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.
Global Board
Maimunah Mohd Sharif
Executive Director,
UN‐Habitat
Alumni
Erik Solheim
Former Executive Director,
UN Environment
Alumni
Sahle-Work Zewde
Current President of Ethiopia,
Former Director General, United Nations Office at Nairobi
Alumni
Mohammed Abdiker
Former Regional Director,
International Organization for Migration/UN Migration, East and Horn of Africa
Alumni
Elin Bergithe Rognlie
Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations in Nairobi,
Ambassador to Kenya, Somalia and the Seychelles
Alumni
Gabriela Bucher
Former Executive Director,
Oxfam International
Alumni
Alison Chartres
Former Australian High Commissioner to Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda, Ambassador to Burundi; designate to Somalia ,
Permanent Representative to UNEP and UN-Habitat
Alumni
Siddharth Chatterjee
UN Resident Coordinator,
Kenya
Alumni
Amado Philip de Andrés
Regional Representative, Regional Office for Eastern Africa and the Horn,
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Alumni
Olivier Dubois
Head of Regional Delegation ,
International Committee of the Red Cross in Nairobi
Alumni
Mohamed Malick Fall
Regional Director,
UNICEF, Eastern and Southern Africa
Alumni
Javier García de Viedma
Ambassador,
Embassy of Spain to Kenya
Alumni
Sara Hradecky
Former Ambassador of Canada to United Nations Environment (UNEP) and UN-Habitat,
High Commission of Canada in Nairobi
Alumni
Marta Eugenia Juarez Ruiz
Former Ambassador ,
Costa Rica to UNEP & UN Habitat
Alumni
Barry Kashambo
Former Regional Director,
International Civil Aviation Organization
Alumni
Jean Kimani
Ambassador, Former Permanent Representative,
Kenya Permanent Mission to UN-Habitat
Alumni
Michal Mlynár
Former Acting Executive Director,
UN-Habitat
Alumni
Asha Mohammed
Secretary General ,
Kenya Red Cross Society
Alumni
Emma Naylor-Ngugi
Regional Director,
CARE East, Central and Southern Africa
Alumni
Youssoupha Niang
Regional Ombudsman,
United Nations Ombudsman and Mediation Services
Alumni
Clementine Nkweta-Salami
Former Regional Director for the East, Horn and Great Lakes Regions of Africa,
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Alumni
Stephen Omollo
Regional Director,
World Vision, East Africa Region
Alumni
Fionnuala Quinlan
Former Ambassador,
Embassy of Ireland to Kenya, Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea
Alumni
Ian Vale
Former Regional Director for East and Southern Africa,
Save the Children
Alumni
Valentin Zellweger
Ambassador,
Ambassador of Switzerland to Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda/Permanent Representative to UNON