Rune Bjerke took up the position as group chief executive of DNB in January 2007. He was formerly president and CEO of Hafslund ASA, and has also been president and CEO of Scancem International. Rune Bjerke has held a number of board positions in large companies. He has also served as finance commissioner of the Oslo City Council and as a political adviser in Norway's Ministry of Petroleum and…
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Angus McCrone is chief editor of Bloomberg New Energy Finance. He has overall editing responsibility for the company’s research and newsletters on renewable energy, energy-smart technologies, carbon, gas and power. He works closely with BNEF’s 120- strong team of analysts and researchers, and takes a particularly close interest in topics such as clean energy investment trends, project finance,…
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Rosa Maria Ortiz Rios is a lawyer with extensive experience in administrative, civil, commercial, corporate and hydrocarbons law, both in the public and private sector. In the public sector, she has held advisory as well as management positions on subjects related to procurement, concessions, privatizations, administrative, public and hydrocarbon law. Prior to her appointment as Minister of…
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Maja Wessels is Executive Vice President, Global Public Affairs, for First Solar, Inc., based at the company’s headquarters in Tempe, Arizona. She oversees First Solar’s government/regulatory affairs and community relations activities. Maja joined First Solar as head of government affairs for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region in May 2008 after serving 4 years as Senior Vice President,…
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Professor Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank, which he founded, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 “for their efforts to create economic and social development from below.” Since then, Professor Yunus has focused on spreading and implementing the concept of “social business” — companies created for social good rather than private profit — through Yunus Social Business — Global…
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Azza Karam, Ph.D. serves as a Senior Advisor on Culture and Social Development, at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). In this capacity, Dr. Karam supports Fund-wide culture outreach; is a Lead Facilitator for the United Nations Strategic Learning Exchanges on Religion, development and humanitarian issues. Prior to UNFPA, Dr. Karam served in various capacities in the academic, NGO and…
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As director of the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, J. Mark Brinkmoeller leads a dynamic team to engage faithbased organizations and communities groups, along with their leadership, to further the mission of USAID. Just prior to joining USAID in February 2012, Brinkmoeller served as senior external engagement advisor at ONE. In this position, Brinkmoeller developed high-level…
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Andreas Hipple manages GHR Foundation’s Inter-Religious Action Initiative, funding efforts to bring religious leaders and communities together to tackle common development challenges. Hipple also leads GHR’s partner Better Way Foundation’s support for global and domestic early childhood development. Prior to joining GHR Foundation, Hipple was the director of programs for the Center for Interfaith…
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Martin Mauthe-Kaeter is the deputy head of policy division at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). He is leading BMZ’s initiative on religion and development. This includes the coordination of BMZ’s Task Force on Religion, Values and Development as well as a team of experts from civil society and academia that is consulting the ministry. Previously, he…
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Reverend Adam Russell Taylor currently leads the Faith-Based Initiative at the World Bank Group, which seeks to strengthen engagement and partnerships with faith inspired organizations and religious communities in order to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity. Taylor formerly served as the Vice President; Advocacy at World Vision U.S. Taylor served as a White House Fellow in the White…
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