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.
Brendan Rogers
Ambassador,
Embassy of Ireland to the Netherlands
Martha Rojas Urrego
Secretary General,
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Joanna Roper
Ambassador and Permanent Representative to OPCW,
Embassy of the United Kingdom to The Netherlands
Alice Ruhweza
Africa Region Director,
World Wide Fund for Nature International
Miguel Camilo Ruiz Blanco
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations and the International Organizations in Vienna
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
Götz Schmidt-Bremme
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the International Organisations in Vienna
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
Elena K. Sokova
Executive Director,
Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP)
Alejandro Solano Ortiz
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Embassy and Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the International Organizations in Vienna
María del Carmen Squeff
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations in New York
Darius Staniulis
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Lithuania to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva
Katharina Stasch
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva
Carsten Staur
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Delegation of Denmark to the OECD and UNESCO
Achim Steiner
Administrator,
UNDP
Thomas Stelzer
Dean and Executive Secretary,
International Anti-Corruption Academy
Bård Ivar Svendsen
Ambassador,
Royal Norwegian Embassy The Hague
Petteri Taalas
Secretary-General,
World Meteorological Organization
Abubacarr M. Tambadou
Registrar,
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT)
Daren Tang
Director General,
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Michèle Taylor
Ambassador, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Human Rights Council,
Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the United Nations in Geneva
Ibrahim Thiaw
Executive Secretary,
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the United Nations
Peter Thomson
Special Envoy for the Ocean,
United Nations
Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva
Anna Tomasi
Executive Secretary,
The Global Commission on Drug Policy
Paddy Torsney
Permanent Observer,
Inter‑Parliamentary Union in New York
Stefano Toscano
Director,
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
Fernando Travesí
Executive Director,
International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)
Aniela Unguresan
Co-Founder,
EDGE Certified Foundation
Ian Vale
Regional Director for East and Southern Africa,
Save the Children
Jörundur Valtýsson
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Iceland to the United Nations in New York
Lars van Dassen
Executive Director,
World Institute for Nuclear Security
Luis Vassy
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of France to the Netherlands