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.
Thomas Stelzer
Dean and Executive Secretary,
International Anti-Corruption Academy
Nina Suomalainen
Executive Director,
Justice Rapid Response
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)
Ibrahim Thiaw
Executive Secretary,
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
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
Khalid Tinasti
Director,
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)
Leigh Turner
Ambassador,
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations in Vienna
Dr. Andrea Barschdorf-Hager
CEO and Marketing Director,
CARE Austria
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
Marc Vanheukelen
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of the European Union to the World Trade Organization
Luis Vassy
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of France to the Netherlands
Caroline Vicini
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sweden,
Embassy of Sweden to Kenya, UNEP and UN-HABITAT
Adrian Vierita
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations in Geneva
Esther Monterrubio Villar
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Spain to UNOV and other International Organizations in Vienna
António Vitorino
Director-General,
International Organization for Migration
Alexander von Rosenbach
Interim Director,
International Centre for Counter-Terrorism
Vladimir Voronkov
Under-Secretary- General,
United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism (UNOCT)
Lyndal Walker
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of New Zealand to The Netherlands
Steering Committee
Heinz Walker-Nederkoorn
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Switzerland to The Netherlands
Ghada Fathi Waly
Director-General/Executive Director,
United Nations Office at Vienna/United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Wang Le
Director, UN Representative,
Save the Children, New York Global Advocacy Office
Elizabeth Ward Neiman
Ambassador,
Embassy of Panama to the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Scott Weber
President,
Interpeace
Christian Wenaweser
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations in New York
Santiago Wills
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Colombia to the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Tanya Wood
Executive Director,
CHS Alliance
Roger Yates
Regional Director, East and Southern Africa and the Middle East,
Plan International
Valentin Zellweger
Ambassador,
Embassy of Switzerland to Kenya
Houlin Zhao
Secretary-General,
International Telecommunication Union
Barbara Žvokelj
Permanent Representative,
Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the UN, OSCE and other International Organizations in Vienna