Punam Chuhan-Pole is the Acting Chief Economist of the Africa Region at the World Bank. Her recent work includes the semi-annual publication—Africa’s Pulse—which presents economic trends and prospects for the region’s economies and analysis of issues shaping Africa’s future, a report on the Socioeconomic Impact of Mining on Local Communities in Africa and a study documenting recent development…
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In 2005, Huguette co-founded First & Future Enterprise (F&F) along with her business partner Annie Tuluka. Through this venture, they opened the first independent call center in the Democratic Republic of Congo – Congo Call Center. Today, F&F has over 350 employees, manages a portfolio of 10 clients, and generates annual revenues of approximately US$ 2.3 million. Huguette is…
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William Francis Morneau is an accomplished business leader who has been an active volunteer in Toronto Centre for more than 20 years. When consulting and outsourcing company Morneau Shepell was founded, it employed 200 people. After he assumed leadership of the family business in 1990, the company expanded to providing meaningful and stable work for over 3,300 families across Canada. In 2002, Mr…
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Founding member and Chairman of the Board of Amata S.A., a Brazilian forestry company. Board member of GRI - Global Reporting Initiative, Ethos Institute, IBGC – Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance and WWF-Brazil. Former Chairman of the Board of FSC - Forest Stewardship Council. Former CEO of Amata S.A., Orsa Florestal and director of pharmaceutical companies. Biologist with a master…
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Dr. Myrna Kay Cunningham Kain, of the indigenous Miskito community of Waspam, is a teacher and physician working for over two decades to advance the rights of indigenous women and knowledge on indigenous peoples and the impacts of climate change, serving as FAO Special Ambassador for the International Year of Family Farming, adviser to the President of the UN World Conference of Indigenous People…
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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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