Alejandro Aravena
Alejandro Aravena graduated in Architecture from Universidad Católica de Chile in 1992. In 1991, still as a student, he participated at the Venice Prize of the 5th International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia. In 1993 he studied History and Theory at IUAV and engraving at the Accademia...
Dr. Richard Harris
Dr Richard “Harry” Harris has worked in anaesthesia, diving, wilderness and aeromedical medicine around the world. His passion for cave diving goes back to the 1980’s and has taken him to the corners of the globe in search of new adventures. Harry and his colleagues have explored caves to...
Isabel Wijsen
Isabel Wijsen is a 19 year old changemaker and co-founder of the successful NGO Bye Bye Plastic Bags, which she started with her sister Melati at the age of 10 and 12. As of June 23 2019, they championed, with many like minded organisations, the ban of plastic bags,...
Keith Weed
Keith Weed worked as an engineer after graduating university before joining Unilever in 1983 as a marketer. Throughout his career at Unilever, he has been chairman of Lever Fabergé and chairman of Unilever Export. He has worked for Unilever in the UK, France, the United States, both in global...
Danielle Krettek Cobb
Danielle Krettek Cobb founded Google Empathy Lab in 2015 out of a desire to create humane, prosocial technology informed by empathy, resilience, and wisdom of heart. The Lab is an interdisciplinary group that guides emerging technologies like AI with a heart-first approach. Its empathy-driven methods allow teams to slow...
Prof. Donald Sadoway
When it comes to alternate power sources and batteries, Donald R. Sadoway is the man to turn to. Voted one of “Times” magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2012, he is widely recognized as a leading battery and energy storage expert. As a professor at MIT...
Chicco Testa
Chicco is currently Chairman of the Board of Telit Communications Plc and Chairman of the Board of E.V.A – Energie Valsabbia, a company developing hydropower and solar generation plants, as well as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Idea Capital Funds Sgr and Intecs S.p.A. Since 2012 he is also...
Linda Mabhena-Olagunju
Linda Mabhena-Olagunju is a renowned South African renewable energy entrepreneur, she is the founder and CEO of DLO Energy Resources Group (Pty) Ltd which currently owns and operates one of Africa’s largest wind farms which has a capacity of 244MW. She is also the owner and operator of South...
Janine Allis
Janine Allis founded Boost Juice Bars in 2000. Boost Juice now has over 500 stores in over 13 countries and is the largest juice bar in the world. In 2007 Janine and her husband Jeff created Retail Zoo to grow young food retail brands using their expertise and solid...
Nigel Topping
Appointed by the UK Prime Minister in January 2020, Nigel Topping is the UK’s High-Level Climate Action Champion. The role of the high-level champions is to strengthen collaboration and drive action from businesses, investors, organisations, cities, and regions on climate change, and coordinate this work with governments and parties...
