Champions
Leadership Network
International Gender Champions is a leadership network that brings together decision-makers determined to break down gender barriers and make gender equality a working reality in their spheres of influence.
Global Board
Roger Yates
Regional Director, East and Southern Africa and the Middle East,
Plan International
Global Board
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman
CEO / Founder,
Women@TheTable
Global Board
Phil Lynch
Executive Director,
International Service for Human Rights
Ramy Abdu
Chairman,
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
Cary Adams
Chief Executive Officer,
Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein
President and CEO,
International Peace Institute
Evelyn A. Ankumah
Executive Director,
Africa Legal Aid (AFLA)
Sabra Bano
Director ,
Gender Concerns International
Dr. Andrea Barschdorf-Hager
CEO and Marketing Director,
CARE Austria
Dorothée Baumann-Pauly
Director, Professor,
Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights (GCBHR) and NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights
Thijs Berman
Executive Director,
Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy
Alexandra Bilak
Director,
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Alejandro Bonilla Garcia
Chair,
NGO Committee on Ageing (Geneva) & Representative. United Nations, Geneva. International Federation on Ageing
Sofia Borges
Senior Vice President and Head of the New York Office,
United Nations Foundation
Yann Borgstedt
Founder and Chairman,
Womanity Foundation
Jennifer Brant
Director,
Innovation Insights
Dr. Emil Brix
Ambassador and Director,
Diplomatische Akademie Wien
Elise Buckle
President/CEO of Climate Bridges - Founder SHE Builds Bridges,
Climate Bridges and SHE Builds Bridges
Nathalie Chuard
Director,
Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF)
Alex Conte
Executive Director,
Child Rights Connect
Dr. Carlos María Correa
Executive Director,
South Centre
Elizabeth Cousens
President and CEO,
United Nations Foundation
Adam Day
Head of Geneva Office,
United Nations University Centre for Policy Research
Christophe De Kepper
Director General,
International Olympic Committee
Ingmar De Vos
President,
Federation Equestre Internationale
Alain Délétroz
General Director,
Geneva Call
Esther Dingemans
Executive Director, Global Survivors Fund and Founding Director,
Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation
Caroline Dommen
Managing Director,
International Association for Feminist Economics
Samuel Emonet
Executive Director,
Justice Rapid Response
Stephanie Fenkart
Director,
International Institute for Peace
Yves Flückiger
Rector,
University of Geneva
Joseph François
Managing Director and Professor of International Economics,
World Trade Institute, University of Bern
Reinhold Gallmetzer
Founder & Chairperson of Board of Directors,
Center for Climate Crime Analysis
Marie-Claire Graf
Co-Founder,
Youth Negotiators Academy
Casey Harden
General Secretary,
World Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
Marie Hürlimann
Co-Director,
foraus
Dragan Ivetic
President,
Association of Defence Counsel Practising Before the International Courts and Tribunals (ADC-ICT)
Raphael Kariuki
Regional Director,
Terre des Hommes Netherlands
Leshan Kereto
Executive Director,
Tareto Africa
Khalid Koser
Executive Director,
Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund
Emmanuelle Larroque
Co-President and Founder,
Social Builder
Niamh Leinwather
Secretary General,
Vienna International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
Analisa Leonor Balares
CEO,
Womensphere Global Institute and Humansphere Foundation
Raymond Loretan
President,
Diplomatic Club of Geneva
Mona M'Bikay
Executive Director,
UPR Info
Janet Mbugua
Executive Director and Founder,
Inua Dada Foundation Trust
Corinne Momal-Vanian
Executive Director,
Kofi Annan Foundation
Elisabeth Moreno
Founder and President,
Leaders Engagés et Inclusifs en Action (LEIA); Femmes@Numérique Foundation; La Puissance du Lien