Womenomics Awards

Each year, the Womenomics Business Conference, founded by Above & Beyond, awards three extraordinary women, who are above & beyond in their respective fields, for their unique achievements and contribution to reach gender parity.

The recipients of these three awards are selected from nominations put forward by the Womenomics committee.

Previous Award Recipients

Award Recipients 2019

HRH Princess Esmeralda of Belgium, CEO of KMD, Eva Berneke, and the founders of the venture capital fund, BackingMinds, Susanne Najafi and Sara Wimmercranz.

At the 2019 conference, Iceland was being celebrated with a Womenomics Honorary Award for their uncompromising quest for gender equality

Award Recipients 2018

Geena Davis, Academy Award winner & Founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, Sheela Maini Søgaard, CEO and Partner at BIG and Christine Spiten, Co-founder of Blueye Robotics.

Award Recipients 2017

HRH Crown Princess Mary, Founder of The Mary Foundation, Patron for Maternity Worldwide, LOKK, ‘Women Deliver’ Conference and UNFPA, Ida Auken, Former Minister and current member of Parliament, Founder of The SIRI Commission, Pia Vemmelund, Managing Director at Momondo.

Award Recipients 2016

Eva Kruse, President and CEO of Danish Fashion Institute and Copenhagen Fashion Week, Eva-Lotta Sjöstedt, CEO at Georg Jensen, Selina Juul, Founder of The Stop Wasting Food Movement.

Award Recipients 2015

Connie Hedegaard, Former Minister and EU Commissioner, Chairman of The Kann Foundation, Trine Richter, Managing Director, Green Solution House, Soulaima Gourani, CEO, Tradeconductor.com

Award Recipients 2014

Stine Bosse, full-time board member of several international companies, Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae, Chairman of several boards, Annette Saust Estø, CEO & designer of Fleye.