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His Excellency Mr. Jürg Lauber is Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations and other Organizations in Geneva. Prior to this appointment in September 2020, Ambassador Lauber served as Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations in New York since 2015, During this time, he also served as President of the Burundi Configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission. Previously, he was Deputy Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations Office at Geneva from 2009 to 2011, and Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the…
Mr. Dominique Perron, is a Partner in Business Consulting at EY, where he serves as the EMEIA International Development Leader. In this role, he manages EY’s relationships with the United Nations and several international organizations. Prior to joining EY, Mr. Perron began his career in Switzerland and the United Kingdom at another Big Four consulting firm. He later expanded his international experience during a three-year posting in Australia, before returning to Switzerland in 2004. Over the years, he has specialized in Risk, Internal Audit, and Governance Consulting at…
Former Military Adviser for Peacekeeping Operations and Former Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
Lieutenant General Obiakor is former Military Adviser for Peacekeeping Operations and former Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). LGen Obiakor has had a long and distinguished career with the Nigerian Army, beginning in 1973. He served as the General Officer Commanding, Second Mechanized Division, of the Nigerian Army, as Commander of the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG)…
Dr Khemka is a philanthropist, public health specialist and academic. She is currently a Trustee at the Nand and Jeet Khemka Foundation and Nabha Foundation, focussed on the conjunction of climate and public health. She is also Director at PATH- a global Health think-tank dedicated to improving health equity.Dr Khemka holds a PhD and MPhil in Development Studies from the Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge, where she studied health and gender, focusing on the decentralisation of the health sector in two Indian states. She serves on the Women’s…
Mr. Ali H. Khalil, is the Chief Executive Officer of Kuwait Financial Centre “Markaz”. He has more than 35 years of experience spent between Kuwait, the United States and France. Prior to that, he was Markaz’s Chief Operating Officer from 2010 to 2020, whereby he oversaw both the Asset Management and the Investment Banking activities, with all their underlying activities. He joined the Markaz group of companies in 1989 as the President of Mar-Gulf Management, a fully owned subsidiary of Markaz located in Los Angeles, California, which manages its USA real estate investment…
Ms. Tina Muparadzi, is the Executive Director for the Education and Transitions programming platform at the Mastercard Foundation, a role she has held since April 1, 2024, following a successful secondment to the position. In this capacity, she leads the Foundation’s Education & Transitions Programs, which include the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, Higher Education, Secondary Education, the Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning, and Transitions program areas. These initiatives aim to enable young people to acquire the education and skills they need to…
Dr. Vishwajeet Rana is a globally recognised education leader and the Group Chief Executive Officer of GEDU Global Education, a multinational education group operating across more than 15 countries.With a background in international finance and a deep commitment to widening access to quality education, he is dedicated to building inclusive and high-impact learning ecosystems that continue to inspire educational reform and opportunity across continents. His leadership was recently recognised with a Lifetime Achievement Award from POWER 100 and British Asians Who’s Who for…
Ms. Dominique Bichara, is the Director of Corporate Affairs and Administration in the Corporate Secretariat of the World Bank Group (WBG), where she joined in 1992. As Senior Counsel, she led negotiations for project finance in Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, North Africa, and the Balkans, as well as regional initiatives on environmental law, legal and judicial reforms. In 2004, she opened the first Bank’s office in Tunisia. In 2010, she was appointed Special Representative of the World Bank Group to the United Nations in New York. In this capacity, she managed the WBG's…
African Union Peace and Security Commissioner
H.E. Amb. Smaїl Chergui is an Algerian diplomat, born on 4 September 1956. He was re-elected Commissioner of the African Union Peace and Security Commission after a four-year term. Ambassador Chergui has more than 30 years of experience in the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and more than 20 years in a position of high responsibility. He has extensive experience in the management of pan-African affairs, in particular as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Algeria.
In 2008, H.E. Amb. Chergui was appointed as…
Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration
Faculty Chair, Leadership Initiative
Harvard Business School
Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and chair of the Leadership Initiative. Linda is regarded as one of the world’s top experts on leadership. Linda was named by Thinkers50 as one of the top ten management thinkers in the world in 2013 and received the Thinkers50 Innovation Award in 2015. Linda is the author or co-author of several award-winning articles and books including…