Award Recipients 2025

The recipients of this years' Distinguished Alumni Awards have gone above and beyond by contributing to the RSM community, the environment, businesses, and society. They are committed to making a positive impact and embody RSM's mission of being a force for positive change. Three categories of awards were recognised this year: for being a force for positive change, for achievement, and for volunteering.

Distinguished Alumni Awards 2025 recipients

Jan Baan (Alumni Achievement Award Recipient 2025)

After a bachelor and master at RSM, Jan Baan (IBA, 2014; MSc FI, 2016) joined a family firm and continued to invest in his own development. By the time he became Omoda’s CEO in 2022 – at the age of just 28 – he was ready to lead its transformation to a much bigger fashion retailer (almost tripling the business) with an entrepreneurial, omnichannel approach.

Aditya Sharmar (Alumni Volunteer Award Recipient 2025)

Aditya Sharma (MSc MiM, 2018) is a Global Data Foods Analyst for Unilever and an enthusiastic mentor for RSM students, with 118 career consultations under his belt – more than any other alumni volunteer. He has been nominated by the RSM Alumni Relations Team as ‘a great and engaged alumni mentor’.

Denisa Kasa (Alumni Force for Positive Change Award Recipient 2025)

Denisa Kasa (IBA, 2021; MSc BIM, 2023) has been nominated for the Force for Positive Change Award by the RSM Alumni Relations Team for volunteering to raise awareness of ecocide in the rivers of Albania, growing and financing a network that campaigns against pollution and cleans up its rivers.