John Allen became president of Brookings in November 2017. Allen is a retired U.S. Marine Corps four-star general and former commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan. In the latter role, Allen commanded 150,000 U.S. and NATO forced in Afghanistan from 2011-2013. Before retiring from public service, Allen served for 15 months as senior advisor to…
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A Dutch-Congolese national, Patricia is founder and CEO of The Job Factory Recruitment in the Democratic Republic of Congo. After 15 years of professional experience in various fields in the Netherlands, Belgium and South Africa, she moved to DRC to open her business. In 2015, she was appointed President of the National Social Commission.
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Bilha Ndirangu is the Chief Operating Officer at Africa's Talking (AT), a Pan-African mobile technology company. She oversees the company's operations across six African markets including Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda and Malawi. AT provides technology infrastructure and support to software developers with the aim of building a viable, entrepreneurial technology ecosystem for Africa. Prior to joining AT…
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Seni was appointed Andela’s Vice President of Global Operations on April 10, 2018 responsible for overseeing talent recruitment and development, service delivery, and African operations across Lagos, Nairobi and Kampala, driving key decisions and initiatives that affect Andela’s 900+ employees. He is passionate about building an ecosystem of exemplary African businesses and leaders. He has…
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Tony O. Elumelu is a visionary entrepreneur and a philanthropist. Born, raised and educated in Africa, Mr. Elumelu has been responsible for creating businesses across the continent, in sectors critical to Africa’s economic development. In 2010, he founded Heirs Holdings, an African investment holding company, with investments in financial services, power generation, oil and gas, agribusiness,…
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Jeff Weiner is the CEO of LinkedIn, the world’s largest and most powerful network of professionals. Jeff joined the company in December 2008, and under his leadership, LinkedIn has expanded its global platform to 24 languages and more than 30 offices around the world, grown its membership base from 33 million to more than 546 million members, and increased its revenue from $78 million to more…
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Mr. Tao Zhang assumed the role of Deputy Managing Director at the IMF on August 22, 2016. He brings extensive international economic expertise and experience in policymaking, including with international financial institutions, from his previous appointments as the Deputy Governor of the People’s Bank of China and IMF’s Executive Director for China from 2011 to 2015. Prior to his position as the…
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Christine Hogan began her term as Executive Director for Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean at the World Bank Group in November 2016. Immediately prior to joining the World Bank Group, Ms. Hogan served as Deputy Minister for International Trade. Prior to this position, Christine was the Foreign and Defense Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada in the Privy Council Office. Throughout her…
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Romina Andrioli is an uruguayan journalist. She co-host the radioshow “In Perspective” since August 2012. Previously, since May 2011, she served in the same program as a producer. On television, she led the program “A las Pruebas me Remito” and participated in “Off The Record”, both in NSTV- Nuevo Sigloew Century (2012 -2017). She worked as a journalist in the economy section of the newspaper “…
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Geraldine Delfino is a psychologist graduated from the Institute of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Montevideo, validated by the Catholic University of Uruguay Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga, in September 1998. She has a diploma in human resources management from the ORT University of Uruguay - Universidad de Chile 1993 -1994. He worked as a professor of labor psychology and as an instructor of…
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