# #CookforSyria Co-founder announced as finalist in 2017 Stevie Awards for Women in Business

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/10/13/cookforsyria-co-founder-announced-finalist-2017-stevie-awards-women-business/
- Published: 2017-10-13T07:03:34+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Serena Guen, Co-founder of #CookforSyria has been selected as a finalist in this
year’s Stevie Awards for Women in Business.**

The [Stevie Awards for Women in Business](https://stevieawards.com/women) have selected
Guen as a finalist in the Female Innovator of the Year – Government or Non-Profit–
10 or Less Employees category. [#CookforSyria](http://cookforsyria.com/) launched
in London on 31 October last year to encourage people to cook to raise funds for
[UNICEF](https://www.unicef.org.uk/)’s Syria Relief Fund, and has since gone global
with a cookbook also published, from which 100% of profits go to the UNICEF fund.
Guen is also Founder and CEO of @SUITCASEmag, and Founding Member of UNICEF’s Next
Generation London.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZGB-knDh7E/?taken-by=cookforsyria

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More than 1,500 entries were submitted this year by organisations and individuals
around the world for consideration in more than 90 categories including Executive
of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Startup of the Year, Women Helping Women 
and Women-Run Workplace of the Year.

Nominations were submitted by organisations in 25 nations including Australia, Bahrain,
Canada, Germany, Iceland, India, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand,
Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa,
South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States. Finalists
were chosen by more than 170 professionals worldwide serving on five specialized
judging committees.

The results will be announced at the 14th annual awards dinner on Friday, 17 November
in New York City.

Image: Serena Guen, by Darren Gerrish Photography

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