Global Advisors
Ada Williams Prince
Director of Program Strategy and Investment at Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company by Melinda Gates. International development and humanitarian professional.
Alexander Stubb, advisor emeritus
President of Finland. Served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2014 to 2015. Director of the School of Transnational Governance.
Annie Lööf
Former member of the Parliament of Sweden for 16 years and former Leader of the Centre Party for 11 years. Former Head of Department of the Ministry of Enterprise.
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera
Geopolitics analyst, author, strategic advisor, and Young Global Leader from Sri Lanka. Former Director General, led two Government think tanks with almost two decades of experience in the government.
Brent Colburn
Vice President of Global Public Affairs at Microsoft. Past work includes senior leadership positions in academia, on political campaigns and across government.
Bruno Sanchez-Andrade Nuño
Spanish politician from the pan-European VOLT party. Led Big Data innovation at the World Bank Innovation Labs.
Catherine E. De Vries
Political scientist, President of the Institute of European Policy Making at Bocconi University.
Cecilia Vaca Jones
Policy Maker and Senior Advisor to Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority. Former Executive Director, Bernard van Leer Foundation. Former Coordinating Minister of Social Development of Ecuador. Fellow at the London School of Economics and University di Bologna.
Coen van Oostrom
CEO of EDGE Technologies. Member of the WEF Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders and Council Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Daniella Ballou-Aares
CEO of the Leadership Now Project, Young Global Leader, and former Senior Advisor for Development to US Secretaries of State John Kerry and Hillary Clinton.
Eva Maydell
Member of the European Parliament representing Bulgaria and President of the European Movement International. Young Global Leader, Board Member of Digital Europe, and Member of Global Future Council on Europe.
Farah Mohamed, advisor emeritus
Canadian Senator. CEO of The King’s Trust Canada. Former CEO of the Malala Fund, founder and CEO of Girls20. Worked for several Canadian politicians including as Director of Communications to Anne McLellan, Deputy Prime Minister.
Frances Prenn
Strategic philanthropy and fundraising consultant and Advisor to The McCain Institute, advancing character-driven leadership.
Gemma Mortensen
An award-winning social entrepreneur and a thinker and practitioner in how to bring about transformative, systemic change. Co-Founder and Former Vice-Chair of More In Common.
Glen Mpani
Expert in African political campaign consulting and the Managing Partner at Shikamo Political Advisory and Campaigns Services (SPACS). Host and convenor of IPE2025, an International Political Campaigns Expo.
Graça Fonseca
Co-Founder and board member of Futura Foundation. Former Minister of Culture for Portugal. Former Secretary of State for Administrative Modernization and former Councilwoman for Economy and Innovation at Lisbon City Council. Holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from ISCTE.
Halla Tómasdóttir, advisor emeritus
President of Iceland.
Hanno Burmester
Founder of Unlearn. He works at the intersection of individual, organizational and societal transformation. Hanno is author of several books and a public speaker.
Helen Clark
Served three successive terms as Prime Minister of New Zealand between 1999 and 2008 and is a respected global leader on sustainable development, gender equality and international cooperation.
Jason Yat-Sen Li
Corporate advisor and investor. Active member and former candidate for the Australian Labor Party and advisor of Refugee Talent.
Joachim Koschnicke
Former advisor to Chancellor Angela Merkel as Head of Strategic Planning and Strategic Communication.
Jules Chappell
British communications specialist, Former CEO of London & Partners Events and formerly Britain's youngest Ambassador.
Laura Reyna
Technology policy leader, forward thinker, and social entrepreneur with a strong passion for developing social impact projects. Public Policy Manager at TikTok Latin America.
Mabel van Oranje
Human rights activist and social entrepreneur. Founder and Chair of VOW for Girls, Former Chair of Girls Not Brides, and co-founder of War Child Netherlands.
Matthew Anderson
Expert in communications. Former executive for Roku, News Corporation and Ogilvy.
Ramona Liberoff
Executive Director of PACE (Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy). Former COO of the Innogy Innovation Hub and former CEO of SPRING Accelerator. Works across many areas supporting transformational business and initiatives for system change.
Rebecca Henderson
American economist, currently a Professor at Harvard Business School. Work focuses on the relationships between organizational commitment and innovation and productivity in high performance organizations.
Sagar Vishnoi
Co-founder of Future Shift Labs, a progressive think tank working on emerging tech, politics & governance. Political campaign advisor training public servants on integrating AI to support democracy and governance.
Saskia Bruysten
Partner and Co-Founder International at Carbon Equity, democratizing private equity investments in climate tech. Co-Founder and Executive Co-Chair at Yunus Social Business, Handelsblatt "Vordenker" 2020, Bold Woman of the Year 2020 and winner of Focus Money Female Finance Award 2022.
Sawsan Chebli
Former State of Berlin Delegate to the Federation and State Secretary for Civic Engagement and International Affairs. Member of the German Social Democratic Party.
Sharath Jeevan
Sharath is the Globally Recognised Authority on Leadership at Inflection Moments. Founder and Chairman of Intrinsic Labs, helping organizations and individuals re-ignite inner-drive and solve deep motivation challenges.
Silvana Koch-Mehrin
President and Founder of Women Political Leaders (WPL) and former Vice-President of the European Parliament.
Susan McPherson
Susan McPherson is a serial connector, angel investor, and corporate responsibility expert. She is the founder and CEO of McPherson Strategies and the author of The Lost Art of Connecting: The Gather, Ask, Do Method for Building Meaningful Relationships.
Winnie Kiiza
Former Member of Parliament in Uganda for 15 years. Founder of the Winnie Kiiza Foundation, an NGO aimed at developing a leadership academy to educate Ugandan youth and women on democratic values, institutions, and practices.
New Voice Council
Amish Laxmidas
Advisor to the Mayor of Lisbon. BMW Responsible Leader and Former Executive Director of UNITE Parliamentarians Network.
Ashleigh Streeter-Jones
Founder of Raise Our Voice Australia. International gender equality advocate working to uplift the voices of young women and gender diverse persons in politics and policy. Victorian Young Australian of the Year finalist and 2018 Australian Capital Territory Woman of the Year,
Carlo André Angeles Maturano
Catalyst and Global Citizen. Metropolitan Councilor in Lima. Has facilitated intergovernmental processes in 9 countries and has counseled presidential candidates, Ministers of State and served as a public servant.
Chiedza Juru
Education and youth development specialist. Former Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Youth Council, Former COO of the Higherlife Foundation and Trustee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAZ). Recipient of the ICAZ Young Achievers Award 2021.
Chioma Agwuegbo
Communications strategist linking gender equality, digital literacy, rights, and safety. Executive Director at TechHerNG, a community that applies technology towards solving societal problems, especially as they concern women.
Gonzalo Benetti Hernández
Political advisor and Co-Founder of PLI Academia Plural. Leads on design and implementation of public policies in the Santa Fe Province in Argentina. Member of the Advisory Council of the Global Shapers Community.
HY William Chan
Councillor elected to the Sydney Lord Mayoral team. Architect and citymaker. Sydney Curator of Global Shapers, a community of the World Economic Forum. Forbes '30 Under 30' honoree and former UNICEF Young Ambassador for Australia.
Jana Degrott
Politician, social entrepreneur in inclusion and diversity. Co-Founder of Be Human and One Young World Ambassador.
Jazmin Kay
Nonprofit leader, government consultant, and local government appointee. Government and Public Services Senior Consultant at Deloitte, supporting state and local governments. Former Executive Director of 18by Vote, where she has reached over 1.3 million young people to expand civic education and increase youth voter turnout.
Kow Essuman
Legal Counsel to the President of Ghana. Admitted to the Bar of England & Wales, New York State and Ghana. ICSID (World Bank) Conciliator. Global Shaper Alumnus. Former Director of New Media (New Patriotic Party - Ghana).
Misraim Macías Cervantes
Former Head of the Youth Institute in Leon, Guanajuato Mexico, Founder of MM: Innovation & Creativity, Global Shaper since 2016 and TEDx organizer since 2011.
Nadia Abdalla
Chief Administrative Secretary, Ministry of ICT, Innovation & Youth Affairs Government of Kenya and Co-Chair of the UNDP Youth Sounding Board in Kenya.
Nita Shala
Lawyer and professor specializing in human rights, criminal law and criminal justice with extensive work in policy-making. Former Deputy Minister of Justice & National Coordinator against Domestic Violence in the Republic of Kosovo.