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Annemie Turtelboom
Annemie Turtelboom is currently a Member of the European Court of Auditors, the external auditor of the EU, based in Luxembourg. Her portfolio includes audit work related to EU budget, EU public finance, policies related to EU governance, financial instruments and technical assistance in the EU. She is enthusiastic about digital agenda and innovation in auditing. After having served as Deputy First Minister, Minister of Budget, Finance and Energy in the Flemish Regional Government (2014-2016), she returned to the Belgian Federal Parliament, where she was an active member of the Committee for Foreign Affairs until April 2018. Prior to these positions, Annemie served as Minister of Justice (2012-14) in the…
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Kazushige Tanaka
Kazushige "Kazu" Tanaka is a senior government official of Japan working for Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) as Director of Policy Planning and Coordination Division, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau. As one of the Japanese ministryā€™s leading policymakers, Kazu has worked to create a more efficient and environmentally friendly economic system. He has served as a diplomat serving on his country's delegation to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Energy Agency (IEA). He has held a number of critical positions in METI and other government agencies, including the Governing Board Representative of Japan to the IEA, and the Vice Chair of the Standing…
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Raenette Gottardo
Raenette Gottardo is a consultant based in South Africa with expertise in public policy, politics, and defense and foreign policy. She was formerly the Director of The Helen Suzman Foundation and Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Town. In 1999, at the age of 25, she became the youngest woman ever elected to the South African parliament. As a former Democratic Alliance MP, she was the Shadow Minister of Finance and a member of the Portfolio Committee on Finance. She also served on numerous other parliamentary committees, including the Standing Committee on Public Accounts during the arms deal investigation. From 2011-2015, Raenette served as a member of the…
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Martin Sturgeon
Martin Sturgeon has more than 20 years of military leadership experience and international engagement across the spectrum of conflict, including war-fighting in the Gulf, peace support operations in the Balkans, and high-intensity counter-insurgency in Afghanistan. He currently works in the Ministry of Defense in the Customer Design Team, shaping British defense reform following the Strategic Defense and Security Review. Previously, he established and ran the Afghan National Security Forces Transformation Program, which was unique in its comprehensive approach to training, logistics, leadership, and facilities construction. The resulting program became a fundamental element of the NATO strategy for achieving transition to Afghan control in the southwest of the country, and was…
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Allison Squires
Allison Squires is an associate professor of nursing and medicine at New York University and the Director of the Florence S. Downs PhD Program in Nursing Research & Theory Development. Her research focuses on health workforce capacity building around the world, with a track record of work in 35 countries to date. She is the 2019-2020 Distinguished Nurse Scholar for the United Statesā€™ National Academy of Medicine where she is contributing to the Future of Nursing Consensus Study. Nurses are the primary focus of her global health workforce capacity building research. In the United States, the patient focus of her work centers on immigrant health and studying the intersections of…
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Ali Sindi
Ali Sindi is Minister of Planning for the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil where he has contributed to the reconstruction of Iraqi Kurdistan's infrastructure, especially in the health and capacity building sectors, over the last two decades. Since October 2009, his duties as Minister of Planning include leading government efforts on preparing the annual investment budget, strategic plans, human resource development, and issues related to quality control in the region. A surgeon by training, Ali was a senior advisor to Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani from 2002-2009 on health, higher education, capacity building, and donor funds. He is also the honorary president of the Emergency Management Center, an independent NGO…
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Stephen Shashoua
Stephen Shashoua is a seasoned programme designer, trainer, and capacity-building specialist committed to fostering peace, cohesion, and preventing violent extremism through innovative approaches at the intersection of peacebuilding, identity, and culture. With over two decades of experience spanning diverse regions and sectors, Stephen brings a wealth of expertise and a track record of impactful leadership to his work. As the former Director of the UK-based 3FF (Three Faiths Forum, now Faith & Belief Forum) for over a decade, he spearheaded the development of pioneering social cohesion programs aimed at promoting interaction and learning between people of different faiths and beliefs. Under his leadership, the organization grew from a staff of…
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Reed Schuler
Reed Schuler is the Managing Director for Implementation and Ambition and Senior Advisor to U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, directing efforts to accelerate decarbonization by major economies and managing bilateral engagement. Previously, Reed served as Washington Governor Jay Insleeā€™s Senior Policy Advisor for Climate and Sustainability, and the Governor's Special Advisor for Pandemic Health Response. Reed also served at the U.S. Department of State as a U.S. negotiator for the Paris Agreement on climate change and as the lead on climate, energy, environment, health, and science issues on Secretary of State John Kerry's Policy Planning Staff. Reed has conducted research as a Fulbright Fellow in Shanghai, China,…
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Shamit Saggar
Shamit Saggar is the Director of the Public Policy Institute and Professor of Public Policy at the University of Western Australia. He was previously a Senior Policy Advisor in the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, Cabinet Office, an ESRC Knowledge Exchange Fellow with HM Government, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Essex, and Professor of Political Science at the University of Sussex. In 2015 he was elected as a Fellow of Academy of Social Sciences, and in 2017 became Chair of the Campaign for Social Science. In 2017 he was awarded a CBE in the Queenā€™s Birthday Honours for services to social science and public policy. He takes an active…
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Jason Pielemeier
Jason Pielemeier is Policy Director for Global Network Initiative (CNI), a multi-stakeholder group of companies, civil society organizations, investors, and academics who are helping to protect and advance freedom of expression and privacy on the internet. Prior to joining GNI, Jason was a Special Advisor at the U.S. Department of State, where he led the Internet Freedom, Business and Human Rights section in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. In that role, he worked with colleagues across the U.S. government, counterparts in other governments, and global stakeholders to promote and protect human rights online. Jason is a graduate of Northwestern University and Yale Law School. Between degrees, he…
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