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.
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)
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
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
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)
Daren Tang
Director General,
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
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
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)
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
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
Julia Emma Villatoro
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the International Organisations in Vienna
António Vitorino
Director-General,
International Organization for Migration
Vladimir Voronkov
Under-Secretary- General,
United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism (UNOCT)
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
Jayathma Wickramanayake
United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth,
United Nations Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth
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
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