, Vinted, Lithuania / Europe
Brilliance Award for Digital Growth Leadership 2024
Awarded to Jochen Engert, Daniel Krauss and André Schwämmlein,
Co-Founders, Flix / FlixBus, Germany / Europe
Brilliance Award for Digital Growth Leadership 2023
Topp Jirayut Srupsrisopa, Founder & Group CEO, BitKub, Thailand
Brilliance Award for Digital Growth Leadership 2022
Shintaro Yamada, Founder & CEO of Mercari, Japan
Brilliance Award for Digital Growth Leadership 2021
Awarded to Deyan Dimitrov, Founder & CEO at Laundryheap, UK
Brilliance Award for Digital Growth Leadership 2020
Awarded to Andre Soelistyo, Co-CEO Gojek, Indonesia
Brilliance Awards for Digital Transformation Excellence 2020
Awarded to Elisa Pogliano, Senior Director of Digital & Omnichannel, Mattel, UK
Brilliance Award for Digital Growth Leadership 2019
Awarded to Rick Gomez, Chief Marketing, Digital and Strategy Officer, Target Corporation, USA
Brilliance Award for Digital Growth Leadership 2018
Awarded to Joh Su-yong & Yeo Min-soo (Co-CEOs) Kakao Corporation, South Korea
Brilliance Award for Digital Growth Leadership 2017
Awarded to Jack Ma Executive Chairman, Alibaba Group, China
Brilliance Award for Digital Growth Leadership 2016
Awarded to Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb, USA
Brilliance Award for B2B E-Commerce Optimization 2015
Awarded to Mathias Deleu, European CRM & eCommerce Manager, Brady Corporation, Belgium
Brilliance Award for E-Commerce Marketing 2015
Awarded to Anne Le Scouezec EMEA Marketing Director and the EMEA Marketing Team at Seagate, Europe, Middle East & Africa
Brilliance Award for Digital Growth Leadership 2015
Awarded to Muhanna Baqer, Director of E-Payments, Information Technology Authority of Oman
Brilliance Award for Digital Growth Leadership 2014
Awarded to Jacqueline Harper – Director Online and the Online Commercial Performance team at VodafoneThree (then Three), UK
Brilliance Award for Digital Growth Leadership 2013
Awarded to Travis Kalanick, CEO Uber, USA (founded in France)
Brilliance Award for Digital Growth Leadership 2012
Awarded to Charly Lupart, Marketing Director, Schnieder Electric, Europe & China
Brilliance Award for E-Commerce Sales Excellence 2012
Awarded to Melanie Newell, E-Commerce Manager and House of Fraser, United Kingdom
Brilliance Award for Web Content Strategy 2012
Awarded to Tomislav Tepeš – Airline Information Systems Manager at Croatia Airlines, Croatia
Brilliance Award for Web Content Strategy 2011
Awarded to Mhairi Mckenzie – E-Commerce Co-ordinator at Dune Group London, UK
Brilliance Award for Best Digital and Interactive Marketing Strategy 2010
Awarded to Chris Tung – VP Marketing and the Content Marketing team at Pepsico, China
Brilliance Award for Web Content Strategy 2010
Awarded to Alex Burford – Content Management at Warner Brothers, UK
Brilliance Award for Direct-to-Consumer Digital Marketing Initiative 2009
Awarded to Shelly Rosenberg – Internet Marketing Manager at Kenwood
Brilliance Award for E-Commerce Sales Excellence 2009
Awarded to David Walmsley and JLD Online Selling Team at John Lewis.
Brilliance Award for Most Innovative Digital Change Management Initiative 2009
Awarded to Ginny Powlson, Human Resources at John Lewis Direct
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