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.

Rui Macieira

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva

Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge

Director, Quaker United Nations Office

Olivier Maes

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the United Nations in New York

Mark Malloch-Brown

President, Open Society Foundations

Simon Manley

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations Office at Geneva

Catherine Marchi-Uhel

Assistant Secretary-General, Head, International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism – Syria (IIIM)

Gordan Markotić

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

Annika Markovic

Ambassador to Austria and Slovakia and Permanent Representative , Permanent Mission of Sweden to the UN and the International Organisations in Vienna

Alexander Marschik

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations in New York

Holger Federico Martinsen

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Argentinian Embassy and Permanent Mission of Argentina to the International Organizations in Vienna

Maurizio Massari

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations in New York

Janet Mbugua

Executive Director and Founder, Inua Dada Foundation Trust

Natasha Meli Daudey

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Malta in Vienna, Embassy/Permanent Mission of the Republic of Malta in Vienna

Francisca E. Méndez Escobar

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

Ana Maria Menéndez

Secretary-General’s Senior Advisor on Policy, United Nations

Philippe Metzger

Secretary-General and CEO, International Electrotechnical Commission

George Mina

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Australia to the World Trade Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Mami Mizutori

Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Amina Mohammed

Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations

Asha Mohammed

Secretary General , Kenya Red Cross Society

Tatiana Molcean

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Moldova to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva

Rapulane Sydney Molekane

Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Vienna , Embassy and Permanent Representation of the Republic of South Africa to Austria

Győrgy Molnár

Ambassador, Head of Secretariat, The Wassenaar Arrangement

Corinne Momal-Vanian

Executive Director, Kofi Annan Foundation

Sergio Mujica

Secretary General, International Organization for Standardization

Gerd Müller

Director General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Joseph Mithika Mwenda

Executive Director, Pan African Climate Justice Alliance

Nadia Theodore

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Canada to the WTO in Geneva

Raphael Nägeli

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the OSCE, the United Nations and other International Organizations in Vienna

Izumi Nakamitsu

Under Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs

Georges Nakseu Nguefang

Représentant Permanent, Représentation permanente de l'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie auprès des Nations Unies à Genève, à Vienne et des autres organisations internationales en Suisse

Irene Susan Natividad

Chargé d’affaires, a.i. and Acting Permanent Representative, Embassy and Permanent Mission of the Philippines

Olympia Neocleous

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Cyprus to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva

Mxolisi Nkosi

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations and other international organizations in Switzerland

Lana Nusseibeh

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations in New York

Delphine O

Ambassadrice / Secrétaire générale , Forum Génération Egalité

Eoin O’Leary

Ambassador, Mission of Ireland to the International Organisations in Vienna

Damilola Ogunbiyi

CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy, SEforALL

Sanda Ojiambo

Assistant Secretary-General and CEO, United Nations Global Compact

Carolina Olarte-Bácares

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

Johannes Oljelund

Ambassador, Embassy of Sweden in the Netherlands

Rodrigo Olsen

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Chile / Embassy of Chile in Austria

Cholpon Orozobekova

Director, The Bulan Institute for Peace Innovations

Unnur Orradóttir-Ramette

Ambassador and Permanent Representative to OECD, Embassy of Iceland in Paris, Permanent Delegation of Iceland to the OECD and UNESCO

Rasa Ostrauskaite

Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the OSCE in Vienna , Delegation of the European Union to the International Organisations in Vienna

Etienne Oudot de Dainville

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of France to the World Trade Organization

Petter Ølberg

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Norway to the WTO and EFTA in Geneva

Josipa Palac

President, International Cultural Diversity Organization (ICDO)