Guy Baron
Guy Baron is the Global Lead for the Investment practice at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (‘TBI’), leading sovereign investment structuring and attraction across TBI’s advisory footprint of 40 emerging and frontier countries. Prior to his current role, Guy was Chief Investment Officer of the Rwanda Development Board, Rwanda’s Investment Promotion & Private […]
Ajay Banga
Ajay Banga began his five-year term as World Bank Group President on June 2, 2023. Ajay Banga most recently served as Vice Chairman at General Atlantic. Previously, he was President and CEO of Mastercard, a global organization with nearly 24,000 employees. Under his leadership, MasterCard launched the Center for Inclusive Growth, which advances equitable and […]
Thomas Bach
Thomas Bach was born on 29 December 1953 in Würzburg, Germany. Married and a lawyer by profession, he has had a successful career in sports both on and off the field of play. He became an Olympic champion when he won a gold medal in fencing (team foil) at the Games of the XXI Olympiad […]
H.E. Mukhtar Babayev
Mukhtar Babayev is an Azerbaijani politician, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan Republic. Biography Mukhtar Babayev was born on October 16, 1967 in Baku. Graduated from high school in Baku in 1984 and served in the military between 1986-1988. In 1991, he graduated from Moscow State University, Faculty of Philosophy, majoring in political […]
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Hamid Asseffar
Hamid Asseffar is head of EMEA Sustainable & Impact Investing, leading climate finance initiatives at Invesco. Hamid has conceptualized listed and blended finance innovative sustainable solutions at Invesco and he is also overseeing business development with DFIs and IFIs globally. Prior to this role, Hamid was head of Asset Managers, ETFs & Indexed Strategies, UK. […]
Donna Appell
Donna Appell is the Executive Director and Founder of the Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network. Appell was appointed to the American Thoracic Society’s Public Advisory Roundtable (ATS- PAR) and received The ATS Public Service Award and a “Presidential Commendation”. In 2014, Appell and the HPS Network received the inaugural recognition from ATS of the “Innovations in Health […]
Mitch Anderson
Mitch Anderson is co-author of We Will Be Jaguars and co-founder and Executive Director of Amazon Frontlines, a non-profit organization based in the Upper Amazon, which defends Indigenous peoples’ rights to land, life, and cultural survival. In 2011, he moved to Ecuador’s northern Amazon to start a grassroots clean water project with Indigenous communities living […]
H.E. Deemah AlYahya
Deemah AlYahya is a digital innovation and transformation leader and a longstanding champion of digital inclusion, particularly for women, young people and entrepreneurs. She is the first Secretary-General of the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO), An inter-governmental organization established in 2020 to work towards a world in which every country, business and person has a fair […]
Basma Alawee
Deputy Executive Director, Community Sponsorship Hub Basma Alawee is a renowned leader in the global arena. Recognized for her dedication to refugee and immigrant rights, she has been the driving force behind groundbreaking initiatives to welcome refugees. Basma serves as the deputy executive director at the Community Sponsorship Hub, where she leads engagement on the […]
Jorge Aguado
Industrial Engineer with over 20 years of experience. With extensive experience in founding, managing, and investing in companies, Jorge has successfully navigated the private sector while the public sector also. As the Co-founder and CEO of The Future Co and Co-founder General Partner of Newtopia VC Fund, he has a proven track record of driving […]