Sara Aviel
Sara Aviel began her tenure as President and CEO of the Inter-American Foundation in April 2022. She has more than two decades of experience in the international development field, having served with the U.S. government, NGOs, academic institutions, and the private sector. Prior to joining the IAF, Sara served as a senior advisor at the […]
Sir Alex Younger
Sir Alex Younger was for 30 years a career intelligence officer in Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, MI6. He served in Europe, the Middle East and Afghanistan. He was appointed as Director of Counter Terrorism from 2009 to 2012, Head of Operations from 2012 to 2014 and then Chief of the Service from 2014 to 2020. […]
The Hon. Ana Isabel Xavier
PhD in International Relations; master’s degree in Sociology of Development and Social Transformation; undergraduate degree in International Relations. Associate Professor at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL); Visiting Professor at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa; Integrated Researcher at the Centre for International Studies (CEI-Iscte); Researcher at CISD-IUM – Centro de Investigação em Segurança e Defesa […]
H.E. Olha Stefanishyna (by video)
Olha Stefanishyna was born in 1985. Education: 2008 – she graduated from International Law Faculty, Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, specialty – international lawyer, translator from English; 2016 – received a diploma in Finance and Credit from Odessa National University of Economics. March – December 2017 – worked as Director […]
Shruti Singh
Shruti Singh is the senior economist project lead for aging and employment studies in the Directorate for Economic, Labor, and Social Affairs at the OECD. Prior to this role, she managed activities and the program of work of the OECD Centre for Opportunity of Equality (COPE). She joined the OECD in 2007 as an economist […]
The Hon. Nathan Simington
Nathan Simington was nominated to serve as a Commissioner of the FCC by President Donald J. Trump. He was confirmed by the United States Senate in 2020. Commissioner Simington brings both private and public-sector experience to the Commission. Previously, he served as Senior Advisor at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA.) In this role, […]
H.E. Margaritis Schinas
Margaritis Schinas took office as Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life in the Von der Leyen Commission in December 2019. In this capacity, he oversees the EU’s policies for migration, security union, social rights, skills, education, culture, youth, health and dialogue with churches, religious associations and non-confessional organisations. Mr Schinas started his career […]
The Hon. Pedro Reis
Pedro Reis was born on 30 September 1967 in Lisbon. He graduated in Management and Business Administration from Católica Portuguesa University, with additional executive training at Harvard Business School (USA) in Strategic Finance (2005), at Insead (France), Advanced Management Program (1995), as well as at Católica University, in the Advanced Management for Executives Programme (1994-95). […]
Joana Petiz
Journalist for more than 20 years, most of them in economic publications, I started my career at O Independente. I worked as an editor in Diário Económico, and was part of the original team of Jornal i and Dinheiro Vivo. I was deputy director at Diário de Notícias between 2015 and 2023 and executive director […]
The Hon. Rui Moreira
Rui de Carvalho de Araújo Moreira was born in Porto on August 8, 1956. From an early age, he was an active voice in the defence of the interests of the city of Porto and the North Region, organizing and participating in conferences on the subject and writing in the press, where he was a […]
Alicia Montalvo
Alicia Montalvo Santamaría is, since June 2022, Manager of Climate Action and Positive Biodiversity at the Development Bank of Latin America, CAF. Her professional career has focused on the field of international financial cooperation and environmental economics, always in public institutions. In the international arena, she has held the following positions: Chief Counselor of the […]