The circular bioeconomy is innovation, the result of the skills and passion of researchers and managers able to create value and new high-qualified jobs, reconciling economy, society and the environment. At the end of 2014 Il Bioeconomista launched a new initiative: The 10 Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEOs.

We have asked a panel of world bioeconomy experts to tell us the Chief Executive Officers that have stood out as the most innovative during the last year.

Now we ask you to choose the most innovative CEO responding to our survey (open till December 13 at 7 am, Western European Time).

The most innovative CEO 2016 was Ken Richards (CEO of Leaf Resources, Australia)

The most innovative CEO 2017 was Tony Duncan (CEO of Circa Group, Australia)

The most innovative CEO 2018 was Jürgen Eck (CEO of BRAIN AG, Germany)

The most innovative CEO 2019 was Alex Michine (CEO of MetGen, Finland)

The most innovative CEO 2020 was Simão Soares (CEO of SilicoLife, Portugal)

The most innovative CEO 2021 was Jennifer Holmgren (CEO of LanzaTech, USA)

The most innovative CEO 2022 was Tom van Aken (CEO of Avantium, Netherlands)

This is the result of 2023 (in alphabetical order)

Catia Bastioli, Novamont (Italy)

John Bissel, Origin Materials (USA)

Annika Bresky, Stora Enso (Sweden)

Marc Delcourt, Global Bioenergies (France)

Jennifer Holmgren, LanzaTech (USA)

Dave Kettner, Virent (USA)

Thomas Philipon, TotalEnergies-Corbion (France/Netherlands)

Christophe Schilling, Genomatica (USA)

Frederic van Gansberghe, Futerro (France)

Niklas von Weymarn, Metsä Spring (Finland)

Here the survey closed