Ahmad Alhendawi is the Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) — leading educational movement of 57 million members in 172 countries. Previously, Mr. Alhendawi served as the first-ever United Nations Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth. He also worked at the League of Arab States; the World Bank-funded program to the Arab League on Institutional Development; the Iraq Office of the UN Population Fund; Save the Children and Danish Youth Council’s projects in the Middle East and North Africa region. Mr. Alhendawi is a recipient of the King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein Order for Distinction and was named one of the 100 most influential Arabs under 40 by the Arabian Business, and of the 99 most influential policy professionals under 33 by the Diplomatic Courier’s list. Mr. Alhendawi holds a master’s degree in Advanced European and International Relations from the Institut Européen (Nice, France) and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems from the Al-Balqa Applied University in Jordan. 

The Honourable Karina Gould was elected as a Member of Parliament  in 2015. She has served as Minister of International Development and Minister of Democratic Institutions. A graduate of McGill University and the University of Oxford, Minister Gould is passionate about helping Canadian families, public service, and international development. Before being elected, she worked as a trade and investment specialist for the Mexican Trade Commission in Toronto, and as a consultant for the Migration and Development Program at the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. With the birth of her son Oliver, Minister Gould became the first woman federal Cabinet minister to give birth while holding office. She is passionate about breaking down barriers for women, youth, and underrepresented groups. 

Natasha Mwansa is the founder and Executive Director of Natasha Mwansa Foundation, which aims to see a world in which young people’s health, safety and development are a priority and invested in while their potential is unleashed, and they are given equal opportunity to share power with stakeholders and equipped enough to be the change they want to see. Natasha is the youngest recipient of the WHO Global Health Leaders award worldwide in recognition of her work towards adolescent health – particularly sexual and reproductive health and her speech on what young people want during the 72nd World Health Assembly opening. In addition, she was voted as Zambia’s most influential young person in 2020 and awarded a national Emerging Leaders award by PUSH Network. She currently works with WHO on their adolescent health flagship program and sits on the WEF Global Future’s and NALA feminist Councils. She is also a Social Accountability Monitor and a third-year student at University of Zambia studying Media and Communication Studies with a minor in Political Science.  

Mitzi Jonelle Tan is a climate justice activist based in Metro Manila, Philippines. She is the convenor and international spokesperson of the Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP) – the Fridays For Future (FFF) of the Philippines. She is also engaged  with FFF International and FFF MAPA (Most Affected Peoples and Areas), making sure that voices from the Global South are heard, amplified, and given space. She is committed to changing the system and building a world that prioritizes people and planet, not profit, through collective action. 

H.E. Mr. Khalifa Jassim Al-Kuwari is the Director General of the Qatar Fund for Development, managing the State of Qatar’s foreign aid and international development activities. Previously, he worked at the Qatar Investment Authority and at the Qatar Central Bank, and Ashghal & Urban Planning Authority, having in-depth experience in accounting, auditing, financial analysis and investment management. H.E. Mr. Al-Kuwari has been appointed to the boards of leading institutions, including Harrods, Volkswagen Group, Fairmont Raffles Group, Songbird Real Estate, Qatar Exchange, Katara Hospitality and Mowasalat. H.E. Mr. Al-Kuwari is the president of Qatar Leadership Centre Alumni Association Council, member of Qatar University Alumni Association, chairman of the Qatar Academy for Science and Technology Board of Advisors; he was also elected to the Board of Directors of Qatar Foundation for Social Work. H.E. Mr. Al-Kuwari holds an executive MBA in Business Administration from the London Business School in United Kingdom, an MBA in Accounting from Cleveland State University in the United States and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Qatar University. He graduated from the Leadership Development Program at Harvard Business School in the United States and Qatar Leadership Center. 

Melanie Kubin-Hardewig is Vice President, Group Corporate Responsibility at Deutsche Telekom. She is responsible for the group-wide design and execution of Deutsche Telekom’s Corporate Responsibility Strategy. This covers a wide range of issues from environmental to social aspects, including sustainable supply chains and finance as well as the development of Deutsche Telekom’s strategic targets. She also leads Deutsche Telekom’s top sustainability initiatives. Melanie has previously held various management roles at different entities of Deutsche Telekom. She is a trained lawyer and holds a Master of Business Administration. 

The Hon. Emma Theofelus is a young, 26-year-old Namibian born in Windhoek, who is currently a Member of Parliament and the Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology in the Republic of Namibia. Before her appointment, The Hon. Emma Theofelus was a youth activist for issues of gender, children’s rights, sustainable development and youth unemployment. She served as the Deputy Speaker of the Youth Parliament of the Republic of Namibia and the Junior Mayor of the City of Windhoek amongst other roles. The Hon. Emma Theofelus holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours Degree) from the University of Namibia, a Diploma in Business Management from Amity University and a Diploma in Afrikan Feminism and Gender Studies from the University of South Africa.    

Hamzat Lawal is an activist with more than 15 years of experience in leading grassroots campaigns and working in the non-profit sector in over 40 African countries. Lawal is the Chief Executive of Connected Development (CODE), a civil society organization recognized with the ONE Africa Award and the Council of Europe Democracy Innovation Award. He is also the Founder of Follow The Money, a Pan-African grassroots data-driven movement, working with technology and innovation-driven campaigners to promote accountability and amplify the voices of marginalized communities across Africa. Follow The Money was a 2019 UN SDG Action Award winner in the Mobilize category. As a Malala Fund Education Champion, he is currently leading an education campaign to accelerate girls’ education and end child marriage in the northeast of Nigeria. Lawal was recently appointed as an Advisory Board Member of the Global Citizen Fellowship Program, powered by Beyonce’s BeyGOOD foundation. In 2018 and 2019, he was listed as one of the world’s 100 most influential people in digital government by Apolitical.  

Anna Scavuzzo has been Vice Mayor of the City of Milan and Deputy Mayor for Education since 2016. She is also in charge of the Milan Food Policy. Within an innovative framework for food system governance, she is developing actions in several fields: reducing food waste, healthy diets, and local public procurement. As Deputy Mayor of Education, she works closely with the municipal agency for school canteens and promotes policies for organic local procurement and healthier diets. Ms. Scavuzzo holds a master’s degree in physics and has worked with a leading editorial group in applied information technologies, data analytics and public administration. 

Ben Turner is the CEO of Graphite, a music management and brand services company. Graphite has a long history of advising brands in the music space. Mr. Turner is Co-Founder, with Pete Tong, of the IMS Ibiza Summit, and Co-Founder and Chair of the Association for Electronic Music, a not-for-profit trade body. He is on the board of music-tech investment fund Plus 8 Equities, and Co-Founder of web3 venture Pixelynx with Hawtin and Deadmau5. 

Madam Lowe is the first elected female Mayor of Banjul, The Gambia. Madam Lowe is currently UCLG Policy Councillor, the President of the African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum, the President of the Refela-The Gambia National Chapter, Executive Member of the Global Parliament of Mayors, and the 2nd Deputy National President of the United Democratic Party. Madam Lowe has been a key participant in several international forums, advocating for the localization of the SDGs. Madam Lowe was a member of a party called Social Democrats which gave her the opportunity to serve as a key member of the Child Welfare Committee of Nyköping Municipality, with the mandate to oversee the schools within her jurisdiction. She studied international relations at the University of Falun in Sweden, and she has strong academic experience in public administration. 

In March 2021 Marina Sereni was appointed as the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Prior to her current role, she was elected for the first time to parliament in 2001 in the constituency of Umbria, and she was subsequently the first Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies from 2013 to 2018. From 2018 to 2019 she was a member of the National Secretariat of the Democratic Party. She is currently a member of the National Directorate of the Party. Minister Sereni was active in student organizations and the movement for peace from a very young age. 

Sandra Uwera is the Global CEO of Fairtrade International. Previously, she served as CEO of COMESA Business Council, the leading Business Member Organization in Africa and a private sector institution of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), which represents 34 business sectors across 21 countries. As part of Ms. Uwera’s work with CBC and COMESA, she has led projects and programs on sustainable solutions for small and medium enterprises, advocacy, technical capacity-building, industry competitiveness and market access, digital financial inclusion, and programs focused on women and youth empowerment. Ms. Uwera is also an Eisenhower fellow and sits on various Boards in Africa and internationally. She holds a Master of Science in Strategic Planning, a Bachelor of Arts in Corporate Communications, and has undertaken advanced professional training in international trade policy and law, digital inclusion, and leadership for business sustainability.  

The Rt Hon Lord Mark Malloch‐Brown is president of the Open Society Foundations, the world’s largest private funder of independent groups working for justice, democratic governance, and human rights. He has served on the Open Society’s global board since 2009. In his career of service, The Rt Hon Lord Malloch-Brown has worked to advance human rights, justice, and development in a variety of roles: serving as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations under Kofi Annan; heading the United Nations Development Programme; directing external affairs at the World Bank; and working as a British government minister. He also co-founded Crisis Group, which works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict. More recently he chaired Best for Britain, a group that advocates internationalism as a practical approach to global problems. He has worked with a range of private companies and led the boards of the Royal Africa Society, the UN Foundation, and the Business Commission for Sustainable Development.

Lucia Silva is the Group Head of Sustainability and Social Responsibility for Assicurazioni Generali, since 2015, where she leads the definition and the implementation of the Group Sustainability strategy and policies. 

Lucia is a senior sustainability professional with 20 years of experience. She strongly believes that by aligning people, planet and profit, companies ensure they are successful now and in the future. In her current role, she has the opportunity to work on some of the most pressing challenges of our time, such as climate change, ageing population, demographic changes and digitalization. Her focus is on integrating sustainability into the business, looking at insurance products and investment strategies. Prior to joining Generali, Lucia worked for 15 years at KPMG, where she successfully supported various companies from a wide range of sectors in defining and developing their Sustainability strategy. Lucia holds a master’s degree in ‘Governance, Business Ethics and Risk Management’ from Libero Istituto Universitario Carlo Cattaneo University and a degree in Philosophy from Statale di Milano University.      

Florian Weischer is the Co-Chairman of Weischer.Media Group. After working for several international advertising agencies, he stepped into the family business in 1990 and, together with his brother, brought Weischer.Media from a small media service agency of 20 people to a staff of over 400. The Company since then has developed into a market leader in Screen Advertising and in the Outdoor broking business in Germany. In 2014 Mr. Weischer was elected as President of global screen advertising trade body, SAWA. In 2015, SAWA began to support the Sustainable Development Goals. Since then, Weischer.Media continuously runs campaigns for good for the United Nations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and for SAWA globally. For this effort Weischer.Media was nominated as Official Supporting Partner of the Sustainable Development Goals by the UN SDG Action Campaign.  Mr. Weischer holds a degree in economics from Universität Hannover. 

Sandra Ortiz Diaz joined the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt in 2012. In her first years at the foundation, Sandra led the work of the BMW Foundation in Latin America helping to foster and strengthen the regional network of Responsible Leaders and has accompanied the development of catalytic organizations such as Sistema B, League of Intrapreneurs, LATIMPACTO. She has advanced the foundation’s work on leadership, community building, and joined the Executive Leadership team of the organization in 2021. With a background in art therapy and a master’s degree in Cultural - and Media Management, Sandra organized national and international exhibitions for the social enterprise Dialogue in the Dark for more than six years. She also worked as an intercultural trainer, moderator, and mentor. Sandra is passionate about connecting people and ideas, creating the right conditions for deep rooted relationships, and promoting social change. 

Céline Soubranne has been AXA’s Group Chief Sustainability Officer since 2018. After graduating with a major in political science, she initially gained experience in journalism, local policymaking, and consulting. In 2006, she joined AXA as Head of Transformation and Communication, then became Director of Corporate Responsibility at AXA France. She drove the first ESG integration program in insurance products in France, with the creation of the “Citizen Insurance” Label. In 2014, she was awarded the Women’s Citizenship Trophy at the “Women in Insurance” Trophies. Now, she is leading an ambitious ESG and Climate strategy at AXA, for the whole Group, in its capacity as an investor, insurer and role model company. Since 2019, she has advocated for a better integration of biodiversity into investment and insurance decisions notably through the AXA-WWF report “Into the Wild.” 

Jayathma Wickramanayake was appointed as the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth in 2017 at the age of 26. She is the youngest senior official in the UN and the first woman to hold this position. In this role, Jayathma works to expand the UN’s youth engagement and advocacy efforts across all four pillars of the organization’s work and serves as a representative of and advisor to the Secretary-General. In 2019 Jayathma was recognized by Time Magazine as one of “Time 100 Next: Rising stars shaping the future” and in 2020 was recognized by Forbes magazine as part of its “30 under 30” list. Originally from Sri Lanka, she has worked extensively on youth development and participation, including playing a key role in transforming the youth development sector. Prior to taking up her post, Jayathma was instrumental in creating the movement for civic and political engagement of young people, especially young women, in Sri Lanka through the “Hashtag Generation” movement. Previously, she advocated for global youth development on an international level including as the first ever Sri Lankan Youth Delegate to the UN and as the youth lead negotiator and member of International Youth Task Force of the World Conference on Youth. 

Jennifer Morgan was appointed  State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action of the German Federal Government in March 2022.  Some of her previous roles include Director of the Global Climate Campaign at WWF International, Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the Council for Sustainable Development of the Federal Government. Before assuming her current position with the Federal Foreign Office, she was from 2016 to 2022 the Managing Director of the environmental organization Greenpeace International. Ms. Morgan studied political science and international relations at Indiana University, Bloomington and at the American University in Washington, D.C. 

Achim Steiner became the UNDP Administrator in 2017 and started a second four-year term in June 2021. He is also the Vice-Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Group. Over nearly three decades, Achim Steiner has been a global leader on sustainable development, climate resilience and international cooperation. Prior to joining UNDP, he was Director of the Oxford Martin School and Professorial Fellow of Balliol College, University of Oxford. He led the United Nations Environment Programme between 2006 -2016 and previously held other notable positions, including: Director General of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and Secretary General of the World Commission on Dams. Achim Steiner graduated with a Master of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Worcester College, Oxford University and holds a Master of Arts from the University of London/School of Oriental and African Studies. 

Sophie Münzberg is the NGO Partnerships Manager at TikTok DACH, specializing in NGO, culture, and education partners. She empowers non-profit organizations to scale their impact by sharing their creative content with millions of people every day. Most recently, she led campaigns to boost awareness for refugees worldwide, raise donations for WASH, and to leverage TikTok as an educational tool for commemorating the Shoah. Sophie holds a Master of Public Policy from the Hertie School in Berlin. Prior to joining TikTok, she helped build a global network for social entrepreneurship and innovation. 

Ilona Szabó de Carvalho is a civic entrepreneur, and Co-Founder and President of the Igarapé Institute –an independent think tank focused on public, digital and environmental security, working with research, new technologies, communication and public policy. Previously, she was the Executive-Secretary of the Global Commission on Drug Policy and of a national gun control campaign in Brazil. Carvalho serves on several boards, including the UNSG High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism. She is a columnist at Folha de São Paulo newspaper, a podcaster, broadcaster and TV anchor, a TED speaker and author of three books. Carvalho was nominated a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum in 2015, and in 2020 as one of the world’s top 50 thinkers for the COVID-19 age by Prospect Magazine. She earned a master’s degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Uppsala in Sweden, is an affiliate scholar at the Princeton University Brazil Lab, and was a public policy fellow at Columbia University in New York.