GBF AWARDS

German-British Forum Annual Awards

The German-British Forum makes annual awards for contributions - both positive and controversial - to UK-German dialogue.

Previous Prize Winners

2010

Nicholas Jacobs, Director, Libris & Adam Freudenheim, Publisher, Penguin Classics

Steven Howard, Chief Sports Writer, The Sun & Joachim Löw, Bundestrainer, German national football team

2009

Peter Eigen, Founder and Chairman of the Advisory Council, Transparency International

Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler, Creators of THE GRUFFALO

Rt. Hon Lord Hurd of Westwell (Lifetime Achievement Award)

2008

David Chipperfield CBE, Architect

David McAllister MdL, Leader of the CDU in the Lower Saxony Landtag

2007

Dr. Ulrich Bez, Chief Executive Officer, Aston Martin

Royston Maldoom, British Choreographer

2006

Sir Peter Jonas, former General Director, Bavarian State Opera

City of Nuremberg, represented by Horst Förther, Mayor of Nuremberg

2005

Michael Grandage, Artistic Director, Donnar Warehouse
Joachim Hunold, Managing Director, Air Berlin

2004

Michael Frayn, playwright and novelist
Dr Alan Russell, Chairman, Dresden Trust

2003

Norman Rosenthal, Exhibitions Secretary, Royal Academy of Arts
Gisela Stuart, MP

2002

Lord Dahrendorf
Bernhard Schlink, writer
Robin Saunders, West LB

2001

Bernd Dörler, London Bureau Chief, Stern
Neil Macgregor, Director, National Gallery
Renate Künast, German Federal Minister for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture
Vivienne Westwood, fashion designer

2000

Joschka Fischer, German Foreign Minister
Kevin Keegan, former England Manager
Dr David Luke, Oxford University
John Towers, Chairman, MG Rover Group
Sir Peter Ustinov, actor, novelist, director

1999

Ulrich Beck, University of Munich Professor
Anthony Giddens, London School of Economics
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor

1998

Lord Foster, architect
Field Marshal Lord Inge
Dr. Marion Löffler, Aberystwyth University
Professor Wilhelm Nölling, former Member, Deutsche Bundesbank Council
The Rt. Hon. John Redwood MP
General Hans Henning von Sandrart (retd)

1997

Boris Becker, sportsman
Andrew Gimson, former Daily Telegraph correspondent
The Rt. Hon. Michael Heseltine CH MP and M&C Saatchi
John Laughland, commentator
Professor Hans Tietmeyer, President, Deutsche Bundesbank
Lord Weidenfeld, Publisher
Hugo Young, The Guardian

1996

Sir Colin Davis, conductor
Frederick Forsyth, author and commentator
Professor Hans-Dieter Gelfert, Freie Universität, Berlin
Charles Griffin, cartoonist
Jürgen Klinsmann, sportsman
Piers Morgan, Editor, Daily Mirror

German-British Forum Awards Jury

President

Patricia Godfrey, Partner, Nabarro LLP

Jury Members

Roger Boyes, Berlin Correspondent, The Times
Brian Gosschalk, Chief Executive, Ipsos-MORI
John Eisenhammer, Director, Quiller Consultants
Robert Meier, Robert Bosch Ltd
Thomas Kielinger, UK Correspondent, Die Welt
Antje Schlamm, Director, London, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
Michael Maclay, Director, Montrose Associates
Professor William (Willie) Paterson OBE AcSS FRSE FRSA, Director, Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham
Christoph Urban, Chairman, British-German Association
Michael Knapstein, Chief Financial Officer, T-Systems Ltd
Barry Stickings CBE
Professor Michael Stürmer, Chief Correspondent, Verlag Axel Springer
Gina Thomas, UK Cultural Correspondent, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Rolf Seelmann, Journalist, Seelmannfilm