Alumni
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.
Pamela Hamamoto
Former Ambassador,
U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva
Michael Møller
Former Director-General,
United Nations Office at Geneva
Arancha González
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Spain,
Former Executive Director, International Trade Centre
Monique van Daalen
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations in Geneva
Maimunah Mohd Sharif
Executive Director,
UN‐Habitat
Sahle-Work Zewde
Current President of Ethiopia,
Former Director General, United Nations Office at Nairobi
Kyung-wha Kang
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea,
Former Under Secretary-General/Senior Adviser on Policy of the United Nations
Anne-Sophie Lois
Former Senior United Nations Representative New York & Geneva,
Plan International
Margot Wallström
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Sweden
Yvette Stevens
Former Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the United Nations in Geneva
María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés
Former President,
United Nations General Assembly
Pennelope Beckles
Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Trinidad & Tobago to the United Nations, New York
Chad Blackman, LLB, LLM, ACIArb
Former Ambassador & Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Barbados to the United Nations in Geneva
Lisa Helfand
Former Ambassador,
Embassy of Canada to the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Jean Kimani
Ambassador, Former Permanent Representative,
Kenya Permanent Mission to UN-Habitat
Aurora Díaz-Rato Revuelta
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other International Organisations
Mohammed Abdiker
Former Regional Director,
International Organization for Migration/UN Migration, East and Horn of Africa
Maria Assunta Accili
Ambassador,
Permanent Representative of Italy to International Organizations in Vienna
Dr Kesete Admasu
Former CEO,
RBM Partnership to End Malaria
Teuta Agai-Demjaha
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of North Macedonia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Carmel Agius
President,
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
Asim Ahmed
Ambassador, Former Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva
Gustavo Eduardo Ainchil
Ambassador, Former Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Vienna ,
Permanent Representation of Argentina to the International Organizations in Vienna
Leena Al-Hadid
Ambassador,
Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Vienna
Alexandros Alexandris
Former Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations in Geneva
Silvia Elena Alfaro Espinosa
Former Ambassador and Permanent Delegate,
Permanent Delegation of Peru to UNESCO
Olga Algayerova
Former Executive Secretary & Under-Secretary-General,
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Alessandro Cortese
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organizations in Vienna
Maria Teresa T. Almojuela
Former Ambassador,
Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Philippines to the Conference on Disarmament
Yukiya Amano
Former Director General,
International Atomic Energy Agency
Kim Andersen
Former President,
World Sailing
Kjersti E. Andersen
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Norway to the International Organisations in Vienna
Kristján Andri Stefánsson
Former Permanent Representative to the OECD and UNESCO,
Embassy of Iceland
Bente Angell-Hansen
Current President, EFTA Surveillance Authority ,
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representation of Norway to International Organizations in Vienna
Makeda Antoine-Cambridge
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Mikael Anzén
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the WTO ,
Permanent Mission of Sweden
Alanna Armitage
Current Regional Director, UNFPA Eastern Europe and Central Asia,
Former Director, UNFPA Geneva Office
Kristín A. Árnadóttir
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Embassy and Permanent Mission of Iceland in Vienna
Harald Aspelund
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Iceland to the United Nations in Geneva
Mohamed Auajjar
Current Minister of Justice, Kingdom of Morocco,
Former Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations in Geneva
Roberto Azevêdo
Director-General,
World Trade Organization
Christian Friis Bach
Current Secretary-General, Danish Refugee Council,
Former Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Michelle Bachelet
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Salman Bal
Former Director, Ambassador,
Centre d'Accueil de la Genève Internationale
Monique Barbut
Executive Secretary,
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Veronika Bard
Ambassador, Former Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations in Geneva
Sheikh Mohammed Belal
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Bangladesh to The Netherlands
Andrej Benedejčič
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Slovenia to the International Organizations in Vienna