Young Global Leaders

Young Global Leaders

A community of enterprising, socially minded leaders working as a force for good.

A sought-after peer network, driving each other to do more and be more. From being challenged at leading universities to engaging with innovative peers and influencers, YGLs are transforming how we define leadership and inspire impact.

Members

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, KESK

Basima Abdulrahman

Founder, Atarona

Mohamed Aburawi

Alicia Miñana Chair in Law, UCLA School of Law

Tendayi Achiume

Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer, OYO Rooms

Non-Executive Director, Vedanta

Priya Agarwal Hebbar

Non-Executive Director, HarbourVest Partners (U.K.) Limited

Chairman, Martin Dow

Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany

Reem Alabali-Radovan

Chairwoman, Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property

Shihana Alazzaz

Member of the Board, Technogym

Erica Alessandri

Chairman, MENA Capital

Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi, NYU Abu Dhabi

Chief Executive Officer, Union Coop

Mohamed Al Hashemi

Founder and General Manager, Meeem

President and Chief Executive Officer, GiveDirectly

Chief Executive Officer, ila Bank

Mohamed Almaraj

Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Alpha Capital

Chief Executive Officer, Obai and Hill

Wafa Al Obaidat

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Dasaran EdTech Company

Chief Strategy and Technology Officer, Majid Al Futtaim Holding

Founder and Managing Director, Global Culture House

Noura Bint Faisal Al Saud

Chief Executive Officer, Emirates Foundation

Ahmed Al Shamsi

Counsellor, Embassy of Qatar

Alanoud Bint Hamad Al Thani

Chair of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, European Parliament

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Me Poupe! Conteudo e Servicos Financeiros Eireli

Nathalia Arcuri

Daniel Arrigg Koh

Managing Director, Merrill Lynch

Jennifer (Jen) Auerbach-Rodriguez

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Embibe

Aditi Avasthi Surri

Founder, Singer-songwriter and Actress

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, UX Centers

Minister of Communication, Technology and Innovation, Ministry of Information & Communication of Sierra Leone

Haja Salimatu Bah

Partner; Head, Gaming and Interactive Media, Lightspeed Venture Partners

Moritz Baier-Lentz

Founder and Board Chair, Our Three Winners Foundation

Suzanne Barakat

Co-Founder and Advisor, Women for Change

Zolzaya Batkhuyag

Alternate Executive Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Christoph Baumann

Executive Director, UN Tourism

Senior Vice-President, Digital Partnerships, Fintech and Enablers in North America, Mastercard

Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer, Antler Innovation Pte Ltd

Chief Executive Officer, Puxiang Healthcare Group

Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Khaled Bin Braik

Chief Commercial Officer, Bindawood Holding

Walid Abdulrazzag D Bindawood

Professor of Sustainable Innovation and Business Transformation, Executive Director of the Center for Sustainable and Inclusive Business, IMD Business School

President and Chief Executive Officer, UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators (UICCA)

H.H. Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Ministry of Finance of the United Arab Emirates

H.H. Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Vice-Minister of Tourism, Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia

Haifa Bint Mohammed Al Saud

Minister of Community Development, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Community Development of the United Arab Emirates

Shamma bint Suhail Faris Al Mazrui

President of Digital Strategy, Business Development & Growth in Germany, Omnicom Group

Christoph Bornschein

Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence of the Netherlands

Ruben Brekelmans

Managing Director and Head of Geopolitical Advisory, Lazard

Theodore Bunzel

Chief Executive Officer, Tilting The Lens

Future Reefs Team Leader, University of Technology Sydney

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Think of Us

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Wave Maker Media

Adriana Cargill

Director, Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation

Matthew Caruana Galizia

Managing Director; Head, Mexico Office, General Atlantic

Chief Executive Officer, London Metal Exchange

Matthew Chamberlain

Chief Executive Officer, Onze Capital

Roselyne Chambrier

Chairman of the Board, Vivent Health

Head of Southeast Asia Client Coverage, APAC Head of Consultant Relations, DWS Investments Singapore Limited

Co-Founder, Yuka

Managing Director, Chaudhary Group

Nirvana Chaudhary

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gold House

Chief Executive Officer, JustPod

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, GoGet

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Classting Inc.

Co-Founder, Awareness 360

Shomy Hasan Chowdhury

Head, Customer Innovation, Europe, Middle East and Africa and Asia-Pacific and Japan, Microsoft

Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Pigment

Eleonore Crespo

Managing Director, Marsh and Mercer Industry Practices Leader US and Canada, Marsh & McLennan Companies

Darren Cromwell

Partner, Chief Economist, PwC

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Bota Biosciences

Chief Investment Officer, Emerging Markets, Americas, UBS AG

Alejo Czerwonko

Founder & Co-Chief Executive Officer, OceanX

Managing Director, Damen Shipyards Group

Deputy Mayor, Kathmandu Metropolitan City Office

Chief Operating Officer, Middle East and North Africa, Hikma Pharmaceuticals

Program Adviser, Global Advocacy, OutRight Action International

Alberto de Belaunde

Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Public Group International

Alexander de Carvalho

Member of the Executive Board and Group Executive Vice-President, Siemens Energy

Anne-Laure de Chammard

Presidential Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Cesar de la Fuente

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CarePoint

Chairman, Andros & Cie

Executive Director Emerita, Co-Founder, Women in Global Health

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Bridgewater Associates

Senior Vice President, U.S. Public Sector, Business Development, Mastercard

Co-Founder, Odola

Abdigani Diriye

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, k-ID

Kieran Gregory Charles Donovan

Minister of Digital Economy and Innovation, Gabon Government

Mark-Alexandre Doumba

Co-Founder, Trustee, Masungi Georeserve

Ann Adeline Dumaliang

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Praxliabs

Khadija Elbedweihy

Co-Founder and President, Brightseed

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, URECA PTE LTD

Orchlon Enkhtsetseg

Chairman and Senior Consultant

Kow Abaka Essuman

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, SkyCell

Managing Director, Spanish Speaking Latin America, Meta

Agustina Fainguersch

Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Partnership for Central America

Jonathan Fantini Porter

Artist and Founder, Atelier El Seed Artifacts and Artworks Trading LLC

Managing Director, Cruise Saudi

Partner, Indico Capital Partners

Cristina Fonseca

Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Madagascar

Max Andonirina Fontaine

Chief Underwriting Officer Casualty, Swiss Re America Holding Corporation

Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Friendship Centres

Jocelyn Formsma

Chief Economist, General Motors

Joelle Gamble Copeland

Co-Chair of the Board, Trina Solar

Katherine Gao Haichun

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Meridian Express

Head of China, NYSE

Executive Director, Identities Institute

Member of the Board of Management; Chief Financial Officer, Allianz Lebensversicherungs-AG

Research Scientist and Quantum Electronics Engineer, Google

Marissa Giustina

Chair of the Board of Minsa and Coordinator of the Regional Economic Development and Relocation Advisory Council of Mexico (CADERR), Grupo Minsa SA de CV

Altagracia Gomez Sierra

Senior Vice-President, Delivery, Uber Technologies

Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty

Partner, McKinsey & Company

Megan Greenfield

Director, Global Change Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ClimateAi

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Edelweiss Asset Management Ltd

President, Rappler.com

Natashya Gutierrez

Minister of Basic Education, Ministry of Basic Education of South Africa

Co-Founder and Chief Exploration Officer, Kidogo Innovations

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, MCi Carbon

Sophia Hamblin Wang

Managing Director, Watchtower Advisory

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Tamatem Inc.

Director, Aramco

Hussain Hanbazazah

Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Minister for Defence, Government of Ireland

Shareholder and Member of the Supervisory Board, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics GmbH & Co. KG

Jil Hellmann Regouby

Member Executive Board and Shareholder Council, Heraeus Holding GmbH

Birgit Heraeus-Roggendorf

Vice Chairman of the Board, Kone Corporation

Chief Technology Officer, Ant Group

Managing Partner, Pictet Group

Sven Holstenson

Founder and Managing Partner, Ingressive Capital

Maya Horgan Famodu

Lecturer, Peking University

Creator and Executive Producer, Netflix

Associate Professor of Diplomacy, Arab American University-Palestine

Dalal Saeb Iriqat

Vice President, Operations, Uber Technologies

CEO and Founder, Andrea Iyamah

Andrea Iyamah Nehikhare

Macroeconomist, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Chief Executive Officer, Reform Alliance

Jessica Jackson

Founder and Chair, Kandufa Foundation

Ayesha Nurain Janah

Group Executive, Innovation and Transformation, Telkom

Secretary-General, Head of Government of the Kingdom of Morocco

Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, BiOZEEN

Member of the Board, E.A. Juffali and Brothers

Chief Executive Officer, The African Talent Company

Hilda Kabushenga

Co-Founder, Clean Energy Ministerial

Head, Private Investments; Portfolio Manager; Member of the Management Committee, Viking Global Investors

Minister of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications of Estonia

Associate Vice-President and US Commercial Lead, HIV, MSD

Director, Center for Antiracist Research, Boston University

Managing Director, Herison Construction Company

Maryam Khansari

Managing Director, Borosil Ltd.

Shreevar Kheruka

Member of the National Assembly, National Assembly of the Republic of Korea

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Korea Credit Data

Managing Director, Accenture

Smriti Kirubanandan

Founder, The Private Sector Humanitarian Alliance (PSHA)

Arezo Kohistany

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Synerise

Jaroslaw Krolewski

Assistant Professor of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis

Multidisciplinary Artist; CEO and Founder, Fictionera Co., Ltd.

Partner, Head of Africa Financial Services Group, McKinsey & Company Nigeria Global Limited

Co-Head, Climate Hub, Bank of England

Danae Kyriakopoulou

Country Representative, Morocco, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Chief Executive Officer, GoGoX Holdings Limited

Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer, Universidad de las Americas

Carlos Larreategui

Chief Executive Officer, Osana

Global Chief Investment Strategist, BlackRock

President, Gotion Americas, Gotion Inc.

Senior Vice President of Innovation and Global Investment, CP Group

Chief Executive Officer, Hesai Technology Co., Ltd.

Artist, Beijing Yellow Stone Media Co.,Ltd

Chief International Correspondent, ABC News

Chief Executive Officer, Lollipop Technology (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd

Global Sustainability Director, Dow

Chief Executive Officer, Luksic Foundation

Isabella Luksic

Founder, Nipman Foundation

Mountaineer, Entrepreneur & Founder, Orophile Ventures (Climbing4SDGs)

Chair of Data Science; Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Pretoria

Vukosi Marivate

Chief Executive Officer, Grupo Mariposa

Juan Pablo Mata

Prince, The State of Brunei

H.R.H. Prince Mateen of Brunei Darussalam

Partner; Head of Healthcare South America, Bain & Company

Member of the European Parliament, European Parliament

Actress and founder, Nomzamo Lighthouse Foundation

Global Commercialization Strategy Leader, Roche Diagnostics GmbH

Founder and Managing Director, Next Big Innovation Labs

Alok Medikepura Anil

Minister of Investment, Office of the President of Honduras

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Readyfor Inc.

Minister of Social Cohesion and Family, Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family Affairs of Greece

Domna Michailidou

Sports Analyst and Commentator, Pakistan Television Corporation Ltd

Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Government of South Africa

Nomasonto Evelyn Motaung

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Republic of North Macedonia

Timcho Mucunski

Director, Fatima Fertilizer Company Ltd

Impact Artist, Aida Creatives

Director, Gripping Films Ltd

Minister of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Civil Aviation of India

Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

Assistant Professor, Yale University

Co-Founder and Spokeswoman, Reinserta -Un Mexico A.C-

Avital Saskia Niño de Rivera Cover

Founder and Executive Director, Food for Education

Professor of Practice - Business, Organizations, & Society, New York University Abu Dhabi

Founder and CEO, iBnk.ae

Mohammad Salem Omaid

Co-Founder, Marham.pk

Co-Founder and Global Director, Budgit, Inc.

Oluseun Onigbinde

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Latin American Leadership Academy (LALA)

Minister of Women and Gender Equality, Ministry of Women and Gender Equality of Chile

Antonia Orellana Guarello

President, National Handcraft Institute (IPA)

Founder and Executive Director, Slum2School Africa

Chief Financial Officer, MLP Saglık Hizmetleri A.Ş.

Chief Executive Officer, Angolan Stock Exchange

Executive Director, Movement Against Malnutrition, International Rescue Committee

Assistant Professor, Aga Khan University, Faculty of Arts and Science

Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Software, Siemens

Chief Executive Officer, NatureMetrics

Co-Founder and President, Convive

Roberto Patiño

Founder, BellaNaija

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ART X Collective

Tokini Peterside-Schwebig

Head, Dubai Opera

Paolo Petrocelli

Head of Human Resources, Asia, Banque Pictet et Cie SA

Gregoire Pictet

Chief Executive Officer, Swiss RE Corporate Solutions Africa, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Ltd

Terashni Pillay

Director, XP Inc.

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Wingcopter

President, Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, KnowYourself

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The ASEAN Post

Rohan Ramakrishnan

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Policy 4.0. Research Foundation

Chief Digital and Information Officer, Orange Business

Hriday Ravindranath

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, InnovaFeed

Entrepreneur and Co-Founder, Hands On Robotics

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Reiley Consulting

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kalibrr Technology Ventures

Squamish Nation Council Chairperson, Squamish Nation

Khelsilem Rivers

Chief Executive Officer, RB Capital Limited

President, Human Rights Campaign

Kelley Robinson

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, mPharma

Gregory Rockson

Managing Director at UBS - Head of LatAm Global Lending Unit, Global Wealth Management, UBS AG

Gabriela Rodrigues

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Female Startup Club

Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Clearco

Michele Romanow

Managing Partner

Amornthep Sachamuneewongse (Sanju)

Founder and Representative Director, Zero Waste Japan

Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Natarajan Sankar

Chief Investment Officer, MUFG Innovation Partners Co., Ltd

Musician and Producer, Sauti Sol, Sol generation

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, HOF Capital

Chief Revenue Officer, Syncron AB

Anneliese Schulz

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kushki

Aron Schwarzkopf

Executive Director, Sawiris Foundation for Social Development

Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Chipper Cash

Secretary-General and Chief Executive Officer, Beijing Sany Charitable Foundation

Member of the European Parliament, European Parliament

Virginijus Sinkevicius

Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on Climate and Energy, Council on Foreign Relations

Director, Art Basel Hong Kong, MCH Group

Angelle Siyang-Le

Senior Vice-President: Merchandising, National Sourcing & Liquor, Sobeys Inc.

Chief Investment Officer, Banque Misr S.A.E.

Head P&C Facultative EMEA, Swiss Re

Prime Minister of Montenegro, Office of the Prime Minister of Montenegro

Milojko Spajić

Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise, INSEAD

Managing Director, Global Sustainability Leadership, Accenture

Wesley Spindler

Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Shelley Stewart

Editor-in-Chief and Vice President, Penguin Random House India

Manasi Subramaniam

Head of the Sustainable Finance Group, Goldman Sachs

Kara Succoso Mangone

Head of Sovereign Partnerships, Mubadala Investment Company

Meera Sultan Alsuwaidi

Economic and Business Anchor, Globe Eight Inc.

Yurina Takiguchi

Global Head, Sustainability and Philanthropy, Amazon Web Services

CEO, Makro Thailand and Chief Commercial Officer, CP Axtra, CP Axtra Public Company Limited

Tanit Chearavanont

Chief Executive Officer, iNews Media Group

Angela Tanoesoedibjo

Managing Director, Airtel Madagascar

Anne Catherine TCHOKONTE

Founder and Chief Executive Officer; Actor; Film Director, The Purpose Movie Studio

Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology of Namibia

Emma Inamutila Theofelus

Member of Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka

Jeevan Kumaravel Thondaman

Communications Executive and Member of the Board, McCain Institute

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Kilimo Inc

Chief Operating Officer, GiveDirectly

Maureen Trantham

Managing Director and Head, Strategic Business Development, UBS AG

Senior Advisor, Tyson Foods

Managing Director; Chief of Staff, Private Bank and Wealth Management, Barclays PLC

Adviser, IndiaAI

Managing Partner, Grupo Estrategia

Felipe Valencia-Dongo

Mexico Chief Executive Officer & Global Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Bitso

Felipe Vallejo Dabdoub

Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Brex

Henrique Vasconcelos Dubugras

Vice-President, Pfizer

Managing Director, TVS Motor Company

Executive, Siemens

Claudia Vergueiro Massei

Chief Executive Officer, MATSUKO

Maria Vircikova

Artist, Von Wong

Benjamin Von Wong

Chief Executive Officer, Be Group Company

Head of AI GTM at Google, Google

Founder and Managing Partner, Novamed

David Alexander Walcott

Chief Executive Officer, Flexiv

Host and Senior Journalist, Leaders Talk, China Central Television (CCTV) and China Global Television Network (CGTN), China Media Group

Founder and Chairman, Learnable.ai

Founder, Stealth

Tiffany Wang Xingyu

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, JUSTO, INC.

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Deja Vu

Member of the Executive Committee, European Women on Boards

Director, Council and Trade Negotiations Committee Division, World Trade Organization (WTO)

Head, Group Strategy and Projects; Head, Indonesia Urban, Sembcorp Industries Ltd

Partner, Bain & Company Inc.

Special Adviser, Sea

Charles Yang Zhaoxuan

Executive Director and Vice-President, East West Banking Corporation

Chief Representative, China, WildAid

Member, National Assembly of Austria

Founding Partner, Init 6

Executive Director, Mayors Migration Council (MMC)

Vittoria Zanuso

Chief Executive Officer, Kazpost JSC

Assel Zhanassova

Editor-in-Chief, Vogue China

General Manager, Global LNG and New Energies, PetroChina International

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, AHA Entertainment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd

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