Mr. Anirban Ghosh has been working at Mahindra and Mahindra since 1999. He currently leads the Sustainability work in the Mahindra Group as Chief Sustainability Officer. During his tenure with Mahindra he has been a part of the team that helped the tractor business become the largest tractor company in the world. His roles have included Sales, Marketing, Strategy and New Business Development. He…
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David Heurtel was first elected to the Québec National Assembly in December 2013 as MNA for Viau, a riding in the east part of the Island of Montréal. He was re-elected in the April 2014 general elections and appointed Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and the Fight against Climate Change on April 23, 2014. He is also a member of many committees, including the Committee for the…
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Rodolfo Lacy is Deputy Secretary of Planning and Environmental Policy. He holds a PhD in Science and Environmental Engineering from the Metropolitan Autonomous University in Mexico and a M.S. in Environmental Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He coordinated and edited the first State of the Environment report in Mexico and is author of the book “Air Quality in the Valley of…
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Feike Sijbesma (Dutch, male, 1959) studied medical (molecular) biology at the University of Utrecht (the Netherlands) and business administration at Erasmus University in Rotterdam (the Netherlands). In 2000, Feike joined DSM’s Managing Board of Directors. He became CEO & Chairman of the Managing Board on 1 May 2007. Within DSM Feike oversees the Managing Board and the Executive Committee and…
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Mr. Hadad-Zervos, a US national, joined the World Bank in 1996 with the Private Sector Development Department. He served as Head of Mission for Iraq (2003-2005), Operations Manager for the West Bank and Gaza (2005-2008), and Country Manager for Bolivia (2012-2015). In 2008, Mr. Hadad-Zervos took a leave of absence from the World Bank to serve as the Deputy Head of the Quartet Office for the…
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Olusoji Adeyi, MD, MBA, DrPH, is the Director of the Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice at the World Bank Group. He has served as the World Bank’s Sector Manager for Health, Nutrition and Population in Eastern and Southern Africa, with responsibilities for the institution’s support for policies, strategies and programs in the region. Dr. Adeyi was founding Director of the Affordable…
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Mr. Yutaka Kase has been serving as Chairman of the Board and Representative Director for Sojitz Corporation since April 1, 2012. He also serves as the Director of Astellas Pharma Inc. He obtained his Bachelor degree in Economics from The University of Tokyo in April 1970.
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H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini Zuma is a trailblazer in the upliftment and empowerment of women across the African continent. Her career as an activist and politician is testimony to her indestructible and courageous spirit. She was born on 27 January, 1949 in KwaZulu-Natal, a time when black women’s career expectations did not go beyond domestic work. She, however, was not to be limited. She…
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Keiko Honda is Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group. MIGA supports cross-border equity investors and lenders by providing coverage against currency inconvertibility and transfer restriction, expropriation, war and civil disturbance, breach of…
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Hiroyuki Ishige received his degree in Economics from the University of Tokyo in 1974. Soon after, he joined the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan. In 2003, he became the Director-General for Natural Resources and Energy Policy. Since then he's held positions of the Director-General of Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Director-General of Small and Medium Enterprise Agency,…
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