G100 Denim Club

G100 is also supported by The Denim Club : Group of G100 He-for-She Champions globally, comprising leaders and luminaries from the business, corporate and political domains, each leading a sector of influence and having their companies and institutions in support of gender parity and equality. They will advocate for gender equity and balance, mitigate barriers to women’s leadership, commit to women’s greater C-suite representation, and fuel funding for female founders.

Why ‘Denim’ ? Because it’s symbolic of our common ground. While men may be from Mars and women from Venus; and while girls may grow with pink and boys with blue, denim belongs to all of us equally as a place of comfort for cool and candid conversations. The sturdy denim stands for the solid dialogue between genders and the strength of solidarity that we aspire for. Together we can co-create a better, balanced world for All.

The G100 Global Chair along with the G100 Denim Club Partner develop together for their G100 Wing policy recommendations to governments and multilateral institutions worldwide. The far-reaching impact will energise a million women by 2022, and 5 million by 2025.

Together, in joint collaboration and co-creation, we are committed to join our forces and strengths for a better world toward defining, designing and determining a new future for ourselves with equity, equal opportunity, inclusion and economic empowerment of women, and of all, through the inclusive agency of women, supported by men champions.

Membership to G100 and Denim Club is free and by invitation only. The endeavours are non-political, non-religious and non-dogmatic.

We are co-creating a bold and beautiful model of working together in shared vision and aligned actions with gender respect, balance and parity. Our stellar example of solidarity is a shining testimony to the power of women and men walking together in purpose and mutual empowerment for the greater good of a more sustainable, balanced, progressive and peaceful world for all.

Dr. José Ramón Calvo Fernandez

Dr. José Ramón Calvo Fernandez was Born in Spain, he studied Medical Doctor Degree at the University of Cordoba with Outstanding Mention (1984) , Doctor Cum Laude in Public Health from the University of Córdoba (1991) and Medical Specialist in Childcare-Social Pediatrics (1985-¬‐1989). He worked as Full Professor with Tenure of Health Education, University of Las Palmas (1991-2019) and was Executive Director of the Spanish Office of International Centre for Migration, Health and Development from September (2009-2016), Member of the Canarian Institute of Cancer Research (1994-2015), Founder and Director of the Project 

“The Ship of Excellence” (2010-2016), Executive Director of the Foundation Excellence (2011-2016), Founder and Director of the Campus of Excellence (2005-2009), Founder and Director of Forum of Excellence (2015-2016), Medical Director for Spain & Portugal Mead Johnson-Bristol Myers Pharmaceuticals (1988-1991), President of the International Institute of International Relations from the Royal Academy of European Doctors (2017-), Senior Executive Advisor Barcelona Supercomputing Center (2019), Founder and Director of Campus of Excellence in Climate (2021).

Jean Todt

Jean Todt was formerly Peugeot Talbot Sport’s Director and then Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 team principal, before being appointed Chief Executive Officer of Ferrari from 2004 to 2008.

In October 2009, he was elected President of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), and he was re-elected in 2013 and 2017.Under his leadership, Peugeot won 4 World Rally Championship titles (drivers and manufacturers), won the Paris-Dakar Rally 4 times, and twice won the Le Mans 24 Hours. During his time in charge, Ferrari won 14 Formula One World Championship titles (drivers and manufacturers).

It is also under his leadership that Michael Schumacher won five consecutive World Drivers’ Championships, from 2000 to 2004, and obtained 72 of his 91 victories.In 2015, Todt was appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations as its Special Envoy for Road Safety.

Dr. Colin keogh

Dr. Colin Keogh, Founder – Sapien Innovation/TeamOSV/Rapid Foundation, Research Engineer – University College Dublin, Ireland. Dr. Colin Keogh is an award-winning innovative Engineer, with successful background in innovative technologies in the Engineering, Business and Innovation sectors.

He is an active innovation consultant, supporting the innovation and commercialisation of both commercial and EU funded research projects as an expert advisor, mentor and consultant. He has led ground-breaking research in the Energy, SDG’s, Additive Manufacturing and Innovation fields at multiple global universities, with a focus on technology forecasting, enhanced innovation methodologies, additive manufacturing, applied impact and integrating advanced technologies into social, environmental, philanthropic and entrepreneurial activities.


Yuri Cataldo

Yuri Cataldo is a Techo-optimist working at the intersection of technology and art. He is an award-winning entrepreneur, keynote speaker, best-selling author, podcaster and emerging tech strategist who combines the mindset of an artist and a technologist. Named one of the 40 under 40 business leaders in Indiana, Yuri brings years of experience in the arts, design, entrepreneurship, marketing, innovation, and publicity, in addition to advising founders, artists and startups.

Mr. Cataldo graduated from the Yale School of Drama. He is a classically trained set and costume designer (with a BA in Communications, Theatre, and Drama from Indiana University, a degree in Set Design from The Julliard School and a Masters Degree in Production Design from Yale University), an Artistic Designer turned entrepreneur with credits on Broadway, Dance, Film, and Opera. 

ulrik vestergaard knudsen

Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, OECD, Deputy Secretary-General and OECD, Gender and Diversity Champion, France. Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen is an economist with more than 25 years of experience in international cooperation. He has served as Permanent Secretary of State/CEO of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the Danish Prime Minister, and as Ambassador to the OECD. 

During his five years as CEO, he spearheaded a change-management process, brought the Ministry of Foreign Affairs successfully through a period of budgetary constraints, and defined the strategic direction for the organisation in increasingly complex and unpredictable times. Prior to this, he served as Sherpa and Chief Diplomatic Advisor to two Danish Prime Ministers on Security Policy and on EU and Foreign Affairs in the Prime Minister’s Office. 

Mr. Knudsen served as Ambassador to the OECD and UNESCO in Paris (2008-09). In 2019 he was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD, covering a wide-ranging portfolio.

Alyn Ware

Alyn Ware is a New Zealand peace educator and campaigner in the areas of peace, non-violence, nuclear abolition, international law, women’s rights, children’s rights and the environment.

He is an advocate for the use of legal and political mechanisms to resolve conflicts and prevent war. He was part of the government advisory team that integrated peace education into the New Zealand school curriculum, and he co-established a number of programs to implement peace education in schools, including Our Planet in Every Classroom, Cool Schools Peer Mediation, Mobile Peace Van, Schools Peace Week and the UN Decade of Nonviolence Schools Outreach Program.

Internationally, Mr Ware worked for the World Federalist Movement to help establish an International Criminal Court. He has served as Vice-President of International Peace Bureau, a Nobel Peace Laureate organisation working for peace, war prevention and disarmament for development.

Eric Parrado

Eric Parrado Herrera is the Chief Economist and General Manager of the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) since March 2019.

Before joining the IDB, he was a professor of economics and finance at the ESE Business School of the Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Mr. Parrado is a visiting professor at Oxford University and ETHzürich, and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Frontier Risks.

From 2014 to 2018 he was the Superintendent of Banks and Financial Institutions in Chile, where he promoted reforms such as the modernization of banking legislation and the creation of new instruments for financial inclusion. Between 2011 and 2014, he was advisor to the Financial Committee that counsels the Ministry of Finance on the investment policy of Chile’s sovereign wealth funds and professor at the Adolfo Ibáñez University. 

Dragan M. Jovic

Dragan Jović, Executive Coach and Organisational Therapist, Serbia. 

Having worked for big corporations where he held responsible positions in the public sector and led large projects, he has gained immense experience that he wishes to share with those who can benefit from its value and lifelong learnings to empower and enrich, educate and evolve, as also mitigate risks, mistakes and letdowns that threaten one’s success and sustainability. 

That’s why he has completely turned to clients and their needs by helping them through such situations smoothly. Such were the situations he confronted himself, through which he learned his lessons, surmounted the crises, and most importantly, made his dreams come true.

 Today, he helps people hear themselves through his unique coaching process so they can see themselves better and by that help their dreams become a reality. 

NEAz adnan

Canada. Neaz is a Business professional, Masters from University of Windsor, ON. Canada. He has 7 years of experience in managing food, & beverage and Five Star Hotel industry, 18 years’ experience in community development, 2 years’ experience in strategic partnership in nonprofit industry in North America as Regional Head. 

He is the Co-Founder & CEO of Your House Social Enterprise INC since December 2019. YOUR HOUSE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE INC is a creative social enterprise whose goal is to empower kids and youths through books, shows, festivals, multicultural events, inspirational/educational programs, documentaries and movies all under 1 roof.

Roberto Ibanez Oly

Roberto Ibanez Oly, Ex-Vice Minister of Sports President of Ecuadorian Judo Federation, President of Guayas Sports Federation, Development Director of South American Judo Confederation, Ecuador.

A man dedicated to sports, he represented Ecuador in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games as an athlete and later as a coach in Rio 2016. In the field of sports leadership, he has been a member of the board of directors of the Ecuadorian Olympic Committee, Vice Minister of Sports and Undersecretary of Sports, President of the Ecuadorian Judo Federation and currently President of the Provincial Federation of Guayas which is the largest sports organization in Ecuador.

Peter Lamers

Peter Lamers, President of the Executive Board, Scholengroep Spinoza, Netherlands. Peter was born and raised in the city of Rotterdam. He studied political science at the Erasmus University.

He is a highly experienced politician and CEO in education and government in which he has worked for over 30 years. For eight years he was the spokesman for the Minister of Finance of the Netherlands. Peter is very knowledgeable in strategic and corporate communication and he is a great networker. He was the head of the communication department of a special program of the ministry of Youth & Welfare called: Operation Young.

He started his political career as member of the council of Feyenoord-Rotterdam, then he was councilor of the province of South Holland. In 2012 the municipality of the city of Rotterdam nominated Peter to be Alderman for Youth & Education. In this position he made a significant impact. He successfully improved the policy on care and support for the youth and qualified education in Rotterdam.

James Michael Lafferty

He is the CEO and Member of Board of Directors Fine Hygienic Holding, UAE. He is not only a successful CEO– He is an Olympic Coach. An award-winning journalist. A college professor. A competitive athlete. A philanthropist, husband, father of 6, and a grandfather of 3. James started his career with humble roots, as a youth track and field coach. 

Hired by Procter and Gamble in his native Cincinnati, Ohio, James was recruited from the ranks of fitness instructor to enter P&G’s esteemed “Brand Management” program. After superb business and organizational results on the US business, James was transferred into an international career that took him to North Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, The Middle East, Western Europe, Africa and Asia. 

With a marketing and general management career that spans over 30 years, James Michael Lafferty is among the leading global experts on business-building, marketing and branding particularly in emerging markets. He has had a long and successful career building businesses and organizations across five continents for some of the world’s leading fast-moving consumer goods companies, including CEO roles within Procter and Gamble, Coca-Cola, and British American Tobacco. 

Mohammed Atiqur Rahman

Mohammed Atiqur Rahman, Country Director, Dell Technologies Bangladesh. Atiqur is an experienced, highly focused & result oriented business leader with 21 years of career with Dell Technologies, Microsoft and Siemens. As Country Director of Dell Technologies, Atiqur is tasked with overseeing company’s growth and operations in Bangladesh.

He is responsible for leading the sales strategy, business development, and partner and customer engagements across all lines of business and customer segments in both the public and private sectors in Bangladesh. Atiqur is a seasoned professional with year-after-year success in achieving revenue, profit and business growth objectives within dynamic and highly competitive environment.

Atiqur is a seasoned professional with year-after-year success in achieving revenue, profit and business growth objectives within dynamic and highly competitive environment.

Prof. Richard D’Aveni

Prof. Richard D’Aveni, The Bakala Professor of Strategy, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, USA. D’Aveni is one of the foremost experts in the world on competition between corporations, militaries, governments, alliances & capitalist systems.

He is currently focusing his research on Technological Competition caused by 3D Printing. He has published numerous articles, books, blogs and columns on additive manufacturing. His work on additive manufacturing won the 2016 Thinkers50 Strategy Award, and nominated for the 2019 Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea Award.

He authored numerous articles on competitive strategy in academic journals, HBR, FT of London, WSJ, Washington Post, and MIT/Sloan Management Review, as well as the global best selling book Hypercompetition, which is available in 14 languages. Since the 1990s, his writings are credited with creating a new paradigm in strategy using temporary advantages, principles of rapid & aggressive maneuvering and disruption rather than on defensive barriers & power over buyers/suppliers.

H.E Mothanna Gharaibeh

H.E Mothanna Gharaibeh, Fifth Advisory Services, Former Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, Jordan. Mothanna Gharaibeh is the CEO of Fifth advisory services, which provides advice to several institutions in Jordan, Iraq, Saudi and Singapore.

He is an executive board member of the Innovative SMEs and Startups Fund (ISSF) of Jordan, which is US$100 million early stage SME fund financed by the Central Bank of Jordan and the World Bank. Mr. Gharaibeh served as the Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship in Jordan between 2018 and 2020. He was the youngest working minister in the cabinet at that time.

During his service, he developed and launched Jordan’s digital economy’s initiatives to advance digital infrastructure, digital platforms, digital financial services, digital entrepreneurship, and digital skills. Prior to joining the cabinet, Mr. Gharaibeh led Ericsson Business, the Swedish Telecom and Technology leader, operations in Jordan.He has an extensive technical and business experience around the Middle East where he worked with Ericsson in Oman, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries in different roles and functions.

Jose Varela

Jose Varela, Senior Vice President, Latin America Corporate Affairs & Governance and Managing Director, 3M Mexico. Born in El Salvador, José began his career at 3M since 1989 at the Department of Treasury and Finance of that country. Since then, he has held both regional and global positions that have led him to Mexico as President of 3M Mexico.

José Varela, previously served as Global Vice President of Purchasing, having an inspiring leadership career in the company with representative roles such as the Vice Presidency for Occupational Safety, from where he led the acquisition of Capital Safety to 3M; as well as the Presidency of Panama, Chile and Brazil, among other positions in the areas of sales, finance, operational planning and supply chain management.

José’s experience in regions such as Asia Pacific and Latin America as responsible for sales planning and operations gives the team of 3M Mexico a clear vision, accompanied by passion for the country by having a Mexican mother and resided a couple of years at the country. 

Dr. Porramate Chumyim

Dr. Porramate Chumyim, Founder/Director of NSTDA Acceleration, Venture Builder, Advisory Board of SB (Sustainable Brands), Thailand. Manages the national platform of the leading government innovation ecosystem providers, Thailand FoodInnopolis, under National Science Technology and Development Agency INSTDA).

He is a former national innovation policy maker at National Science Technology and Innovation Policy Office (STI office). Expert in Innovation system, business model innovation design and experience driven scalable process and has leadership and advisory roles in several additional organizations, innovative businesses and Tech start-ups.

He has additional deep experience in design thinking, product and service development, innovation strategy and diversification of business model portfolios. Wide experience with local entrepreneurs across the country. Driven by making an impact, he is a part of creating an innovation ecosystem in Thailand where he has strong purpose to drive not only the economic but also culture of inclusion and sustainable environment.

Kulmeet Bawa

Kulmeet Bawa, President & Managing Director, SAP Indian subcontinent. Kulmeet has been helping businesses in their digital transformation journey and is passionate about delivering exceptional experiences by leveraging a strong partner ecosystem and a great talent pool.

He is a technology veteran and an established business leader with more than 25 years of experience. Prior to joining @SAP, he led the India & South Asia market for Adobe and helped drive excellence in customer experience.

Kulmeet has also had an illustrious career in the Indian Army where he served in the Armoured Corps for 12 years before moving into the corporate world.

Josh Levs

Josh Levs, Communications leader. Keynoter. U.N. Gender Champion. Journalist. USA. Josh Levs is a communications leader with 20 years of experience inside top news agencies and working with corporations and organizations.

A former NPR and CNN journalist, he is the leading expert in helping brands develop their narratives, attract positive media coverage, and showcase executives as thought leaders. He also runs workshops and consults on internal communication, diversity, psychological safety, unconscious bias, disruption and more.

Levs is also the top global thought leader in creating All In inclusive workplaces by making advancement opportunities and work-life balance available equally to women and men. He explains the crucial role of embracing modern fatherhood as a means of achieving gender equality in business. He helps corporations and organizations get men involved in Diversity & Inclusion efforts like never before. Levs travels to businesses and keynotes summits to offer guidance, sharing facts and wisdom in his widely acclaimed book All In: How Our Work-First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses–And How We Can Fix It Together.

Dr. Alexandre Najjar

Dr. Alexandre Najjar, Francophone Writer & Novelist, Winner of the Prix de la Fondation Hachette, Lawyer, Lebanon.

Dr. Alexandre Najjar was born in Beirut (Lebanon) in 1967. He is an Attorney at law and a writer. He is a member of the National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW) ; he was the representative of Lebanon in the Legal Committee of UNESCO organization and an advisor to the Lebanese Ministry of Culture (1999-2009).

He is the author of over thirty books (novels, memoirs, biographies…) that have been translated into more than twelve languages, including Les Exilés du Caucase (Grasset), Le Roman de Beyrouth (Plon), Le Dictionnaire amoureux du Liban (Plon), L’École de la Guerre / The School of War(Telegram), Le Censeur de Baudelaire (Balland), Phénicia (Plon), Gibran (Pygmalion), Les Anges de Millesgarden (Gallimard) and Berlin 36 (Plon).

He is the recipient of the first Bourse de l’écrivain award from the Lagardère Foundation, the 2009 Prix Méditerranée and the Grand Prix de la Francophonie awarded by the Académie Française.

Danillo Gabriel Nakano

Danillo Nakano, Managing Director, NM Advisors, UAE. Mr Danillo Gabriel Nakano is born and raised in Brazil, coming from a family of entrepreneurs in São Paulo State, Brazil, the most vibrant and important economic region in Latin America, with 46 million people and an GPD over USD 700 MM.

Mr Danillo Nakano’s family have business on construction, real state, logistics, trading, health sector, children’s literature and mining sector. Mr Danillo Nakano have a 15+ years career working for McKinsey, World Bank, Energias Renováveis do Brasil, NM Advisors, among other companies and is serving as board member within the family’s companies for 10+ years.

Areas of knowledge are Renewable Energy, as Solar, Wind, Hydroplant, Biomass, Ethanol, O&G, Urban Mobility, Mining, M&A, Corporate Finance and Management Consulting. Working for 10+ years in Brazil, Mr Danillo Nakano also worked in USA, Latin America, Denmark and has set base in the UAE for 5+ years. Mr Danillo Nakano believes on the moral necessity of creating a more egalitarian environment, where equal opportunities are offered, while no one should be in need. Mr Danillo Nakano is fluent on Portuguese and English, with reasonable understanding of Spanish.

Niels Christian Nielsen

Niels Christian Nielsen is a proven leader of knowledge-based companies. Most of his career has evolved in professional services companies.

Today he serves as Board Director. He is or has been director of 40 companies; in 15 of them Chairman. He brings global perspective; strategy acumen combining discipline and innovation; leadership development and succession, and experience in M&A activities, where his total career record includes more than 100 transactions. Many of the companies have had exceptional growth trajectories.

Previously he was CEO of Catenas, a global roll-up of services companies. During the 1990s he was part of the team that created the DTI, and from 1994 he was part of the Executive Board that took DTI through a turn-around and made it a prime technology consulting company.

NCN has initiated a number of big strategic projects, involving multiple participants and public-private collaboration. He designed the Danish Network Cooperation program, subsequently adapted in a number of other countries, often with NCN as strategic advisor.

Gerardo Corrales Brenes

Gerardo Corrales Brenes, Former Vice President, BAC San Jose, Costa Rica. He has extensive experience in the banking and finance area.

He was for 16 years the General Manager of BAC San José and the executive vice president of Grupo Financiero BAC Credomatic. For several years he was the director of the Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Associations of the Private Business Sector (UCCAEP), he also served as the director of the Costa Rican Stock Exchange and as director and president of the Costa Rican Banking Association.

In 2004 he received the Manager of the Year award from the Chamber of Commerce, and ten years later he also received the Entrepreneur of the Year award from the newspaper El Financiero. On two occasions at the bank he worked for, he was recognized as the best bank in Costa Rica. He currently serves as a professor and lecturer at INCAE Business School and LEAD University.

Miguel Reynolds Brandao

Miguel Reynolds Brandao, Founder & CEO CORKBRICK EUROPE, Expert, European Commission, President & CEO, Global Business Brokers, Managing Director, RAZÃO FINAL CONSULTING, Portugal. A Stanford alumni, always learning, curious and independent by nature, he graduated in engineering and management.

He is a serial entrepreneur who started his first venture in his early twenties. Since 1994, he has been strategic management advisor for several institutions in Portugal, Brazil and USA. Author of books and articles in strategic management systems, entrepreneurship, business brokering and teleworking, his last book, published in May 2015, is “The Sustainable Organisation – a paradigm for a fairer society”.

He is currently developing an objective, transparent and accessible criteria to support sustainable, impact, investment worldwide, where criteria includes the gender parity factors.

Lord Rami Ranger

Lord Rami Ranger, Chairman & Founder, Sun Mark Group of Companies, UK. Lord Rami Ranger CBE, FRSA, is a British Peer and a successful businessman honoured by Her Majesty the Queen on Eight occasions. Six times for Business and twice personally for community services and was made a Member of the British Empire in 2005 and Commander of the British Empire in 2016 and made a Lord in 2019.

Rami is married to Renu and has three daughters. Currently, he is the patron of the Conservative Friends of India, an Ambassador for the Conservative Party’s Treasurer, Patron of Combat Stress, Fellow of The Prince’s Trust, Chairman of the British Sikh Association, Chairman of the Pakistan, India & UK Friendship Forum.

Rami set up his first business in 1987 with a mere 2 pounds capital from a rented room in Hayes and through his sheer dedication and commitment, he now runs two of Britain’s fastest-growing companies with an annual turnover over £150 million.

Firoz peera

He is a Corporate Executive, Community Leader, Active Rotarian, USA. Firoz is a retired corporate executive with extensive experience in a wide range of business and non-profit activities in England, Belgium and the USA. 

After a successful multinational career, he has devoted time, energy & resources to public service with humanitarian & educational organizations which benefit communities locally and around the world. This includes a commitment to empower others, especially women, to accomplish ambitious goals. 

Firoz has had considerable experience in strategy development and large-scale change management, and continues to assist others to achieve transformational change and improve lives. 

He is an active Rotarian, lives by its ethos of service above self, and has served as District Governor and Rotary Foundation advocate. 

Firoz grew up in East Africa (Zanzibar & Kenya) and his travels as well as interest

H.E. Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo

H.E. President Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi is also the current Chairperson of the African Union, from Feb 2021 to Feb 2022. Prior to being elected President of the DRC in its first ever peaceful hand over of power, he was a top executive of the UDPS (Union for Social Democracy and Social Progress), a party led by his late father, Etienne Tshisekedi, who passed away in February 2017. 

In 2011, he was elected as Member of the National Assembly representing the constituency of Kananga in the Kasai Occidental province. Having refused to sit in the National Assembly in protest of the electoral fraud, he was later on deprived of his parliamentary mandate in 2013. Following the death of his father, he was elected national president of the UDPS at an extraordinary party Congress in March 2018.

In the same month, he was chosen by his fellow opposition leaders to lead the “Rassemblement”, on broad opposition electoral platform for the presidential election. 

H.R.H. Prince Carlos de Bourbon de Parme

H.R.H. Prince Carlos de Bourbon de Parme, Founder of Compazz.org, Netherlands.

H.R.H. Prince Carlos de Bourbon de Parme (Nijmegen, January 27, 1970) is founder and director of the sustainability foundation COMPAZZ and has been committed to promoting, advocating and accelerating sustainability and the circular economy in the Netherlands and abroad for 20 years.

He was boardmember of CSR the Netherlands for 8 years, is member of the advisory board of PGGM Responsible Investing, has a seat in the Investment Committee of Energiiq Fund of South Holland, is chairman of the advisory board for Short Supply Chains in the Dutch agri sector,is boardmember of the the think-tank The Ex’tax Project and holds several other advisory positions at various companies and social organizations.

Jyrki Koskelo

Jyrki Koskelo, Member Of The Supervisory Board, Gulf Marine Services PLC (UK), Senior Advisor, Chairman, Invest Solar Africa Pty (Botswana), Senior Advisor, Sofala Partners (UK), Member of the Supervisory Board, FIBank (Bulgaria), Member of the Board of Directors, Expobank CZ a.s. (Prague, Czech Republic), Austria. Jyrki Koskelo, an Emerging Market specialist, Senior Advisor and Member of Supervisory Boards, focused on ESG compatible development and growth through technology and innovative financial solutions. Jyrki Koskelo joined IFC ( International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group) in 1987 as a junior Investment officer and departed the organization as a Vice President responsible for Global Investment Operations in 2011. During the course of his career at IFC, the organization grew from less than $1 bn in investments globally to around $20 billion; a trend which highlights the role of private sector in driving the economic development in emerging markets. Jyrki sponsored IFC’s first Gender focused, highly successful investment programs to facilitate equal opportunities for women in emerging markets, multi billion dollar global trade programs 

Gennandrea Mancone

Gennandrea Mancone, Visionary Entrepreneur Chairman, Arborea Living Switzerland.

Gennandrea Mancone is an Italian entrepreneur whose career has always been inspired by innovation in several fields, from textile to real estate markets. Right after his Master’s Degree in International Law he got involved in managing companies such as his family business that specialised in the production and transformation of textile material that served companies producing the most exclusive bed linens.


In 2006 he conceived ‘Arborea Living’, an ambitious project that aims at building a new neighborhood in Monza, a city in the outskirts of Milan.
That represented a remarkable switch: from running a production factory to imagining the construction of a small city. 

A complex project that requested a multidisciplinary evaluation starting with its feasibility from a financial and environmental point of view including all

Murat Bayizit

Murat Bayizit, Managing Director of Tioga Foods Ltd, UK. 

He has 30 years of experience in the Food & Agricultural Industry, working anywhere and everywhere. He is not only well known name in Frozen Food

 Industry, he also has Academic background in Agricultural Economy and International Trading. 

He is proud to be V.President of Assembly in Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry to inspire entrepreneurs to see that foreign trading is the essential part of business and the future is Sustainable Food and Agriculture.

 Last but not least, he is the founder President of Turkish Frozen Food Association and the leader of Bursa Frozen Food Cluster.

Guillermo Diaz Jr

Guillermo Diaz, Jr, Chairman, Hispanic Technology Executive Council (HITEC), USA.

Guillermo Diaz, Jr., is a transformative global business leader and champion of inclusion and
diversity. He now serves as the Chairman of the Hispanic Technology Council (HITEC), the premier global executive
leadership organization of senior business and technology executives who have and are building outstanding
careers in technology.

Diaz has most recently served as the CEO of Kloudspot, Inc., an innovative predictive AI and IOT analytics platform
provider. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Blue Shield of California.

Prior to these roles, he was a transformational innovator across Cisco Systems and broadly in the industry where he
developed a strong track record for accelerating culture through people, process, and technology. Guillermo

Matteo Colangeli

Matteo Colangeli, Regional Director, Western Balkans at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Serbia. As of May 2021, Matteo Colangeli has been appointed to the role of Regional Director for Western

 Balkans at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), based in Serbia. In his 16 years at EBRD, Matteo held a number of country management and banking positions in HQ, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Albania.

 Prior to that, he worked in investment banking and consulting with roles in London and Milan. Matteo holds a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. The EBRD has invested close to €14.2 billion in the Western Balkans to date, supporting the private sector, financial institutions, as well as energy and infrastructure projects. The Bank is working towards building green, inclusive, and digitalized economies in the region.

H.E. Prof. John Chrysoulakis

H.E. Prof. John Chrysoulakis, Secretary General for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Greece. Prof. John Chrysoulakis is a graduate of the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens, was awarded a Master’s degree from University of Minnesota from USA and a PhD from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 

He currently holds the title of Professor Emeritus. He has taught at academic institutions in Greece as well as abroad. He has worked as manager in the public and private sector, has been in charge of large European joint ventures for the production of new technologies, and has a significant International Administrative and Scientific work.

He was elected Vice-President of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration and appointed as President of the National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government.

Antonio Saraiva

Antonio Saraiva, President of CIP – The Portuguese Confederation of Business and Vice President of Business, Europe, Portugal. CIP represents over 160 thousand companies and Business Europe represents over 75 million companies all over Europe.

 One of the most influential men in Portugal and a specialist in Corporate Diplomacy. An entrepreneur, a business consultant to many companies from different sectors. A great communicator. He sits on a variety of Academic boards and lectures Corporate Diplomacy at Post Graduate level. 

He has also dedicated over 30 years to associativism at the highest level and is known as a builder of bridges. Respected by politicians, the business community and the social sector he is constantly focused in the media and 

Alvaro M. C. Garnero

Alvaro M. C. Garnero, Brazilian Tourism Ambassador, Embratur – Brazilian Agency for International Tourism Promotion, Brazil.  

He is a Brazilian businessman with a degree in business administration from San Diego State and an MBA from the National University .
All his academic training was in the United States, where he lived for 15 years and became a father.

 When he returned to Brazil, Álvaro invested in hospitality: he went to countless restaurants and nightclubs before arriving at Café de la Musique , the first dining club in Brazil. The idea was a success, other units were opened and the dining club evolved into an even more modern concept: the Beach Club . 

Today there are dozens of Café de la Musique operating throughout Brazil, as well as parties with the club’s name in the most coveted places in the world. In addition to hospitality, Álvaro Garnero is also a highly respected name in entertainment. In 2007 he started to present the 50 for 1 program , where

BRIAN Grim

Brian Grim, President, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation, Global Chairman, Dare to Overcome, USA. Brian works with Fortune 100 companies to help them implement programs that include religion as part of their overall diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. He also is executive director of the International Religious Freedom Business Roundtable, which helps build religious freedom for everyone worldwide.

Brian recently served as chair of the World Economic Forum’s global agenda council on the role of faith (2015-16) and was a speaker at the Forum’s 2018 annual meeting in Davos as well as being a TEDx speaker. Brian also supports and works closely with the “Business for Peace” platform of the United Nations Global Compact. Brian was previously an advisor for the Tony Blair Faith Foundation and an associate scholar at the Religious Liberty Project at Georgetown University. 

Alfonso Vegara

Alfonso Vegara has a PhD in City and Regional Planning and degrees in Architecture, Economics, and Sociology. He was President of ISOCARP, the International Society of City and Regional Planners, which has members in over 70 countries. He is a Fellow and Trustee of the Eisenhower Fellowships, and since 2005, he is Honorary Consul General of Singapore in Madrid.

Alfonso Vegara has been lecturing Urbanism at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, Universidad de Navarra, and Universidad CEU San Pablo. He was also a visiting scholar at the School of Design of the University of Pennsylvania and Advisor of ETH Zurich Polytechnic.

Meshack Kinyua Ndiritu

Meshack Kinyua Ndiritu, Alumnus of The Lindau Nobel Laureates Programme in Physics, Specialist in Space Systems, Space Applications Training expert with African Union Space Programme, African Union Commission, Ethiopia. 

Meshack is the Space Applications Training Officer at the African Union Commission. He oversees the institutional and human capacity development of the Global Monitoring for the Environment and Security in Africa (GMES & Africa) .which is a continental project in Earth Observation with a network of over 120 National and Regional institutions. Meshack’s emphasis has been on the integration of ICT with Earth Observation in areas like virtualization and cloud computing. GMES & Africa has redefined the delivery of Earth

 Observation services in the continent. Meshack is further acknowledged for his significant contribution to defining the African Outer Space Programme, and the subsequent establishment of the African Space Agency. He is passionate to see Emerging Nations play key roles in the Space 4.0, particularly in the cis-Lunar Economy. He is a graduate and a specialist in Space Systems in which he is contributing in global bodies of expertise. His graduate project at Florida Institute of Technology focused on design of a Single-Stage-To Orbit (SSTO) winged vehicle.

David Paterson

David is a management consultant with an extensive record in the mining sector. An economist and business analyst by training, he has spent the last 15 years working in the fields of sustainability, social performance and strategic communications. In the course of this work he has held C-suite roles at major mining companies in northern Australia, Mongolia and Zambia.

David has been a leader in developing innovative projects aimed at increasing the benefits of mining projects to the communities around mining operations. He has a strong conviction that mining companies need to ensure high standards of environmental performance and deliver material economic and

 social opportunities to local communities if they are to preserve and enhance their social licence to operate.

Prof. Dr. William A. Amponsah

Prof. Dr. William A. Amponsah, Founder and President/CEO, Transformation Ghana Leadership Initiative, USA.

Dr. William A. Amponsah has been a professor of Economics for nearly 31 years. He was formerly Director of the School of Economics in Georgia Southern University and served for many years in a similar position in the Center for International Trade and Economic Development in North Carolina A&T State University, USA. He also served very early in his profession as a research associate and intern in The World Bank. Dr. Amponsah has published many professional articles and books in his discipline. He has also served as the U.S. National Panel Manager of the National Research Initiative

 Competitive Grants in the areas of markets and trade, and as associate editor of the Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy (formerly Review of Agricultural Economics) and Agriculture Economics (an international journal). He has received awards of excellence by the Agricultural & Applied

ntobeko boyana

Ntobeko, a chemist by training with a BSc degree (majoring in Chemistry, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics) from the University of Port Elizabeth and a short course in Business Focused Project Management from Khumalo Green. He is a Chief Executive Officer at Ben Peta Holdings, a company he founded in 2017. 

He was Head: Market Development & Research at BOTEC Tyre Recycling (2017 – 2019), where Ben Peta Holdings was a shareholder. His responsibilities are to strategically grow the business, product development, develop new markets and expand existing markets for waste reuse and waste derived products use locally and internationally.

He started his 21-year professional career as a Trainee Chemist at Continental Tyre South Africa in 2001, where he learnt product development, quality control and product testing, process optimization and troubleshooting. In 2002, he Joined Sappi Fine Paper as a Technical Assistant responsible for process engineering and optimization. 

hilton theunissen

Hilton Theunissen, Managing Director South Africa and VP Global Partnerships, GrowthWheel, South Africa. Hilton’s Mission is to deliver practical tools and solutions to the Education, Development, ICT and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems. With over 30 years experience in Management, Strategy, Ideation, Business Development and Stakeholder Management.

He received Team Award from President Mandela for ICT in Education in 1997, founded an Internet and IT Training Company in 1998, lead an Open Source Task Team, won SABC Old Mutual Community Builder of Year 2005, Co-owned a global education brand, pioneered innovative Construction technology for rapid school infrastructure. He is an Ecosystem Builder for Startups and SME Sector with interest in global policy, standards and regulation.

 

dr. sergio nobile

Dr. Sergio Nobile, Vice President, World Compliance Association, Argentina. He is Vice President of the Argentine Chapter of the World Compliance Association, General Coordinator of the UNDP (United Nations Development Program) project Modernization of the Banco de la Nación Argentina: Integrity and Efficiency at the Service of Human Development”, Advisor to the Board of Directors of Banco de la Nación Argentina, Advisor to the Board of Directors of Nación Bursatil, Corporate Legal Advisor. 

University Professor (Business Law, Economic Law II), Director of the Postgraduate “Diploma in Compliance and Anti-Corruption Fight” UM, Lawyer, Bachelor of Criminal and Social Sciences, Silver Medal, (Creditor of the Prize Awarded by Banco Santander Río “Graduated 2009 “), International Master in Public Policies, Diploma in Compliance, Diploma in Prevention of Financial Crimes. 

Dr. M. Muinul Hafiz

Dr. M. Muinul Hafiz, Chairman of Hearing Care Center Ltd, Global & Public Healthcare Expert, Bangladesh. With over 40 years of diversified experience in the healthcare sector along with a mission of helping those without means, Dr. M. Muinul Hafiz has contributed to the betterment of the people. He is considered an expert otorhinolaryngologist and is a UN enlisted ENT surgeon of global renown. Dr. Hafiz, with assistance from NGOs, has performed complicated surgeries free of charge in rural areas for underprivileged people who cannot afford to visit referral hospitals. For the last 12 years he has worked with hearing health to raise awareness and prevention advice for deafness, noise pollution and ear infection in children in rural areas. As an OPC consultant he regularly hosts an ENT camp in rural areas with a high poverty rate which focuses on helping underprivileged women and children. He is regularly featured on television talk shows to discuss ENT health related problems with the wider public. He regularly attends national and internal conferences, panel discussions and symposiums where he shares his knowledge with a global audience. Dr. Hafiz is the Chairperson of ENT Care Center and Hearing Care Center along with being the Chief Consultant (ENT) at Bangladesh Specialized Hospital. 

Jain Joseph

Jain Joseph has a broad spectrum of purposeful activities ranging from Films to Film school and further to Design and Show Direction for Historical Concept Museums and theme rides in Amusement Theme Parks like Wonderla Bangalore. As Cinematographer / Filmmaker and Script writer he has several mainstream feature films, national and international documentaries to his credit.

His passion is about mining into the deeper layers of human creativity, thoughts and words to discover the causative elements of Human Evolution. This inherent capability has helped him to inspire and evolve tens of thousands of creative minds through various communication designs in last 30 years of his creative career . His residential workshops named TALENT WAKE-SHOPS and the film school named NEO FILM SCHOOL are highly successful and sustainable creative educational models established in 2010.

H.E Datuk Noureddine Ayed

H.E Datuk Noureddine Ayed, Chairman and Executive Director of the EAG Group of Companies, Tunisia. Which have offices in about 30 countries over the world/globally. In 1969 he graduated from Polytechnique University – Liege Belgium with a degree in Electro-Mechanical Engineer. He has over 4 decades of expertise in all facets of the industry with verifiable track record for the successful completion of multi-million-dollar projects through coordinating trades, developing partnerships and building positive rapports with engineers, local authorities and clients while maintaining costs. He also competent in contract negotiations, document preparation and site management.

He also one of Honorary Consul of Malaysia to Tunisia from year 2004 until present. He has assisted in obtaining within half a day all authorizations requested by the Defense Ministry, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Transportation and Airport Authority to have the Malaysian C130 military plane land on the commercial airport of Tunis Carthage and had received all diplomatic delegations from the Malaysian Government and his courageous deeds and dedication continue until this day in order to uphold the dignity of men and women for the service of the Malaysian people. 

Jeffrey S. Petty

Jeffrey S. Petty is a professor of entrepreneurship in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He is the Director of the Department of Strategy, Globalization and Society, the Academic Director of the HEC UNIL Executive MBA programme, and the Co-founder and Academic Director of the UNIL HUB Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Jeffrey has an MBA in international management and a doctorate in management and his primary research interests include entrepreneurship and new venture financing, with a focus on equity crowdfunding, venture capital decision making, and venture debt. He has taught courses on corporate strategy, entrepreneurial finance, entrepreneurship, knowledge management, sustainable innovation, and technology and innovation management. Over the past twenty-five years Jeffrey has also worked with entrepreneurial organizations, ranging from start-ups and non-profit ventures to multi-national corporations, and has participated in all phases of the firm lifecycle, from concept development and initial fund raising to initial public offerings and acquisitions.

 

H.E. Adama Bocar Soko

H.E. Adama Bocar Soko, Formerly, UNDP Senior Manager & Banking Financial Controller Internationally, Secretary-General of Mauritania’s Presidency, Minister of Agriculture, and Minister of Education, Mauritania

A strategic, innovative problem-solving leader and manager with more than 32 years of experience in Government as a Minister in various positions, in the United Nations system and in the private sector.  Have achieved increased levels of responsibility in public policy formulation & implementation, public administration, programs, and operations management, partnership building, client management, and project implementation (Service delivery).

GOVERNMENT Islamic Republic of Mauritania: i) Minister, Secretary General to the President’s Cabinet; ii) Minister of National Education and the Reform of Education System; iii) Minister of Agriculture; iv) Minister of Basic Education and National Education Sector Reform.

Nilesh Kumar

Nilesh Kumar is from England and is of Gujarati-Indian background. He has an MA in Korean Studies from Yonsei University in Seoul, with a focus on (Korean) Cinema, Gender, and Sexuality. 

He has worked in film production and film programming for ten years, and has curated 30 cinematic events through STEAK FILM. This includes STEAK CINEMA; an underground cinema in Seoul, which focused on themes such as BDSM, queercore, and female sexuality. Their events popped up in the most unexpected of methods and spaces, to challenge traditional forms of film viewership and engage the audience in deep culture through cinema. 

His work has been included in the Korean Pavilion of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2018, Cinema Galeries in Brussels, Soho House Mumbai, Perpetual Spring in MMCA Seoul, SiDance (Seoul International Dance Festival), and the Canadian Film Centre. In 2023, he collaborates with Goethe-Institute Seoul to showcase Gendernauts (Monika Treut, 1999), a documentary ‘about cyborgs; people who alter their bodies and minds with new technologies and chemistry, with an emphasis on biological women who use the male sexual hormone, testosterone.’Nilesh believes in digging deeper, enjoying the process, and making culture accessible to a range of people. 

 

Olivier Musafiri

Olivier Musafiri, International Trade Expert – Canada.

Olivier Musafiri is working at Trade Facilitation Office (TFO) Canada. In his role, he is responsible for the design, implementation, monitoring and reporting for Gender focused trade-related activities in the Region. Olivier has solid project management experience from different countries in Africa and Canada. This includes working as a Program Manager for UN Women’s Regional program where among other things he coordinated bilateral projects between UN Women and the Governments of Rwanda, Burundi and DRC on cross border trade, agriculture and value chain initiatives. Recently, he has worked as Gender Advisor with Vets without Borders Canada for its programme in Kenya and in South Sudan with the Canadian Midwives Association. Olivier has outstanding experience in gender mainstreaming and capacity building, results based monitoring and evaluation with a number of different donors including Global Affairs, USAID, UN agencies, Norway and NEPAD.

Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala

Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala, Director of Surgery, Department of General Surgery and Minimal Access Surgical Sciences – Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, India.

Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala is a laparoscopic , GI and bariatric surgeon. At present, he serves as the Director Dept of General Surgery and Minimal Access Surgical Sciences, at Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Center.

He has conducted more than 50,000 laparoscopic surgeries in India and internationally.

He has published widely on the subject of Metabolic Diseases and has been part of various consensus summits such as The Diabetes Surgery Summit , The Sleeve Gastrectomy Summit , The International Diabetes Federation Guidelines Summit .

Luciano Menezes

Luciano Menezes, President & CEO, World Trade Center Lisbon, Portugal.

With over 30 years of experience working for various companies in different sales areas and leadership positions, he currently holds the position of CEO at the World Trade Center. He is a member of the World Council, representing Latin America alongside more than 330 WTCs. Additionally, he serves as the Country Manager of M3storage in Brazil, overseeing 35 operations across the country.

René Schmidpeter

René Schmidpeter, Professor, Research University and Speaker, Germany. Professor René Schmidpeter is professor for Sustainable Management research professor at BFH in Bern, Switzerland and scientific researcher at Parmenides Foundation in Munich, Germany. He is guest professor/lecturer in USA, India, Australia, England and China. He is series editor for Springer’s CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance books, editor of the Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management (ESM) as well as editor of the Dictionary of Corporate Social Responsibility (DCSR). His research and teaching activities focus on Sustainable Business Transformation, international perspectives on Sustainability, Social Innovation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship with special focus on the relationship between business and society.

Yash Ranga

Yash Ranga is the Strategy & Innovation at PYXERA Global, India. He is responsible for expanding the portfolio and impact by creating a global ecosystem through engaging multiple diverse stakeholders and curating an effective partnerships platform that maximizes impact at scale in more than 100 countries. Prior to joining Pyxera Global, Yash headed the Jaipur Rugs Foundation, known for its inclusive carpet value chain that links 40,000 grassroots artisans with global markets in 60 countries. Jaipur Rugs Foundation has been featured in ‘The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid,’ and its unique socio-economic development model is a topic of constant reference among government, industry, media, and academia.

Yash was also associated with a Silicon Valley-based Boutique IT company inspired by the disruption in technology taking place with big data, predictive analytics, mobility, and cloud computing. His niche areas include conscious capitalism, founders’ mentality, social entrepreneurship, multi-stakeholder partnerships, circular economy, sustainable development goals, and base-of-the-pyramid innovations. Yash has served as the advisor of the conscious fashion initiative OneXOne & Creatives for Our Future by Swarovski Foundation and United Nations Office for Partnerships and is co-founder of the Global Conscious Luxury Movement.