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.

Ana Maria Alonso Giganto

Ambassador for Feminist Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain

Dr. Pascal Rudin

Interim Secretary-General, International Federation of Social Workers

Michelle Hau'ofa

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

Isaac Ooko

Country Director to Ethiopia, Norwegian Refugee Council

Nicolas Simard

Ambassador of Canada to Ethiopia and Djibouti, Head of Mission in Sudan, Embassy of Canada to Ethiopia and Djibouti

Rita Bissoonauth

Director and Permanent Representative to Ethiopia, the AU, and UNECA, UNESCO Liaison Office in Addis Ababa

Parfait Onanga-Anyanga

UN Special Representative of the Secretary General to the AU and Head of Office (SRSG), United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU)

Sonia Farrey

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, UK Permanent Mission to the UN in Vienna, IAEA and CTBTO

Colin Black

Executive Director, Center for Climate Crime Analysis

Hernán Bascuñan

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Chile

Clara Delgado Jesus

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Cabo Verde to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva
Steering Committee
Chantal Mutamuriza

Chantal Mutamuriza

Head of the Pan-African Office, Save the Children International African Union Liaison Office
Steering Committee
Doris Mpoumou

Doris Mpoumou

Special Representative, UN Women Liaison Office to the AU and UNECA
Steering Committee
Javier Niño Pérez

Javier Niño Pérez

Ambassador, Delegation of the European Union to the African Union
Steering Committee
Riccarda Chanda

Riccarda Chanda

Ambassador, Embassy of Switzerland to Ethiopia, Djibouti, South Sudan, the African Union, IGAD and UNECA

Tonni Ann Brodber

Head of Secretariat, Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund

María Bassols Delgado

Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, Permanent Mission of Spain and other International Organisations in Geneva

Riia Salsa-Audiffren

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

Dr. Carolyn Deere Birkbeck

Executive Director & Founder, Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs (TESS)

Dushko Uzunovski

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic of North Macedonia to the UN, WTO and other International Organisations in Geneva

Dr. Harold Young

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

Seongmee Yoon

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

Nathalie Fontanet

Conseillère d'Etat chargée du département des finances, des ressources humaines et des affaires extérieures (DF), République et canton de Genève

Kumar Iyer

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, UK Mission to the WTO, UN and Other International Organisations (Geneva)
Global Board
Thomas Gürber

Thomas Gürber

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations Office and other international organisations in Geneva
Steering Committee
Khaled El-Enany

Khaled El-Enany

Director-General, UNESCO

Pedro Manuel Moreno

Acting Secretary-General, UN Trade and Development, UNCTAD

Frank Grütter

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations

Patricia Montesinos

President, FE+MALE Think Tank

Dr. Francesca Camilleri Vettiger

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Malta to the OSCE, the UN and other International Organisations

Atsuyuki Oike

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

Miroslav Papa

Ambassador, Permanent Observer, Permanent Delegation of the Council of Europe to the United Nations Office and other international organisations in Geneva

Marcela Tovar-Thomas

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Colombia to Austria / Permanent Mission of Colombia to the International Organisations in Vienna

Matilda Aku Alomatu Osei-Agyeman

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Embassy and Permanent Mission of the Republic of Ghana in Vienna
Steering Committee
Hugh Adsett

Hugh Adsett

Ambassador of Canada to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the OPCW, Embassy of Canada to the Netherlands

Tracy Lucas

Director, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Paddy Torsney

Permanent Observer, Inter‑Parliamentary Union in New York

Alison Grant

Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Vienna, Permanent Mission of Canada

Ann Derwin

Ambassador, Embassy of Ireland in the Netherlands
Global Board
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman

Caitlin Kraft-Buchman

CEO / Founder, Women@TheTable

Fidelma Donlon

Registrar, Kosovo Specialist Chambers

Kamal Kishore

Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, and Head of UNDRR, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Luigi Maria Vignali

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations Office and other international organisations in Geneva

Emmanuelle Larroque

President and Founder, Social Builder

Sofia Calltorp

Director, Geneva Office, UN Women

Anna Tomasi

Executive Secretary, The Global Commission on Drug Policy

Carl Hallergård

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Delegation of the European Union to the International Organisations in Vienna
Steering Committee
Agi Veres

Agi Veres

Director, UNDP Geneva Office