Annual Report 2025–2026
Published: 1 September 2026

Leadership and governance

Co-Chairs

Laurence D. Fink
Chair and Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock1

André Hoffmann
Vice-Chair, Roche Holding1

Board of Trustees

Mukesh D. Ambani
Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries

Ajay S. Banga
President, World Bank Group

Marc Benioff
Chair, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Salesforce

Thomas Buberl
Chief Executive Officer, AXA1,2

Roberto Campos Neto
Vice-Chairman and Global Head, Public Policy, Nubank

Orit Gadiesh
Partner and Chair Emeritus, Bain & Company1

Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Fabiola Gianotti
Physicist, Director-General, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) (2016–2025)

Al Gore
Vice-President of the United States (1993–2001); Chairman and Co-Founder, Generation Investment Management

Philipp M. Hildebrand
Vice-Chairman, BlackRock

Paula Ingabire
Minister of Information Communication Technology and Innovation, Ministry of Information Communication Technology and Innovation of Rwanda

Joe Kaeser
Chair of the Supervisory Board, Siemens Energy

Christine Lagarde
President, European Central Bank

Yo-Yo Ma
Cellist

Cindy H. McCain
Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Patrice Motsepe
Founder and Executive Chairman, African Rainbow Minerals

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO)

Lubna S. Olayan
Chair of the Corporate Board, Olayan Group, Olayan Financing Company

H.M. Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

David M. Rubenstein
Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, Carlyle2

Tharman Shanmugaratnam
President of the Republic of Singapore, Office of the President of the Republic of Singapore

Jim Hagemann Snabe
Chairman, Siemens1

Julie Sweet
Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Accenture2

Feike Sybesma
Chair of the Supervisory Board, Royal Philips2

Heizo Takenaka
Professor Emeritus, Keio University

Zhu Min
Member of the Senior Expert Advisory Committee, China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE)1

Managing Board

President and CEO

Alois Zwinggi*

Managing Board

Mirek Dušek
Managing Director

Jeremy Jurgens
Managing Director

Gim Huay Neo
Managing Director

Saadia Zahidi
Managing Director

Managing Directors

Kiva Allgood
Managing Director

Matthew Blake
Managing Director

Sebastian Buckup
Managing Director

Sheba Crocker
Managing Director, Chief Communications Officer

Rhiannon Evans
Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer

Maroun Kairouz
Managing Director

Uxio Malvido
Managing Director, Chief People Officer

Stephan Mergenthaler
Managing Director, Chief Technology Officer

Executive Committee

Nicki Allitt
Head of Strategic Communications & Coordination

Marisol Argueta de Barillas
Head of the Regional Agenda, Latin America

Astrid Balsink
Head of Inclusion, Wellbeing, and Engagement

Francisco Betti
Head, Global Industries Team

Shyam Bishen
Head, Centre for Health and Healthcare

Roberto Bocca
Head, Centre for Energy and Materials

Francois Bonnici
Director, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship; Head of Foundations

Andrew Caruana Galizia
Head of Europe and Eurasia

Bing Chomprasob
Chief Representative Officer, Japan

Sean Doherty
Head, International Trade and Investment

John Dutton
Head, UpLink Pedro Gomez Head, Industry Agenda, Centre for Nature and Climate

Fernando J. Gómez
Head, Future of Materials

Sriram Gutta
Head, Engagement and Operations

Jack Hurd
Head, Earth Systems Agenda

Zara Ingilizian
Head, Consumer Industries

Fujiyo Ishiguro
Chair of Japan

Sheikh Tanjeb Islam
Head of Event Editorial

Philippe Isler
Director, Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation

Akshay Joshi
Head of the Centre for Cybersecurity

Akanksha Khatri
Head of Strategic Insight & Impact

Ramya Krishnaswamy
Head of Institutional Communities

Joo-Ok Lee
Head, Regional Agenda, Asia-Pacific

Cathy Li
Head, Centre for AI Excellence

Viraj Mehta
Head, Regional Agenda, India and South Asia

Jeff Merritt
Head, Centre for Urban Transformation

Chido Munyati
Head of Africa

Kelly Ommundsen
Head, Digital Inclusion

Severin Podolak
Head, Event Management & Operations

Alexandre Raffoul
Head, Global Partner Dev. & Regional Business Strategy

Mel Rogers
Head of Strategic Affairs

Paul Smyke
Head of the Regional Agenda, North America

Tania Strauss
Head of Sustainable Growth and People Agenda

Roberto Tinnirello
Head, Business Performance and Operations

Pim Valdre
Head of Climate & Nature Economy

Renate Wey
Head of Legal & Compliance

Yann Zopf
Head of Media

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