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Assessing Rising Leaders: Heidrick & Struggles Helps World Economic Forum Identify 2017 Class of Young Global Leaders100 young leaders selected for leadership and service to society; 54 percent are women GENEVA, Switzerland, March 15, 2017 /CNW/ -- A world with both new and enduring challenges needs a rising next generation of global leaders to develop innovative solutions and drive positive change. Each year, the World Economic Forum selects and brings together a new class of Young Global Leaders (YGL) to collaborate and encourage each other to help change the world for the better. For the tenth consecutive year, Heidrick & Struggles (Nasdaq: HSII), a premier provider of executive search, leadership consulting and culture shaping worldwide, has partnered with the World Economic Forum to help identify and assess worthy candidates to be selected as Young Global Leaders for 2017. View the complete list of the 2017 Young Global Leaders at http://wef.ch/ygl17. With decades of experience identifying and evaluating executive talent for many of the world's leading organizations, Heidrick & Struggles assists the World Economic Forum in evaluating YGL nominations. The 2017 cohort of 100 YGLs includes a tech entrepreneur whose mobile app has helped over 100,000 smallholder farmers in Africa, a Yale graduate who shunned a big-city salary to help millions of villagers in rural China, a micro-insurance pioneer who is providing a safety net for the most vulnerable segments of society and transformative scientists who are pioneers in gene therapy, artificial intelligence, experimental psychology and mathematics. This year, more than half of the 100 YGLs—all under the age of 40—are women. "We share the World Economic Forum's dedication to bring together extraordinary young leaders to solve some of the world's greatest challenges," said Valerie Germain, partner - Heidrick & Struggles and executive spnsor for the firm's strategic partnership with the World Economic Forum. "Over 100 of our colleagues helped to assess hundreds of worthy nominees to join the Young Global Leaders community. The class that was selected is incredible." Current and former YGLs head governments and Fortune 500 companies, win Nobel Prizes and Academy Awards, and become UN Goodwill Ambassadors and social entrepreneurs. The new leaders will be asked to work together over the next five years on globally meaningful endeavors, including finding a cure for spinal paralysis, tackling water scarcity, creating a global emergency response network and promoting waste-free circular economies. YGLs are selected through a qualified nomination process and assessed according to rigorous selection criteria. Of the thousands of candidates, those selected must have a proven track record of professional accomplishments, a breadth of expertise, a commitment to society, and an ability to overcome adversity, among other criteria. With the purpose of creating a truly representative body, candidates are evaluated by the Forum's Young Global Leaders Team, professionals from Heidrick & Struggles and, as a final step, screened by a selection committee. The Forum of Young Global Leaders has three objectives:
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