Alumni | International Gender Champions

Clementine Nkweta-Salami

Former Regional Director for the East, Horn and Great Lakes Regions of Africa, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Sabine Nölke

Former Ambassador, Embassy of Canada to the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Seán Ó Riain

Gesandter, Mission of Ireland to the International Organisations in Vienna

Marie O'Leary

President, Association of Defence Counsel practising before the International Courts and Tribunals (ADC-ICT)

Rodrigo Olsen

Former Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Chile / Embassy of Chile in Austria

Stephen Omollo

Regional Director, World Vision, East Africa Region

Babatunde Osotimehin

Former Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund

William R. Pace

Convenor, Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC)

Ji-ah PAIK

Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva

Senén Florensa Palau

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Spain to UNOV and other International Organizations in Vienna

Indra Mani Pandey

Ambassador and Former Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva

Alexandros Papaioannou

Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer

Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Andrea Pedrazzini

CEO, Publicis Groupe Lausanne, Former CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi

Andrea Perugini

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Italy to The Netherlands

Audra Plepytė

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations in New York

Liselotte Plesner

Ambassador, Former Permanent Representative of Denmark to International Organizations in Vienna

Mohammad Naeem Poyesh

Current Counselor and DCM, and Former Chargé d’Affaires, Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the UN in Vienna

Brândușa Predescu

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Romania to The Netherlands

I Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Indonesia to The Netherlands

Michael Punke

Current Vice President of Public Policy, Amazon Web Services, Former Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the U.S. to the World Trade Organization

Fionnuala Quinlan

Former Ambassador, Embassy of Ireland to Kenya, Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea

John Quinn

Former Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations in Geneva

Elena Rafti

Ambassador/Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cyprus to the UN and other International Organisations in Vienna

Zara Rapoport

Current Gender Equality and Inclusion Specialist, Plan International Asia, Former Head of Office, Plan International

Erik Brøgger Rasmussen

Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva

Adela Raz

Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations in New York

Aviva Raz Shechter

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations in Geneva

Current Divisional Manager of the Consular Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Former Acting Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of New Zealand to the United Nations in Geneva

Cecilia B. Rebong

Former Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations in Geneva

Melinda Reed

Former Executive Director, Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice

Rachael Reilly

Former Geneva Representative, Women's Refugee Commission

François Rivasseau

Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations in Geneva

Laura Rockwood

Executive Director, Open Nuclear Network

Martha Rojas Urrego

Secretary General, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Maria Victoria González Roman

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Spain to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Joachim Rücker

Current Founder, Joachim Rücker Consulting, Former Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations in Geneva, Former President of the UN Human Rights Council (2015)

Miguel Camilo Ruiz Blanco

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations and the International Organizations in Vienna

Marie Chantal Rwakazina

Ambassador, Former Permanent Representative, Embassy of Rwanda to Switzerland and Permanent Representation to the United Nations Office in Geneva

Barbara Ryan

Former Director, Group on Earth Observation

Matthew Rycroft

Current Permanent Secretary, Department for International Development, UK Government, Former Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations in New York

Guy Ryder

Director-General, International Labour Organization

Pilar Saborío de Rocafort

Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to International Organizations in Vienna

Richard Sadleir

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Australian Embassy to Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, Slovakia & Slovenia and Permanent Mission to the IAEA, UNODC, CTBTO, UNOOSA & OSCE

Héctor Horacio Salvador

Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative., Embassy of the Argentine Republic to The Netherlands

Belén Sapag Muñoz de la Peña

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Chile to Austria/Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations and other international organizations in Vienna

Jarmo Sareva

Former Director, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

Kai Jürgen Mikael Sauer

Former Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations in New York