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. Sun Chanthol
Deputy Prime Minister, First Vice Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia
H.E. Mr. Abdulla Bin Adel Fakhro
Minister of Industry and Commerce, Bahrain
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. Mr. Mohamed Farid Saleh
Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, Egypt
H.E. Mr. Mohammed Nouri Al-Karboli
Minister of Industry and Minerals, Iraq
H.E. Dr. Tareq Abu Ghazaleh
Minister of Investment, Kingdom of Jordan
H.E. Dr. Jumoke Oduwole MFR
Honourable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria
H.E. Mr. Ali Mohamed Omar
State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Somalia
H.E. Mr. Gamal Mohamed Hassan
Minister of Commerce and Industry, Somalia
Mr. Hassen Hussein
Empretec Director, Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI)
Ms. Vanessa Toré
Director of Foreign Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Economic Development of Curaçao
Ms. Michelle Sussi
Empretec Director, Fundación Empretec
Ms. Judy Semple-Joseph
Empretec Director, Empretec Guyana
Mr. Edgar Ortellado Brizuela
Empretec Director, Centro de Información y Recursos para el Desarrollo
Mr. Dr. Tah Ahmed Meouloud
Director General, Agence de Promotion des Investissements en Mauritanie (APIM)
Mr. Nayef Z. Stetieh
Empretec Director, Business Development Center (BDC)
Mr. Akmal Palvanov
Director, Business Development Department, Business Development Bank, & Empretec Director, Empretec Center
Mr. Charles Ocici
Empretec Director, Enterprise Uganda
Ms. Martha Nyabadza
Empretec Director, Empretec Zimbabwe
Mr. Louis Gugulethu Nhlapo
Empretec Director, Small Enterprise Development and Finance Agency
Ms. Lourdes Navarro
Empretec Director, Centro Empretec de Desarrollo Emprendedor
Mr. Oscar de Jesus Murillo Ospina
Empretec Director, Centro de Educación para el Emprendimiento (CEE)
Mr. Sanjay G. Mungur
Empretec Director, Empretec Mauritius
Mr. Carlos Mendez
Empretec Director, Gambia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (GIEPA)
Ms. Augustine Mireille Menanga Nkada Epse Abongo
Empretec Director, Ministry of SMEs, Social Economy and Handicrafts (MINPMEESA)
Ms. Radwa I. Kamouna
Under Secretary of State; Head of International Relations Department, Promotion Sector, General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI)
Ms. Sandra Anne Ghouse
Empretec Director, Koperasi NAWEM Berhad (KNB)
Mr. Hirondino Garcia
Empretec Director, Prestigio - Liga de Empresários e Executivos de Angola
Mr. Roland Falade Fatokounbo
Empretec Director, Centre de Promotion et d'Encadrement des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (CePEPE), Empretec Benin
Mr. Dunwell Eku
Empretec Director, Empretec Ghana Foundation
Ms. Jasmine Coreas
Empretec Director, Fundación Empresarial para la Acción Social (FUNDEMAS)
Ms. Olga Contreras
Empretec Director, Empretec Guatemala - Asociación de Gerentes de Guatemala (AGG)
Mr. Jorge Luis Bardier
Empretec Director, Empretec Uruguay and Banco de la República Oriental de Uruguay
Mr. Luis Eduardo Álavarez Soto
Empretec Director, Centro Latinoamericano de Innovación y Emprendimiento (CELIEM)
Mr. Evaristo Jordão Vilanculos
Empretec Director, Fundaçao Enterprise Mozambique (FEM)
Dr. Abdullah Alomair
Executive Director, International Partnership, Ministry of Investment, Saudi Arabia
Mr. Nicolas Palau van Hissenhoven
Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Colombia to the WTO
Ms. Patience Okala
National Coordinator of Nigeria AfCFTA Coordination Office; Special Adviser to the Honourable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investments, Nigeria
Mr. Moritz Lumma
Head of Division, Foreign Investment, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany
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. Eric Holterhues
Director of Partnerships for Impact, FMO
Ms. Lise Johnson
Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle
Mr. Peter Tzeng
Partner, Foley Hoag
Mr. Abdullah Mohammed Al Ansari
CEO, Qatar Stock Exchange
Ms. Melis Ekmen Tabojer
Managing Director for Policy, Strategy and Delivery, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Ms. Daniella Cristina Santana
Empretec Director, Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas (SEBRAE)
Larissa Barhebréus
Senior Associate in Technology, Intellectual Property & International Arbitration
Mr. Renato Santos
Principal, Moai Participações, and Empretec International Master Trainer, Empretec
Mr. Yuichiro Akita
President, Berne Union
Mr. Hassan M. Dudde
CEO, Somali Stock Exchange
Ms. Marleine Hilde Minko
Cheffe de la Cellule de Coopération, Kribi Port Authority
Mr. Fadi Kanso
Secretary General, Arab Federation of Capital Markets
Ms. Ayesha Nurain Janah
Founder and Chair, Kandufa Foundation, Group Vice Chair of JIH Global and HARIM Group
Mr. Thomas G. Tsao
Co-founder and Chair, Gobi Partners
Mr. Brian Wong
Managing Director - China Fellows Program, Aspen Institute
Mr. Leo Naut
Deputy Executive Director, Caribbean Export Development Agency
Mr. Nielsimms Sangho
Business Development and Partnerships Lead, ShipShap, Empretec Mentor
Mr. Felipe Matos
CEO, 10k Digital
Ms. Meng Dream Liu
Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship Advisor
Mr. Clarence Leong
Founder and CEO, EasyParcel, Empretec Mentor
Mr. Benedict Lema
Empretec Director, Empretec Tanzania
Mr. Nicholas Kamanzi
Founder and CEO, SocialPay, Empretec Mentor
Mr. Ayhan Isaacs
Head of Global Growth, Founder Institute
Mr. Jonathan Greechan
Co-Founder and CEO, Founder Institute
Mr. Roberto Bertin Gandara Mendes
Empretec International Master Trainer, Empretec
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
International Organizations and Civil Society
Mr. Pedro Manuel Moreno
Acting Secretary-General
H.E. Mr. Wamkele Keabetswe Mene
Secretary-General, African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat
Mr. Rodrigo Buenaventura
Secretary General, International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
Mr. Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi
Secretary General, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
Ms. Shaikha Al Nuwais
Secretary-General, UN Tourism
Ms. Rania Al-Mashat
Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA)
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)
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
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
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