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.
Nina Suomalainen
Former Executive Director,
Justice Rapid Response
Bård Ivar Svendsen
Former Ambassador,
Royal Norwegian Embassy The Hague
William Lacy Swing
Former Director-General,
International Organization for Migration
Elhadj As Sy
Former Secretary-General,
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Petteri Taalas
Former Secretary-General,
World Meteorological Organization
Cho Tae-Yul
Former Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations in New York
Dorothy Tembo
Executive Director ad interim,
International Trade Centre
Thani Thongphakdi
Former Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Thailand to the United Nations in Geneva
Hannele Tikkanen
Chargé d’Affaires,
Former Permanent Representative of Finland to the OSCE
Stefano Toscano
Former Director,
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
Leigh Turner
Former Ambassador,
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations in Vienna
Tudor Ulianovschi
Current Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Republic of Moldova,
Former Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Moldova to the United Nations in Geneva
Fekitamoeloa Katoa 'Utoikamanu
Under-Secretary-General for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States,
United Nations
Ian Vale
Former Regional Director for East and Southern Africa,
Save the Children
Andras Vamos-Goldman
Former Executive Director,
Justice Rapid Response
Marc Vanheukelen
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of the European Union to the World Trade Organization
Jos Verbeek
Former Special Representative to the UN and WTO,
World Bank Group Office in Geneva
Mauro Vieira
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations in New York
Adrian Vierita
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations in Geneva
Federico Villegas
Ambassador, Former Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations in Geneva
António Vitorino
Former Director-General,
International Organization for Migration
Marilena Viviani
Former Director of the Geneva Liaison Office,
United Nations Children's Fund
Alexander von Rosenbach
Former Interim Director,
International Centre for Counter-Terrorism
Frans Vreeswijk
General Secretary & CEO,
International Electrotechnical Commission
Vladimir Vučinić
Former Ambassador, Chargé d'affaires a.i.,
Permanent Mission of Montenegro to the United Nations
Margareta Wahlstrom
Former Director,
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
Heinz Walker-Nederkoorn
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Switzerland to The Netherlands
Elizabeth Ward Neiman
Former Ambassador,
Embassy of Panama to the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Scott Weber
Former President,
Interpeace
Jayathma Wickramanayake
Former United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth,
United Nations Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth
Marijke Wijnroks
Former Interim Executive Director,
The Global Fund
Claude Wild
Ambassador,
Permanent Representative of Switzerland to International Organizations in Vienna
Chris Williams
Current Director, UN Habitat in New York,
Former Executive Director, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
Santiago Wills
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Colombia to the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Peter Wilson
Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to The Netherlands
Robert Wood
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of the U.S. to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva
Kazuyuki Yamazaki
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Merav Zafary-Odiz
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Israel to the IAEA and the CTBTO-PREPCOM
Mariangela Zappia
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations in New York
Valentin Zellweger
Ambassador,
Ambassador of Switzerland to Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda/Permanent Representative to UNON
Lassina Zerbo
Executive Secretary,
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
Houlin Zhao
Secretary-General,
International Telecommunication Union
Barbara Žvokelj
Permanent Representative,
Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the UN, OSCE and other International Organizations in Vienna