Global Advisors
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.
Abdullahi Alim
Leads the World Economic Forum’s network of Global Shapers across Africa and the Middle East. WA Young Australian of the Year 2017.
Ada Williams Prince
Senior advisor at Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company by Melinda Gates. International development and humanitarian professional.
Axelle Lemaire
Global Head of Terra Numerata and French former Socialist politician.
Betsy Williams
Chair and Founder of Emerging Public Leaders.
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. Dean of Diversity & Inclusion and Professor of Political Science at Bocconi University.
Daniella Ballou-Aares
CEO of the Leadership Now Project and former Senior Advisor for Development to US Secretaries of State John Kerry and Hillary Clinton.
Facundo Garreton
Congressman from Tucumán, National Congress of Argentina and entrepreneur.
Farah Mohamed
Former CEO, Malala Fund, founder and CEO of G(irls)20. 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
Award-winning social entrepreneur and Co-Founder and Vice-Chair of More In Common.
Guilherme Coelho
Founder of República.org, a social organisation supporting the Brazilian public service.
Halla Tómasdóttir, advisor emeritus
CEO and Chief Change Catalyst of The B Team and presidential candidate in Iceland in 2016.
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
Formerly advisor to Chancellor Angela Merkel as Head of Strategic Planning and Strategic Communication.
John Dutton
Head of UpLink and Member of the Executive Committee for the World Economic Forum.
Jules Chappell
British communications specialist, current CEO of London & Partners Events and formerly Britain's youngest Ambassador.
Mabel van Oranje
Human rights activist and social entrepreneur. Chair of Girls Not Brides and co-founder of War Child Netherlands.
Marietje Schaake
International policy director at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center and former Member of European Parliament for the Dutch liberal democratic party.
Martha Lane Fox
Businesswoman, philanthropist and public servant.
Matthew Anderson
Expert in communications. Former executive for Roku, News Corporation and Ogilvy.
Moises Naim
Venezuelan journalist, writer and a Distinguished Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Noura Berrouba
Member of the Governing Body of the European Youth Parliament (EYP).
Patrick Gaspard
Lifelong community activist, former American diplomat and former president of the Open Society Foundations.
Rebecca Henderson
American economist, currently a Professor at Harvard Business School.
Silvana Koch-Merin
President and Founder of Women Political Leaders (WPL) and former Vice-President of the European Parliament.
Brent Colburn
Vice President of Public Affairs at Princeton University. Past work includes senior leadership positions on political campaigns and across government.
Nicolas Shae
Founder & Executive Chairman at Cumplo & ConTodo in Chile.
Cecilia Vaca Jones
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.
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera
Geopolitics Analyst, Author and Strategic Advisor from Sri Lanka. Former Director General, led two Government think tanks with almost two decades of experience in the Government.
Rwitwika Bhattacharya
Social Entrepreneur in Policy and Governance in India. CEO of Swaniti Initiative. Previously worked with the World Bank and UNFPA.
Graça Fonseca
Portugal’s Minister of Culture. 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.
Laura Reyna
Founding Director of PuenTech, a tech policy Laboratory for Latin America. Holds a MPhil in Technology Policy from Cambridge University.
Dan Snow
Historian, author of numerous popular history titles such as On This Day in History, radio show host and television presenter.
Bhairavi Jani
Chairperson and Founder of IEF Entrepreneurship Foundation and Executive Director of SCA Group. Venture philanthropist.
Joice Toyota
Co-founder and Executive Director of Vetor Brazil, a people management organization motivating young people in Brazil to join the public sector.
Ashwin Naik
Healthcare Entrepreneur & Author of "The Healthcare Gamechangers". Co-founder of Manah Wellness & Founding Partner of We Scale Impact.
Ali Jehangir Siddiqui
Diplomat and Entrepreneur. Former Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States. Currently serving as Pakistan’s Ambassador for Foreign Investment.
Sharath Jeevan
Founder and Chairman of Intrinsic Labs, helping organisations and individuals re-ignite inner-drive and solve deep motivation challenges.
Pia Mancini
Co-founder & CEO at Open Collective, Co-founder of Democracy Earth Foundation. Democracy activist and open source sustainer. YC Alum, YGL, globe-trotter, and Roma's mum.
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.
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.
Ramona Liberoff
Executive Director, 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.
Sergei Guriev
Professor of Economics at Sciences Po, Paris. Former Chief Economist for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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.
Saskia Bruysten
Co-Founder & 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.
Coen van Oostrom
CEO of EDGE Technologies and member of the WEF Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders.
Eva Maydell
Member of the European Parliament representing Bulgaria and President of the European Movement International.
Alexander Stubb, advisor emeritus
Served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2014 to 2015. Director of the School of Transnational Governance.
New Voices
Barbara Panseri
Former Candidate for Councilor in Brazil, President of Ecotrabalhismo, member of the Political Action Network for Sustainability (RAPS) and Coordinator of Education projects at the Lemann Foundation.
Carlo André Angeles Maturano
Catalyst & 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.
Gevorg Mantashyan
Key-Expert on economic recovery plan after COVID-19. Ex-Senior Development Strategy Expert in charge of national development strategy at the Governmental think tank. PhD in Economics with a focus on economic and political institutions.
Gonzalo Benetti Hernández
Political advisor. 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.
Jana Degrott
Politician, Social entrepreneur in inclusion and diversity. Co Founder of We Belong Europe and One Young World Ambassador.
Jazmin Kay
Youth voting rights organizer and writer. Currently serves as President 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. Previously Director of New Media (New Patriotic Party - Ghana).
Lala Touray
Senior Program Assistant on Gender, Elections and Governance at the National Democratic Institute. Country Coordinator of the Gender Center for Empowering Development.
Nicole Sánchez Galindo
Enabler of participatory governance at the Global Shapers Berlin Hub and Strategy & MEL team at Transparency International. Previously led a citizen participation directorate in the Municipality of Quito.
Nita Shala
Deputy Minister of Justice & National Coordinator against Domestic Violence in the Republic of Kosovo. PhD in Law from the Graduate Institute Geneva; Harvard Kennedy School Executive Eduction and University of Oxford Alumni. Legal consultant, lecturer and activist.
Chioma Agwuegbo
Communications strategist linking advocacy, business, community mobilisation, and government engagement with citizens. Executive Director at TechHerNG, a community that applies technology towards solving societal problems, especially as they concern women.
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.
Chiedza Juru
Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Youth Council, COO of the Higherlife Foundation and Trustee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAZ). Southern Africa Apolitical Academy 2021 fellow. Recipient of the ICAZ Young Achievers Award 2021.
Svante Myrick
Elected as the youngest Mayor in New York State history at 24, currently serving in his third term.
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.
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.
Alex Farrow
Social change campaigner working with civil society, movements, and policymakers. Focusing on human rights, democracy, and LGBTQ+ rights.
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.
Amish Laxmidas
Amish is currently serving as bodyman to the Mayor of Lisbon. He previously led a global health network of +180 elected officials towards infectious disease elimination.
Armand Zorn
Member of the German Bundestag. Previously worked for the German Federal Ministry of Finance, the French National Assembly and the EU Delegation in Hong Kong & Macao.