Speakers 2026
The voices shaping Doha 2026.
Heads of Government, ministers, CEOs, sovereign wealth leaders, academics and civil society voices — a curated community gathering in Doha to shape the future of global investment.
9th WIF 2026
Policymakers
H.E. Mrs. Raquel Peña Rodriguez
Vice President, Dominican Republic
H.E. Mr. Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane
Prime Minister, Kingdom of Lesotho
H.E. Mr. Abdulhamid Mohammed M A Al Dabiba
Prime Minister, the State of Libya
H.E. Mr. Mamitiana Jeannot Ruffin Rajaonarison
Prime Minister, Republic of Madagascar
H.E. Mr. Jean-Jacques Bouya
Deputy Prime Minister in Charge of Coordination, Development Infrastructure, and Land Planning, Republic of Congo
H.E. Hon. Viliame R. Gavoka
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation, Republic of Fiji
H.E. Mr. Daniyar Joldoshevich Amangeldiev
First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Kyrgyz Republic
H.E. Mr. Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun
State Minister & Chairman, Invest Bangladesh
H.E. Mr. Abdulla Bin Adel Fakhro
Minister of Industry and Commerce, Kingdom of Bahrain
H.E. Mr. Tiroeaone Ntsima
Minister of Trade and Entrepreneurship, Republic of Botswana
H.E. Mr. Achille Bassilekin III
Minister of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Social Economy and Handicrafts, Republic of Cameroon
H.E. Mr. Moustoifa Hassane Mohamed
Minister of Economy, Industry and Investment, Responsible for Economic Integration, the Union of the Comoros
H.E. Ms. Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo
Minister of Trade, Supply, and Consumption, in charge of the AfCFTA, Republic of Congo
H.E. Mr. Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh
Minister of Economy and Finance, in charge of Industry, Republic of Djibouti
H.E. Mr. Mohamed Farid Saleh
Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, Arab Republic of Egypt
H.E. Mr. Sherif Fathi Attia
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Arab Republic of Egypt
H.E. Dr. Mustafa Nazar Jumaah
Minister of Trade, Republic of Iraq
H.E. Mr. Mohammed Noori Al-Karboli
Minister of Industry and Minerals, Republic of Iraq
H.E. Dr. Tareq Abu Ghazaleh
Minister of Investment, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
H.E. Mr. Vladimir Evgenievich Ilyichev
Deputy Minister of the Economic Development, Russian Federation
H.E. Ms. Tangariki Reete
Minister of Tourism, Commerce, Industry, and Cooperatives, Republic of Kiribati
H.E. Mr. Abdulaziz Nasser Abdulaziz Al-Marzouq
State Minister for Economic Affairs and Investment, State of Kuwait
H.E. Dr. Amer Bisat
Minister of Economy and Trade, Republic of Lebanon
H.E. Hon. Limpho Tau
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, the Kingdom of Lesotho
H.E. Mr. Rashid Abu Ghaffa
Minister of Finance, the State of Libya
H.E. Mr. Suhail Abu Shiha
Minister of Economy, State of Libya
H.E. Mr. Ny Riana Nampoina Raharimanjato
Minister of Industrialization and Private Sector Development, Republic of Madagascar
H.E. Mr. Carl Andriamparamy
Minister of Mines and Strategic Resources, Republic of Madagascar
H.E. Ms. Zeinebou Mint Ahmednah
Minister of Trade and Tourism, Islamic Republic of Mauritania
H.E. The Hon Sayed Muhammad Aadil Ameer Meea
Minister of Industry, SME and Cooperatives, Republic of Mauritius
H.E. Mr. Abdoulaye Seydou
Minister of Commerce and Industry, Republic of Niger
H.E. Ms. Hannatu Musa Musawa
Federal Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Nigeria
H.E. Mr. Mohammed bin Ali bin Mohammed Al Mannai
Minister of Communications and Information Technology, State of Qatar
H.E. Dr. Mariam bint Ali bin Nasser Al-Misnad
Minister of State for International Cooperation, State of Qatar
H.E. Dr. Ahmad bin Mohammed Al Sayed
Minister of State for Foreign Trade, the State of Qatar
H.E. Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Subaie
Minister of Environment and Climate Change, State of Qatar
H.E. Sheikh Faisal bin Thani bin Faisal Al Thani
Minister of Commerce and Industry, the State of Qatar
H.E. Dr. Lolwah bint Rashid bin Mohammed Al-Khater
Minister of Education and Higher Education, the State of Qatar
H.E. Mr. Abdullah bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Attiya
Minister of Municipality, State of Qatar
H.E. Hon. Chieftain Neptune
Senator and Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
H.E. Ms. Nabeela Farida Tunis
Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Republic of Sierra Leone
H.E. Mr. Ali Mohamed Omar
State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Somalia
H.E. Mr. Gamal Mohamed Hassan
Minister of Commerce and Industry, Federal Republic of Somalia
H.E. Mr. Wasantha Samarasinghe
Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development , Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka,
H.E. Dr. Mohammad Nidal Al-Shaar
Minister of Economy and Industry, Syrian Arab Republic
H.E. Mr. Abdul Salam Haykal
Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Syrian Arab Republic
H.E. Mr. Abdurahmonzoda Abdurahmon Safarali
Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Republic of Tajikistan
H.E. Mr. Nazar Halnazarovich Agahanov
Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations, Turkmenistan
H.E. Hon. Amina Mukalazi
Minister of State for Investment and Privatization, Republic of Uganda
H.E. Ms. Monica Mutsvangwa
Minister of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprise Development, Republic of Zimbabwe
Dr. Augusto Kalikemala
Secretary of State for Tourism, Republic of Angola
H.E. Mr. Elnur Aliyev
Deputy Minister of Economy, Republic of Azerbaijan
H.E. Ms. Mariam Hamadou Ali
Minister Delegate for Investment and Private Sector Development, Republic of Djibouti
H.E. Mr. Yasser Al Jamal
Undersecretary of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, the State of Qatar
H.E. Mr. Ardak Zebeshev
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Kazakhstan
H.E. Mr. Ibrahim Almubarak
Assistant Minister of Investment, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
H.E. Prof. Ruwan Ranasinghe
Deputy Minister of Tourism, Sri Lanka
H.E. Dr. Kirida Bhaopichitr
Vice Minister for Commerce, Kingdom of Thailand
H.E. Mr. Mustafa Tuzcu
Deputy Minister of Trade, Republic of Türkiye
H.E. Mr. Fahad Siddiq Algergawi
Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, United Arab Emirates
H.E. Mr. Siazongo D. Siakalenge
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Finance and Economic Development, Republic of Zambia
H.E. Mr. José Sánchez-Fung
Ambassador and permanent representative to the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Trade and Development and the International Trade Center, Dominican Republic, UNCTAD’s SIDS coordinator
H.E. Mr. João Antonio da Costa Mira Gomes
Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Government of Portugal
H.E. Ambassador Magnus Hartog-Holm
Chief Negotiator for Investment Treaties, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
H.E. Ms. Abigail Cosme
Permanent Representative of São Tomé and Príncipe to the UN Office at Geneva
H.E. Mr. Oliver Owcza
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the State of Qatar
H.E. Mr. Ghulam Hoosein Asmal
Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of South Africa in the State of Qatar
H.E. Mr. Tigran Gevorkian
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the State of Qatar
H.E. Mr. Li Chenggang
International Trade Representative, China
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
Ms. Vanessa Toré
Director of Foreign Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Economic Development, Curaçao
Mr. Ahmad Al Ahen
Senior Advisor, Ministry of State for Foreign Trade, the State of 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)
Ms. Ludmila De Weever
Member of Parliament, Sint Maarten
Ms. Kelli-Dawn Hamilton
Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority
Ms. Mildred Santos
Deputy Technical Director, Export and Investment Center of Dominican Republic (ProDominicana)
H.E. Dr. Abdulaziz bin Nasser bin Mubarak Al Khalifa
Secretary-General, National Planning Council of Qatar
Ms. Nomfuneko Majaja
Chief Director: Space Affairs / Head of Secretariat, Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, South Africa
Mr. Lamin Camara
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment (MoTIE)
H.E. Mr. Elias M. Magosi
Executive Secretary, South African Development Community
Mr. Abdullah Alomayr
Executive Director, International Partnership, Ministry of Investment, Saudi Arabia
H.E. Mr. Septian Hario Seto
Member and Executive Secretary, National Economic Council, Republic of Indonesia
H.E. Mr. Omar Rekkache
Director General, Algerian Investment Promotion
Mr. Abdulla Hamad Al-Misnad
Head, Executive Office of H.E. The Prime Minister of Qatar & Managing Director, Qai
Dr. Guido Rojer Jr.
Strategic Advisor, Ministry of Economic Development of Curacao
Dr. Jassim Saleh Al Kuwari
Assistant Undersecretary for State Lawsuits Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Qatar
Mr. Boris Titov
Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Relations with International Organizations to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
Ms. Eva Steinhaus
Regional Representative, German Export Credit Agency
Ms. Xiaohong Xue
Director, Department of Treaty and Law, Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China
Mr. Andreas Nikolaides
Director of the Cabinet of the Secretary-General, Union for the Mediterranean Union for the Mediterranean
Ms. Evgeniia Drozhashchikh
Deputy Director, Ministry of Economic Development, Russian Federation
Mr. Rogelio Quevedo
Commissioner, Securities and Exchange Commission, Phillippines
Mr. Xin Wang
Deputy Director, Artificial Intelligence Division, Shanghai Economy and Information Technology Commission
Dr. Judith Kateera
Deputy Executive Secretary; Southern African Development Community
Dr. Norwan bin Ahmad
Undersecretary, Industry Development Division, Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Malaysia
Mr. Daniel Rathwell
Senior Expert, UK Government Office for Investment
Business Leaders
Ms. Ángela Pérez
Chairperson and CEO, COFIDES
Mr. John W.H. Denton
Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Noah Horowitz
Chief Executive Officer, Art Basel
Mr. Abdulla Mohammed Al Ansari
CEO, Qatar Stock Exchange
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), Port Authority of Cartagena
Mr. Ahmad Al Meghames
Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Organization for Chartered and Professional Accountants (SOCPA)
Ms. Courtney Powell
Chief Operating Officer and Managing Partner, 500 Global
Ms. Ayesha Nurain Janah
Founder and Chair, Kandufa Foundation, Group Vice Chair of JIH Global and HARIM Group
Dr. Fadi Kanso
Secretary General, Arab Federation of Capital Markets
Mr. Peter Tzeng
Partner, Foley Hoag
Ms. Marleine Hilde Minko
Head of Cooperation, Kribi Port Authority
Mr. Hassan M. Dudde
CEO, Somali Stock Exchange
Mr. Felipe Matos
CEO, 10k Digital
Mr. Jonathan Greechan
Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Founder Institute
Ms. Anna Ekeledo
Executive Director Emeritus, AfriLabs
Mr. Amer Abu-Sham
Senior Counsel, Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA)
Ms. Yvonne Baldwin Mushi
Co-founder and CEO, Ele-vate AI Africa
Ms. Valeria Ramundo Orlando
Managing Partner and Board Chair, Equilibrium Climate Capital
Mr. Hasan Haider
Founder and Managing Partner, Plus Venture Capital Ltd
Ms. Marie Vandeplassche
Head of Government Relations, TUI Group
Ms. Abena Amoah
Managing Director, Ghana Stock Exchange
Dr. Jang Ping Thia
Acting Chief Economist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Mr. Simon O'Connell
CEO, Stichting Nederlandse Vrijwilligers (SNV)
Mr. Mohammed Saif Al-Sowaidi
CEO, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)
Mr. Mansoor Rashid Al-Khater
CEO, Qatar Financial Centre (QFC)
Mr. Abdulrahman Hesham Al-Sowaidi
CEO, Qatar Development Bank
Sir Paul J. Foster
President & CEO, Global Esports Federation
Mr. Tianyi (Sky) Yu
Partner at Taiyou Fund; Founder of Taihill Venture
Mr. Ewald Muller
Senior Advisor, Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority
Mr. David Kuijper
CEO, European DFIs - EDFI
Mr. Edgardo Alvarez
Secretary General, Latin American Association of Development Finance Institutions (ALIDE) and World Federation of Development Finance Associations
Ms. Vanessa Rothschild
Founder, Le Baron Perché; Non-Executive Director, BioGaia
Mr. Ziad Tassabehji
Co-Initiator and Former Director of Innovation and Investments of Masdar Initiative, Chairman Founder of Gaia Green Energy Group
Mr. Terje Pilskog
Chief Executive Officer, Scatec
Ms. Orsolya Kneitner
CEO, Blueshift Memory
Ms. Flavia Fernández Arizmendi
Vice President, Professional Organization for Economists, Accountants and Administrators of Uruguay (CCEAU)
Mr. Obaid Amrane
Chief Executive Officer, Ithmar Capital, Morocco and Chair, Africa Sovereign Investors Forum
Ms. Summer Chen
Chief International Ecosystem Representative, ZTE Corporation
Mr. Laurent Zylberberg
Chairman, Stoa Infrastructure Fund
Mr. Laith Altimime
President, SEMI
Mr. Mohit Bhasin
Partner, Global Head of Economic Growth, KPMG
Dr. Abdulrahman Saad Al Qahtani
General Council, Ooredoo Qatar
Prof. Frederick Ma Si-Hang
Chairman, Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC)
Mr. Ali Shahid
CEO, The Bench
Ms. Rima Mismar
Executive Director, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC)
Dr. Hassan Hamdan
Director of Operations, Arab Investment & Trade Credit Guarantee Corporation
Mr. Mike Zehetmayr
Chair, UK Carbon Markets Forum
Mr. Mauricio Rodríguez Castro
Chair of the Governing Board, ASOCARBONO
Mr. Zhanbolat Kakishev
Chief Product Officer, Astana International Financial Centre Authority
Mr. Derek Hu
Managing Partner, TFA International Family Office
Mr. Alan Chan
Executive Director of the Board, Hong Kong and China Gas Company; CEO, Full Vision Capital; Co-Chairman, EcoCeres
Mr. Fadi Saadeh
Chief Executive Officer, Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Company (VCM)
Mr. Kamal Naji
Chief Economist and Special Projects Officer, Qatar Financial Centre
Mr. Eddie Chen
Co-Chairman, China Carbon Neutrality Development Group Limited (CCNG)
Ms. Anelisa Matutu
Head of Derivatives and Carbon Markets, Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Mr. Shaju Stephen
Co-Founder & Managing Director, AADYAH Aerospace
Dr. Kai-Fu Lee
CEO, 01.AI; Chairman, Sinovation Ventures
Mr. Camilo Trigueros
CEO, National Center of Registrations
Mr. Mehdi Jaouadi
Partner SEA and Co-CEO, Interactive Solution Division, YCP
Ms. Dana Al Salem
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Meridan Partners Holding
Mr. Fahad Bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah
Founder, Caravan Earth Foundation
Mr. André Mack
Corporate Ambassador, EHL Group
Mr. Bijan Khazai
CEO, Risklayer
Mr. Peng Yang
Chief Executive Officer, Ant International
Mr. Tariq Al Jaidah
Qatari Businessman, Art Collector and Patron Founder, TAJ Projects and Katara Art Center
Ms. Malena Zhang
Co-Founder, NATL International
H.E. Eng. Suliman bin Khalid Al-Mazroua
President, Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani)
H.E. Mr. Hussain Mohammed Al Mahmoudi
Chief Executive Officer, Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park (SPARK) Co-Chair of GASEZ, representing IASP
Mr. Wafic Naccash
Director, Government Affairs, Microsoft
Mr. Kenneth Brenneman
Peakstone Advisors
Mr. Ernest Denhere
Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Mutapa Investment Fund
Ms. Jana Treeck
Managing Director, Oxford Business Group
H.E. Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Chairperson, Qatar Museums, Doha Film Institute, Reach Out to Asia, Qatar Leadership Centre, and Co-Chairperson of Fashion Trust Arabia
Ms. Mashael Alnaimi
Founder and Designer, Mhefhef
Dr. Amir Ali Salemi Zadeh
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, JTA International Investment Holding and Senior Economic Advisor to the President of Palau
Ms. Yasmin Mansour
Founder and Creative Director, Yasmin Mansour
Mr. Reggy Vermeulen
Chief Executive Officer, Port of Duqm Company SAOC
Mr. Saurabh Joshi
Head of Origination & Strategic Partnerships, Climate Impact X (CIX)
Ms. Rwodah Ibrahim AlNaimi
Director of Investment, Qatar Fund for Development
H.E. Mr. Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah International Foundation for Energy and Sustainable Development, Former Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar
Mr. Alae Laghrich
Chairman of the Executive Board, PME Pensioenfonds
Dr. Jonathan K S Choi
Chairman, Sunwah Group
Ms. Sheikha Mayes bint Hamad Al Thani
Managing Director, US-Qatar Business Council – Doha (USQBC Doha)
Ms. Joan Larrea
CEO, Sustainable Finance
Mr. Jad Ellawn
Managing Partner and Regional Head - Middle East, Brookfield
Mr. Deb Dutt
Managing Director, Private Credit, Goldman Sachs
Mr. Mutaib Al Shathri
Head of Private Equity and Regional Investments, PIF
Mr. Henry Fernandez
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, MSCI
Mr. Emmanuel Noutary
General Delegate of ANIMA Investment Network
Ms. Ida Beerhalter
Co-CEO, IOME
Mr. Nilendra De Mel
Managing Director, Head of Research Product Development, Deutsche Bank
Mr. Maximilian Beutinger
Vice President in Structured Trade and Export Finance, Deutsche
Mr. Mauro Giudicianni
Financial Director, Siemens
Mr. Cihan Yilmaz
Director for Energy, KfW IPEX-Bank
Mr. Mert Dedebas
Regional Director of the MENA and Turkey Offices, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Mr. Alexander Mora
Managing Director, Mora Advisory Partners
Mr. Joywin Mathew
Partner, Squire Patton Boggs
Ms. Meeyydz Tan
CEO, Asia Green Group
Mr. Cristián Rodríguez-Chiffelle
Partner & Director on Trade, Investment, and Geopolitics, Boston Consulting Group, Global Advantage
Mr. Hasan Al Hosani
CEO, Smart Solutions, Space42
Mr. Thomas Andrae
Founder and Managing Partner, Linden Capital
Mr. Bill Muysken
Chief Investment Strategist, Chief Investment Strategist,
Ms. Eghosa Giwa-Osagie
Structured Finance Expert, African Development Bank (AfDB)
Mr. Hamad Al Hajri
Founder and CEO, Snoonu
Mr. Riady Gozali
Managing Partner, Vest Capital, Singapore
General David H. Petraeus (US Army, Ret.)
Partner and Chairman, KKR Global Institute; Chairman, KKR Middle East
Mr. Haidar Ammar
Middle East Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group
Prof. Maggie Fu
Chief Economist, OxValue.AI
Mr. Mark East
VP, EMEA, Coursera
Ms. Lariza Galindo
Director of Government and Digital Economy, Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF)
Ms. Asmaa Fikree
Chief Strategy Officer, Qai
Mr. Khawar Qureshi KC
Head of McNair International
Dr. Marwa Al Ansary
Global Energy and Carbon Technology Executive
Mr. Zheng Ying
Member of the Board of Directors, Shanghai Zebo Technology Co., Ltd.
Mr. Hu Xing
Founder and Chairman, Longxing Avionics
Mr. Salah Mohammed Jaidah
Chairman MENA & Chief Country Officer, Deutsche Bank
Dr. Muhamed Zulkhibri
Senior Economist, Islamic Development Bank
International Organizations and Civil Society
Mr. António Guterres
Secretary-General, United Nations
Mr. Pedro Manuel Moreno
Acting Secretary-General, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Ms. Rebeca Grynspan
Secretary-General, UN Trade and Development, UNCTAD (on special leave), candidate for UN Secretary-General
H.E. Ms. Shaikha Al Nuwais
Secretary-General, United Nations World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism)
Ms. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Director-General, World Trade Organization
Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin
UN Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Mr. Selwin Hart
Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General and Assistant Secretary-General for Climate Action
Mr. Tomas Lamanauskas
Deputy Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Ms. Johanna Hill
Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO)
Mr. Navid Hanif
Assistant Secretary-General, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Ms. Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Secretary-General, International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Ms. Fatou Haidara
Deputy Director General and Managing Director, Directorate of Global Partnerships and External Relations, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Mr. Nayef Al-Fayez
Assistant Director-General for Culture, UNESCO
Ms. Nan Li Collins
Head, World Investment Forum; Chair, UN Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative
Mr. Juan Marchetti
Director, Trade in Services & Investment, World Trade Organization (WTO)
Mr. Anthony Ngororano
United Nations Resident Coordinator, Madagascar
Mr. Driss El Hadani
Deputy Director, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
Dr. Martin Frick
Director, World Food Programme COPx
Mr. Salah Khaled
Director, UNESCO Regional Office for the Gulf States and Yemen
Mr. Peter Janech
Coordinator, Innovation, Education and Investments, UN Tourism
Mr. Neale Bergman
Senior Legal Officer, International Trade Law Division, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
Dr. Meaghan Beyer
Consultant, International Labour Organization
H.E. Mr. Wamkele Keabetswe Mene
Secretary-General, African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat
H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn
Secretary-General, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
H.E. Ambassador Sohail Mahmood
Secretary-General, D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation
H.E. Mr. Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi
Secretary General, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
Mr. Carlos Alvarez Pereira
Secretary General, The Club of Rome
Dr. Ioana Petrescu
Global Fellow, European Space Policy Institute (ESPI); former Minister of Finance of Romania
Mr. Ziad-Alexandre Hayek
President, World Association for Public-Private Partnerships, Strategy Advisor, HyperCycle AI
Ms. Latifa El Bouabdellaoui
Director General, Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT)
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. Elsa Beatriz Garcia Bojorges
President, President, Mexican Financial and Sustainability Reporting Standards Board (CINIF)
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)
Mr. Henry Huiyao Wang
Founder and President, Center for China and Globalization
Mr. Christophe Cocker
Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO)
Mr. Gregor Cigüt
Secretary General, Global Emerging Markets Risk Database (GEMs) Consortium
Ms. Suzy H. Nikièma
Director, Sustainable Investment, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Dr. Amr Hedar
Lead Expert on the New Arab Investment Agreement, League of Arab States
Mr. Vivek Mittal
Chief Executive Officer, Africa Infrastructure Development Association
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)
Ms. Rindra Rabarinirinarison
CEO, Global Center on Adaptation (GCA)
Mr. Vikrant Panwar
Lead Specialist, Risk and Resilience Finance, ODI
Ms. Yuanita Ruchyat
Senior Officer, Investment, Services and Investment Division, Market Integration Directorate, Economic Community Department
Dr. Yousef Mohammed Alhorr
Founding Chairman, Global Carbon Council
Dr. Hanna Norberg
Co-Founder, Trade Policy Research Forum
Dr. Ma Jun
Chairman, Hong Kong Green Finance Association and Capacity-building Alliance of Sustainable Investment (CASI)
Ms. Holly W. Benner
Country Manager for Qatar, World Bank Group
Mr. Anders Wijkman
Advisory Board, Aurora Borealis Foundation
Prof. Melsa Ararat
Chair of the Board, 30% Club Türkiye
Dr. Ashraf Gamal El Din
Member, Board of Governors, International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)
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
Mr. Mehdi Paryavi
Chairman, International Data Center Authority (IDCA)
Mr. John Fullerton
President, Capital Institute
Mr. Simon Jones
Former Lead Consultant of Chime Group (UK), Chairperson of the World Ecological Civilization Foundation, and Board Member of the Aurora Borealis Foundation
Mr. Alwin Van der Linde
President, Vanderlinde Foundation
Mr. Emmanuel Dennis Ngongo
Director, Green Teams Initiative, Kenya
Dr. Teresa Chuang
Executive Vice Chairperson, Beijing International Exchange Association Sustainable Development Committee
Mr. James X. Zhan
Chair, Executive Board of World Investment Conference; UNCTAD ex-Director
Dr. Mine Ergün Bakdur
Chief Economist, International Investors Association (YASED)
H.E. Mr. Bakyt Sultanov
Member of the Board, Minister in Charge of Economy and Financial Policy, Eurasian Economic Commission
Dr. Radhouane Ben Hamadou
Director of Research and Policy Development, Earthna, Qatar Foundation)
Mr. Christopher Chuang
Co-founder of the Aurora Borealis Foundation; Honorary Chairman of the World Ecological Civilization Community
Dr. Laila Diab Shrair
Advisor/Industry Expert
Prof. Dr. Khaled M. Hanafy
Secretary General, Union of Arab Chambers
Mr. Yuvan A. Beejadhur
Senior Advisor, World Trade Organization (WTO)
Mr. Massimo Meloni
Chief of the Policy Research Section in the Division on Investment and Enterprise, UN Trade and Development
Mr. Spyros Kouvelis
Team Leader, EU-GCC Green Transition and Chairman, Verimpact
Dr. Guoyong Liang
Senior Economist, UNCTAD
Ms. Thelma Efua Quaye
Director of Infrastructure, Skills and Empowerment, Smart Africa
Dr. Katharina Bryan
Director of Policy and Research, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Mr. Jean-Christophe Barth-Coullaré
Executive Director, World Association for Public-Private Partnerships
Mr. Abdallah Al Dardari
UN Assistant Secretary General, UNDP Assistant Administrator, Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Arab States
Dr. Marco M. Alemán
Assistant Director General, IP and Innovation Ecosystems Sector, World Intellectual Property Organizatio (WIPO)
Ms. Sharifah S.S. Hamzah
Executive Committee Member & Chair of the Asia-Pacific Chapter of the World Association for Public-Private Partnerships
Mr. Mohammad Abbadi
Structuring and Financial Instruments Advisor and Global Lead on Subnational Finance, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
Investment Promotion
Ms. Radwa I. Kamouna
Under Secretary of State; Head of International Relations Department, Promotion Sector, General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI)
Mr. Dushyant Thakor
Deputy Executive Director, World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies
Ms. Gohar Abajyan
Chief Executive Officer, Enterprise Armenia
Mr. Émile Donatien Luhahi Osumba
Directeur Général, Fonds d'investissement stratégique de la République du Congo
Mr. Moemedi Malindah
CEO, The New Botswana SWF
Ms. Meleket Sahlu Denbu
Deputy Commissioner, Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC)
Mr. Mohamed Khalid Al Thani
Private Equity & Infrastructure Funds Director, Qatar Investment Authority
Mr. Bakary Séga Bathily
Managing Director, Investment and Promotion Agency and Major Projects, Republic of Senegal
Mr. Ravshanbek Sabirov
Head of the National Investment Agency under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic
Mr. Ahmed Bennis
Secretary General, Africa Economic Zones Organization (AEZO), Managing Director, Tanger Med Zones (TMZ), Morocco
Mr. Ousainou Senghore
Chief Executive Officer, Gambia Investment and Export Promotion Agency
Dr. Zeleke Temesgen
Commissioner, Ethiopia Investment Commission
Mr. Mohamed Awad
CEO, General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI)
Mr. Joe Gbonda
Director of Strategic Policy & Planning National Investment Board (NIB), Sierra Leone
H.E. Mr. Sheikh Ali bin Alwaleed Al-Thani
CEO, Investment Promotion Agency Qatar (Invest Qatar)
Dr. Stefan Kratzsch
Head, Sustainable Investments and Responsible Business, UNIDO
Mr. Alexandre de Crombrugghe
Head of Investment Promotion & Facilitation, OECD
Mr. Jalel Tebib
General Manager, Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of Tunisia, Interim Director General, Tunisia Investment Authority (TIA) Tunisia
Mr. Gilead Teri
Director General, Tanzania Investment and Special Economic Zones Authority (TISEZA)
Ms. Fatima Mahawa Sandi
Deputy Executive Director, National Investment Board (NIB) of Sierra Leone
Mr. Simon Madjie
CEO, Ghana Investment Promotion Authority
Ms. Kaye-Anne Greenidge
CEO of Invest Barbados and CAIPA President
Dr. Hamad Rashid Al-Naimi
Chief Strategy Officer, Invest Qatar
Mr. Aminu Umar-Sadiq
Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, Nigeria
Mr. Achim Hartig
Managing Director, Germany Trade and Invest and Chair, OECD Network of Investment Promotion Agencies
Mr. Juan Pablo Candia
Acting Director, InvestChile
Dr. Tah Ahmed Meouloud
Director General, Investment Promotion Agency of Mauritania (APIM)
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 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. Sanjay G. Mungur
Empretec Director, Mauritius
Mr. Evaristo Jordão Vilanculos
Empretec Director, Fundaçao Enterprise Mozambique (FEM)
Mr. Clarence Leong
CEO, EasyParcel, Empretec Mentor
Mr. Nicholas Kamanzi
Founder and CEO, SocialPay, Empretec Mentor
Ms. Sandra Anne Ghouse
Empretec Director, Malaysia, Koperasi NAWEM Berhad (KNB)
Mr. Carlos Gomez
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
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. Jessica Anuna
2023 Women in Business Award Winner, Founder and CEO, Klasha
Ms. Jasmin Coreas
Empretec Director, El Salvador, Fundación Empresarial para la Acción Social (FUNDEMAS)
Mr. Jorge Luis Bardier
Empretec Director, Uruguay, Banco de la República Oriental de Uruguay
Mr. Kabalano Rampa
Regional Director, NADRA Global
Mr. Hassen Hussein
Empretec Director, Ethiopia, Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI)
Ms. Adriana Fernandes
CEO, Mátrika Special Foods, Brazil
Ms. Fatima Sheib
Member of the Youth Network on Beyond GDP
Ms. Fatma Ali Al-Khater
Founder, Torba Market | Founder & Board Member, Qatar Venture Capital Association | Senior Advisor, Alta Semper Health Fund, Qatar
Ms. Shaikha Al Romaihi
Head of Investment, Qatar Development Bank
Ms. Aisha AlFardan
Vice Chairwoman, Qatari Businesswomen’s Association and Personal Advisor to the Chairman – Alfardan Group Holding, Qatar
Ms. Manu G. Parmar
Founder, CEO, and Chief Publishing Officer, Business Leaders Magazine, Qatar
Ms. Aysha Khalifa Al Romaihi
Director of Business Development & Strategy, Old Doha Port, Qatar
Ms. Dalia Al-Khalaf
Founder and Managing Partner, Rawdat Capital, Qatar
Ms. Yulia Stark
Founder and President, EWA Group, United Arab Emirates
Mr. Salaal Hasan
Founder and CEO, Ahya, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Sara Saeed Khurram
Co-Founder and CEO, Sehat Kahani, Pakistan
Mr. Lars Veul
Co-Founder and CEO, Pargo, South Africa
Mr. Alex Panchi
Empretec Coordinator, Ecuador. Corporación de Promoción Económica Conquito
Ms. Nancy Amunga
Founder and CEO, Danaida Ltd., Kenya
Ms. Ghada Alsalhi
Empretec Director, Empretec Saudi Arabia, Social Development Bank (SDB)
Mr. Wailly Wellington Lewis
Empretec Director, Dominican Republic, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and MSMEs (MICM)
Mr. Gustavo Fernández Borello
General Coordinator, Fundación Empretec Argentina
Ms. Sandra Letio
Founder and Managing Director, CEO , Pelere Group Limited, Uganda
Ms. Paula Gianserra
Co-Founder, ReForest Latam, Argentina
Ms. Biobele Oyibo
Co-Founder and CEO, Earlybean, Nigeria
Ms. Mariela Balbo
Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer, Crofabiotech, Argentina
Ms. Dream Liu
Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship Adviser
Mr. Irzan Raditya
Co-founder and CEO, Kata.ai, Indonesia
Academics
Dr. Elizabeth Yi Wang
Associate Professor of International Business at Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds
Dr. Jianping Mei
Professor of Finance, CK Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Ms. Lejla Nikšić
Executive Director of Strategic Engagement, Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar)
Dr. Wang Hui
Distinguished Professor and Director, Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University
Prof. Lourdes Casanova
Teaching Professor and Director of Cañizares Center for Emerging Markets, Johnson School of Business, Cornell University
Dr. Fang Jin
Director General & senior research fellow, Research Department of Foreign Economic Relations, Development Research Centre of the State Council (DRC)
Dr. Jiaming Zhu
Economist, The Digital Alliance Institute for Digital Finance Research
Prof. Jen Snowball
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Economic History, Rhodes University
Dr. Anne Miroux
Faculty Fellow, Emerging Market Institute, Cornell S. C. Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
Prof. Wen Jung Li
Vice-President of Talent and International Strategy and Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK)
Dr. Dhabia M. Al Mohannadi
Associate Professor, College of Science and Engineering, HBKU
Prof. Sarianna Lundan
Professor of International Business, Aalto University School of Business
Dr. Marina Papanastassiou
Professor and Chair, Department of International Business, Centre for International Business, University of Leeds, UK
Prof. Pedro Oliveira
Dean and Cascais Chair Professor of Operations, Technology and Innovation, Nova School of Business and Economics
Prof. Jerry John Kponyo
Director of the Office of Grants and Research, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Prof. Jun Su
Dean, Institute for Intelligent Society, Tsinghua University
Dr. Valentini Pappa
Program Director of New Academic Initiatives, Georgetown University, Qatar
Mr. Okechukwu Ejims
Senior Lecturer, University of Bedfordshire
Mr. Li Yufeng
Doctor of Design Arts and Professor at the School of Design, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Doctoral Supervisor
Dr. Tan Xian Chun
Director of the Carbon Neutrality Strategy Research Center, Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Gao Shiji
Director of the Institute of Resources and Environmental Policy, Development Research Center of the State Council
Dr. Susan L. Karamanian
Dean, College of Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Prof. Paul Vaaler
John and Bruce Mooty Chair in Law & Business, University of Minnesota Law School
Prof. Emily Blanchard
Professor, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth; Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
Prof. Robert Burrell
Professor of Intellectual Property & Information Technology Law, University of Oxford and Professor of Law, Melbourne Law School
Mr. Ahmed Essa Al-Sulaiti
Lecturer, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Prof. The Honourable Michael Ngai
Chairman, Council of City University of Hong Kong, Chairman, Hong Kong Finance Association
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
Mr. Joshua Paine
Associate Professor, University of Bristol
Prof. Damilola S. Olawuyi
Professor and UNESCO Chair on Environmental Law and Sustainable Development, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Law
Prof. Makane Moïse Mbengue
Professor of International Law; Director, Department of International Law and International Organization, University of Geneva
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Founder & Principal, Fingar Direct Investment
Ms. Fifi Peters
Financial Journalist, CNBC Africa
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Principal Presenter, Al Jazeera
Mr. Jacopo Dettoni
Editor, fDi Intelligence
Ms. Sharanjit Leyl
International Moderator
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Author, Journalist and Broadcaster
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Principal Presenter, Al Jazeera English
Ms. Homara Choudhary
Founder and CEO, Homara Media LLC
Mr. Karim Abdelghani
Acting Regional Director, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Arab Regional Office
Mr. Alex Wong
Senior Advisor, Strategic Engagement and Initiatives, Office of the Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Ms. Rylee Carlson
Correspondent and Presenter, Al Jazeera English
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