Dr. Ulana Suprun has been working as Ukraine’s Minister of Healthcare since her appointment by the Cabinet of Ministers on July 27, 2016. During the last two years, she has successfully led an effort to reform and modernize Ukraine’s healthcare system, culminating in passage of key reform legislation in October 2017. Born to a Ukrainian-American family in Detroit, Michigan, she received her…
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Teresa Czerwińska has been Minister of Finance of the Republic of Poland since January 2018, and was earlier Undersecretary of State in the Ministries of Finance and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. She has also been a Professor of the University of Warsaw in the field of finance since 2011, and is a graduate of the University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Social Sciences (1997) and…
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Dr. Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi is President Emeritus of San Jose State University and Chief Adviser for President Ghani in the areas of infrastructure, human capital, and technology. Prior to this he served as 28th president and a professor of electrical engineering at San José State University in the heart of Silicon Valley, in California. Before that he was the President of California State…
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Miranda Johnson is The Economist‘s South East Asia correspondent. Prior to this role, she held the positions of environment correspondent in London and US southeast correspondent based in Atlanta. Miranda’s varied interests mean she has written for the International, United States, Britain, Science and Business sections on topics from youth unemployment to energy policy and smartphones to fiscal…
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Maryanne Hancock is the Chief Executive Officer of Rise Labs, based in Washington, D.C. Rise Labs was created by the founders of The Rise Fund to increase the amount and effectiveness of capital allocation for the greater good by increasing confidence in the impact achieved by that capital. Rise Labs enables decision makers to make greater use of evidence in capital allocation; to apply…
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Valdis Dombrovskis is the Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union. His responsibilities include supervising the economic and fiscal policy coordination in the European Union and further strengthen Europe's Economic and Monetary Union. In this role, VP Dombrovskis…
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Ambroise Fayolle was appointed Vice-President of the European Investment Bank in February 2015. He is currently in charge of the operational activities of the Bank in France, Germany, South Africa, and, for ACP/OCT mandates, West Africa and Pacific Islands. He is also responsible for EFSI, innovation, the EIB Economic Department, Development policy and is Board member of the European Investment…
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Ali Aslan is the host of the international talk-show Quadriga on Deutsche Welle TV. Born in Turkey and raised in Germany, Ali Aslan has worked as a journalist for leading television networks around the world. His work at CNN, ABC News and Channel News Asia took him to Washington DC, New York, Istanbul, Barcelona and Berlin. Ali Aslan holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia…
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Honorable Issa Doubragne is the Chadian Minister of Economy and Development Planning. His career has spanned work in the public and nonprofit sectors. He is a passionate advocate of development strategies with a focus on beneficiary participation, in a transitioning context from humanitarian to development. Dr. Doubragne was since 2013 the Founder and National Director of an NGO named…
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