Henrietta H. Fore became UNICEF’s seventh Executive Director on 1 January 2018. She has worked to champion economic development, education, health, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in a public service, private sector and non-profit leadership career that spans more than four decades. From 2007 to 2009, Ms. Fore served as the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International…
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Ms. Penny Mordaunt was appointed Secretary of State for International Development on 9 November 2017. She was appointed Minister for Women and Equalities on 30 April 2018. She was Minister of State for Department for Work and Pensions from 15 July 2016 to 9 November 2017. She was elected Conservative MP for Portsmouth North in 2010. Penny worked for Conservative Central Office, becoming Head of…
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Regional Adviser in the Regional Bureau since 2014, Moises Venancio is also co-chair of the UN Inter Agency Task Force Post agreement planning exercise for Syria. He has also served as Deputy Resident Representative in Armenia (1997-99) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001-04), and was HQ team leader for the West Balkans (2004-09). He was part of the team that rolled out the first RBM approaches in…
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Mr. Abdelwahab leads the IsDB’s engagement with member countries to deliver customized development solutions through policy dialogue, advisory, and financing. He oversees the Bank's relationship and service delivery with its 57-member countries through 11 Regional Hubs in Asia, Africa, MENA, Europe and Latin America. He also leads strategic initiatives in innovative finance, change management,…
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Since beginning her career with the Ministry in 1986, Ms. Christiane Bögemann-Hagedorn has mainly focused on development policy strategy and development in Africa. As head of the Directorate for Civil Society and Private Sector (2010-14), she steered the shift in German development policy towards nongovernmental actors, including private enterprises, and paved the way for promoting private sector…
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Frank Mars is a member of the Board of Directors of, Mars, Incorporated, , and until most recently, the Global President of, Mars Symbioscience, . Pioneering some of the most innovative and breakthrough fundamental scientific research, and with sustained funding from Mars, Incorporated, Frank led the creation of Mars Symbioscience in 2005 as an internal technology-based health and life sciences venture area to develop and commercialize new products and services supported by evidence-based science. Through June 2017, he and his team…, Heliae Development, – an applied life sciences and technology company located just outside of Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Heliae is focused on researching and developing algae-based commercial scale production platforms which sustainably produce renewable raw materials from existing carbon-based waste streams, with a current focus on specialty soil conditioning products for agriculture and feed for aquaculture. Mr. Mars…
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Daniel Lederman, MENA Region Deputy Chief Economist, World Bank In January 2018, Daniel Lederman became Lead Economist and Deputy Chief Economist for the Middle East and North Africa Region of the World Bank Group. Previously he served as Deputy Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, Lead Trade Economist in the World Bank's International Trade Department (PRMTR), Senior Economist in…
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Mr. Rüdiger König is the Director General for Crisis Prevention, Stabilisation, Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Assistance at the German Foreign Office in Berlin. He is leading this new Directorate-General since its creation within the Foreign Office in March 2015. The creation of this Directorate-General is one of the results of a broad public consultation and review process to strengthen the…
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Oscar Fernandez-Taranco assumed his position as Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support on 1 November 2014. Prior to this he has worked for 5 years as Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs. He was responsible for overseeing the Department’s divisions dealing with the Americas, Asia and Pacific, Europe, Middle East and West Asia, and the Decolonization Unit and Division…
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