H. E. Dr. Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed was appointed the Prime Minister of the Republic of Yemen in October 2018. Prior to this position, H.E. Dr. Saeed served as the Minister of Public Works and Roads in Yemen during 2017-2018 and the Vice-Minister of Public Works and Roads from 2015- 2017. He was also a member of the Conciliation Commission at Yemen's National Dialogue Conference from 2013- 2015 and…
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David Groves is a Senior Climate Change Specialist with the World Bank’s Climate Change Group. He has extensive experience working with developing countries on climate adaptation and decarbonization plans, most recently in Latin America. He is co-leading a World Bank program supporting country long-term low emissions development strategies, and he is working on several other projects at the…
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Aisha Williams is IFC’s Director for Blended Finance and Corporate Strategy. She manages a team of investment professionals responsible for concessional co-investments alongside IFC, originating from over $5 billion of blended finance facilities across investment themes that include fragile and low-income countries, gender, climate, agribusiness, and small and medium enterprises. She oversees IFC…
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Gustavo Beliz is an Argentinian politician and expert in global governance. As Secretary of Strategic Affairs, he is a cabinet minister and is responsible for designing and implementing the foreign relations strategy for the Office of the President, working in partnership with Argentina's other ministries. He leads the countries efforts with multilateral organizations. He served during the…
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Born on June 20, 1968, in Wrocław. Polish politician and manager, former CEO of Bank Zachodni WBK. Graduate of the University of Wrocław, Business Administration Central Connecticut State University and the Wrocław University of Technology, MBA studies at the Wrocław University of Economics, University of Hamburg and the University of Basel. In 1998, he was a member of the group negotiating…
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Marek Belka is a Polish professor of Economics and politician, who has served as Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Poland in two governments. He is also the former Director of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) European Department and former Head of Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland). He has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since July 2019. He was twice…
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Dr hab. Agnieszka Chlon-Dominczak is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Statistics and Demography at Warsaw School of Economics, and was Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy between 2008-2009. She was also the vice president of Social Protection Committee of the European Council from 2007-2009, and a member of the Employment, Labour and Social Policy Committee in the OECD where she…
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Piotr Kraśko is a Polish journalist and television presenter. In 2020, he was appointed head of the Fakty TVN, the flagship newscast of TVN channel. He was the recipient of the Wiktor Award for Best Television Presenter in 2008 and 2013. Between 1991–2016, he worked for Telewizja Polska and since 2016 for the TVN channel. He worked as a TVP correspondent in Brussels (2003), Rome (2004–2005) and…
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Piotr Wachowiak is the rector of the Warsaw School of Economics. He holds a PhD in with a habilitation degree in economic sciences, in the field of management sciences. His specialties include human resources management, negotiations, intellectual capital of enterprises, enterprise knowledge management, corporate social responsibility.
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Victor Ochen is the Founder and Executive Director for African Youth Initiative Network, which works to mobilize and empower the youth and communities. Born in northern Uganda, he spent 21yrs of his childhood as a refugee in the camps. His organisation has provided reconstructive medical repair to over 21,000 war victims. Challenged by the hardships of war and poverty, while living in the camps…
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