Champions
Leadership Network
International Gender Champions is a leadership network that brings together female & male decision-makers determined to break down gender barriers and make gender equality a working reality in their spheres of influence.
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
Emma Naylor-Ngugi
Regional Director,
CARE East, Central and Southern Africa
Olympia Neocleous
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Cyprus to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva
Matthew Neuhaus
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Australia to The Netherlands
Youssoupha Niang
Regional Ombudsman,
United Nations Ombudsman and Mediation Services
Janne Nijman
Academic Director,
T.M.C. Asser Instituut
Clementine Nkweta-Salami
Regional Director for the East, Horn and Great Lakes Regions of Africa,
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
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
Marie O'Leary
President,
Association of Defence Counsel practising before the International Courts and Tribunals (ADC-ICT)
Steering Committee
Patricia O’Brien
Ambassador of Ireland to France,
Embassy of Ireland in Paris
Sanda Ojiambo
CEO and Executive Director,
United Nations Global Compact
Stephen Omollo
Regional Director,
World Vision, East Africa Region
Unnur Orradóttir-Ramette
Ambassador,
Embassy of Iceland in Paris, Permanent Delegation of Iceland to the OECD and UNESCO
Indra Mani Pandey
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva
Rolph Payet
Executive Secretary,
Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations Office at Geneva
Marie-Thérèse Pictet-Althann
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the United Nations in Geneva
Audra Plepytė
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations in New York
Andrii Pravednyk
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ukraine,
Embassy of Ukraine to Kenya
Fionnuala Quinlan
Ambassador,
Embassy of Ireland to Kenya, Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea
Elena Rafti
Ambassador/Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cyprus to the UN and other International Organisations in Vienna
Adela Raz
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations in New York
Melinda Reed
Executive Director,
Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice
Madeleine Rees
Secretary General,
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Laura Rockwood
Executive Director,
Open Nuclear Network
Martha Rojas Urrego
Secretary General,
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Joanna Roper
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of the United Kingdom to The Netherlands
Alice Ruhweza
Africa Region Director,
World Wide Fund for Nature International
Guy Ryder
Director-General,
International Labour Organization
Richard Sadleir
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Australian Embassy to Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, Slovakia & Slovenia and Permanent Mission to the IAEA, UNODC, CTBTO, UNOOSA & OSCE
Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations
Adia Sakiqi
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Albania to The Netherlands
Marie-Laure Salles
Director,
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Peter Sands
Executive Director,
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Belén Sapag Muñoz de la Peña
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Chile to Austria/Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations and other international organizations in Vienna
Yvan Savy
Director,
PLAN International France
Helga Maria Schmid
Secretary-General,
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Klaus Schwab
Founder and Executive Chairman,
World Economic Forum
Kaddu K. Sebunya
Chief Executive Officer,
African Wildlife Foundation
Gabriela Sellner
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations (Vienna), IAEA, UNIDO and CTBTO PrepCom
Nikhil Seth
Executive Director,
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
Abdulla Shahid
President of the 76th United Nations General Assembly,
United Nations General Assembly
Kathleen Sherwin
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer,
Women Deliver
Olof Skoog
Ambassador, Head of Delegation,
Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations in New York
Jack Smith
Specialist Prosecutor,
Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor's Office
Elena K. Sokova
Executive Director,
Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP)