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.
Slavica Milačić
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Montenegro to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
James Larsen
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations in New York
Niamh Leinwather
Secretary General,
Vienna International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
Nina Tornberg
Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the WTO,
Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Itonde Kakoma
President/CEO,
Interpeace
Yannick Roulin
Director, Ambassador,
Centre d'Accueil de la Genève Internationale
Cindy McCain
Executive Director,
World Food Programme
Kaddu K. Sebunya
Chief Executive Officer,
African Wildlife Foundation
Global Board
Phil Lynch
Executive Director,
International Service for Human Rights
Lotte Knudsen
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the European Union to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva
Christian Wenaweser
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations in New York
Jose Eduardo III Malaya
Ambassador,
Embassy of the Philippines to The Netherlands
Dragan Ivetic
President,
Association of Defence Counsel Practising Before the International Courts and Tribunals (ADC-ICT)
Ingmar De Vos
President,
Federation Equestre Internationale
Melissa Fleming
Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications,
United Nations
Ignacio Packer
Executive Director,
Caux Initiatives of Change
Masahiko Metoki
Director General,
Universal Postal Union
Nadia Ernzer
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Representation of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg to the OECD and UNESCO
Louise Thivant
Executive Director,
Child and Youth Friendly Governance Project
Cary Adams
Chief Executive Officer,
Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
Dato' Nadzirah Osman
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Debora Lepre
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organizations in Vienna
Gilles Michaud
Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security,
United Nations Department of Safety and Security
Pramila Patten
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict,
Office of the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict (OSRSG-SVC)
Global Board
Hugh Adsett
Ambassador of Canada to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the OPCW,
Embassy of Canada to the Netherlands
Carl Hallergård
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Delegation of the European Union to the International Organisations in Vienna
Christian Guillermet Fernández
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Tormod C. Endresen
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva
Fergal Mythen
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations in New York
Pernille Fenger
Director,
UNFPA Representation Office in Geneva
Laura Gil Savastano
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Embassy and Permanent Mission of Colombia to the International Organizations in Vienna
Thomas Renard
Director,
International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)
Greg French
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Australia in the Netherlands
Yessenia Lozano
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva
Nina Vaskunlahti
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Embassy and Permanent Mission of Finland to the International Organizations in Vienna
Steering Committee
Corinne Cicéron Bühler
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Switzerland to The Netherlands
Osvaldo Zavala Giler
Registrar,
International Criminal Court
Maureen Tamuno
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Representation of Nigeria to the International Seabed Authority
Dennis Francis
Ambassador, Permanent Representative and Former President of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly,
Permanent Mission of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations in New York
Elena K. Sokova
Executive Director,
Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP)
Dwight Gardiner
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Antigua and Barbuda to the International Maritime Organization and the International Seabed Authority
Ian Biggs
Ambassador,
Australian Embassy to Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, Slovakia & Slovenia and Permanent Mission to the IAEA, UNODC, CTBTO, UNOOSA & OSCE
Nathalie Chuard
Director,
Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF)
Hilary Power
UN Geneva Director,
Human Rights Watch
Steering Committee
Alix Vuillemin
Executive Director,
Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice
Carlien Scheele
Director,
European Institute for Gender Equality
Luther Bois Anukur
Regional Director, Eastern and Southern Africa,
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Susan Eckey
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Norwegian Embassy and Permanent Mission of Norway to the International Organizations in Vienna