Kow Abaka Essuman is Legal Counsel to the President of Ghana. He is an entrepreneur, author, and public speaker known for his expertise in corporate and commercial law, intellectual property law, and technology law. He is also known for his advocacy work in promoting human rights and social justice in Ghana and across Africa and has been involved in initiatives to promote good governance, democracy, and the rule of law. Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to rec

Barbara Panseri is the coordinator of education at the Lemann Foundation and has stood for election as a councilor in Brazil. She is president of the environmental organization Ecotrabalhismo and member of the Political Action Network for Sustainability (RAPS). She is also a member of our New Voices Council. Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the interviews in our “A Political Path” series, plus all the tools and resources you need to help build

Gonzalo Benetti Hernández is an Argentinian political advisor, public policy designer and implementer, a Global Shapers Community Advisory Council Member and Apolitical Foundation New Voices Councilor. Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the interviews in our “A Political Path” series, plus all the tools and resources you need to help build better politics. How would you describe your political path? I grew up listening to tales of history and gove

Carlo André Angeles Maturano is a Lima Metropolitan Councilor, a Member of the Peruvian Government National Climate Change Commission and an Apolitical Foundation New Voices Councilor. How would you describe your political path? I would describe my political path as unusual. I started working in civil society by facilitating and participating in decision-making processes through several international organizations. My role at the United Nations Major Group for Children and

Alice Barbe is the President and Founder of L'Academie Des Futurs Leaders, a political leadership incubator giving people committed to social justice and environmental causes the tools they need to become the political leaders of tomorrow. She was one of Forbes France’s 40 Women in 2022. How would you describe your political path? Both political and apolitical! I have always been committed to fighting for social justice through my studies in political sciences and my involvem

HY William Chan is an elected Councilor in the City of Sydney. He is also an award-winning architect, advocate for design excellence, and a sustainability and housing rights leader. How would you describe your political path? Definitely unexpected and unconventional! As a registered architect, it has long been a personal leadership ambition of mine to ‘design for dignity’ in our cities. By working with people as partners, we co-create solutions to complex urban problems and d

Jordan Simmons is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nominee , a community and platform which helps empower those traditionally sidelined by politics to run for office. Jordan has worked on political campaigns at all levels of government in Canada. He is based in Vancouver. Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the interviews in our “A Political Path” series, plus all the tools and resources you need to help build better politics. How would you describe your

Alexander Stubb is the former Prime Minister of Finland. He is now the Director of the School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute and is a former Vice President of the European Investment Bank. He is also a Global Advisor to the Apolitical Foundation. Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the interviews in our “A Political Path” series, plus all the tools and resources you need to help build better politics. How would

Cynthia is the Founder and CEO of RepresentWomen , a non-profit focused on breaking down barriers to women entering politics. Cynthia has worked on political campaigns across the US and writes a weekly column on women’s representation for Ms. Magazine. Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the interviews in our “A Political Path” series, plus all the tools and resources you need to help build better politics. How would you describe your political p

Dr. Oehl is the Executive Director and Co-Initiator of Brand New Bundestag , a German political leadership incubator which we featured in our “28 PLIs to Watch” list earlier this year. He is a trained lawyer with a background in entrepreneurship and political consultancy. This week he also became an Ashoka Fellow . Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the interviews in our “A Political Path” series, plus all the tools and resources you need to hel

Irina is the CEO of RenovaBR, a Brazil-based political leadership incubator featured in our “28 Non-Partisan PLIs to Watch” list. She is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader with a background in finance and business development. Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the interviews in our “A Political Path” series, plus all the tools and resources you need to help build better politics. How would you describe your political path? My trajector

Sawsan Chebli is a former German Social Democratic Party politician, who recently held the position of State Secretary for Civic and International Affairs in the Berlin Senate. As an outspoken Muslim woman, she has suffered sexist and xenophobic abuse throughout her career. She is a member of Apolitical Foundation’s Global Advisors network . Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the interviews in our “A Political Path” series, plus all the tools and

Dr Hasson is a political performance expert and researcher specializing in the performance and wellbeing of politicians. She is the founder of The Silent MP , a platform aimed at promoting a more humanized and authentic political society. She was featured in our list of 50+1 Influential Researchers . Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the interviews in our “A Political Path” series, plus all the tools and resources you need to help build better p

Graça Fonseca is a Portuguese politician who has served most recently as a Minister for Culture and previously Secretary of State for Modernization and Innovation. Her first elected role was as a Councilwoman on Lisbon City Council. Graça is also a Global Advisor to the Apolitical Foundation. Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the interviews in our “A Political Path” series, plus all the tools and resources you need to help build better politics.

Dr. Ashley Weinberg is a Chartered Psychologist, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Salford and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has 20 years experience in lecturing, research and consultancy, having produced four books on well-being at work and the functioning of national politicians. We came across him via his Washington Post piece: "A politician’s mental health is as crucial as a pilot’s". How would you describe your political path? I grew up in

We interview a politician or someone helping values-based politicians do their job for each briefing. Kanksshi is the founder of NETRI Foundation, which we featured in our list of 28 political leadership incubators (PLIs) to watch . She is a former political campaigner and a LAMP Fellow. She was awarded a KarmaVeer Chakra Award by the UN and REX in 2019. Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the interviews in our “A Political Path” series, plus al

We interview a politician or someone working to help values-based politicians do their job for each edition of our weekly briefing. Alero is CEO of the School of Politics, Policy and Governance (SPPG) , which is working to develop a new generation of disruptive value-based leaders for the continent of Africa. She is also an author, transformation strategist and Founder of Incubator Africa . Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the interviews in our

We interview a politician or someone working to help quality politicians do their job for each edition of our weekly briefing. Hemakshi is Co-founder of the Indian School of Democracy , which we featured in our list of 28 political leadership incubators to watch . She holds a Master's in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School as a World Bank Graduate Scholar and is an Echoing Green 2022 Fellow. Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the interview

We interview a politician or someone working to help quality politicians do their job for each edition of our weekly briefing. Ashleigh is the founder of Raise Our Voice Australia , a training program to boost the presence of young female and non-binary voices in decision making. She's also a member of our New Voices Council and was listed in Forbes' 30 under 30 and AFR's Top 100 Women of Influence. Sign up to our weekly briefing and be the first to receive all the intervie

We interview an inspiring politician or someone working to help politicians do their job for each briefing. This week, we spoke to Jaime Arroyo , City Councillor in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. Jaime is an alumnus of our Global Public Leaders Programme, and previously worked supporting small businesses in under-represented communities. How would you describe your political path? My path to political office was unexpected. I was inspired by my former boss and mentor, Jess Kin