Steering Committee and Expert Groups

Steering Committee James Balsillie Chairman and Co-CEO, Research In Motion Carlos Bulgheroni President, Bridas Corporation Mirai Chatterjee Coordinator, Self-Employed Women's Association John English Executive Director, Center for International Governance Innovation Walter Fust Director-General, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Francois Heisbourg Director, Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique Yotaro Kobayashi Chairman, Fuji Xerox Ltd. Christine Loh Founder and CEO, Civic Exchange Simon Maxwell Director, Overseas Development Institute Mark Moody-Stuart Chairman, Anglo American Plc Kumi Naidoo Secretary-General and Chief Executive Officer, Civicus Moisés Naim Editor-in-Chief, Foreign Policy Magazine Youssou N'Dour Artist and Chairman, Youth Network for Development Foundation Sadako Ogata President, Japan International Cooperation Agency Surin Pitsuwan Member of Parliament, Royal Thai Parliament Mary Robinson Executive Director, Ethical Globalization Initiative John G. Ruggie Director, Center for Business and Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Ismail Serageldin Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina Maurice F. Strong President, University for Peace and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General, United Nations Strobe Talbott President, The Brookings Institution Timothy E. Wirth President, United Nations Foundation Yu Yongding Director, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Robert Archer Chair, Expert Group on Human Rights, Executive Director, International Council on Human Rights Policy Sartaj Aziz Co-Chair, Expert Group on Poverty and Hunger, Vice Chancellor, Beaconhouse National University Joachim von Braun Co-Chair, Expert Group on Poverty and Hunger, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Christopher Colclough Chair, Expert Group on Education, Professorial Fellow, Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex Gareth J. Evans Chair, Expert Group on Peace and Security, President, International Crisis Group David Runnalls Chair, Expert Group on Environment, President and CEO, International Institute for Sustainable Development Alfred Sommer Chair, Expert Group on Health, Dean, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Klaus Schwab (ex officio) Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum Richard Samans (ex officio) Managing Director, Global Institute for Partnership and Governance, World Economic Forum Ann M. Florini (ex officio) Project Director, Global Governance Initiative Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution Expert Group Chairs and Members Peace and Conflict Gareth Evans (Australia) Chair President, International Crisis Group Paul Heinbecker (Canada) Director, Laurier Centre for Global Relations, Governance and Policy Ellen Laipson(USA) President, Henry L. Stimson Center Andrew Mack(Australia) Director, Human Security Centre, University of British Columbia Jane Nelson(UK) Director, Business Leadership and Strategy, Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF), and Fellow, Center for Business and Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Mohamed Sahnoun(Algeria) Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for the Sudan Ramesh Thakur(India) Rector, United Nations University Basic Education Christopher Colclough (UK) Chair Professor, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, and Director, Education for All (EFA) Monitoring Report, UNESCO Kai-Ming Cheng(Hong Kong) Chair of the Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong Marcela Gajardo(Chile) Director, Partnership for Educational Revitalization in the Americas (PREAL) R. Govinda(India) Senior Fellow and Head, School and Non-Formal Education Unit at the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration Amina Ibrahim (Nigeria) Coordinator, National Education-for-All Anne Jellema(South Africa) Director, Campaign for Education Maen Fahed Nsour (Jordan) Senior Regional Programme Adviser, Regional Bureau for Arab States, UNDP Gene Sperling(USA) Director, Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations Environment David Runnalls (Canada) Chair President, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Angela Cropper President of the Cropper Foundation John Elkington(UK) Founder and Co-director, SustainAbility John Forgach(USA) Mcluskey Fellow, Yale School of Forrestry and Environmental Studies Mark Halle(Switzerland) European Representative and Director, Trade & Investment, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Ashok Khosla(India) President, Development Alternatives Michael Lenox(USA) Associate Professor of Business, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University Richard Sandbrook(UK) Special Advisor to UNDP Belinda Calaguas Advocacy Manager, Water Aid David Wheeler Erivan K. Haub Professor of Business and Sustainability, Schulich School of Business, York University Health Alfred Sommer (USA) Chair Dean, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University George Alleyne(Barbados) Director Emeritus, Pan American Health Organization, and Adjunct Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University Lincoln Chen(USA) Director, Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University Tom Coates(USA) Director of the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California-SF Mahmoud Fathalla Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assiut University (Egypt) Rick Steketee (USA) Chief, Malaria Epidemiology Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cesar Victora(Brazil) Professor of Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas Human Rights Robert Archer (UK) Chair Executive Director, International Council for Human Rights Policy Rachel Brett (UK) Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva Marcia Kran(Hungary) Professor, University of British Columbia Dwight Justice(USA) Head, Multinationals and Organizing, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Chidi Odinkalu(Nigeria) Senior Legal Advisor, Open Society Institute John O’Reilly (UK) Member, Amnesty International U.K. Business Advisory Group Poverty and Hunger Joachim von Braun (Germany) Chair Director, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Sartaj Aziz(Pakistan) Former Finance and Foreign Minister Nancy Birdsall(USA) President, Center for Global Development Fan Gang(China) Director, National Economic Research Institute, China Reform Foundation Mercy Karanja(Kenya) Executive Director, Kenyan National Farmers Union Ray Offenheiser(USA) President, OXFAM America John Whalley(Canada) Director of the Centre for Development and International Economics Research at the University of Warwick, UK It is the policy of the World Economic Forum to safeguard the privacy of its Members and participants by preventing any misuse of personal information provided to us for the purpose of facilitating contact and dialogue in furtherance of the Forum’s mission. 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