World Economic Forum
The EDISON Alliance
The EDISON Alliance is an open-ecosystem of change-makers, mobilizing joint effort and aligning priorities to enhance the case for digital investment.
Board of the Alliance
Hans Vestberg
Chairman and CEO, Verizon
Chair of The EDISON Alliance
Ajay Banga
Executive Chairman, Mastercard
Paula Ingabire
Minister for ICT and Innovation, Government of Rwanda
Robert F. Smith
Founder, Chairman and CEO, Vista Equity Partners, USA
Shobana Kamineni
Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals
Achim Steiner
Administrator, United Nations Development Programme
Champions
Ruth Porat
Senior Vice President & CFO, Alphabet & Google
Thomas Barlett
President & CEO, American Tower Corporation
Jes Staley
Group Chief Executive Officer, Barclays
Rajan Bharti Mittal
Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises
Rich Lesser
Global CEO, Boston Consulting Group
Andrew Weinberg
Founder, Managing Partner & CEO, Brightstar Capital Partners
Michael Neidorff
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Centene Corporation
Badr Jafar
Chief Executive Officer, Crescent Enterprises
Michael S. Dell
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dell Technologies, USA
Börje Ekholm
President & CEO, Ericsson
Anthony Tan
Group CEO & Co-Founder, Grab
David Grain
Founder & CEO, Grain Management, LLC
Mats Granryd
Director General, GSMA
Jeff Huber
Chief Executive Officer, Home Instead Inc.
Rajeev Suri
Chief Executive Officer, Inmarsat Global
Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau, International Telecommunication Union
Dr. Stephen Klasko
President & CEO, Jefferson Health
Mauricio Ramos
CEO, Millicom
The Hon. Johnny Gerard Plate
Minister of Communication and Information Technology of Indonesia
Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams
Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Republic of South Africa
The Hon. Josephine Teo
Minister for Communications and Information of Singapore
H.E. Karen Cecilia Abudinen Abuchaibe
Minister of Information and Communications Technologies of Colombia
The Hon. Zunaid Ahmed Palak
Minister of State for Information and Communication Technology of Bangladesh
David Garza
Rector, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), Mexico
Ralph Mupita
President & CEO, MTN Group
Amitabh Kant
CEO, NITI Aayog, India
Pekka Lundmark
President & CEO, Nokia
Cristiano R. Amon
President and CEO-Elect, Qualcomm Incorporated
Steve Rusckowski
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Quest Diagnostics
Isha Ambani
Director, Reliance Retail Ventures
Bocar Ba
CEO, Samena Telecommunications Council
Lacina Koné
Director-General, Smart Africa
Hikmet Ersek
President, CEO and Director, The Western Union Company
Tony Elumelu
Chairman, United Bank of Africa
Henrietta H. Fore
Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Dr. Vera Songwe
UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Prof. Mamokgethi Phakeng
Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Jim Ovia
Chairman, Zenith Bank Plc
The following groups are responsible for the governance and day-to-day work of The EDISON Alliance:
● Board of the Alliance, the small group of the Board will help shape what are the most impactful steps we can collectively take to advance the digital inclusion agenda across relevant sectors. The Board will contribute to the strategic direction and provide institutional support in developing and helping deliver the objectives of the Alliance.
● Champions, the broader group of public and private sector leaders that are the public Champions and mobilize peers and network to drive awareness of the issue, core objectives, and initiatives.
● Executive Network, the Champions will each nominate a representative for the Executive Network. Network members will advance specific initiatives and objectives in relevant subgroups (e.g., around health, education, or financial inclusion –and will convene at least twice a year as a full cohort to report on progress in the different domains).