Social Innovation in Action 2025

Corporate Social Innovators 2025 Leaders in a multinational or regional company who drive the development of new products, services or business models that address societal and environmental challenges to benefit low-income or vulnerable populations.Organization: Google Health Headquarters: Singapore Impact Region: Global Sector: Digital infrastructure for healthcare SDGs: 3, 10 and 17 Organization: Tencent Headquarters: People’s Republic of China Impact Region: Asia Sector: Healthcare and social inclusion SDGs: 3, 11, 13 and 17Organization: Northwell Health Headquarters: USA Impact Region: Global Sector: Healthcare SDGs: 3, 10 and 17Hersch works at Google Health on translational AI research and data-driven digital transformation to promote health equity. A medical doctor with training in business and information technology, Hersch developed one of the first web-based telemedicine platforms globally (MedTech Outreach Australia). Prior to Google, he was Chief Medical Officer and Clinical Product Manager for Telenor Health, James Martin Fellow in Healthcare Innovation at Oxford University and a medical doctor. Having joined Google’s HealthAI Research team in 2018, he is the Product Lead for Open Health Stack, a suite of open-source components that enable developers to build AI-powered next- gen digital health solutions. Chen is Vice-President and Head of Sustainable Social Value (SSV) at Tencent. Since joining Tencent in 2006, she has been pivotal to the company’s online media business, including Tencent News and Tencent Sports. Appointed as the head of Tencent SSV in April 2021, she leads the company’s strategic initiatives in sustainable social value innovations. Prior to Tencent, Chen was director of news and features at Southern Weekend and editor-in-chief at South Reviews. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Wuhan University, an Executive MBA from the China Europe International Business School and has been a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.Cioè-Peña is founder of the Center for Global Health at Northwell Health, where he leads global stakeholder-led projects on access to mental healthcare, surgery and technology. He is a graduate of the SUNY Downstate Emergency Medicine Residency programme and a Columbia University International Emergency Medicine Fellow. He received a Master’s in Public Health and Humanitarian Assistance from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and a Doctor of Medicine in Global Health from the University of Pennsylvania. He has worked in Ecuador, Guyana, India, Ukraine, Botswana, Dominican Republic and El Salvador on health systems development, trauma care and humanitarian assistance. Fred Hersch Caitlyn (Juhong) ChenEric Cioè-Peña Credit: Tencent, People’s Republic of China Credit: Northwell Health, USA Schwab Foundation 2025 Awardees and Impact Report 17 Schwab Foundation 2025 Awardees and Impact Report 16