Richelieu is the Senior Litigation Specialist at the Integrity Vice Presidency of the World Ban where he works to fight corruption in World Bank financed projects. At age 13 he became a refugee when war broke out in his native Liberia. How he escaped poverty and war, ending up at Harvard University for law school and working at the World Bank, is an inspiring story of hope and survival against…
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Beatriz is president of Otero Strategy Group, an innovative consulting practice integrating education, health, human services, and community development supports, with a focus on socially responsible policy and practice. Prior to this, Ms. Otero was appointed and served for four years as Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services for the Government of the District of Columbia. She is also the…
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Maimuna is the founder and CEO of Teach For Bangladesh, an organization dedicated to eradicating educational disparity in Bangladesh by developing a generation of visionary and values-driven leaders. As a 2009 Teach For America corps member, Maimuna taught secondary school math at a public charter school in southeast Washington, D.C. Prior to starting Teach For Bangladesh, she worked at a human…
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Adrian Orr is the Chief Executive Officer of the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, the Crown entity that manages the New Zealand Superannuation Fund. Adrian was appointed CEO in 2007. Alongside his role as CEO, Adrian is Chair of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) and Chair of the Pacific Pension and Investment Institute (PPI). He is a Member of the Focusing Capital…
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Ram Kumar Gupta serves as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment, India. His responsibilities include social security of workers, the International Social Security Agreement, and the Employees Provident Fund Organization—the largest organization in the country for retirement plans. In addition, he is involved in a major labor reforms initiative launched by the Indian government to…
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Sir Richard Branson is the founder of Virgin Group. Virgin is one of the world’s most irresistible brands and has expanded into many diverse sectors from travel to telecommunications, health to banking and music to leisure. There are now more than 60 Virgin companies worldwide, employing approximately 71,000 people in 35 countries. Having started Virgin as a mail order record retailer in 1970,…
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Aris Papadopoulos is the retired CEO of Titan America and is presently Board Chairman of ST Equipment & Technology and an advisor to Titan Group. He has over 35 years of industrial experience, twenty of which he served as Chief Executive. He founded the non-profit Resilience Action Fund, aiming to advance transparency, awareness and education for greater disaster resilience in the built…
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Kamal Kishore has worked on disaster risk reduction and recovery issues for over 22 years at the local, national, regional and global levels. Prior to joining the National Disaster Management Authority, he worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for nearly 13 years in New Delhi, Geneva and New York. At UNDP headquarters he led global advocacy campaigns to address disaster risk…
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Koichi Hasegawa became Senior Vice President responsible for partnerships with multilateral development banks and the International Monetary Fund at JICA as of October 1. Before this role, Mr. Hasegawa served as Executive Director for Japan at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) from July 2015. Mr. Hasegawa started his career in Japan’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) in 1984. He held several director…
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Anta Babacar Ngom represents a dynamic new generation of African entrepreneurs with a vision for business growth to meet the demands of the African region. At just 32 years old, Anta Babacar Ngom is Executive Director of Sedima, Senegal’s leading poultry production group, where she oversees production, distribution and company development. She has steered the group’s diversification process…
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