H.E. Ms. Micheline Calmy-Rey Rey is a Visiting Professor at the Global Studies Institute of the University of Geneva. She is President of the Martin Ennals Foundation, serves on the Board of Governors of the International Crisis Group, and is an Emin...
H.H. Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah Foundation, having previously served as a Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait. Currently, Sheikh Mohammad is...
H.E. Mr. Shaukat Azizis a member of several boards of commercial and non-profit entities around the world. Mr. Aziz was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2004, following a five-year tenure as the nation’s finance minister. Mr. Aziz joined the gov...
Dr. Jeffrey Sachs is University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and Commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development. Dr...
H.E. Mr. Li Wei is Emeritus President (Minister) of the Development Research Center of the State Council of China. He has previously served as Director of the Premier’s Office, Deputy-Secretary of the CPC Central Financial Work Committee, Vice-Chairm...
H.E. Dr. N. Hassan Wirajuda is a co-founder the Indonesia School of Government and Public Policy. He served as Indonesia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, and initiated the Bali Democratic Forum and its implementing agency, the Institute for Peace and D...
H.E. Mr. José Miguel Insulzais Secretary General of the Organization of American States, first elected in 2005 and re-elected in 2010. Mr. Insulza is a former Foreign Minister of Chile (1994-1999), Minister Secretary General of the Chilean Presidency...
H.E. Mr. Markos Kyprianou is Deputy President of the Democratic Party of Cyprus. He served as Foreign Minister of Cyprus, and as EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection. He was previously EU Commissioner with responsibility for budgetary a...
H.E. Dr. Mohamed Benaïssa is mayor of the Moroccan city of Assilah and Secretary General of the Assilah Forum Foundation. He is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Morocco (1999-2007). He previously held the post of Minister of Cu...
H.E. Mr. Luís Amado is the Chairman of BANIF Grupo Financeiro, an international financial services group based in Portugal, as well as Vice-Chairman of the General and Supervisory Board of Energias de Portugal (EDP), one of Europe’s major electricity...
Dr. Thierry de Montbrial is Founder and President of France’s leading think tank, the Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI). He is also Chairman of the World Policy Conference (WPC), an independent organization that aims to contribut...
H.E. Mr. Celso Amorim has twice served as Minister of External Relations of Brazil (1993-1994; 2003-2010) as well as having held the post of Minister of Defense (2011-2014). He previously served as Brazil’s ambassador to the United Kingdom (2001-2002...
H.E. Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa (Ecuador) was the President of the United Nations General Assembly 2018-2019, becoming the fourth woman and the first from Latin America and the Caribbean to hold the position. Espinosa is a distinguished academic, di...
Mr. Tewodros Ashenafi is Founder and Chairman of SouthWest Holdings Ltd., a leading Ethiopian holding company, and Chairman of Ambo Mineral Water, one of the leading beverage brands in Ethiopia and part of Coca Cola Beverages Africa. He is also Found...
