Champions
Leadership Network
International Gender Champions is a leadership network that brings together female & male decision-makers determined to break down gender barriers and make gender equality a working reality in their spheres of influence.
Global Board
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman
CEO / Founder,
Women@TheTable
Stephen de Boer
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Canada to the World Trade Organization
Guy Ryder
Director-General,
International Labour Organization
Michelle Bachelet
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Global Board
Martin Chungong
Secretary-General, Inter-Parliamentary Union,
Chair of the IGC Global Board
Aurora Díaz-Rato Revuelta
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other International Organisations
Kadra Ahmed Hassan
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Djibouti to the United Nations in Geneva
Silvia Elena Alfaro Espinosa
Ambassador and Permanent Representative ,
Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations and Other International Organisations
Olga Algayerova
Executive Secretary & Under-Secretary-General,
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Maria Teresa T. Almojuela
Ambassador,
Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Philippines to the Conference on Disarmament
Kim Andersen
President,
World Sailing
Mikael Anzén
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the WTO ,
Permanent Mission of Sweden
Harald Aspelund
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Iceland to the United Nations in Geneva
Salman Bal
Director, Ambassador,
Centre d'Accueil de la Genève Internationale
Dorothée Baumann-Pauly
Director, Professor,
Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights (GCBHR) and NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights
Seth Berkley
Chief Executive Officer,
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance
Global Board
Chad Blackman, LLB, LLM, ACIArb
Ambassador & Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Barbados to the United Nations in Geneva
Alejandro Bonilla Garcia
President,
Greycells, Association of Former International Civil Servants for Development
Yann Borgstedt
Founder and Chairman,
Womanity Foundation
Jennifer Brant
Director,
Innovation Insights
Winnie Byanyima
Executive Director,
UNAIDS
Catarina Carvalho
United Nations Representative in Geneva and New York,
International Planned Parenthood Federation
Mark Cassayre
Permanent Observer,
International Development Law Organization (IDLO) to the United Nations and International Organizations in Geneva
Didier Chambovey
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the WTO and EFTA (UN/ECE, UNCTAD, ITC)
Jagan Chapagain
Secretary-General,
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Sameer Chauhan
Director,
United Nations International Computing Centre
Pamela Coke-Hamilton
Executive Director,
International Trade Centre
Crispin Conroy
Ambassador, Permanent Observer,
International Chamber of Commerce
Alex Conte
Executive Director,
Child Rights Connect
Dr. Carlos María Correa
Executive Director,
South Centre
Noel Curran
Director General,
European Broadcasting Union
Amadeu Paulo Samuel Da Conceição
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Mozambique to the United Nations in Geneva
Christophe De Kepper
Director General,
International Olympic Committee
Ingmar De Vos
President,
Federation Equestre Internationale
Alain Délétroz
General Director,
Geneva Call
Philippe Duneton
Executive Director,
Unitaid
Meirav Eilon Shahar
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations and International Organizations in Geneva
Gretta Fenner
Managing Director,
Basel Institute on Governance
David Fernandez Puyana
Ambassador, Permanent Observer, United Nations University for Peace (UPEACE) to the United Nations in Geneva,
Permanent Delegate, UPEACE to the UNESCO in Paris
Monica Ferro
Director,
UNFPA Geneva Office
John Fisher
Geneva Director,
Human Rights Watch
Yves Flückiger
Rector,
University of Geneva
Joseph François
Managing Director and Professor of International Economics,
World Trade Institute, University of Bern
Michael Gaffey
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Ireland to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
Isabelle Gattiker
Director,
International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights
Dr. Robin Geiss
Director,
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General,
World Health Organization
Fabiola Gianotti
Director-General,
European Organization for Nuclear Research