2018 Speakers

President of the Swiss Confederation

President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

President of the Republic of Botswana

President of the Central African Republic

President of Mongolia

President of Montenegro

President of the Republic of Namibia

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia

Prime Minister, Kingdom of Lesotho

Vice Prime Minister, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

President of the Republic of Armenia

Minister of Industry and Commerce, Afghanistan

Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Bahrain

Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Botswana

Minister of Commerce, Industry and Handicrafts, Burkina Faso

Minister of Trade, Industry, and Tourism, Burundi

Minister of Commerce, Kingdom of Cambodia

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the Kingdom of Cambodia

Minister of SME, Social Economy and Handicraft, Cameroon

Minister of Commerce and Industry, Central African Republic

Minister of Economy, Economic Development and Tourism, Chile

Assistant Minister of Commerce of China

Minister of Industry, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Minister of Investment and International Cooperation, Arab Republic of Egypt

Minister of Investments and Public-Private Partnerships, Guinea

Minister of National Development Planning of Indonesia

Vice Minister for Investments and Development of Kazakhstan

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations of the Kingdom of Lesotho

Minister of Trade and Industry, Kingdom of Lesotho

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations of the Kingdom of Lesotho

Minister of Commerce and Industry, Republic of Liberia

Minister of Industry and Private Sector Development of the Republic of Madagascar

Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism of the Republic of Malawi

Secretary of State to the Minister of Industry, Investment, Trade and Digital Economy, Kingdom of Morocco

Chief Executive Officer, Rwanda Development Board

Minister of Industrialization, Trade & SME Development, Namibia

Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

Minister for Commerce and Industry, Papua New Guinea

Minister of Investment Promotion, Partnerships and the Development of the State Teleservices, Senegal

Minister of Trade and Industry, Sierra Leone

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Slovakia

Minister for Commerce, Industry, Labour & Immigration, Solomon Islands

Minister of Trade and Industry, South Africa

Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade, Sri Lanka

Minister of Development, Investment and International Cooperation, Tunisia

Minister Attached to the Prime Minister’s Office of Thailand

Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations, Turkmenistan

State Minister for Disaster Preparedness, Management and Refugees, Uganda

Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development of the Republic of Uganda

Minister of Trade, Industry and Co-Operatives, Uganda

Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry of the Republic of Zambia

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Malawi

Minister of Trade and Industry, Ghana

President, General Assembly, United Nations

Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations

Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva

Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, former President of Chile

President, World Economic Forum

Executive Secretary, UNECE

Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union

Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Chief Economist

Director General, UNIDO

President, Inter-Parliamentary Union

President of the International Olympic Committee

Director-General, World Trade Organization

Secretary-General, Commonwealth of Nations

United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees

Director-General, International Food Policy Research Institute

Head of the Swiss Permanent Mission to the WTO and EFTA, Geneva

Director-General, Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT)

CEO, Islamic Corporation for Insurance of Investment and Export Credit

Director, World Economic Forum

Director-General, Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC)

Head, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative

Secretary-General, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

Director, World Bank Group

Secretary-General, International Organisation of Securities Commissions

Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact

CEO, Global Reporting Initiative

Deputy Secretary-General, OECD

Director, Food and Agriculture Organization

UN Assistant Secretary General, Scaling Up Nutrition Movement

Head of Sustainability Funding, European Investment Bank (EIB)

Deputy Executive Director, WAIPA

Director, Enterprises, ILO

Co-Chair, Global Business Initiative on Human Rights

Director of ESG Sustainability, Advice & Solutions Department, IFC

IFAD Associate Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Controller, Financial Operations Department

Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Republic of the Tajikistan

Secretary General, Arab-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund UNFPA

Assistant High Commissioner, UNHCR

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Kyrgyzstan to the United Nations Office in Geneva

Manager PPSRC - Public-Private Sector Research Center

Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Secretary, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

Secretary-General, Inter-Parliamentary Union

CEO, Novartis

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé

CEO, Ooredoo

Group CEO, Ethiopian Airlines

CEO, De Beers Group

Multiple Board Member and former Member of Managing Board of Siemens

President and CEO, Contour Global

CEO, Aviva

CEO, Siemens Financial Services

CEO, ING Group

Board Member, Lavazza Group

Founder & CEO, Hanson Robotics

CEO, Sophia Genetics

CEO, Kawada Technologies

CEO, Principles for Responsible Investment

Managing Director, Joint Chambers of Commerce

former Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce

CEO, Bioversys

CEO, Bugworks Research

CEO, Amatheon Agri

President, Chamber of Commerce of Bogota

Global Head of Public Policy, Bloomberg LP, former Chief of Staff for USA SEC

CIO, BlueOrchard Finance

Head of Impact Investing, UBS

Chairman, Helectron

Managing Partner, The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Japan Fund

CEO, Vital Capital Fund

CEO, AgDevCo

CEO, Inoks Capital

Deloitte Africa & Chairman of the Board: Ecommerce Forum Africa

Editor-in-Chief, fDi Magazine & Head of Content, fDi Intelligence

SVP Head of Social Impact, Visa

Senior Director Social Impact, Coca Cola

Senior VP & GM for Central and Eastern Europe at Dell EMC

Purchases Group Manager - Brand and Business Service Purchases at Procter & Gamble International SA

Founder, IRA – International Robotics Academy

Co-founder of Impact Hub Geneva and Impact Hub Lausanne and lead of the Accelerate 2030 program

CEO, Jumia Nigeria

Deputy Head Client Division, Symbiotics SA

President, Sustainable Finance Group

Non-executive Director and Corporate Social Responsibility Chairman, Coca-Cola European Partners, Spain

Executive Director, Consensys

Executive Director, Business Center for New Americans, USA

Executive Director, Conquito, Ecuador

President & CEO, BDC, Jordan

CEO, Catalysr and 2018 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year

Founder and Chairman, Horasis

Co-Founder and Partner, Tekuma Frenchman

Investor and Mentor, Srkay

Founder & Managing Director, Women Worldwide Web (W4)

Head of Investment Pipeline, Symbiotics SA

Head of DFI Mandates, Symbiotics

Managing Director, Swiss-African Business Circle (SABC)

Chief Scientific Officer for Infectious Diseases Pharmaceutical Research Division SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.

President, Swiss-African Business Circle (SABC)

Member of the Supervisory Board of Unibel SA (Fromageries Bel’s main holding company)

Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure Finance

Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce

President & CEO, United States Council for International Business

Princess of Belgium

First lady of the Kingdom of Lesotho

Founder, Solar Impulse

Vice Chairman, Nasdaq

CEO, Oslo Børs

CEO, Luxembourg Stock Exchange

Chairman, Bombay Stock Exchange, India

President, Shenzhen Stock Exchange

CEO, Kazakhstan Stock Exchange

CEO, Nasdaq Nordic

President, Stock Exchange Thailand

Managing Director, Chittagong Stock Exchange

Chairman, Egyptian Exchange

CEO, Stock Exchange of Mauritius

CEO, Bourse de Casablanca

CEO, Bucharest Stock Exchange

CEO, Johannesburg Stock Exchange

CEO, Colombo Stock Exchange

CEO, Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange

Member of the Executive Committee, Head of LGX, Luxembourg Stock Exchange

CEO, Qatar Stock Exchange

Chairman of the World Federation of Exchanges and Chairman of SIX Swiss Exchange

CEO, Costa Rica Stock Exchange

CEO, World Federation of Exchanges

CEO, Vice President, Latinex Stock Exchange

Director, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund

CEO, Alecta Pension, Sweden

Executive Director, State Oil Fund, Azerbaijan

CEO, Pension Denmark

CEO, IDFC Alternatives, India

CEO, The Second Swedish National Pension Fund (AP2)

Expert Advisory Board Chair, United Kingdom Global AMR Innovation Fund

Chair, Government Employees Pension Fund of South Africa

Deputy CEO of Swiss Sustainable Finance

Chairman, European Long-Term Investors Association

CEO, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority

Chief Executive Officer, Rwanda Development Board

Executive Director, Tanzania Investment Centre, United Republic of Tanzania

Director of Investments, Zambia Development Agency, Zambia

Executive Director and CEO, World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies

Commissioner, Ethiopia Investment Commission

President, JAMPRO, Jamaica and Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies

Vice-President, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, USA

CEO, Germany Trade and Invest

Executive Vice President and Head of Business, Sweden

Chairman, Investment Development Authority of Lebanon (IDAL)

Vice Chairman, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)

CEO, Durbin Investment Promotion Agency

Vice President, Invest India

CEO, Dubai Investment Development Agency (DUBAI FDI)

Deputy Governor for Strategy, Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA)

CEO, APD Parana

Permanent Secretary, Niger Investment Board

President of the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency – Apex-Brasil

Executive Director, Public Authority for SME Development – Riyada, Oman

Executive Chairman, Sharjah Investment and Development Authority – Shurooq, United Arab Emirates

Chairman, National Investment Commission (NIC), Iraq

European Director, ProColombia

Head of the Directorate-General for Investment Policy, Ministry of Economy, Belarus

Trade Representative to the Swiss Confederation, Republic of Armenia

Undersecretary, Trade and Investments Promotion Group (TIPG), Philippines

Secrétaire d’Etat auprès du Premier Ministre, chargé de la promotion de l’investissement privé, Côte d’Ivoire

CEO, Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC), Lesotho

General Director, Agence nationale de promotion des investissements, Gabon

Chief Executive Officer, Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency, Sierra Leone

Managing Director and CEO, Invest India

Secretary General, Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean

President of Commission of Finance, National Assembly of Benin

Member of Parliament, Syrian Arab Republic

Member of Parliament, Syrian Arab Republic

Member of Parliament, Syrian Arab Republic

Member of Parliament, Finland

Member of Parliament, Greece

Member of Parliament, Uganda

Member of Parliament, Ghana

Member of Parliament, Ukraine

Secretary General, Bangladesh Parliaments All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)

Member of Parliament, Guatemala

Président de la Commission des Affaires Etrangères, L'Assemblée nationale de la République de Djibouti

Président de la Commission de Finance, L'Assemblée nationale de la République de Djibouti

Auditor of Accounts, Senate of Equatorial Guinea

House of Lords, United Kingdom

Congressman, Brazilian IPU Group

Senator, Brazilian IPU Group

Committee Member on Budget and Finance, Republic of Moldova

Member of Parliament, European Parliament

Congressman, Brazilian IPU Group

Executive Director of Tanzania Investment Centre

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the United Republic of Tanzania to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Argentine Republic to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva, Argentina

Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Australia to the WTO, Australia

Head, Department for Bilateral Trade Relations, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Secretary, Foreign Trade, Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services, Brazil

Director, Investment Facilitation, Investment Promotion Agency, Burkina Faso

Director, Investment Trade Policy Division, Trade Policy Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada

Deputy Director General, Department of Treaty and Law, Ministry of Commerce, China

Director, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Colombia

Director, Prevention, Dispute Resolution and Investment, Foreign Trade Directorate, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Dominican Republic

Director, Directorate General for Trade, European Commission

Legal Advisor to the Chairman, General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), Egypt

Deputy Director, Trade Policy, Investment and Financial Crime, Directorate General of the Treasury, Ministry for the Economy and Finance, France

Advisor, Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy, Germany

Director, Investment and Trade Agreements Division, Ministry of Finance, Israel

Deputy Director General, Legal Affairs and International Treaties, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia

Principal Secretary, State Department of Investment and Industry Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives, Kenya

Deputy Director, Investment Promotion Department, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Lao People's Democratic Republic

Director, Public Private Partnership Department, Ministry of Finance and Budget, Madagascar

Directeur, Promotion de l'Investissement Privé , Republic of Mauritania

Director, International Trade of Services and Investment, Ministry of Economy, Mexico

Head, Department for International Economic Relations, Ministry of Economy, Montenegro

Director, Development Policy and Planning Division, National Development Agency, Mongolia

Deputy Director, Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development, Namibia

Director, International Economic Governance and Trade Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands

Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, Nigeria

Head Legal Advisor, Special Commission for the Defence of Peru in International Investment Arbitration, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Peru

Deputy Director, Department for Trade Negotiations, Ministry of Economic Development, Russian Federation

Deputy Governor, Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA), The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Head, International Agreements and Foreign Trade Department, Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, Serbia

Financial Unit, Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the EU

Chief Director, Trade Negotiations, International Trade and Economic Development Division, Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa

Deputy Director, Directorate for International Investments, Spain

Executive Director (Research & Policy Advocacy), Board of Investment, Sri Lanka

Attorney General, Attorney General’s Department, Sri Lanka

Head of Division, International Investment and Multinational Enterprises, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Switzerland

Director-General, Department of International Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand

Head of Department, Ministry of Economy, Turkey

Legal Advisor, Secretary General Office, Supreme Legislation Committee in the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Deputy Director General, Department of Legislation, The Ministry of Planning and Investment, Viet Nam

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Zambia

Director, Trade and Industry, African Union Commission

Director-General, Office of Trade Negotiations, Caribbean Community

Director, Investment and Promotion and Private Sector Development, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

Secretary-General, Energy Charter Secretariat (ECS)

Senior Legal Adviser, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Director, Economic, Trade and Finance Division, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Secretariat

Coordinator, the Global Governance for Development Programme, South Centre

Chief, Investment and Enterprise Development Section, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

Director, Capacity Development Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

Senior Manager, Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI)

Secretary-General, Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS International)

Managing Director, European Service Forum (ESF)

Secretary General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)

Executive Director, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Europe

Vice President, Investment and Financial Services, United States Council for International Business (USCIB)

Head of Policy, International Trade and Investment, World Economic Forum (WEF)

Senior Legal Officer, International Trade Law Division, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)

Executive Director, International Institute for Trade and development (ITD)

Counselor, Permanent Representation of France to UN at Geneva, France

Mr. Surya Deva, Chair, UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, and Professor, Macquarie Law School, Sydney

Director: Legal, International Trade and Investment, Trade Negotiations Unit, International Trade & Economic Development Division, Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa