Global Advisors
Ada Williams Prince
Senior advisor at Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company by Melinda Gates. International development and humanitarian professional.
Alexander Stubb, advisor emeritus
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 and Strategic Advisor 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 Public Affairs at Princeton University. Past work includes senior leadership positions 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. Dean of Diversity & Inclusion and Professor of Political Science at Bocconi University.
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.
Coen van Oostrom
CEO of EDGE Technologies and member of the WEF Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders.
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.
Eva Maydell
Member of the European Parliament representing Bulgaria and President of the European Movement International.
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.
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
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.
Halla Tómasdóttir, advisor emeritus
CEO and Chief Change Catalyst of The B Team and presidential candidate in Iceland in 2016.
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
Formerly advisor to Chancellor Angela Merkel as Head of Strategic Planning and Strategic Communication.
Jules Chappell
British communications specialist, current CEO of London & Partners Events and formerly Britain's youngest Ambassador.
Laura Reyna
Founding Director of PuenTech, a tech policy Laboratory for Latin America. Holds a MPhil in Technology Policy from Cambridge University.
Mabel van Oranje
Human rights activist and social entrepreneur. 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, 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.
Sagar Vishnoi
Campaign and communications expert with 12 years of experience. He has advised political campaigns worldwide and trained public servants on integrating AI to support democracy and governance.
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.
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
Founder and Chairman of Intrinsic Labs, helping organisations and individuals re-ignite inner-drive and solve deep motivation challenges.
Silvana Koch-Merin
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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).
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
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.