Champions
Leadership Network
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.
Andreas Persbo
Director,
PAX sapiens Austria - Open Nuclear Network
Annalena Baerbock
President of the United Nations General Assembly at its 80th session,
United Nations
Alexander Marschik
Ambassador,
Embassy of Austria to the Federal Republic of Germany
Graciela Gatti Santana
President,
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
Louise Thivant
Executive Director,
Child and Youth Friendly Governance Project
Brian Flynn
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Ireland to the OSCE in Vienna
Rajat Khosla
Executive Director,
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH)
Aglaia Balta
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations in New York
Leticia Reis de Carvalho
Secretary General,
International Seabed Authority
Carina Solmirano
Head,
Arms Trade Treaty Secretariat
Alexander Kmentt
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva
Erica Schouten
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations, WTO and other international organisations in Geneva
Anne Goedert
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva
Maritza Chan-Valverde
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations
Dr. Amrita Kapur
Secretary General,
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Kimberly West
Specialist Prosecutor,
Specialist Prosecutor’s Office - Kosovo Specialist Chambers
Yasmine Fouad
Executive Secretary,
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Deike Potzel
Ambassador,
Permanent Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva
Karla I. Quintana Osuna
Head,
Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic
Annika Ben David
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Sweden to Austria
Anacláudia Rossbach
Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director,
UN-Habitat
Caroline Vermeulen
Ambassador,
Permanent Representation of Belgium to the UN in Vienna / Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium in Vienna
Céline Jurgensen
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva
Clare Walsh
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Australia to the Office of the United Nations and Conference on Disarmament in Geneva
Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu
Secretary General,
OSCE
Anders Gautschi
CEO,
Biovision
Maria Butler
Executive Director,
Nobel Women’s Initiative
Christina Kokkinakis
Ambassador and Permanent Representative ,
Delegation of the European Union to the OECD and UNESCO in Paris and to the Principalities of Andorra and Monaco
Miren Bengoa
Managing Director,
Swiss Solidarity Foundation
Julia Ehrt
Executive Director,
ILGA World
Philippe Larochelle
President,
International Criminal Court Bar Association (ICCBA)
Mark Cassayre
Permanent Observer,
International Development Law Organization (IDLO) to the United Nations and International Organizations in Geneva
Iris Van der Veken
Executive Director & Secretary General,
Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030 (WJI 2030)
Jose Antonio Zabalgoitia
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Mexico,
Embassy of Mexico to Austria / Permanent Mission of Mexico to the International Organizations in Vienna
Elinor Hammarskjöld
Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel,
Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations
Tijmen Rooseboom
Executive Director,
Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy
Memory Kachambwa
Executive Director,
FEMNET
Arnold Kreilhuber
Regional Director and Representative, Regional Office for Europe,
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Farah Obaidullah
Founder & Director,
The Ocean and Us
Valdecy Urquiza
Secretary General,
INTERPOL
Chege Ngugi
Africa Regional Director,
ChildFund International
João Mira Gomes
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva
Dr. Grethel Aguilar
Director General,
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Celeste Saulo
Secretary-General,
World Meteorological Organization
Michelle Gyles-McDonnough
UN Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Director,
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Robert Petit
Assistant Secretary-General, Head,
International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism – Syria (IIIM)
Maxime Stauffer
Co-CEO,
Simon Institute for Longterm Governance
Rafael Mariano Grossi
Director-General,
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)