Manager of Social Strategy, NBC Owned Television Stations

Former Minister of Foreign Trade (Costa Rica); Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics – PIIE

Founder, TRACE and True Africa

Professor, Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique (UM6P)

Managing Director, Casablanca Stock Exchange

Professor, Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation

Country Director for the Maghreb and Malta, The World Bank Group

International Keynote Speaker; Author; Founder & Director, MBA Caribbean Organization

Chief Editor and Senior Writer, Global Alumni Education; Adjunct Professor, IE University School for Global and Public Affairs

Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Economic Summit Group – NESG

Senior Fellow; Director of Congressional Affairs, The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF)

Chairman, Observer Research Foundation (ORF)

Vice President For Academic Affairs & Provost; Professor of Information Technologies & Computing, The American University of Nigeria.

Special Advisor, Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Lead Presenter, Newsday, BBC News

Vice President, Middle East and North Africa Program, Eastwest institute

State Minister, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Founding Director and Chief Executive, Emerging Markets Forum

Founder and Chairman, Ecologic Institute

Chief Environmental Economist and Senior Economic Advisor, United Nations Environment Programme – UNEP

Editor, Africa TV, BBC

Founder and CEO, Lafont Africa Corporation

Directeur Général, Millenium Challenge Account Morocco

Executive Director, African Philantropy Forum

Founder and Managing Director, ARCANDIA and INNOV’UP

Vice President, Foreign Policy; Executive Director, Transatlantic center, The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF)

Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

EU Special Representative for the Sahel, European Union

Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

Journalist and News Anchor, MSNBC

Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

Senior Research Scientist, Stanford University

International Development Strategist, Global Leadership Fellow, World Economic Forum

Senior Adviser Africa, Middle East and Peace Operations programs, International Peace Institute (IPI)

Former President, Republic of Ecuador

Senior Research Associate, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center – KAPSARC

Director, The Brenthurst Foundation

President, NATO Defense College Foundation

General Director; Senior Research Fellow, Barcelona Center for International Affairs – CIDOB

Directeur Général, Moroccan Agency for Energy Efficiency (AMEE)

Founder and Chairman, Mandela Institute for Development Studies – MINDS

Director of the Africa Peace and Security Program, Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS)

President, Institute for the Promotion of Latin America and the Caribbean – IPDAL

Director, Regional Bureau for West and Central Africa, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Co-founder and Co-CEO, Akon Lighting Africa

Former President of Nigeria, Board Member, Africa Progress Panel