JUROR 2023

Liza Chong is the CEO of The Index Project, a Danish non-profit foundation working to promote and mobilise designs that improve life. The foundation is behind The Index Award, a prestigious worldwide design prize focused on sustainable and impactful innovation.

Liza has been leading the organisation since 2018 and is responsible for the organisation’s vision, strategic and operational direction. She penned the first official strategy and has led fundraising and global partnership initiatives that have taken The Index Project to the Nordics, Asia, Latin America and the US. Most recently, Liza established the first two micro-VC funds to invest solely into the pipeline of The Index Award.

Originally from London, Liza has a blended background in strategy, policy, business development and implementation. She previously worked on local economic growth government projects in London and the Greater Sub-Mekong region with the UN in Bangkok.

Liza is an active advisor and mentor to individuals and organisations in the early stages of establishing their social businesses. She also sits on Ashoka Scandinavia’s Venture Board in Copenhagen and the Distributed Design Market Platform’s Advisory Board, and Orano SA’s Executive Stakeholder Committee. She’s also a regular speaker and panellist for public, corporate and educational audiences ranging from the Royal College of Arts, the V&A, Bloomberg, Chr. Hansen, IKEA, and Fritz Hansen to name a few.