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.

Global Board
Phil Lynch

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

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

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

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

Carolina Olarte-Bácares

Ambassador of Colombia to the Kingdom of The Netherland, Embassy of Colombia in the Netherlands

Vincenzo Grassi

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Brigitte Brenner

Ambassador, Permanent Observer of the IPU to the UN and other International Organizations in Vienna, Inter-Parliamentary Union

Kirsten Schuijt

Director General, WWF International

Amélie de Montchalin

Permanent Representative of France to the OECD, Permanent Mission of France to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Madeleine Chenette

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Delegation of Canada to the OECD

Václav Bálek

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva

Josipa Palac

President, International Cultural Diversity Organization (ICDO)