David Beasley
As Executive Director of the World Food Programme, David Beasley continues his life’s work bridging political, religious and ethnic boundaries to champion economic development and education. At WFP, Mr. Beasley is putting to use four decades of leadership and communications skills to mobilize more financial support and public awareness for the global fight against hunger. […]
Myron Brilliant
Myron Brilliant, executive vice president and head of International Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, drives the global business strategy of the organization. He leads the largest international affairs team of any U.S. business association, representing the Chamber and its members before the U.S. government, foreign governments, and international business organizations. During his tenure […]
Holly Kuzmich
As a Managing Director of the Foundation, Holly Kuzmich plays a lead role in sourcing new investments and working with the leadership of those organizations as an operating partner and board member as they grow to build capacity and to achieve their maximum impact. As a member of the Foundation’s senior leadership team, based in […]
Sanda Ojiambo
Sanda Ojiambo of Kenya was appointed CEO & Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in June 2020. As the world grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, Ms. Ojiambo launched an ambitious new UN Global Compact strategy to accelerate and scale the global collective impact of business by upholding […]
John Giusti
As Chief Regulatory Officer for the GSMA, John Giusti is responsible for leading the organization’s public policy and industry advocacy agenda with governments, regulators and international institutions worldwide. He also oversees the GSMA Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, that brings together mobile operators, donors and the international development community to harness the power of mobile to […]
Laura Evans Manatos
Laura Evans Manatos is President and Founder of Laura Evans Media, a media consulting company helping changemakers who work on the side of social good. Her mission is to break through the noise of the bad news and ensure national audiences hear about the organizations and individuals working to make our communities healthier and more […]
Aubrey Hruby
Aubrey Hruby is a Co-Founder of Insider and an investor in African start-ups. As a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and advisor to investors, she speaks and writes regularly on African business issues for the Financial Times and Axios. She has interviewed with the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, […]
Joseph Mucheru
Mr. Joe Mucheru was appointed Cabinet Secretary by His Exellency the President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2015. He was formerly the Google “Sub-Saharan Africa ambassador” as well as Google Country Manager Kenya, based in Nairobi. He joined Google in June 2007 where he lead the delivery of strategy, business planning and operations. Before joining Google, he […]
Michael Casey
Michael J. Casey is the Chief Content Officer at CoinDesk, the leading media platform for the blockchain and digital asset ecosystem. He authors CoinDesk’s weekly Money Reimagined newsletter and co-hosts the podcast of the same name.. Michael was previously Senior Advisor to MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative and a senior lecturer at the MIT […]
Armand Arton
Mr. Arton is a visionary entrepreneur, philanthropist and a Global Citizen. He has an extensive background serving the specialized needs of high net worth investors around the world and is a trusted advisor to governments around the world in attracting foreign direct investments through investor residency and citizenship programs. His career began in the wealth […]
H.E. Luis Almagro
Luis Almagro is a Uruguayan lawyer, diplomat, and politician who served as the 10th Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) from 2015 to 2025. Since June 2025, he has been the Director of the Observatory for Democracy of the CASLA Institute. Almagro served as Uruguay’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China […]