At Audley, we draw on our principle of ‘Unconventional Wisdom’ to find solutions to the challenges facing our clients. This award recognises a leader or person who over the past year pushed boundaries by thinking or acting in a unique way.

Audley Director Rolf Merchant analyses Mario Draghi’s report the “Future of European Competitiveness,” to understand the former Italian PM’s priorities for unlocking European economic growth.

In this week’s Box: Short sellers make big profits on falling tech shares, spies have the UK & Europe on ‘Red alert’, the Venice Biennale & more

In this week’s Box: Rare protests erupt in Cuba, Tusk takes pole position as the Weimar Triangle returns, a pro-doping alternative to the Olympics & more

In this week’s Box: Democratic Alliance win Portugal's elections, Standard Chartered's leadership overhaul, EU members back legislation to improve gig workers' rights & more

In this week’s Box: German-French tensions rise over a leaked call, Mongolia takes one giant leap with the help of SpaceX, France enshrines abortion rights in its constitution & more

In this week’s Box: Agriculture gets aggro with farmers’ protests in Europe, a conscription debate kicks off in the UK, a week of ups and downs for Elon Musk & more

In this week’s Box: British & European car manufacturers breathe a sigh of relief as EV tariffs are delayed, President Maduro risks conflict with Guyana, an end-of-year list roundup & more

In this week’s Box: Drama at OpenAI as CEO Sam Altman is fired, then reinstated; Darfur in the grip of a humanitarian crisis; a bad week for crypto as SEC comes for Binance CEO CZ and Kraken; & more

In this week’s Box: Dutch PM calls time on his government, Strava strikes again, Vegas has a ball with the MSG Sphere & more

In this week’s Box: Ron DeSantis underwhelms Britain’s big businesses, the Milken Institute 26th annual conference, Hollywood studios in a write pickle with the WGA strike & more…

In this week’s Box: Germany risks its tech as it pulls the plug on 5G, new legislation to tackle ‘sharenting’ in France, the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2023 & more…

In this week’s Box: What the rise of ChatGPT means for Big Tech, President Macron’s rendezvous with the German Chancellor, bad news for the Fox-News Corp merger & more…

In this week’s Box: Hell breaks loose in Haiti, US plans to cash in with chips, Ticketmaster faces Swift justice, and much more…