H.E. Inga Rhonda King
Inga Rhonda King, who comes to diplomacy from the private sector, has lived and worked in several Caribbean countries, the United States of America and China. She is a business owner, business strategist, the author of three books, and a management accountant with more than two decades of professional experience. She also holds a Bachelor […]
Jan Saumweber
Jan Saumweber joined Walmart in September 2013 as Vice President of Responsible Sourcing and led a transformation to focus the company’s work on programs that elevate the safety and dignity of workers in Walmart’s supply chain. Under her leadership, Responsible Sourcing leads and participates in collaborative efforts with a variety of NGOs, governments, other retailers […]
Yasmina McCarty
Ms. Yasmina McCarty is the Head of Mobile for Development at the GSMA, where is responsible for nine global initiatives delivering mobile innovations in financial services, health, agriculture, digital identity, energy, water, sanitation, disaster resilience and gender equality. Her work at GSMA’s Mobile for Development brings together mobile operators, tech innovators, donors, governments and policy […]
Julio Andrade Ruiz Sr.
Deputy Mayor City of Malaga, responsible for International Relations,Social Rights, Inmigration,Cooperation,Security (June 2011-March 2018) Councillor, Secretary of the Board, City of Malaga (June 2011-March 2018) Associated Fellow, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) since January 2018 Director at International Training Center for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL Malaga UNITAR in Spain) Head of International […]
Hon. Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
YVONNE AKI-SAWYERR OBE Born and raised in Freetown, Mayor Aki-Sawyerr’s vision is to improve the lives of Freetown’s residents and to make Freetown a destination city. A finance professional with over 25 years of experience in strategic planning, risk management and project management in the public and private sectors, she was sworn in as Mayor […]
Elizabeth Rossiello
Elizabeth is the CEO and founder of BitPesa, a digital foreign exchange and payment platform for frontier markets. Founded in 2013, BitPesa was the first company to leverage digital currency to significantly lower the cost of making remittance and business payments to and from sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the first blockchain company to be […]
Claus Pedersen
For over 10 years, Claus has been the Head of Corporate Sustainability at Novozymes. He works closely with its customers and partners to develop innovative solutions for solving environmental and social challenges, at speed and at scale, through core business activities. Professionally engaged in sustainability for more than 25 years, Claus was one of the […]
Amb. José Orive
Attorney at Law 1983 – J.D. Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala 1985 – LLM Georgetown University Chief Trade Negotiator Guatemala, Partner Arias Law Firm Central America, Executive Director AICA
Martha Ruiz Corzo
Martha Isabel “Pati” Ruiz Corzo. Co-fundadora y Directora General de Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda IAP Egresada de la Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, trabaja 16 años como maestra de música y de inglés, actúa 14 años como 1er violín de la Orquesta de Cámara de la Ciudad de Querétaro y solista del Coro Polifónico de la […]
Okendo Lewis-Gayle
Okendo Lewis-Gayle is author of Harambeans and founder of the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance. Harambe is a network of young Africa entrepreneurs (Harambeans) who are scaling ventures such as Andela, Flutterwave and Yoco. Harambeans have raised over $300m from Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Ma and other prominent investors. Okendo is the inaugural Schwarzman EIR at Tsinghua University […]
Mike Masserman
Mike Masserman is currently the Head of Global Policy & Social Impact at Lyft, where he works on initiatives related to civic engagement, autonomous vehicles, opening global markets, and smart cities. Michael was previously the Senior Director for Federal & International Government Relations where he built out Lyft’s Federal and Policy Partnerships teams. Prior to […]