Speakers 2026
The voices shaping Doha 2026.
Heads of State, ministers, CEOs, sovereign wealth leaders, academics and civil society voices — a curated community gathering in Doha to shape the future of global investment.
A selection of confirmed and past edition speakers. The full WIF 2026 line-up will be progressively announced from Q2 2026.
9th WIF 2026
Policymakers
H.E. Mr. Abdulhamid Mohammed M A Al Dabiba
Prime Minister, the Government of National Unity of the State of Libya
H.E. Mr. Mamitiana Jeannot Ruffin Rajaonarison
Prime Minister, Republic of Madagascar
H.E. Mr. Sun Chanthol
Deputy Prime Minister, First Vice Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia
H.E. Mr. Lyonpo Namgyal Dorji
Minister of Industry, Commerce, and Employment, Bhutan
H.E. Ms. Bogolo Joy Kenewendo
Minister of Minerals and Energy, Botswana
H.E. Mr. Tiroeaone Ntsima
Minister of Trade and Entrepreneurship, Botswana
H.E. Mr. Moustoifa Hassane Mohamed
Minister of Economy, Industry and Investment, Responsible for Economic Integration, Comoros
H.E. Ms. Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo
Minister of Trade, Supply, and Consumption, in charge of the AfCFTA, Republic of Congo
H.E. Mr. Mohamed Farid Saleh
Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, Egypt
H.E. Mr. István Kapitány
Minister for Economy and Energy, Hungary
H.E. Mr. Mohammed Nouri Al-Karboli
Minister of Industry and Minerals, Iraq
H.E. Dr. Tareq Abu Ghazaleh
Minister of Investment, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
H.E. The Hon Sayed Muhammad Aadil Ameer Meea
Minister of Industry, SME and Cooperatives, Mauritius
H.E. Mr. Abdoulaye Seydou
Minister of Commerce and Industry, Republic of Niger
H.E. Dr. Jumoke Oduwole MFR
Honourable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria
H.E. Mr. Abdullah bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Attiya
Minister of Municipality, Qatar
H.E. Mr. Mohammed bin Ali bin Mohammed Al Mannai
Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Qatar
H.E. Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Subaie
Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Qatar
H.E. Mr. Ali Mohamed Omar
State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Somalia
H.E. Mr. Gamal Mohamed Hassan
Minister of Commerce and Industry, Somalia
Ms. Radwa I. Kamouna
Under Secretary of State; Head of International Relations Department, Promotion Sector, General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI)
Mr. Moritz Lumma
Head of Division, Foreign Investment, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany
Ms. Patience Okala
National Coordinator, Nigeria AfCFTA Coordination Office; Special Adviser to the Honourable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investments, Nigeria
Mr. Nicolas Palau van Hissenhoven
Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Colombia to the WTO
Dr. Abdullah Alomair
Executive Director, International Partnership, Ministry of Investment, Saudi Arabia
Ms. Vanessa Toré
Director of Foreign Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Economic Development, Curaçao
Dr. Dorthea Schutz
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE)
Mr. Ahmad Al Ahen
Senior Advisor, Ministry of State for Foreign Trade, Qatar
Dr. Dorothea Schütz
Deputy Director-General; Head of the Subdirectorate Middle East, North Africa, Trade Fair and Development Policy, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE)
Business Leaders
Ms. Ángela Pérez
Chairperson and CEO, COFIDES
Mr. Ioannis Tsakiris
Vice-President, European Investment Bank
Mr. John W.H. Denton
Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Noah Horowitz
Chief Executive Officer, Art Basel
Mr. Abdullah Mohammed Al Ansari
CEO, Qatar Stock Exchange
Mr. Eric Holterhues
Director of Partnerships for Impact, FMO
Ms. Lise Johnson
Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle
Mr. Yuichiro Akita
President, Berne Union
Ms. Melis Ekmen Tabojer
Managing Director for Policy, Strategy and Delivery, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
H.E. Mr. Fahad Hamad Hassan Al-Sulaiti
Director General, Qatar Fund for Development
Mr. Leo Naut
Deputy Executive Director, Caribbean Export Development Agency
Ms. Larissa Barhebréus
Senior Associate in Technology, Intellectual Property & International Arbitration, Schjødt
Mr. José Maria Gomez Fuster
CEO (Director General), Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena
Ms. Courtney Powell
Chief Operating Officer and Managing Partner, 500 Global
Dr. Kao Thach
CEO, Cambodia's Agricultural and Rural Development Bank (ARDB)
Mr. Nicholas Kamanzi
Founder and CEO, SocialPay, Empretec Mentor
Ms. Ayesha Nurain Janah
Founder and Chair, Kandufa Foundation, Group Vice Chair of JIH Global and HARIM Group
Mr. Fadi Kanso
Secretary General, Arab Federation of Capital Markets
Mr. Peter Tzeng
Partner, Foley Hoag
Ms. Marleine Hilde Minko
Cheffe de la Cellule de Coopération, Kribi Port Authority
Mr. Hassan M. Dudde
CEO, Somali Stock Exchange
Mr. Felipe Matos
CEO, 10k Digital
Mr. Jonathan Greechan
Co-Founder and CEO, Founder Institute
Ms. Anna Ekeledo
Executive Director Emerita, AfriLabs
Ms. Jessica Anuna
2023 Women in Business Award Winner, Founder and CEO, Klasha
Ms. Alina Truhina
Managing Partner, UTOPIA Capital Management
Mr. Amer Abu-Sham
Senior Counsel, Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA)
Ms. Yvonne Baldwin Mushi
Co-founder and CEO, Ele-vate AI Africa
Mr. Ayhan Isaacs
Head of Global Growth, Founder Institute
Mr. Clarence Leong
Chief Executive Officer, EasyParcel, Empretec Mentor
Mr. Kabalano Rampa
Regional Director, NADRA Global
Mr. Mohammed Saif Al-Sowaidi
CEO, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)
Ms. Vanessa Rothschild
Founder, Le Baron Perché; Non-Executive Director, BioGaia
Mr. Edgardo Alvarez
Secretary General, Latin American Association of Development Finance Institutions (ALIDE) and World Federation of Development Finance Associations
Mr. David Kuijper
CEO, European DFIs - EDFI
Mr. Ewald Muller
Managing Director, Supervision and Authorization, Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority
Mr. Sky Yu
General Partner, Taihill Venture
Mariela Balbo
Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer
Sir Paul J. Foster
President & CEO, Global Esports Federation
Mr. Abdulrahman Hesham Al-Sowaidi
CEO, Qatar Development Bank
Irzan Raditya
Kata.ai, Co-founder and CEO
Mr. Mansoor Rashid Al-Khater
CEO, Qatar Financial Centre (QFC)
Mr. Simon O'Connell
CEO, SNV
Ms. Patil Mesrobian
Sustainability Solutions Director, S&P Global Sustainable
Mr. Anthony Watanabe
Chief Sustainability Officer, Indorama Ventures
Mr. Ahmad Al Meghames
Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Organization for Chartered and Professional Accountants (SOCPA)
Mr. Olugbenga "GB" Agboola
Founder and CEO, Flutterwave
Ms. Abena Amoah
Managing Director, Ghana Stock Exchange
Mr. Renato Santos
Empretec International Master Trainer
International Organizations and Civil Society
Ms. Rebeca Grynspan
Secretary-General, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Mr. Pedro Manuel Moreno
Acting Secretary-General, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
H.E. Mr. Wamkele Keabetswe Mene
Secretary-General, African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat
Mr. Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi
Secretary General, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
Ms. Shaikha Al Nuwais
Secretary-General, the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism)
Ms. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Director-General, World Trade Organization
Ms. Diene Keita
Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Ambassador Sohail Mahmood
Secretary-General, D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation
Mr. Pradeep Kurukulasuriya
Executive Secretary, UN Capital Development Fund
H.E. Mr. Kamalinne Pinitpuvadol
Secretary-General, Asian African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO)
H.E. Ms. Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk
Director General, Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC)
Ms. Aissatou Diallo
Executive Director, Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF)
Mr. Carlos María Correa
Executive Director, South Centre
H.E. Mr. Mohamed Kadah
Assistant Secretary General, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Ms. Suzy H. Nikièma
Director, Sustainable Investment, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Ms. Nan Li Collins
Director, Division on Investment and Enterprise; Head of the World Investment Forum
Mr. Amr Hedar
Lead Expert on the New Arab Investment Agreement, League of Arab States
Mr. Vivek Mittal
Chief Executive Officer, Africa Infrastructure Development Association
Ms. Johanna Hill
Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO)
Mr. Lorenzo Cotula
Principal Researcher and Head, Law, Economies and Justice Programme, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Ms. Ana Novik
Head of the Investment Division, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Mr. Carlos Alvarez Pereira
Secretary General, The Club of Rome
Mr. Christopher Cocker
Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO)
Mr. Driss El Hadani
Deputy Director, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
Ms. Rindra Rabarinirinarison
CEO, Global Center on Adaptation (GCA)
Mr. Sanjay G. Mungur
Empretec Director, Mauritius
Mr. Neale Bergman
Senior Legal Officer, International Trade Law Division, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
Prof. Melsa Ararat
Chair of the Board, 30% Club Türkiye
Ms. Latifa El Bouabdellaoui
Director General, Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT)
Dr. Ashraf Gamal El Din
Member, Board of Governors, International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)
Ms. Åsa Regnér
Deputy Director-General, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Mr. Marcel Fukayama
Chief Impact & Movement Officer, B Lab
Ms. Yasmin Alem
Head of the Secretariat, United Nations Internal Displacement Solution (ISDF)
Mr. Vikas Aggarwal
Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs, CDP
Ms. Holly W. Benner
Country Manager for Qatar, World Bank Group
Mr. John Fullerton
President, Capital Institute
Investment Promotion
Dr. Tah Ahmed Meouloud
Director General, Agence de Promotion des Investissements en Mauritanie (APIM)
H.E. Sheikh Ali bin Alwaleed Al-Thani
CEO, Investment Promotion Agency Qatar (Invest Qatar)
Mr. Juan Pablo Candia
Acting Director, InvestChile
Mr. Achim Hartig
Managing Director, Germany Trade and Invest and Chair, OECD Network of Investment Promotion Agencies
Entrepreneurship
Ms. Augustine Mireille Menanga Nkada Epse Abongo
Empretec Director, Cameroon, Ministry of SMEs, Social Economy and Handicrafts (MINPMEESA)
Ms. Martha Nyabadza
Empretec Director, Zimbabwe
Mr. Nielsimms Sangho
Business Development and Partnerships Lead, ShipShap, Empretec Mentor
Ms. Judy Semple-Joseph
Empretec Director, Guyana
Mr. Nayef Z. Stetieh
Empretec Director, Jordan, Business Development Center (BDC)
Mr. Renato Santos
Principal, Moai Participações, and Empretec International Master Trainer
Mr. Akmal Palvanov
Empretec Director, Uzbekistan, Business Development Department, Business Development Bank
Mr. Charles Ocici
Empretec Director, Enterprise Uganda
Mr. Louis Gugulethu Nhlapo
Empretec Director, South Africa, Small Enterprise Development and Finance Agency
Ms. Lourdes Navarro
Empretec Director, Panama, Centro Empretec de Desarrollo Emprendedor (CEDE)
Mr. Oscar de Jesus Murillo Ospina
Empretec Director, Venezuela, Centro de Educación para el Emprendimiento (CEE)
Mr. Edgar Ortellado Brizuela
Empretec Director, Paraguay, Centro de Información y Recursos para el Desarrollo (CIRD)
Mr. Sanjay G. Mungur
Empretec Director, Mauritius
Mr. Evaristo Jordão Vilanculos
Empretec Director, Fundaçao Enterprise Mozambique (FEM)
Ms. Meng Dream Liu
Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship Advisor
Mr. Benedict Lema
Empretec Director, Tanzania
Mr. Hassen Hussein
Empretec Director, Ethiopia, Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI)
Ms. Sandra Anne Ghouse
Empretec Director, Malaysia, Koperasi NAWEM Berhad (KNB)
Mr. Carlos Mendez
Empretec Director, Gambia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (GIEPA)
Mr. Hirondino Garcia
Empretec Director, Prestigio - Liga de Empresários e Executivos de Angola
Mr. Roberto Bertin Gandara Mendes
Empretec International Master Trainer, Empretec
Mr. Roland Falade Fatokounbo
Empretec Director, Benin, Centre de Promotion et d'Encadrement des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (CePEPE)
Mr. Dunwell Eku
Empretec Director, Empretec Ghana Foundation
Ms. Jasmin Coreas
Empretec Director, El Salvador, Fundación Empresarial para la Acción Social (FUNDEMAS)
Ms. Olga Contreras
Empretec Director, Guatemala, Asociación de Gerentes de Guatemala (AGG)
Mr. Jorge Luis Bardier
Empretec Director, Uruguay, Banco de la República Oriental de Uruguay
Ms. Daniella Cristina Santana
Empretec Director, Brazil, Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas (SEBRAE)
Ms. Dream Meng Liu
Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship Consultant
Brian A. Wong
Managing Director - China Fellows Program
Thomas G. Tsao
Co-founder and Chair, , Gobi Partners
Academics
Mr. Okechukwu Ejims
Senior Lecturer, University of Bedfordshire
Prof. Makane Moïse Mbengue
Professor of International Law; Director, Department of International Law and International Organization, University of Geneva
Prof. Damilola S. Olawuyi
Professor and UNESCO Chair on Environmental Law and Sustainable Development, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Law
Mr. Joshua Paine
Associate Professor, University of Bristol
Prof. Dr. Andreas Klasen
Honorary Visiting Professor, Bayes Business School, City St George’s, University of London Honorary Research Associate, Oxford Smith School, University of Oxford
Prof. The Honourable Michael Ngai
Chairman, Council of City University of Hong Kong, Chairman, Hong Kong Finance Association
Mr. Ahmed Essa Al-Sulaiti
Lecturer, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Prof. Robert Burrell
Professor of Intellectual Property & Information Technology Law, University of Oxford and Professor of Law, Melbourne Law School
Prof. Emily Blanchard
Professor, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth; Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
Prof. Paul Vaaler
John and Bruce Mooty Chair in Law & Business, University of Minnesota Law School
Prof. Sarianna Lundan
Professor of International Business, Aalto University School of Business
Prof. James Robinson
2024 co-recipient of Nobel Prize, Professor, University of Chicago
Ms. Susan Karamanian
Dean, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Law
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