María Fernanda Espinosa
María Fernanda Espinosa was the President of the United Nations General Assembly 2018-2019, becoming the fourth woman and the first from Latin America and the Caribbean to hold the position. Maria Fernanda, a distinguished academic, diplomat, politician, poet, and linguist, has also served in high-level government positions, including as...
Zoe Bayliss Wong
With over a decade of e-commerce and fashion retail experience, Zoe Bayliss Wong is a business growth expert, specialising in sustainable fashion. Having seen behind the curtain at companies large and small, her professional mission is to prove that commercial business can also be a force for good. Zoe...
Peter Altmaier
Peter Altmaier was Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy from 2018 to 2021. Previously he was Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks. He has been a member of the German Bundestag for a total of 27 years and is considered one of the...
Herbert Diess
Since February 2023, Dr. Herbert Diess is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Infineon Technologies AG. From 2018 to August 2022, he held the role as CEO of Volkswagen AG, where he was responsible for the Group’s strategic reorientation towards electromobility. He joined the company in 2015 as the...
Monica Araya
Born in Costa Rica, Monica Araya has worked on sustainability issues for over 20 years with a focus on Latin America. She co-founded Costa Rica Limpia, a citizen-strategy group devoted to promote renewables and electric mobility and launched Movilidad electrica organisation, one of the first electric mobility platforms in...
Claire O’Neill
Claire O’Neill entered politics in 2010 after a transatlantic career in consulting and finance. She served in several Ministerial positions before becoming Climate Change Minister in 2017 and attending the UK Cabinet as Minister for Energy and Clean Growth from 2018. She was instrumental in refocusing the Conservative government...
Francois Hollande
François Hollande was the recent President of France. During his mandate, he carried out important reforms which began to restore the competitiveness and growth of the French economy. Hollande’s presidency was marked by the action he took against international terrorism and climate change. By deploying French troops to Mali...
