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Gunhild Stordalen
Gunhild A. Stordalen is a medical doctor, sustainability leader, and co-founder of EAT – the global, science-based platform that helped put food systems at the center of the international agenda on health, climate, nature, and equity. Her career spans clinical medicine, global health, climate and sustainability, and more than a decade of building coalitions across science, policy, business, and civil society. In 2011, she co-founded the Stordalen Foundation and soon after launched the EAT Initiative with Professor Johan Rockström and the Stockholm Resilience Centre, with Wellcome Trust joining as a core partner in 2016. Under her leadership, EAT became a globally recognized knowledge broker, initiating the landmark EAT–Lancet Commissions that…
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Zuzanna Rudzinska-Bluszcz
Zuzanna Rudzinska-Bluszcz is a Polish public policy leader, attorney, and human rights lawyer with senior government and civil society experience. Until recently, she served as Deputy Minister of Justice of Poland, where she led system-level reforms in family courts, access to justice, and child protection policy. In this role, she also oversaw a public fund of approximately USD 100 million supporting crime victims and post-release (reentry) assistance. Zuzanna brings extensive experience at the intersection of government, law, and civil society. She is the co-founder of the New Community Foundation, a policy-driven initiative addressing democratic resilience, political polarization, and civic trust in Poland. Previously, she served as CEO of the Polish chapter of…
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Hiro Masutomo
Takehiro Masutomo is a quadrilingual journalist and author specializing in East Asia, with a particular focus on the underlying implications of the new wave of Chinese immigrants to the rest of the world. Based in Tokyo, he draws on his on-the-ground reporting experience in more than 20 countries and a hybrid background spanning academia and media to interpret complex current affairs within the region. He currently serves as an adjunct researcher at the Institute of Japan in the Global Economy, Waseda University as well as a regular commentator on China and Southeast Asia for My Asa! on NHK Radio. In Beijing, he has worked for Caixin, China’s leading business and finance media as…
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Ying Yuan
Ying Yuan is a frontline climate activist and one of the most prominent female leaders from China’s civil society advancing the country’s environmental agenda. Recognized both domestically and internationally as an influential strategist and bridge-builder, she plays a pivotal role in fostering mutual understanding between the global community and China on its environmental progress and the challenges that remain. As Chief Representative of Greenpeace China, Ying leads one of the most demanding and high-impact environmental missions in the country. Under her leadership, Greenpeace China has demonstrated exceptional creativity, rigor, and adaptability in its campaigns on climate change and biodiversity—catalyzing significant positive change across policy, corporate, and public engagement. Before joining…
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Ananth Sriskandarajah
Ananth Sriskandarajah is Founder and CEO of Greenweaver AI, which is building sovereign, low-carbon AI infrastructure through modular micro data centers that combine high-performance compute with heat reuse. His work focuses on the intersection of AI, climate, infrastructure and institutional capital. Previously, Ananth was Managing Director and Head of Ventures at Round Hill Capital, where he launched and led its venture strategy, invested across Europe and served on the Investment Committee and Executive Committee. Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles at HelloFresh (IPO – DAX 40), Bloomsbury AI (acq. Meta Inc) and The Collective (acq), and worked across strategy and investment at Capital & Counties PLC. He also served as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the European Commission supporting StartupEurope. Ananth…
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Kotchakorn Voraakhom
Kotchakorn Voraakhom is a Thai landscape architect and a leading voice in global climate resilience design, using design to combat the climate crisis in Southeast Asia’s dense urban context. She is the visionary behind LANDPROCESS and the Porous City Network, organizations dedicated to creating porous, water-absorbing public spaces that help cities adapt to extreme weather with vulnerable communities. Her transformative work includes Bangkok’s first climate-adaptive park, Chulalongkorn Centenary Park, the Thammasat Urban Rooftop Farm, Asia’s largest organic rooftop farm, the innovative Chao Phraya Sky Park, and the transformation of Thailand’s largest government complex with nature-based solutions. Her global recognition includes a UN Climate Action Award, a spot on the TIME 100 Next…
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Levi Wataka
Levi Wataka is co-founder of Ekuota Africa, a pedagogical support organization working with people across disciplines and demographics in Eastern Africa. He is the principal resident conductor of the Nairobi Orchestra, and founder/director of the Nairobi Children’s Orchestra and the Muziki Changa program for infants and toddlers. He serves as chairperson of the Nairobi Music Society and as chair of the board of directors for the Kamili Organization for Mental Health. Levi also sits on the boards of the Kenya Conservatoire of Music and the Mt. Kenya Academy Schools. Levi is a career schoolteacher with over 20 years of experience drawn from the Starehe Boys Centre, St. Andrews, Turi and the Peponi House Prep School. He is also a founding coach…
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Sevgil Musaieva
Sevgil Musaieva is a Ukrainian journalist of Crimean Tatar origin and Editor-in-Chief of Ukrainska Pravda, one of Ukraine’s most influential independent media outlets. Known for her principled leadership and commitment to investigative journalism, she has become a prominent voice for press freedom and democratic values during Russia’s war against Ukraine. Born in Uzbekistan, Sevgil returned with her family to Crimea in 1989, where they settled in Kerch after the long exile of Crimean Tatars. Her career began in Ukrainian business journalism, where she wrote for publications such as Delo, Vlast deneg, and Ekonomichni novyny. From 2011 to 2013, she worked as a correspondent for Forbes Ukraine, focusing on economic and business reporting. In 2014, following Russia’s occupation…
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Lina Sinjab
Lina Sinjab is a filmmaker and BBC Middle East correspondent based in Beirut. She also contributes to several international media outlets and was a non-resident fellow contributing to Chatham House’s “Syria From Within”project. Lina has extensively covered the Syrian uprising since its beginnings in 2011, and continues to follow developments in Syria and the region. In 2014 and 2016 she covered the Syria peace talks in Geneva as the BBC’s world affairs reporter. In 2019 she produced and directed a film on the siege on Aleppo “Madness in Aleppo.” In 2013, she directed a film on Syrian women during time of uprising ‘Suryyat,’ which was nominated for One Media Award. In May 2013, she won the…
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Anta Babacar Ngom
Anta Babacar Ngom Diack is a Senegalese political leader, entrepreneur, and public servant whose career bridges business leadership, democratic reform, and women’s empowerment across West Africa. Born and raised in the suburbs of Dakar, she spent over a decade building and scaling one of West Africa’s largest agro-industrial enterprises, driving regional food sovereignty and creating thousands of jobs for young people from low-income communities. As Franchisee and CEO of KFC Senegal, she pioneered inclusive employment models—launching the first franchise location operated entirely by women and another designed to empower persons with disabilities, proving that business can be a powerful engine for social change. In 2024, she made history as the first Senegalese…
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