Adriana Aristimuño holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Education by the University of the Republic, having obtained a PhD on Education from Leuven University. She has been Director of the Education Department of the Catholic University of Uruguay, Dean of the Human Sciences School of the same University, before being Director of the Humanistic Education Department, also in the same University. Also, she…
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Miguel Brechner was appointed President of the Ceibal Center in January 2007. He is also, since 2010, a Board Member of the Technological Laboratory of Uruguay. Mr Brechner is an Engineer graduated from the University of the Republic, with a Bachelor’s degree in Science from the King´s College in London, and a Master’s degree of Science in Telecommunications Engineering from the Imperial College…
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Diego Lugano joined the Uruguayan soccer team from 2003 to 2014, for which he played 95 matches and two World Cups. He is the player who played the most matches as captain of the national team. With Lugano as its captain, the national football team won the fourth place in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the first place in the 2011 Copa América. Originally from the department of Canelones,…
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EJ Hogendoorn is Crisis Group’s Africa Deputy Program Director. He is based in Washington, DC, and travels often to the region. EJ frequently briefs the media, international organisations and government representatives on African issues. EJ previously worked as Crisis Group’s Horn of Africa Project Director. EJ was a former Arms Expert with the United Nations Panel of Experts on Somalia (2002-…
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Gugulethu Mfuphi is a well-versed broadcast journalist, specializing in financial markets, economic data and current affairs issues. She is a regular speaker and moderator for industry analysts, political leaders and C-suite executives from across the African continent. Mfuphi is a Senior Anchor on CNBC Africa and presenter of Kaya FM’s prime time business show, Kaya Bizz. She also serves as a…
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A global advocate for freedom, justice and development for over two decades, Mabel van Oranje is the initiator and chair of ‘Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage’. She is also co-founder and the executive chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations. She is a member of the (advisory) boards of Global Witness, the Malala Fund, the Open Society Foundations, the…
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Jon Ettinger is an Underwriter in the Global Transaction Team (GTT) of MIGA’s Operations Group. The GTT works with clients at the project level to facilitate cross-border investment by providing coverage against political risk and non-honoring of financial obligations. As a member of the GTT, Jon works on transactions across regions and sectors, and is responsible for managing the underwriting…
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Sebastian Hack is a renewable energy specialist and currently Project Finance Manager with the Berlin-based international solar PV developer ib vogt. He has more than 10 years of experience within the private and public sector, finance, development finance institutions and development cooperation. Having worked on renewable projects in both industrialized as well as in developing economies,…
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Julia Gillard is the chair of the Board of Directors of the Global Partnership for Education. She came to the Global Partnership after a distinguished career of public service in Australia. She served as Prime Minister of Australia between 2010 and 2013 and successfully managed Australia’s economy during the global economic crises. Education is Ms Gillard’s passion. She reformed Australia’s…
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Stephanie Flanders has been Senior Executive Editor for Economics at Bloomberg News and head of Bloomberg Economics since October 2017. She was previously Chief Market Strategist for Europe at J P Morgan Asset Management in London (2013-17) and BBC Economics Editor (2008-13). She served in the second Clinton Administration as speech writer and senior advisor to US Treasury Secretary Lawrence H.…
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