Active Young Global
Leaders
As of 22 April 2013
East Asia
Tony Abrahams
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Ai-Media
Australia
Saleem Ali
Director and Professor, Centre for Social
Responsibility in Mining (CSRM)
University of Queensland
Australia
Jeremy Balkin
President
Karma Capital
Australia
Paul Bassat
Commissioner
The Australian Football League
(AFL) Commission
Australia
Rachel Botsman
Author and Social Innovator
Collaborative Lab
Australia
Michael Cannon-Brookes
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Atlassian Pty Ltd
Australia
Andrew Charlton
Manager, Business Development
Wesfarmers Limited
Australia
Geraldine Chin Moody
Group Executive People, Culture and
Sustainability
Virgin Australia
Australia
Hamish Douglass
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Magellan Financial Group Limited
Australia
Benjamin Gray
Managing Partner and Group Head, Australia,
Japan, Korea and South East Asia
TPG Capital
Australia
David Hill
Partner
Deloitte
Australia
Gordon Hughes
Managing Director
Rhythmscape Publishing
Australia
Jason Li Yat-Sen
Director
The George Institute for Global
Health
Australia
Butet Manurung
Jungle School Educator and Conservationist
SOKOLA
Australia
Jane McAdam
Scientia Professor of Law
University of New South Wales
Australia
Jeremy Philips
Australia
Ian Thorpe
Founder
Fountain for Youth
Australia
Mark Weldon
Executive VP
Diligent Board Member Services
Australia
Alex Wyatt
Founder
Climate Bridge
Australia
Vannarith Chheang
Executive Director
Cambodian Institute for
Cooperation and Peace
Cambodia
Adrian Cheng
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
New World Development
Company Limited
Hong Kong SAR
Claire Hsu
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Asia Art Archive (AAA)
Hong Kong SAR
Deborah Kan
Executive Producer
The Wall Street Journal
Hong Kong SAR
James Law
Chairman and Chief Cybertect
James Law Cybertecture
International Ltd
Hong Kong SAR
Ellana Lee
Vice-President and Managing Editor, AsiaPacific
CNN International
Hong Kong SAR
Sze Ping Lo
Chief Executive Officer
Greenovation Hub
Hong Kong SAR
Deepak Madnani
Founder, Business Designer
PaperclipHK Services Ltd
Hong Kong SAR
Shalini Mahtani
Chief Executive Officer
Community Business Limited
Hong Kong SAR
Francis Ngai Wah Sing
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Social Ventures Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR
Yana Peel
Chief Executive Officer
Intelligence Squared
Hong Kong SAR
Jennifer Zhu Jinli Scott
Founder and Managing Partner
Establish Asia
Hong Kong SAR
Marie So
Co-Founder
Ventures in Development
Hong Kong SAR
Diana Tsui
Head, Corporate Social Responsibility and
Diversity, and Chief Executive Officer, KPMG
Foundation
KPMG
Hong Kong SAR
Anies Baswedan
President
Paramadina University
Indonesia
Nia Dinata
Film Director and Producer
Kalyana Shira Films
Indonesia
Aldi Haryopratomo
Co-Founder
Ruma Inc.
Indonesia
Arsjad Rasjid P. Mangkuningrat
President Director and Group Co-Chief
Executive Officer
PT Indika Energy Tbk
Indonesia
Toshihiro Nakamura
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Kopernik
Indonesia
Najwa Shihab
Anchor
PT. Media Televisi Indonesia
(Metro TV)
Indonesia
Ananda Siregar
Founder
Blitz Megaplex
Indonesia
Benjamin Soemartopo
Managing Director and Head of Principal
Finance, Indonesia
Standard Chartered
Indonesia
Silverius O. Unggul
Founder
JAUH
Indonesia
Yenny Zannuba A. C. Wahid
Director
Wahid Institute
Indonesia
Adrian David Cheok
Professor, Graduate School of Media Design
and Inventor
Keio University
Japan
Kanae Doi
Director, Japan
Human Rights Watch
Japan
Norika Fujiwara
Actress and Journalist
Chikara Funabashi
Adviser, New Educational Business
Kawaijuku Educational Institution
Japan
Toru Hashimoto
Mayor of Osaka City
City of Osaka
Japan
Kentaro Iemoto
President and Chief Executive Officer
Clara Online Inc.
Japan
Hideyuki Inoue
Founder and President
Social Venture Partners Tokyo
Japan
Daisuke Iwase
Co-Founder and Representative Director
Lifenet Insurance Company
Japan
Mitsuru Izumo
Owner and Chief Executive Officer
Euglena Co. Ltd
Japan
Lin Kobayashi
Co-Founder and Chair of the Board
Foundation for International
School of Asia, Karuizawa
Japan
Shinjiro Koizumi
Member of the House of Representatives
House of Representatives of
Japan
Japan
Junya Kondo
Chief Executive Officer
Hatena Co. Ltd
Japan
Muhammad Lutfi
Ambassador of Indonesia
Embassy of Indonesia
Japan
Hideki Makihara
Visiting Scholar
National Graduate Institute for
Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Japan
Nami Matsuko
Head, Corporate Citizenship Department
Nomura Holdings Inc.
Japan
Shoukei Matsumoto
Managing Director and Buddhist Monk
Japan Fellowship of Buddhists
Japan
Haruo Miyagi
President
ETIC (Entrepreneurial Training for
Innovative Communities)
Japan
Koichi Mizutome
Adviser
World Co. Ltd
Japan
Yoshinobu Nagamine
Researcher, Secretariat of the International
Peace Corporation Headquarters
Cabinet Office of Japan
Japan
Taku Otsuka
Visiting Scholar
National Graduate Institute for
Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Japan
Taro Otsuka
President
Otsuka Warehouse Co. Ltd
Japan
William H. Saito
President and Chief Executive Officer
InTecur
Japan
Akimitsu Sano
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Cookpad Inc.
Japan
Teruhide Sato
President and Chief Executive Officer
netprice.com Ltd
Japan
Yohei Shibasaki
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Fourth Valley Concierge
Corporation
Japan
Kunihiko Shimada
Special Adviser to the Minister of Environment
Ministry of the Environment of
Japan
Japan
Shokei Suda
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Enigmo Inc.
Japan
Japan
Yoshikazu Tanaka
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
GREE Inc.
Japan
Daisuke Tsuda
Journalist, Media Activist and Chief Executive
Officer
Neo-logue Inc.
Japan
Risa Wataya
Author
Tokyo Concerts Inc.
Japan
Satoru Yamamoto
Director and Head, International Investors
Services, FICC Sales Department
Daiwa Securities Group
Japan
Koichi Yamauchi
Member of the House of Representatives
House of Representatives of
Japan
Japan
Naoko Yamazaki
Astronaut
Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency (JAXA)
Japan
Suryani Senja Alias
Founder and Managing Director
CULT Sdn Bhd
Malaysia
Cheng Ming Yu
Professor and Mr and Mrs Chua Chai Leng
Professorial Chair of Economics
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
Malaysia
Steven Sim Chee Keong
City Councillor
Province Wellesley Municipal
Council
Malaysia
Ali Redhauddin Tuanku Muhriz
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Munarah Foundation
Malaysia
Ganhuyag Chuluun Hutagt
Executive Chairman
Equity Investment Trust LLC (EIT)
Mongolia
Zorigt Dashdorj
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy of
Mongolia (2009-2012)
Bayartsetseg Jigmiddash
Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice of Mongolia
Mongolia
Simon Bridges
Minister of Labour and of Energy and
Resources
Ministry of Business, Innovation
and Employment of New Zealand
New Zealand
Mitchell Khoa Dang Pham
International Development Director
AugenASIA
New Zealand
Simon Power
Head of Private Bank
Westpac Banking Corporation
New Zealand
Jamil Anderlini
Beijing Bureau Chief
The Financial Times
People’s Republic
of China
Alexander Atzberger
Head, Fast Growth Markets and China Strategy
SAP AG
People’s Republic
of China
Ba Shusong
Deputy Director-General, Financial Research
Institute
Development Research Center of
the State Council (DRC)
People’s Republic
of China
Ron Cao
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Lightspeed China Partners
People’s Republic
of China
Charles Chao
President and Chief Executive Officer
Sina Corporation
People’s Republic
of China
Richard Lin Chen
Managing Director
Yifei Group
People’s Republic
of China
Chen Qiqing
Deputy Director
Central Party School of the
Communist Party of China
People’s Republic
of China
Calvin Chin
Founder
Transist
People’s Republic
of China
Deng Yaping
Deputy Secretary, Chinese Communist Youth
League Beijing Municipal Committee
Beijing Municipal Government
People’s Republic
of China
Christopher Deri
Chief Executive Officer and Market Leader
Burson-Marsteller
People’s Republic
of China
Mina Guli
Chief Executive Officer
THIRST
People’s Republic
of China
Mongolia
Jacob Hsu
Chief Executive Officer
Symbio
People’s Republic
of China
Jia Ping
Chief Executive Director and Founder
Health Governance Initiative
People’s Republic
of China
Peter Lacy
Managing Director; Senior Executive
Accenture
People’s Republic
of China
Li Ruigang
Honorary position
Shanghai Media Group (SMG)
People’s Republic
of China
Peggy Liu
Chairperson
JUCCCE
People’s Republic
of China
Dora Liu
China National Leader of Global Financial
Services Industry
Deloitte
People’s Republic
of China
Liu Yingxia
President
ACFIC Investment Fund
Management Co., Ltd
People’s Republic
of China
Liu Zhouwei
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
21st Century Business Herald
People’s Republic
of China
André Loesekrug-Pietri
Chairman and Managing Partner
A Capital Group
People’s Republic
of China
Annabelle Long
Chief Executive and Managing Director
Bertelsmann China Corporate
Center and Bertelsmann Asia
Investments
People’s Republic
of China
Carlos Moncayo
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
ASIAM Business Group
People’s Republic
of China
Pan Haidong
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Hudong.com Inc.
People’s Republic
of China
Raphael Schoentgen
President
GDF SUEZ China
People’s Republic
of China
Shen Bing
Vice-Director, Commission of Politics and Law
Communist Party of China
Central Committee (CPC)
People’s Republic
of China
Scott Spirit
Chief Strategy Officer
WPP Plc
People’s Republic
of China
Tian Ning
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Zhejiang Panshi Information &
Technology Co. Ltd
People’s Republic
of China
Tian Wei
Moderator and Host, CCTV News
China Central Television
People’s Republic
of China
Wan Tailei
Head, International Cooperation Department
National Association of Financial
Market Institutional Investors
(NAFMII)
People’s Republic
of China
Wang Ninie Yan
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Pinetree Senior Care Services
Co Ltd
People’s Republic
of China
Wang Shuo
Managing Editor
Caixin Media
People’s Republic
of China
Wang Yong
Secretary-General
Brand China Industry Union
People’s Republic
of China
Wen Bo
North-East Asia Coordinator
Global Greengrants Fund
People’s Republic
of China
Xiang Xi
Managing Editor
Southern Weekly
People’s Republic
of China
Nick Yang Ning
Entrepreneur
Lebox Capital
People’s Republic
of China
Zhou Xun
Actress
ZhouXun Studio
People’s Republic
of China
Kelly Zong Fuli
President
Hangzhou Wahaha Group Co.
People’s Republic
of China
Rex Bernardo
Director of Research
Mabini Colleges
Philippines
Benedict Carandang
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Tuldok Animation Studios Inc.
Philippines
Karen Davila
News Anchor and Correspondent
ABS-CBN Television Network
Philippines
John Echauz
Executive Vice-President
Standard Insurance Co. Inc.
Philippines
Therese Fernandez-Ruiz
President and Founding Partner
Rags2Riches
Philippines
Francis Joseph Guevara
Escudero
Senator
Senate of the Philippines
Philippines
Kala Mulqueeny
Principal Counsel
Asian Development Bank
Philippines
Joseph Sigelman
Executive Chairman and Director
Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company
(AG&P)
Philippines
Hong Jeongdo
Vice-President
JoongAng Media Network
Republic of Korea
Hur Saehong
Executive Vice-President, Petrochemicals
GS Caltex Corporation
Republic of Korea
Jeong Jaeseung
Associate Professor
Korea Advanced Institute of
Science and Technology (KAIST)
Republic of Korea
Kang Hyun-Jung
Chief Executive Officer
Ultra Construction & Engineering
Co. Ltd
Republic of Korea
Kim Hana
Reverend
Myungsung Presbyterian Church
Republic of Korea
Lee Joosung
Director
SeAH Group
Republic of Korea
Eric Sungkyun Na
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Neowiz Corporation
Republic of Korea
Karen Bell
Managing Director and Head of Regional
Management for Group Technology and
Operations
Deutsche Bank AG
Singapore
Chew Seow-Chien
Partner
Bain & Company Inc.
Singapore
Shahzada Dawood
Director
Dawood Hercules Corporation
Limited
Singapore
Christopher De Souza
Member of Parliament
Parliament of Singapore
Singapore
Carlos Fernandes
Chief Executive Officer
Record TV
Singapore
Parag Khanna
Director
Hybrid Reality Institute
Singapore
Daniel Koh
Group Head, Asset and Liability Management
Standard Chartered
Singapore
Lee Huei-Min
Violinist
Thomas T. Lembong
Director
Quvat Management Pte Ltd
Singapore
Areena Loo
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Bridge Learning
Singapore
Kevin Lu
Regional Director, Asia-Pacific
MIGA - World Bank Group
Singapore
Amanda McCluskey
Head of Responsible Investment
First State Investments
(Singapore)
Singapore
Eunice Olsen
Actress, Host, Film Producer
House of Ou Studios Pte Ltd
Singapore
Singapore
Ioana Popescu
Professor of Decision Sciences, Booz &
Company Chaired Professor in Strategic
Revenue Management
INSEAD
Singapore
Sanjeev Sanyal
Global Strategist
Deutsche Bank AG
Singapore
Lutfey Siddiqi
Managing Director, Foreign Exchange AsiaPacific
UBS AG
Singapore
David Skilling
Founding Director
Landfall Strategy Group
Singapore
Tan Chin Hwee
Co-Head of Asia-Pacific
Apollo Global Management
Singapore
Tan Yinglan
Author and Adjunct Assistant Professor
Nanyang Technological University
(NTU)
Singapore
Victor Tong Joo Chuan
Research Manager
SAP Research
Singapore
Yap Kwong Weng
Secretary-General
United Nations Association of
Singapore
Singapore
Timothy Chen
Vice-President, Business Development and
Strategy, VIA Technologies
HTC-VIA
Taiwan, China
Tina Y. Lo
Managing Director and Chief Strategy Officer
Industrial Bank of Taiwan
Taiwan, China
Cynthia Wu
Executive Director
Shin Kong Life Foundation
Taiwan, China
Dispanadda Diskul
Chief Development Officer
Doi Tung Development Project
Thailand
Nitsara Karoonuthaisiri
Head, Microarray Laboratory
National Center for Genetic
Engineering and Biotechnology
(BIOTEC)
Thailand
Nick Pisalyaput
President
Corporate Responsibility & Ethics
Association for Thai Enterprise
(CREATE)
Thailand
Kongpan Pramoj Na Ayudhaya
Director, Business Development
Gaysorn Property Co. Ltd
Thailand
Kritaya Sreesunpagit
Founder and Board of Directors
Why I Why
Thailand
Gian Tu Trung
Education Activist
Institute for Research on
Educational Development (IRED)
Vietnam
Khuat Thi Hai Oanh
Founder and Executive Director
Center for Supporting Community Vietnam
Development Initiatives
Le Thi Thu Thuy
Vice-Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer
Vingroup Joint Stock Company
Vietnam
Henry B. Nguyen Hoang
Managing General Partner
IDG Ventures Vietnam
Vietnam
Jimmy Pham
Founder and International Chief Executive
Officer
KOTO International
Vietnam
Pham Tuan
Founder and Chairman
TOPICA Education Group
Vietnam
David Thai
Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
of the Board
Viet Thai International Joint Stock
Company
Vietnam
Europe
Gazmend Haxhia
President
A.S.G. Company
Albania
Eva Dichand
Editor
Heute
Austria
Verena Knaus
Strategy Adviser, UNICEF and Ministry of
European Integration (Kosovo)
European Stability Initiative
Austria
Werner Wutscher
Member of the Board
Austrian Business Council for
Sustainable Development
Austria
Steven Everts
Member of HR/VP Ashton Cabinet
European Commission
Belgium
Tamas Landesz
Director, Corporate Services
European Defence Agency (EDA)
Belgium
Vincent Van Quickenborne
Mayor
City of Kortrijk
Belgium
Nathalie van Ypersele de Strihou Senior Consultant
akkanto
Belgium
Yana Buhrer Tavanier
Campaign Director
Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
Bulgaria
Irena Jolic Simovic
Member of the Management Board and Chief
Operating Officer, Business
T-HT Croatian Telekom
Croatia
Soulaima Gourani
Chief Executive Officer
Soulaima Gourani ApS
Denmark
Lars Jannick Johansen
Chief Executive Officer
The Social Capital Fund
Denmark
James R. Lee
Chairman and Founder
Lee & Partners
Denmark
Mary Elizabeth of Denmark
Founder and Chairman
The Mary Foundation
Denmark
Jens Martin Skibsted
Founding Partner
KiBiSi / Skibsted Ideation A/S
Denmark
Alexander Stubb
Minister of European Affairs and Foreign Trade
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Finland
Finland
Fatmir Besimi
Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs
Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia
Former Yugoslav
Republic of
Macedonia
Jacques Beltran
Senior Vice-President, Europe, CIS, Turkey
Alstom International
France
Yannick Bolloré
Deputy Director-General and Vice-President
Havas Group
France
Merieme Chadid
Explorer and Astronomer
Antarctica Research Station
France
Christel Heydemann
Executive Vice-President, Human Resources
and Transformation
Alcatel-Lucent SA
France
Sandrine Joseph
Head of Digital Communications
Orange
France
Tariq Krim
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Jolicloud
France
Tristan Lecomte
Chief Executive Officer
Pur Projet
France
Christian Mandl
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Neulogy Ventures
France
Gabriel Naouri
Head of Brand, Digital and Innovation
Groupe Casino
France
Olivier Oullier
Professor of Behavioural and Brain Sciences
Aix-Marseille University
France
Consuelo Remmert
International Affairs Director
Office of Nicolas Sarkozy
France
Pierre-Alexandre Teulié
Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer
Sustain-Able
France
Arnaud Ventura
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
PlaNet Finance
France
Florence Verzelen
Managing Director, GDF SUEZ Qatar
GDF SUEZ
France
Caroline Watson
Director and Founder
Hua Dan
France
Vera Kobalia
Politician
Christian Angermayer
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Apeiron Investment Group
Germany
Daniel Bahr
Federal Minister of Health
Federal Ministry of Health of
Germany
Germany
Jan Bayer
President, WELT Group and Printing
Axel Springer AG
Germany
Katharina Borchert
Chief Executive Officer
Spiegel Online
Germany
Thomas Buberl
Chief Executive Officer and Member of the
Executive Committee
AXA Konzern AG
Germany
Björn Czinczoll
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Kinderzentren Kunterbunt GmbH
Germany
Carola Ferstl
Editor, Presenter and Filmmaker
N-TV
Germany
Gregor Hackmack
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
ParliamentWatch
Germany
Immanuel Hermreck
Executive Vice-President, Human Resources
Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
Germany
Lars Hinrichs
Founder and Executive Geek
HackFwd GmbH & Co. KG
Germany
Dirk Hoke
Chief Executive Officer, Customer Services
Division
Siemens AG
Germany
Melanie Kreis-Wilczak
Executive Vice-President, Corporate Controlling
Deutsche Post DHL
Germany
Moritz Lehmkuhl
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
ClimatePartner
Germany
Aygül Özkan
Minister of Social Affairs, Women, Family, Health State of Lower Saxony
and Integration
(Niedersachsen)
Germany
Eun-Kyung Park
Managing Director, Sixx
Prosiebensat.1 Media AG
Germany
Felicitas von Peter
Founder and Managing Partner
Forum for Active Philanthropy
Germany
Philipp Rösler
Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister of
Economics and Technology
Federal Ministry of Economics
and Technology of Germany
Germany
Klaus Schweinsberg
Chairman
Center for Strategy and Higher
Leadership
Germany
Martin Seidenberg
Chief Executive Officer, Central Europe Supply
Chain
Deutsche Post DHL (Global Mail
division)
Germany
David Frederik von Rosen-von
Hoewel
Chief Executive Officer
Von Rosen Fashion Group AG
Germany
Georgia
Dionysia-Theodora
Avgerinopoulou
Member of Parliament
Hellenic Parliament
Greece
Alexandros Manos
Chief Executive Officer
Intracom Telecom SA
Greece
Hrund Gunnsteinsdottir
Director, Writer and Filmmaker
Krád Consulting
Iceland
Elinros Lindal
Chief Executive Officer, Creative Director and
Founder
ELLA
Iceland
Mark Pollock
Adventurer, Athlete and Author
MarkPollock.Com
Ireland
Selene Biffi
Founder and Executive Director
Plain Ink
Italy
Francesca Colombo
General Director
Florence Opera House – Maggio
Musicale Fiorentino
Italy
Michel Martone
Deputy Minister of Employment and Social
Policies
Ministry of Employment and
Social Policies
Italy
Alessia Maria Mosca
Member of Parliament
Chamber of Deputies of Italy
Italy
Monica Regazzi
Partner and Managing Director
The Boston Consulting Group
Italy
Pasquale Salzano
Vice-President, International Public Affairs
Eni SpA
Italy
Marco Fiorese
Co-Founder
The Monaco-Asia Society
Monaco
Claire Boonstra
Founder
Operation Education
Netherlands
Andre Faaij
Professor, Coordinator Research Energy Supply
and System Studies
Copernicus Institute for
Sustainable Development and
Innovation
Netherlands
Philipp Jan Flach
Managing Director
DeSeizoenen
Netherlands
Karien van Gennip
General Manager, Private Banking and
Investments
ING Netherlands
Netherlands
Dennis Karpes
Co-Founder and Director
Naga Foundation
Netherlands
Katrin Ley
Managing Director
Adidas International BV
Netherlands
Judith Lingeman
Head of Charities
Holding Nationale Goede Doelen
Loterijen N.V. (Dutch Charity
Lotteries)
Netherlands
Lucas Simons
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
NewForesight Holding
Netherlands
Mette-Marit of Norway
Crown Princess of Norway
The Royal Palace
Norway
Angela Morelli
Information Designer
Bjarte Reve
Chief Communications Officer
Akershus University Hospital
Norway
Thomas Wilhelmsen
Group Chief Executive Officer
Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA
Norway
Michal Krupinski
Managing Director
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Poland
Gustavo Cardoso
Professor
LINI - Lisbon Internet and
Networks Institute
Portugal
Srdja Popovic
Executive Director
CANVAS
Republic of
Serbia
Norway
Milos Ristic
Chief Executive Officer for Serbia
Delta Maxi Group
Republic of
Serbia
Kirill Androsov
Member of the Board, Altera Investment Fund
Altera Capital
Russian
Federation
Kirill Dmitriev
Chief Executive Officer
RDIF Management Company LLC Russian
Federation
Nick Dobrovolskiy
Vice-President, Desktop Virtualization
Parallels Inc.
Russian
Federation
Andrei Elinson
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Basic Element
Russian
Federation
Omar Ghobash
Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the
Russian Federation
Embassy of the United Arab
Emirates
Russian
Federation
Roland Nash
Senior Partner and Chief Investment Strategist
Verno Capital
Russian
Federation
Elizaveta Osetinskaya
Editor-in-Chief
Forbes Russia
Russian
Federation
Nikolay Pryanishnikov
President
Microsoft Russia
Russian
Federation
Murad Sofizade
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer
TravelTipz
Russian
Federation
Yuri Soloviev
First Deputy Chairman
JSC VTB Bank
Russian
Federation
Stanislav Voskresenskiy
Representative of Kaliningrad Region
Administration of the President of
the Russian Federation
Russian
Federation
Yan E. Yanovskiy
Founder and Managing Partner
First Nation Société Bancaire
Russian
Federation
Ksenia Yudaeva
Chief, Presidential Experts’ Directorate; G20
Sherpa
Office of the President of the
Russian Federation
Russian
Federation
Emilia Sicáková-Beblavá
President
Transparency International
Slovakia
Carlos Barrabés
Founder and President
Barrabés Consul Holding Group
Spain
Jimena Blázquez Abascal
Director
NMAC Foundation
Spain
Alexis Bonte
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
eRepublik.com
Spain
Lucas Carné
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Privalia
Spain
Carme Chacón
Member of the Party
Partido Socialista Obrero Español
(PSOE)
Spain
Javier Garcia-Martinez
Founder and Director
Rive Technology
Spain
Javier Santiso
Director, Innovation Funds, Venture and Growth
Capital
Telefonica SA
Spain
Irene Tinagli
Assistant Professor
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Spain
Sasja Beslik
Chief Executive Officer, Nordea Investment
Funds
Nordea Bank AB
Sweden
Henrik Borelius
Chief Executive Officer, Nordic region
Attendo
Sweden
Mattias Klum
Photographer and Filmmaker
Mattias Klum Tierra Grande AB
Sweden
Birgitta Ohlsson
Minister for European Union Affairs
Office of the Prime Minister of
Sweden
Sweden
Jem Bendell
Founder and Director
Lifeworth
Switzerland
Pascale Bruderer-Wyss
State Councillor of Switzerland
Council of the States of
Switzerland
Switzerland
Martin Bruncko
Senior Director, Head of Europe
World Economic Forum
Switzerland
Samuel Elia
Program Officer
Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic
Foundation
Switzerland
Elissa Golberg
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of
Canada
Permanent Mission of Canada
Switzerland
Alan Hippe
Group Chief Financial Officer and Chief
Information Technology Officer
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd
Switzerland
Elsie S. Kanza
Director, Head of Africa
World Economic Forum
Switzerland
Koh Lian-Pin
Assistant Professor of Applied Ecology and
Conservation, Department of Environmental
Systems Science
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
Rina Gee Kupferschmid-Rojas
Chief Executive Officer
ESG Analytics
Switzerland
Hilal Ahmed Lashuel
Associate Professor of Life Sciences, Brain
Mind Institute
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de
Lausanne (EPFL)
Switzerland
Christa Markwalder
National Councillor
National Council of Switzerland
Switzerland
Pierre Maudet
Member of the Executive Council of the State of
Geneva in Charge of Security
City of Geneva
Switzerland
Jacqueline Musiitwa
Advisor, Office of the Director-General
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Switzerland
Matthew Parish
Partner
Holman Fenwick Willan LLP
Switzerland
Jayne Plunkett
Division Head, Casualty and Member of the
Group Management Board
Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd
Switzerland
Mirjam Staub-Bisang
President of the Board
Independent Capital Management Switzerland
Ltd
Andrea Stürmer
Strategic Assistant to the Group Chief Executive Zurich Insurance Group
Officer
Switzerland
Christoph Sutter
Member of the Board of Directors and Head
Asset Development
Axpo Holding AG
Switzerland
Martina Viarengo
Assistant Professor, International Economics
The Graduate Institute of
International and Development
Studies
Switzerland
Christophe Villemin
President, Aerospace and Transportation and
Vice-President, Research and Technology
Constellium Switzerland AG
Switzerland
Scott Weber
Director-General
Interpeace
Switzerland
Christian Wenk
Senior Physician, Emergency Ward
Clinic St Anna
Switzerland
Egemen Bagis
Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator
Ministry of EU Affairs of Turkey
Turkey
Ozlem Denizmen
Executive Vice-President, Dogus Strategy
Dogus Group
Turkey
Damian Gammell
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Coca-Cola Içecek AS
Turkey
Ayla Göksel
Chief Executive Officer
ACEV
Turkey
Umit Kumcuoglu
Chief Executive Officer
Kare Yatirim
Turkey
Murat Özyegin
Executive Board Member
Fiba Holding AS
Turkey
Serpil Timuray
Chief Executive Officer
Vodafone Turkey
Turkey
Andriy Kolodyuk
Founder and Chairman of the Board
AVentures
Ukraine
Cenk Aydin
Head, Corporate Segment, Europe, Middle East
and Africa
JPMorgan
United Kingdom
Dawood Azami
Senior Broadcast Journalist and Desk Editor
BBC World Service
United Kingdom
Katinka Barysch
Deputy Director
Centre for European Reform
(CER)
United Kingdom
Sebastian Bishop
Chief Executive Officer
Goop
United Kingdom
Jane Burston
Head, Centre for Carbon Measurement
National Physical Laboratory
United Kingdom
Neil Chugani
Founder
Point Four Two Consulting
United Kingdom
Danny Cohen
Controller
BBC One
United Kingdom
Jo Cox
Director, Strategy, Safe Motherhood
White Ribbon Alliance
United Kingdom
Brendan Cox
Director, Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns
Division
Save the Children Found UK
United Kingdom
Rajeeb Dey
Chief Executive Officer
Enternships.com
United Kingdom
Niall Dunne
Chief Sustainability Officer
BT Group Plc
United Kingdom
Tadhg Flood
Head, Financial Institutions Group EMEA
Deutsche Bank AG
United Kingdom
Philipp Freise
Partner
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Ltd
United Kingdom
Stephen Frost
Visiting Fellow
Harvard University
United Kingdom
Jitesh Gadhia
Senior Managing Director
The Blackstone Group
United Kingdom
James Gifford
Executive Director
United Nations Principles for
Responsible Investment (UNPRI)
United Kingdom
Benjamin Goldsmith
Founding Partner
WHEB Group
United Kingdom
Kate Hampton
Executive Director, Climate Change
The Children’s Investment Fund
Foundation (CIFF)
United Kingdom
Margaret de Heinrich
Co-Founder and President
Omorovicza Kozmetikai KFT
United Kingdom
Celine Herweijer
Partner
PwC
United Kingdom
Brent Hoberman
Executive Chairman
Mydeco
United Kingdom
Lucy Hockings
Presenter
BBC World News
United Kingdom
Tom Hulme
Design Director and Founder, OpenIDEO.com
IDEO Inc.
United Kingdom
Katie Jackson
Senior Vice-President, Mergers and Acquisitions Statoil (UK) Limited
United Kingdom
Emmanuel Jal
Hip-Hop Artist, Writer and Activist
United Kingdom
Nik Kafka
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Teach a Man to Fish
United Kingdom
Shauneen Lambe
Founder and Director
Just for Kids Law
United Kingdom
Martha Lane Fox
UK Digital Champion
Go On UK
United Kingdom
Lily Lapenna
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
MyBnk
United Kingdom
Mark Leonard
Co-Founder and Director
European Council on Foreign
Relations (ECFR)
United Kingdom
Tim Levene
Founder and Managing Partner
Augmentum Capital
United Kingdom
Boria Majumdar
Senior Research Fellow
University of Central Lancashire
United Kingdom
FX de Mallmann
Head, Investment Banking Services, Europe,
Middle East and Africa
Goldman Sachs International
United Kingdom
Anna Marrs
Group Head of Strategy and Corporate
Development
Standard Chartered
United Kingdom
Melisande Middleton
Founder and Director
Center for International Media
Ethics (CIME)
United Kingdom
Jamie Mitchell
Chief Executive Officer
Daylesford Organic
United Kingdom
Denis Morozov
Board Member and Executive Director
European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development
(EBRD)
United Kingdom
Gemma Mortensen
Executive Director
Crisis Action
United Kingdom
Dambisa Moyo
Author
Rain Newton-Smith
Head of Emerging Markets
Oxford Economics Ltd
United Kingdom
David Novak
Partner
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLP
United Kingdom
Mina Al Oraibi
Assistant Editor-in-Chief
Asharq Al-Awsat Newspaper
United Kingdom
Ian Pearman
Chief Executive Officer
Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO
United Kingdom
Zoya Phan
Campaigns Manager
The Burma Campaign UK
United Kingdom
Rani Raad
Executive Vice-President and Chief Commercial
Officer
CNN International
United Kingdom
Faisel Rahman
Managing Director
Fair Finance
United Kingdom
Nabila Ramdani
Freelance Journalist
Stefan Reichenbach
Global Head, Commodities Research and
Forecasts
Thomson Reuters
United Kingdom
David Rodin
Philosopher
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
Ewa Sadowska
Chief Executive
Barka UK
United Kingdom
Robyn Scott
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
OneLeap
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Davide Serra
Founding and Managing Partner
Algebris Investments (UK) LLP
United Kingdom
Monisha Shah
Director of Emerging Markets
BBC World News Worldwide
United Kingdom
Antonio Simoes
Head, United Kingdom
HSBC Bank Plc
United Kingdom
Bhavneet Singh
President and Chief Executive Officer, Global
English and Informal Learning
Pearson Plc
United Kingdom
Anthony Stevens
Group Strategy Director
RSA Insurance Group
United Kingdom
Rory Stewart
Member of Parliament
House of Commons of the United United Kingdom
Kingdom
Lucian Tarnowski
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
BraveNewTalent.com
United Kingdom
Mark Turrell
Chief Executive Officer
Orcasci
United Kingdom
Chuka Umunna
Member of Parliament for Streatham
House of Commons of the United United Kingdom
Kingdom
Diana Verde Nieto
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Positiveluxury.com
United Kingdom
Catherine E. de Vries
Professor of European Politics, Department of
Politics and International Relations
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
Andrew Wales
Senior Vice-President, Sustainable Development SABMiller Plc
United Kingdom
Nathanael Wei Ming-Yan
Member of the House of Lords
House of Lords of the United
Kingdom
United Kingdom
Almira Zejnilagic
Director
FTI Consulting
United Kingdom
Middle East and North Africa
Ali Adnan Ibrahim
Vice-President
Al Baraka Banking Group
Bahrain
Raghda El Ebrashi
Chairperson
Alashanek ya Balady Association
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Egypt
Ayman Ismail
Assistant Professor and Jameel Chair of
Entrepreneurship
AUC School of Business
Egypt
Tamim Khallaf
Diplomat
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Egypt
Egypt
Hisham El Khazindar
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Citadel Capital SAE
Egypt
Bahman Ghobadi
Film Maker and Photographer
Mij Film Co.
Islamic Republic
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Ali Zuashkiani
Chief Executive Officer
Physical Asset Management
Corporation
Islamic Republic
of Iran
Jonathan Adiri
Founder
DisruptionLabs
Israel
Eli Beer
Founder and President
United Hatzalah of Israel
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Gila Demri Gamliel
Deputy Minister for Advancement of Young
People, Students and Women of Israel
Office of the Prime Minister of
Israel
Israel
Ofra Ann Eshed
Adviser to the President
Office of the President of the
State of Israel
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Yair Goldfinger
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
App Card Solutions
Israel
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Principal
Ort Arabic High School
Israel
Tal Keinan
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
KCPS & Company
Israel
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Arison Investments
Israel
Tomás Pojar
Ambassador of the Czech Republic
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Samer I. Asfour
Director, Economic and Social Affairs
Directorate
The Royal Hashemite Court
Jordan
Lama Hourani
Founder and Creator
Lama Hourani Creations
Jordan
Soraya Salti
Senior Vice-President, Middle East and North
Africa
INJAZ Al-Arab - Junior
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Jordan
Dina Shoman
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Jordan River Foundation (JRF)
Jordan
Omar K. Alghanim
Chief Executive Officer
Alghanim Industries
Kuwait
Naif Al Mutawa
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
THE 99
Kuwait
Mubarak A. Al Sabah
Vice-Chairman
Action Group Holdings
Kuwait
Mbarka Bouaida
Vice-President, International Parliamentarian
Forum for Democracy
Parliament of Morocco
Morocco
Ismail Douiri
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Attijariwafa Bank
Morocco
Nisreen Haj Mohammed Shahin
Executive Director
Rawabi Foundation
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Territories
Wael Sawan
Managing Director Pearl GTL, Chairman of
Qatar Shell
Qatar Shell Services Co.
Qatar
Abdulla Bin Ali Al-Thani
President, Hamad bin Khalifa University; VicePresident, Education
Qatar Foundation
Qatar
Loulwa M. Bakr
Corporate Finance Professional (2010-2011),
Credit Suisse, Saudi Arabia
Makarem Batterjee
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Shababco Enterprises
Saudi Arabia
Khalid Bin Bandar Bin Sultan
Executive Chairman
Dayim Holdings
Saudi Arabia
Tal Nazer
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
BUPA Arabia
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Fahd Al Rasheed
Chief Executive Officer and Member of the
Board
King Abdullah Economic City
Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Al Shugeiri
TV Host
Khawater
Saudi Arabia
Abdulsalam Haykal
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Haykal Media
Syria
Slim Amamou
Partner
Alixsys
Tunisia
Nasser Alshaali
Chief Executive Officer
Gulf Craft
United Arab
Emirates
Nabil Alyousuf
Partner
AlJal Capital
United Arab
Emirates
Saudi Arabia
Ashok Aram
Chief Executive Officer, Middle East and North
Africa
Deutsche Bank AG
United Arab
Emirates
Najla Al Awadhi
Chief Executive Officer
Najla Al Awadhi Consulting
United Arab
Emirates
Pasha Bakhtiar
Managing Partner
Willow Impact Investors
United Arab
Emirates
May Al Dabbagh
Non Resident Research Fellow
Dubai School of Government
United Arab
Emirates
Julien Faye
Partner
Bain & Company Inc.
United Arab
Emirates
Habib Haddad
Chief Executive Officer
Wamda
United Arab
Emirates
Badr Jafar
President
Crescent Petroleum
United Arab
Emirates
Yasar Jarrar
Partner
Bain & Company Inc.
United Arab
Emirates
Sami Khoreibi
Chief Executive Officer
Enviromena Power Systems
United Arab
Emirates
Jake Leslie Melville
Partner and Managing Director, Middle East
The Boston Consulting Group
United Arab
Emirates
Rima Maktabi
Senior Anchor and Roving Correspondent
Al Arabiya
United Arab
Emirates
Vikas Pota
Chief Executive Officer
Varkey GEMS Foundation
United Arab
Emirates
Ohood Al Roumi
Director-General
Office of the Prime Minister of the
United Arab Emirates
United Arab
Emirates
Zaid Daoud Al Siksek
Chief Executive Officer
Health Authority - Abu Dhabi
(HAAD)
United Arab
Emirates
Brigitte Sitzberger
Managing Partner
GlobalMindsets FZ LLC
United Arab
Emirates
Ashish J. Thakkar
Founder and Managing Director
Mara Group
United Arab
Emirates
François-Philippe Champagne
Vice-Chairman
Bionest
Canada
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Journalist, Environmentalist and Producer
Spirit Bear Trust
Canada
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President
Anchor Chain
Canada
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Chair, Ivey Centre for Health Innovation and
Leadership
Richard Ivey School of Business
Canada
Christopher Logan
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Silk Road Mining and
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Canada
Winston Ma Wenyan
Managing Director and Deputy Chief
Representative
China Investment Corporation
(CIC)
Canada
Désirée McGraw
Executive Director
Jeanne Sauvé Foundation
Canada
Naheed Nenshi
Mayor of Calgary
City of Calgary
Canada
Samantha Nutt
Founder and Executive Director
War Child Canada
Canada
Aaron Pereira
Co-Founder
CanadaHelps and Vartana
Canada
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Kirstine Stewart
Executive Vice-President, CBC English Services
Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation
Canada
George Stroumboulopoulos
Broadcaster
Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation
Canada
Renée Maria Tremblay
Visiting Professional
International Criminal Court
Canada
Vikram K. Akula
Director
AgSri Agricultural Services Pvt.
Ltd
USA
Laura Alfaro Maykall
Professor, Business, Government and
International Economy Unit
Harvard Business School
USA
Imtiaz Ali
Researcher, Analyst and Fellow
Institute for Social Policy and
Understanding (ISPU)
USA
Wilmot Allen
Founder
1 World Enterprises
USA
Natalia Allen
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Design Futurist SM
USA
Eric Anderson
Chief Executive Officer
Intentional Software Corporation
USA
Luis Arbulu
Managing Director
Hattery
USA
Marisol Argueta de Barillas
Senior Director, Head of Latin America
World Economic Forum USA
USA
Solomon Assefa
Research Scientist
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research
Center
USA
Susan Athey
Professor of Economics
Harvard University
USA
Ronit Avni
Founder and Executive Director
Just Vision
USA
Asli Ay
Managing Partner
US Policy Metrics LLC
USA
Zubaida Bai
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
AYZH
USA
Analisa Balares
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Womensphere and
Womensphere Foundation
USA
Diosdado Rey Banatao
Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
Entropy Resins, Inc.
USA
Lena Janel Bansal
Founder and President
LB Transportation Consulting Inc.
USA
Rye Barcott
Adviser to the Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
Duke Energy Corporation
USA
Elena Barmakova
Founder
Fontvieille Capital Inc.
USA
Julie Bedard
Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
and Flom LLP
USA
Christian Behrenbruch
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
ImaginAb Inc.
USA
Georgie Benardete
Managing Director
Multicultural Capital LLC
USA
Maggie Berry
Executive Director for UK and Europe
WEConnect International, Inc
USA
Shahzad A. Bhatti
Chief Executive Officer
TriMillenium Learning
USA
Gina Bianchini
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Mightybell
USA
Neil Blumenthal
Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer
Warby Parker Eyewear
USA
David Boehmer
Regional Managing Partner, Financial Services
Heidrick & Struggles
USA
Jesmane Boggenpoel
Founder and Director
Harvest
USA
Roberto Bolle
Principal Dancer
American Ballet Theatre
USA
Thomas J. Bollyky
Senior Fellow, Global Health, Economics and
Development
Council on Foreign Relations
USA
Caroline Boudreaux
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
The Miracle Foundation
USA
danah boyd
Senior Researcher
Microsoft Research
USA
Anu Bradford
Professor of Law
Columbia Law School
USA
Privahini Bradoo
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
BlueOak
USA
Binta Niambi Brown
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
USA
Dries Buytaert
Founder and Project Lead
Drupal
USA
David Wayne Callaway
Director
Operational Medicine International USA
Inc.
Niko Canner
Member of the Management Committee
Bridgewater Associates LP
USA
Wences Casares
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Lemon Wallet
USA
Valerie Casey
Founder and Executive Director
The Designers Accord
USA
Pete Cashmore
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Mashable
USA
Julián Castro
Mayor of San Antonio
City of San Antonio
USA
Navin Chaddha
Managing Director
Mayfield Fund
USA
Anand Chandrasekaran
Senior Director, Mobile Products
Yahoo! Inc.
USA
Suranga Chandratillake
Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
blinkx
USA
Candy Chang
Artist and Co-Founder
Civic Center
USA
Sandeep Chatterjee
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Shüv Gray LLC
USA
Jane Marie Chen
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Embrace
USA
Diana C. Chen
Research Scientist
Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory
USA
Steven Chen Shijun
Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder
AVOS
USA
Grace Chiang Nicolette
Manager, Assessment Tools
The Center for Effective
Philanthropy
USA
David Chiu
President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
City Hall
USA
Eunice Nuekie Cofie
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Cosmetic Chemist
Nuekie, Inc.
USA
Tara Comonte
Global Chief Financial Officer
McCann WorldGroup
USA
Cesar Conde
President
Univision Networks
USA
Peter L. Corsell
Chairman of the Board
GridPoint, Inc.
USA
Dana Costache
Founder, Global Culture and Leadership
Consultant
MindSpeaker Global Culture and
Leadership
USA
Alexandra Cousteau
Founder and President
Blue Legacy International
USA
Daniel Cruise
Global Vice-President, Corporate Development,
Government and Public Affairs
Alcoa Inc.
USA
Winston Damarillo
Executive Chairman
Exist Global Corporation
USA
Geoff Davis
Director
Perpetual Education Fund
USA
Matias De Tezanos
Chief Executive Officer
Healthcare.com
USA
Wendy Dent
Writer, Filmmaker and Visiting Scholar
University of Southern California
School of Cinematic Arts
USA
Margo Drakos
Founder
AppBridge
USA
Michael Drexler
Senior Director, Head of Investors Industries
World Economic Forum USA
USA
Joshua Dubois
USA
Sophal Ear
Assistant Professor, National Security Affairs
US Naval Postgraduate School
USA
Dave Eggers
Co-Founder
826 Valencia
USA
Suzanne Ehlers
President and Chief Executive Officer
Population Action International
USA
Jennifer Elisseeff
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
USA
Mohamed Elkeiy
Liaison Officer
United Nations Conference
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(UNCTAD)
USA
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
Chief Executive Officer
Green for All
USA
Marcela Escobari
Executive Director
Center for International
Development, Harvard University
USA
Alvaro Fernández Ibáñez
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
SharpBrains.com
USA
Rossanna Figuera
Co-Founder and Ambassador of Good Things
Wafels & Dinges
USA
Amy Finkelstein
Professor of Economics
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT)
USA
Betsy Fischer
Executive Producer, “Meet the Press”
NBC News
USA
David Fischer
Vice-President, Business and Marketing
Partnerships
Facebook Inc.
USA
Heather Fleming
Chief Executive Officer
Catapult Design
USA
William Foote
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Root Capital
USA
Ashish Gadnis
Chief Executive Officer
Forward Hindsight
USA
Jared Genser
Managing Director
Perseus Strategies LLC
USA
Pierre Gentin
Managing Director and Global Head, Litigation,
Regulatory, Employment
Credit Suisse
USA
Liliana Gil
Co-Founder and President
XL Alliance
USA
Sam Goldman
Founder and Chief Customer Officer
d.light design
USA
Ellen Gonda
Communications Executive
Gita Gopinath
Professor of Economics
Harvard University
USA
Adria Greene
Attorney
Office of the General Counsel
(OGC)
USA
Sam Gregory
Programme Director
WITNESS
USA
Kelly Grier
Managing Partner
Ernst & Young LLP
USA
Kristin Groos Richmond
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Revolution Foods
USA
Sanjay Gupta
Senior Vice-President and Adviser to the
Chairman
Tau Investment Management
USA
Priya Haji
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
SaveUp, Inc.
USA
Kaliya Hamlin
Executive Director
Unconference.net
USA
Mark Hanis
Founder and President
Organ Alliance
USA
Dave Hanley
Principal
Banyan Branch
USA
Georges Harik
Co-Founder
www.hslabs.org
USA
Jonathan Harris
Founder
Cowbird
USA
Scott Harrison
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
charity: water
USA
Stephanie Pullings Hart
Vice-President, Operations
Nestle - Jenny Craig Inc.
USA
Roy C. Harvey
Director, Investor Relations
Alcoa Inc.
USA
Jeremy Heimans
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Purpose
USA
Brian Herlihy
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Black Rhino Group
USA
Jeremy Hockenstein
Chief Executive Officer
Digital Divide Data
USA
Rodney E. Hood
Vice-President and Global Relationship Manager JPMorgan Chase & Co.
USA
Brett House
Visiting Scholar
USA
USA
Columbia Business School
Jeremy Howard
President and Chief Scientist
Kaggle
USA
Ken Howery
Co-Founder and Partner
Founders Fund
USA
Tony Hsieh
Chief Executive Officer
Zappos.com Inc.
USA
George Hu
Chief Operating Officer
Salesforce.com
USA
Lisa Huddleson
USA
Chad Hurley
Founder
AVOS
USA
Rebeca Hwang Eun Young
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
YouNoodle.com
USA
Jessica Jackley
Venture Partner
Collaborative Fund
USA
Joshua G. James
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Domo
USA
Leila Janah
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Samasource
USA
David Jones
Global Chief Executive Officer
Havas
USA
Saran Kaba Jones
Founder
FACE Africa
USA
Eric Kacou
Co-Founder
Entrepreneurial Solutions Partners USA
(ESPartners)
Drue Kataoka
Artist
www.Drue.Net
Zoe Keating
Cellist and Composer
Valerie Keller
Fellow
University of Oxford Saïd
Business School
USA
Peter B. Kellner
Managing Partner
Richmond Global LLC
USA
Teresa K. Kennedy
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Power Living Enterprises
USA
Sanjeev Khagram
Young Professor of Global Political Economy,
Diplomacy and World Affairs
Occidental College
USA
Salman Khan
Founder and Executive Director
Khan Academy
USA
Jonathan Korngold
Managing Director, Global Head of Financial
Services and Co-Head of Healthcare
General Atlantic LLC
USA
Vivek Kundra
Executive Vice-President, Emerging Markets
Salesforce.com
USA
Laila Lalami
Assistant Professor, Creative Writing
University of California, Riverside
USA
Jamail Larkins
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Ascension Aircraft Inc.
USA
Tan Le
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Emotiv Lifesciences
USA
Andrew Lee
Vice-President, Emerging Businesses
Aetna Inc.
USA
John Legend
Founder
The Show Me Campaign
USA
USA
USA
Max Levchin
Adviser
Founders Fund
USA
Jonathan Levin
Professor of Economics
Stanford University
USA
Matthew Levin
Executive Vice-President
Aon Corporation
USA
Lei Liang
Composer
Vinny Lingham
Chief Executive Officer
gyft.com
USA
Sheila Lirio Marcelo
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Care.com
USA
Maria Lisitsyna
Manager, Justice Initiative, Central Asia
Open Society Institute
USA
Clare Lockhart
Director
Institute for State Effectiveness
(ISE)
USA
Lynn Loo
Professor of Chemical and Biological
Engineering; Deputy Director, Andlinger Center
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Princeton University
USA
Adam Lowry
Co-Founder and Chief Greenskeeper
Method Products, Inc.
USA
Seraina Maag
Chief Executive Officer, North America
XL Insurance
USA
Lisa MacCallum Carter
Vice-President, Access to Sport
Nike Inc.
USA
Marco Magnani
Senior Fellow
Harvard Kennedy School of
Government
USA
Yael Maguire
Co-Founder and Principal
Plum Labs
USA
Jayme Martin
Vice-President, Nike Running
Nike Inc.
USA
Elizabeth Maw
Executive Director
Net Impact
USA
Marissa Mayer
Chief Executive Officer
Yahoo! Inc.
USA
John McArthur
Senior Fellow
United Nations Foundation
USA
Aaron McCormack
Chief Executive Officer
AaronMcCormack.com
USA
Jane McGonigal
Chief Creative Officer
SuperBetter Labs
USA
Gregory McKeown
Chief Executive Officer
THIS Inc.
USA
Patrick McWhinney
Chief Executive Officer
Insight Partners
USA
Roberto Milk
Chief Executive Officer
Novica
USA
Pranav Mistry
Researcher
MIT - Media Laboratory
USA
Dalia Mogahed
Director
Gallup Center for Muslim Studies
USA
Westley Moore
Founder
FrontCort
USA
Alicia Morga
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
No. 8 Media, Inc.
USA
USA
Sendhil Mullainathan
Professor of Economics
Harvard University
USA
Aimee Mullins
Athlete, Actress and Design Innovator
Mullins Studio
USA
Andrej Nabergoj
Chief Executive Officer
Iddiction Inc.
USA
Jaime Nack
President and Founder
Three Squares Inc.
USA
Oliver Niedermaier
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Tau Investment Management
USA
Boris Nikolic
Scientific Adviser
bgc3
USA
Julia Novy-Hildesley
Entrepreneur
USA
Courtney O’Donnell
Strategic Communications and Public Affairs
Consultant
USA
Tamara Olsen
Partner
Bain & Company Inc.
USA
Rebecca D. Onie
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Health Leads
USA
Juan Carlos Ortiz
President, US Hispanic, Latin America and
Spain
DDB Latina
USA
Jill Otto
Associate Investor
JP Morgan
USA
Eboo Patel
Founder and Executive Director
Interfaith Youth Core
USA
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Executive Director and Co-Founder
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National Domestic Workers
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National Geographic Society
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Youth Action International (YAI)
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International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Aquion Energy
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Metabiota
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Professor of Law
Columbia Law School
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World Policy Institute
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Indian School of Business
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Going to School
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Wipro Technologies
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Fortis Healthcare Limited, India
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Hexolabs Interactive Tech Pvt.
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LeadCap Trust
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Eaton Laboratories
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SOC Films
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Muslim-Science.Com/Pakistan
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GEO TV Network
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Saif Center of Innovation (SCI)
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Lucky Cement Ltd
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Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute
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Standard Chartered Bank
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Ernst & Young
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SouthWest Energy (HK) Ltd
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Oxford & Beaumont Solicitors
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Television Host and Entrepreneur
Arimus Media Limited
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InMobi
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Banco Nacional de Investimento
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Friends of the Global Fund Africa
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Shoreline Energy International
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Ashira Legal Advisors (Pty) Ltd
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Empowerdex
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Ubuntu Education Fund
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AfricaWorldwide Media
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Lightstone
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South African Chamber of
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Google
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University of South Africa (UNISA)
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Polar Defence Project
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Raizcorp
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Identity Partners
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Icon South Africa
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Monitor Group
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Civicus: World Alliance for Citizen
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African Leadership Academy
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iThemba LABS
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UBank
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