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.
Caroline Vermeulen
Ambassador,
Permanent Representation of Belgium to the UN in Vienna / Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium in Vienna
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
Burim Bilali
Chargé d'Affaires,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of North Macedonia to the UN, WTO and other International Organisations in Geneva
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
Global Board
Rafael Mariano Grossi
Director-General,
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Mirko Giulietti
Swiss Ambassador to Kenya, Eritrea, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda,
Embassy of Switzerland in Kenya
Caroline Dommen
Team Lead,
Agreement on Agriculture ReImagined
Steering Committee
Sameer Chauhan
Director,
United Nations International Computing Centre
Pamela Coke-Hamilton
Executive Director,
International Trade Centre
Randolph De Battista
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Malta to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Eleanor Sanders
Ambassador for Human Rights,
Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations in Geneva
Raphael Kariuki
Regional Director,
Terre des Hommes Netherlands
Global Board
Stavros Lambrinidis
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
EU Delegation to the UN in New York
Alejandro Bonilla Garcia
Chair of the NGO Committee on Ageing (Geneva),
NGO Committee on Ageing (Geneva) & Representative to the United Nations of the International Federation on Ageing
Stephen Jackson
UN Resident Coordinator in China,
China Resident Coordinator's Office
Steering Committee
Blanca Jiménez Cisneros
Ambassador,
Embassy of Mexico in France
Serge Brammertz
Prosecutor,
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
Ronen Shaul
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Israel to the IAEA and the CTBTO PrepCom
Magnus Hellgren
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Lars van Dassen
Executive Director,
World Institute for Nuclear Security
Olga Sauma
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Costa Rica in Austria
Thomas Lambert
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Delegation of the Kingdom of Belgium to the OSCE
Tobias Privitelli
Director,
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
Peter MacDougall
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Steering Committee
Christophe Payot
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations Office and specialised institutions in Geneva
Emmanuelle Ivanov-Durand
Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the WTO,
Permanent Mission of France to the World Trade Organization