Ahmad Mohamed Ali Al-Madani is the first President of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) since 1975. Prior to this, he was Secretary General of the Muslim World League (MWL) from 1973 to 1975 where he was given the task of restructuring the MWL. Dr. Ali has spread the involvement of the Bank in several directions including trade, insurance, and the private sector, as demonstrated by the…
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Jen is a serial social entrepreneur who has founded or helped establish more than 30 social impact organisations in more than 20 countries. Jen founded Big White Wall in 2007. She has twice been named one of the top 50 innovators in healthcare by the Health Service Journal and one of the 14 Disruptive Women to Watch in 2014 by Disruptive Women in Health Care. Most recently, she was honoured as a…
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Dr. Alan Bollard is the Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat based in Singapore, the body that promotes trade, investment and sustainable economic growth in the Asia-Pacific. Dr. Bollard advances APEC’s agenda by executing APEC’s work programmes as mandated by Leaders and Ministers. Prior to joining APEC, Dr. Bollard was the Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand from 2002 to 2012. In…
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His Excellency Dr. Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko is the Commissioner for Social Affairs at the African Union Commission. Dr. Kaloko served the Medical Services Directorate of the African Union Commission for over 14 years in various capacities. He has extensive experience of medical practice in Ethiopia, Sierra Leone and England.
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Kleinman is professor of medical anthropology in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine and professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is the Esther and Sidney Rabb professor of anthropology in the Department of Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), and was appointed the Victor and William Fung director of Harvard University’s Asia Center in 2008. In 2011…
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Mr. Wu Hongbo was appointed United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs on 1 August 2012. A career diplomat, Mr. Wu had been serving, since 2009, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Federal Republic of Germany. His prior diplomatic postings also included New Zealand, and the Philippines, where he served as China’s…
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Mr. K. V. Kamath is the former Chairman of ICICI Bank, India's largest private sector bank and of Infosys Limited, one of India's largest technology services companies. Mr. Kamath also served on the board of Schlumberger Limited. He stepped down from these positions to assume charge as President of the New Development Bank, Shanghai, founded by the BRICS nations. He was the former Managing…
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Takehiko Nakao is the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Chairperson of ADB’s Board of Directors. He was elected President by ADB’s Board of Governors and assumed office in April 2013. Before joining ADB, Mr. Nakao was the Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs at the Ministry of Finance of Japan. In a career spanning more than three decades, Mr. Nakao has gained…
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Kate became CEO of the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) in March 2016, having run CIFF's Climate Change team since 2009. Kate became CIFF's first Executive Director for Climate change when the foundation made its first grants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. During her seven years leading the team, Kate built a global grant portfolio of advocacy and technical assistance programs.…
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Filippo Grandi is the 11th United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Before being elected High Commissioner, Grandi had been engaged in international cooperation for over 30 years, focusing on refugee and humanitarian work. He served as Commissioner-General of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, after having been the organization's Deputy Commissioner-General. Prior to that, Grandi…
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