Header image for Global Solutions Summit 2025

SPEAKERS

Please note that the list of speakers is being continuously updated and the sessions of the speakers will be added soon. Stay tuned for more announcements.

Speaker

Heba Aguib

Board Member
BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt

Speaker

Sabina Alkire

Director
Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)

Speaker

Ousmane Badiane

Executive Chairperson
AKADEMIYA2063

Speaker

Zubaida Bai

President and CEO
Grameen Foundation

Speaker

Leonhard Birnbaum

CEO
E.ON SE

Speaker

Stephanie Brockerhoff

Global Lead Programme Design and Impact
BRAC International

Speaker

Bambang Brodjonegoro

Dean (Incoming)
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Speaker

Cheri Bustos

Former Congresswoman, Chair of the Political Arm of House Democrats, and Senior Leader in Congress
U.S. House of Representatives

Speaker

Sachin Chaturvedi

Director General
Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)

Speaker

Nkateko Chauke

Acting Executive Director
Oxfam South Africa

Speaker

Patrick Costello

Senior Vice President
Mercury Public Affairs

Speaker

Michael Dittrich

Vice Secretary General, Head of Finance and Administration
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt

Speaker

Ana Dujić

Director-General
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Speaker

Martine Durand

International Expert
Independent Consultant

Speaker

Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces

Executive Director
GWL Voices

Speaker

Arabo K. Ewinyu

Researcher
Southern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS)

Speaker

Shenggen Fan

Professor and Dean of the Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy (AGFEP)
China Agricultural University (CAU)

Speaker

Jennifer Feller

Director General of Human Rights and Democracy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico

Speaker

Maiara Folly

Executive Director and Co-founder
Plataforma CIPÓ

Speaker

Joao Francisco Maria

General Coordinator for the Sociobioeconomy of Brazilian Biomes
Secretariat for the Green Economy, Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services, Federal Government of Brazil

Speaker

Katie Gallus

Moderator and Journalist
Katie Gallus

Speaker

Emma Ghariani

Head of the Open Source and Digital Commons Division
French Interministerial Digital Directorate (DINUM), Prime Minister's service

Speaker

Michael Hardaway

Former Advisor in the Obama Administration and to U.S. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries

Speaker

Felix Hlatky

CFO
Mastodon

Speaker

Josephilda Hlope

Outcome Facilitator
Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Republic of South Africa

Speaker

Michael C. Huang

Senior Research Fellow
Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Speaker

Richard Huelsmann

Head of Programmes, Social and Governance
UN Global Compact Network Germany

Speaker

Mohamed Ibrahim

Chairman
Mo Ibrahim Foundation

Speaker

Christina Jaeger

Co-founder & Managing Director
Yunus Environment Hub

Speaker

Anthony Kamande

Inequality Research and Policy Advisor
Oxfam International

Speaker

Stefan Kapferer

Chief Executive Officer
50Hertz

Speaker

Roswitha Knol

Director of Operations
Smallholder Agroforestry Finance - Rabobank

Speaker

Mikatekiso Kubayi

Senior Researcher
Institute for Global Dialogue associated with UNISA

Speaker

Zongyuan Liu

Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies
Council on Foreign Relations

Speaker

Colin Mayer

Emeritus Professor of Management Studies
Said Business School, University of Oxford

Speaker

Emily M. Dickens

Chief of Staff, Head of Government Affairs & Corporate Secretary
SHRM

Speaker

Tina Meckel

Facilitator & Consultant
denkmodell GmbH

Speaker

Shehnaaz Moosa

Director
SouthSouthNorth

Speaker

Philani Mthembu

Executive Director
Institute for Global Dialogue

Speaker

Albert Muchanga

Former Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals & Sherpa to the G20, African Union
African Union

Speaker

Alaa Murabit

Executive Director for Sustainable & Resilient Growth
500 Global

Speaker

Michael Muthukrishna

Professor
London School of Economics (LSE)

Speaker

Paul Nemitz

Visiting Professor
College of Europe

Speaker

Nithi Nesadurai

Director & Regional Coordinator
Climate Action Network Southeast Asia (CANSEA)

Speaker

Sarah Nicole

Policy & Research Manager
Project Liberty Institute

Speaker

Kai Niebert

President
Deutscher Naturschutzring

Speaker

Claudia Oeking

Head of Public Affairs
Airbus

Speaker

Kiki Papachristoforou

Associate Principal
Gallup

Speaker

Matthias Pfeffer

Director
Council for European Public Space

Speaker

Federico Pinedo

G20 Sherpa
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina

Speaker

Matthew Prewitt

President
RadicalxChange Foundation

Speaker

Shuva Raha

Fellow and Lead, International Cooperation
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)

Speaker

Jörg Rocholl

President
ESMT

Speaker

Jessika Roswall

European Commissioner
European Commission

Speaker

Richard Samans

Senior Fellow
Geneva Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies

Speaker

Andreas Schaal

Director and OECD Sherpa, Global Relations and Cooperation Directorate
OECD

Speaker

Elizabeth Sidiropoulos

Chief Executive
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

Speaker

Mwanahamisi Singano

Director, Policy
Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)

Speaker

Mehdi Snene

Senior Advisor
United Nations

Speaker

Julian Spratte

Research Assistant
Center of Innovative Energy Systems - University of Applied Sciences Duesseldorf

Speaker

Achim Steiner

Administrator
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Speaker

Izabella Teixeira

Member of the International Advisory Board
CEBRI

Speaker

Torsten Thiele

Founder
Global Ocean Trust

Speaker

Udbhav Tiwari

VP, Strategy and Global Affairs
Signal

Speaker

Attiya Waris

Independent Expert on Foreign Debt
United Nations

Speaker

Sheila Warren

CEO
Project Liberty Institute

Speaker

John W. McArthur

Director and Senior Fellow
Center for Sustainable Development, Brookings Institution

Speaker

Miriam W. Oiro Omolo

Executive Director
The African Policy Research Institute

Speaker

Rawane Yasser

Research Officer
French Development Agency

Speaker

Armand Zorn

Member of German Parliament
Deutscher Bundestag