Neo WAY – Previous Speakers

JANUARY’22 SPEAKERS

Kumar Manish

India

Communications & Social Media Strategist

Nada Darwish

Bahrain

Regional Corporate Communications & Branding Manager at GBM
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Abayomi Ogundipe

Moldova

Founder @ TEKEDU
UX student @ UX Design Institute

Sarah Zaki

United Kingdom

Chevening Scholar
Management, Innovation and entrepreneurship
Business Analyst

Paula Phillips

United States

Global Leader
Sales Transformation @Softtek
Co-founder @AfricaCultureJourneys

Karina Gabela

Ecuador

Lawyer: Corporate Law | International Law | Trade Law
Future Female Ambassador Quito

David Gallegos

Argentina

Latin America Program Manager en Students For Liberty

Eduardo Gómez

Colombia

Senior Lead, Data Policy at Fourth Industrial Revolution Center of Colombia. Affiliate Center to the World Economic Forum

Priscilla Segnini

United States

Master’s Degree in Journalism at Georgetown University

DECEMBER’21 SPEAKERS

Nchegem Gahia

Nigeria

HIV/AIDS DQA Specialist
Public Health Practitioner
International Development Enthusiast

Udeme Okono

Nigeria

Counselling Psychologist
Media Consultant
Swank Banker
Founder, Teletherapy Nigeria & Keke Ads

Farooque Ahmed

France

Program Management Office (PMP)
Security & Compliance Programs

Dr. Thomas Juli

Germany

Human Business Architect
Author & Speaker
Agile Leadership
Futurist

Ishani Kotwal

India

Student of MA China Studies
Bachelor of Arts and Law

Mukul Goyal

India

Co-founder – Stratefix
Management Consultant
Growth Hack Specialist
Lean Six Sigma Certified

Rodolfo Scannone

United States

Education Consultant
M.S. in Public Policy and Management
B.A. in Mass Communication

Fatin Arifin

Brunei

Business Strategist
Food Industry Ecosystem Champion
Youth, Community & Entrepreneurship Advocate
Chevening Alumna

Abirami Naidu

Seychelles

Air Seychelles Accounts Receivable & Miscellaneous Billings Manager
Indian National Cadet Corps Alumna
BsC Economics

NOVEMBER’21 SPEAKERS

Adegboyega Asanpaola

United States

Head Of Operations at a2i (aspire 2 inspire)
MBA Candidate

Santiago Rojas

Colombia

Managing Director at Cube Ventures Accelerator

Odishika Abigail Adoh

United Kingdom

HR / Maritime professional, passionate about talent management
Chevening scholar
Global shaper (World Economic Forum)
YALI RLC Alumni
McKinsey Forward Africa Alumni

Aliaa Ahmed

Egypt

Certified Professional Trainer
Public Health advisor
Nutrition and Health Educator
Rights Advocate

Ayodeji Babatunde

United States

MBA Candidate
Business Intelligence Strategist
Nigerian Top Executive Award
OutliersHCD Co-founder

OCTOBER’21 SPEAKERS

Urvashi Ghosh

India

Partnerships Lead at Bookmap
Marketing and Branding Consultant
Scaled a digital financial community at ICICI Securities by 700% without spending a dime on Ads

Priyansha Mishra

India

Product Manager, Microsoft
Responsible AI Advocate

Rushva Parikhar

India

Sustainability Consultant – Driving business towards the SDGs
Climate Reality Leader

Ebenezar Wikina

Nigeria

Founder, Policy Shapers
#ReformIELTSPolicy
How I Strolled Around the World With My Mobile Phone https://thriveglobal.com/stories/how-i-strolled-around-the-world-with-my-mobile-phone/

Soren Stockman

United States

Author of ELEPHANT, forthcoming in fall 2022 from Four Way Books
International Arts Administration and Event Production
Executive Assistant at From Day One

Richa Jangid

India

Graduate Engineering Trainee at Varroc

Andrew Banigo

Nigeria

Outgoing Curator (Port-Harcourt Hub) at Global Shapers Community

Shem Opolot

Uganda

Co-Founder, Managing Director at The Good Currency Limited

SEPTEMBER’21 SPEAKERS

Giselle Guzman

France

MSC Marketing and Brand Management
Global Shaper Marseille @World Economic Forum

Murtala Baba

Nigeria

Mechanical Engineer managing Oil and Gas projects
Outgoing Curator of the Global Shapers community Kano
Passionate about solving problems of inequality and Education in Nigeria.

Jumana Baghabra

Saudi Arabia

Digital Policy Expert

Gerardo Daniel Martínez Morales

Mexico

Innovation Management Analyst

Maximiliano Montoya

Mexico

Environmental Advisor & Social Entrepreneur

Nicolas Payen

Netherlands

Simplifying Renewable Energy Finance at Positive Energy Ltd. #1 digital platform for Renewable Energy investments

AUGUST’21 SPEAKERS

Sally Njambi

Kenya

CEO Directways Networking Limited

Akash Chander

United States

Senior Strategy Consultant at Deloitte

Stuart McBratney

Australia

Lecturer at the University of Newcastle

Sepi Chakeveh

United Kingdom

Data Scientist & AI Thought Leader and Practitioner

Renaldo Lawrence

United States

Award-Winning E-Learning Content Developer & Motivational Speaker

Nancy Eperjesy

Canada

Innovator | Strategic Leadership | Immersive Tech | Advisor

Rosmel Rodriguez

Portugal

Chair for European Committee -Global Peace

Soptavik Samanta

France

Marketing and eCommerce Growth Hacker

April Amorighoye

Canada

Strategic Partnerships
Business Development

Gordon MacLellan

United Kingdom

Environmental storyteller and educator

Kerry Cummings

United States

Founder & CEO MINDBAR®
Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker
Coach & Mindfulness Expert

Paola Ocampo

Colombia

Family Development Universidad de Caldas
Globe Program
Climate Reality leader

JULY’21 SPEAKERS

Amy Ariffuddin

Malaysia

Marketing Strategist
Word Wizard
Problem Solver

Tim de Ridder

Australia

Co-author of ‘Bare Necessities How to Live a Zero Waste Life’
Environment | Sustainability | Circular Economy | Carbon Projects
Strategy | Education

Ezinne Onyeka

United Kingdom

MBA Candidate at University of Cambridge
Strategy & Operations

Sikander Bizenjo

Pakistan

Advisory Council, Global Shapers Community
External Engagements, Dawood Hercules
Climate Reality Leader

Robert Shumbusho

Nigeria

Idea Manager/CEO

Jonathan Hollander

United States

Founder/Artistic Director, Cultural Ambassador of Battery Dance, Dancing to Connect and Battery Dance Festival

Joyce Okyerewaa Danso

Ghana

Founder, Career1o1

Ronald Ochoo

Uganda

Legal Associate (Uganda) at Migrate to Canada Group
Team Leader -Kermec Associates
SFFG-Financial Coach

Humzah Yazdani

Pakistan

Energy Lawyer
LL.M. (Global Energy and Environmental Law)
Fulbright Scholar
MD Anderson Research Fellow 19-20

Gonzalo Benetti Hernández

Argentina

Global Advisory Council at Global Shapers Community

Deeksha Sharma Ph.D

United States

Postdoctoral Fellow | Cornell University
IIT Roorkee | TEDx speaker
Students of the World Podcast host (youtube.com/channel/UCXA2MCs-iPjcUQkg6vZVAOw)

Jeremiah Vardeleon

Philippines

Motivational Speaker

Prof. Anandha Karthik

India

Digital Media Manager and Assistant Professor of Visual Communication
PhD Research Fellow at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Soukaïna FAWZI

Morocco

Corporate and Educational Drama
Soft skills trainings
Marketing and branding
Art Entrepreneurship

Disha Kaushal

India

Design Thinking Consultant & Educator

Anupriya Agarwal

India

Brand Consultant | Digital Marketer
Networking | Social Media | Global Shaper

Benjamin Soo

Laos

Co-Founder of Modern Lao Homes & Bunnasia

Tanya Agarwal

India

Wellbeing| Holistic Coaching| Leadership| Youth Empowerment| Innovation| Sustainability| Wellbeing Economy

Brian Ntambirweki

Uganda

CEO at BrighterMonday Uganda

Jeevesh Augnoo

Mauritius

Law Lecturer Rushmore Business School

Muyiwa Babarinde

Nigeria

Head Of Marketing at Savyt
PR Specialist
Comms/Tech/National Development

Addi Mavengere

Zimbabwe

Educational Technologist

JUNE’21 SPEAKERS

Vivek Eluri

India

Project Lead, Indian National Health Authority

Krishna Kumar

India

CEO GreenPepper

Holger Wagner

UAE

CEO Wagner & Partners
Masters in Food Technology

Miroslav Draganov

North Macedonia

Mentor for Public Speaking and Storytelling–online | Soft Skills Trainer | Happy Team–Happy Revenue Stream | WEF Curator

Kaoutar El Khattabi

Morocco

Ph.D student at Medbiotech Lab

Blessing Oluwatosin Ajimoti

Nigeria

Economic Development, Policy, Tech
Oxford Master of Public Policy
Mandela Washington Fellow

Abhishek Gaurav

India

Corporate Strategy TE Connectivity

Squadron Leader Toolika Rani

India

Ex-Indian Air Force Officer, Mountaineer, Motivational Speaker (TEDx, Toastmasters Keynote Speaker, Rotary, FICCI, BHEL, ITC Infotech, Radio and TV), Writer, Research Scholar

Fabiola Velarde Galicia

Mexico

Entrepreneurship manager | fAIr LAC Jalisco en Tecnológico de Monterrey

Trevor Nelson

United States

Rock Ventures LLC Special Projects
Venture For America 2019 Fellow

Maha Hassan

Egypt

Alumna at U.S. Department of State | Global Shaper | SDGs Advocate

Neysa Santoscoy

Mexico

Open Innovation Strategy

Ifeoluwa Ogunbufunmi

Nigeria

MBA Candidate at Saïd Business School (University of Oxford)
Business Management & Strategic Investments at Flutterwave
McKinsey Next Generation Women Leader ’21

Warda Malik

Pakistan

Public Affairs | Strategic Comms | GovTech | Outreach & Engagement

Daniel Olika

Nigeria

Lawyer at Kenna Partners

Rui de Morais

Portugal

Managing Partner at Folia Nómada

Aleena Elizabeth Joseph

India

Global Shaper, WEF
Former Business Analyst, Royal Bank of Scotland
Researcher
PGDM, XIME

Aditya Pachpande

India

Young Innovator | Entrepreneur | Keynote Speaker | Change Agent | Student | Co-founder at NextGenInnov8 | Babson | Harvard | Stanford | COVID warrior | Patent Published | Alexa Skills Developer

Raghad Fathaddin

Saudi Arabia

Wellbeing| Holistic Coaching| Leadership| Youth Empowerment| Innovation| Sustainability| Wellbeing Economy

Sanjil Jain

India

Cornell University
Judge Business School (Cambridge)
IIT Roorkee’19

Anomitra Banerjee

India

Investment Team @Times Internet

Neelam Azmat

Canada

Worked with over 170 startups and young changemakers in 16 countries
Fulbright scholar with a master’s in public administration
Fellow at the Swedish institute Leaders Lab and DICE Social Innovation Exchange
TechCamp trainer for the US State Department

Chaya Srivatsa

India

Life coach
Internet radio talk show host

Raheen Fatima

Pakistan

Peace and SDGs activist
Standup-comedian
Theater Actress
Interviewer

Michele Bonanno di Linguaglossa

United Kingdom

Founder at Impakter Index

Tashfeen Ahmed

United Kingdom

Design Informatics candidate at the University of Edinburgh

Isha Sharma

UAE

Evaluation at the World Bank
One of the youngest board members of the London School of Economics
Meditation and breathwork instructor
Founder of Art of Living Fellowship Program

MAY’21 SPEAKERS

Christie Borely

Trinidad and Tobago

Judicial Research Counsel at The Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago

Kudzai Milton Murongazvombo

Zimbabwe

Customer Operations Manager
Vice-Curator @ Harare Hub, Global Shapers Community
Rotary Regional Leader
MBA Candidate

Ranya Essouri

Morocco

Analyst Intern-Ministry of Industry, Investment, Trade and Digital Economy

Ioana Mischie

Romania

Transmedia Artist/Futurist at STORYSCAPES

BobKevin Shoo

Tanzania

Marketing Executive at Mailvelope

Lorpu Flomo

Liberia

OIC /Annual Youth Peace Summer Camp in Liberia Messengers of Peace-Liberia Inc (MOP)

Nihal Ahmed

India

Founder of Limitless Institute | Ikigai Coach | Program Designer | Social Entrepreneur

Carlos Puerto

Colombia

ICRC – Colombian Red Cross

Montserrat Fregoso Fonseca

Mexico

Co-Founder at SciArt Party
Ambassador at Rebel Girls
Founder at We Stand For Change
Youth Award 2015
#SheForShe TEC Women Award 2019

Lakshmi Mini

India

Co-founder at GoHuddle
Startup Mentor
Senior Research Associate at Defence Research and Studies
Cybercrime Intervention Officer
Creative content Writer

Hassan Arif

United States

Founder and CEO @ Appnector & Tailor & Bond
Customer Success Enthusiast
Inbound Marketing Expert
Process Automation Obsessed

Youssef Outikni

Morocco

Mechanical Systems engineer Laureate of ENSEM Casablanca

Oorja Agrawal

India

IIM Bodh Gaya (MBA 2020-22)

Jaśmina Kasenko

Germany

Lecturer for the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf (HHU)
Student of the HHU and the European Academy of Diplomacy

Gaiathiri Guliani

India

Director International Distribution & Syndication – Sony Pictures India

Antara Choudhury

India

Innovator at PwC India
Young India Fellow
Teaching Assistant Ashoka University

Rochelle Abeywardena

Sri Lanka

International Development
Law & Human Rights
Creative Communications

OL Jonatan Beun

United Kingdom

Chevening Scholar
MSc Behavioral and Economic Science at University of Warwick 20/21

Kwame Botchway

United States

Impact Strategist
Equitable Social Impact
4IR Enthusiast
Former Journalist, Writer

El Mehdi Abdennassar

Canada

Product Development at TeraXion

Shams Selouma

Argentina

Social entrepreneur fostering gender equality and economic empowerment for women and LGBTQI community
PhD scholar researching on Human Rights

Alejandra San Martín

Ecuador

General Manager ESM Strategic Communications

Andres Mendez

Bolivia

Chemical Engineer and entrepreneur
Cofounder of Son Cracks
Founder of Malatraza

Natasha Ibarra

Argentina

Member of iTeams Cordoba / Global Shapers Cordoba
Alumni of Enseña por Argentina / Teach for All
Analyst at Kalei Ventures
Member of Women in VC

APRIL’21 SPEAKERS

Andrea Tittelová

Slovakia

Conscious Fundraiser
Global Institute for Evolving Women

Marian Polasek

Slovakia

Analyst at Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic

Paula Elksne

Latvia

Assistant Director of Bachelor Programs and Lecturer at Riga Business School

Igor Tomić

Croatia

PhD Researcher at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)

Henrica Makulu

Zimbabwe

Data Analyst
Mentor and Trainer
Past Vice-Curator Global Shapers Community (an initiative of the World Economic Forum)

Maiyshla Chunwan

Mauritius

Well-being Advocate
WEF Global Shaper and Vice-Curator

Elizabeth Doeblah

Liberia

OIC /Annual Youth Peace Summer Camp in Liberia Messengers of Peace-Liberia Inc (MOP).

Laura Catalina Peña

Paraguay

Head of Training – Enseña por Paraguay

Alexis Vrotsos

United States

Chief People Officer Olumo

Marly May Cuesta

Dominican Republic

Program Manager MoveUp (MU)

Adilson Vieira

Angola

Ecosystem Manager Disruption Lab

Jerry Power

United States

Co-Founder at I3 Consortium

John Stevenson

United States

Owner at Stevenson Capital & Co.

Laura Delince

Dominican Republic

Educator
Instructional Coach EdConnective

Gunay Mukhtarova

Azerbaijan

Strategist/Research/Consultant/Community manager/CSR

Sadikchya Singh

Nepal

Coordination, Himalayan Circular Economy Forum
Communication Trainer
Content Consultant

Luimar Silva

Namibia

Product Manager at Contentribe

Akumishi Ayenajeh

Nigeria

Learn | Teach | Practice | Laugh | SDGs 1, 4 & 8 Advocate | Edu-Entrepreneur | Business Maven

Mubita Simataa

Zambia

Innovation Consultant
Chevening Scholar

Mounir Kabbara

UAE

Sustainability | Cities | Strategy

Sara Boukhris

Morocco

Industrial & Systems Engineer
Project Developer

Gulnaz Kordanova

Kazakhstan

Co-Founder and CEO at Teach For Kazakhstan

Bibi la Luz Gonzalez

Guatemala

Intl. Political Economist. Merging Food Security+Climate Sustainability+Human Rights. Creative, partnerships, entrepreneur, media, project brains. Public Speaker and Engagement brilliance, author, championing communities

Alexandra Cortese

Paraguay

General Manager & Partner Row Comms

Abigail Geronimo

Bolivia

Founder – CEO Data Market Bolivia
Ecoss Market/Bicicleta
WEF Global Shaper

Laysa Palomo

Guatemala

Founder of VOICE, Integrated Communications

Melissa Sassi

United States

Chief Penguin, Entrepreneur & Student Experience at IBM

Julián Castillo Holzheu

Guatemala

Architect passionate about nature, cities and human interactions
Creative visionary working in urban sustainability

Óscar António

Angola

CEO-Mwendya Investimentos
Co-Founder Holen Lda
Next Einstein Forum Ambassador for Angola

MARCH’21 SPEAKERS

Undral Amarsaikhan

Mongolia

Co-Founder at Unread Media
Part of Team Mongolia & Global Shapers Community

Alessia Sgobba

Italy

Electricity market analyst at Falck Renewables SpA
Global Shaper at the World Economic Forum

Dimitri Diamanti

Greece

Dimitri Diamanti Founder
Founding Curator | Global Shapers Thessaloniki Hub

Tan Rasab

United States

CEO & Co-Founder at SiGenex- Clinical Genetics For Everyone Everywhere

Katerina Dimitriadou

Greece

Freelance Digital Marketer and Copywriter
Content Creator, SEO

Marija Vasilevska

North Macedonia

Experienced Project Manager
Specialized in Monitoring and Evaluation of projects and programs
Professional experience in assuring quality in higher education

Arpiné Papyan

Armenia

Marketing professional with 10+ years of experience
Specializing in B2B social media and paid campaigns strategy and implementation
WEF Global Shaper

Krist Bakiu

Albania

External Assistant Lecturer at the Faculty of Economy, University of Tirana
Curator at Global Shapers Community Tirana

Karen Guggenheim

United States

Founder WOHASU®
Happiness & Wellbeing Advocate

Pranav Bhanage

Singapore

CEO Oil & Gas South Asia Region
Board Member
Digital Transformation

Busra Kamiloglu

Turkey

Customer Success Account Manager at Microsoft
Global Shaper at World Economic Forum
Climate Reality Leader

Inês Relvas

Portugal

Head of Strategy @ Sonae FS
WEF Global Shaper

Joanna Jasinska

Poland

COO at VCLeaders
Associate at COBIN Angels
Vice Curator at Global Shapers Warsaw Hub

Anass Hanafi

Italy

Master Law student
Fellow at German Marshall Fund of the US
WEF Global Shaper
Founder Campus 4.0

Mohit Rauniyar

Nepal

Co-Founder of Canopy Nepal
Climate Reality Leader
The Resolution Project Guide

Tinodaishe Mandebvu

Zimbabwe

Associate Consultant at Africa People Advisory Group
WEF Global Shapers

Tafadzwa Munatsi

Zimbabwe

Group Financial services at N Richards Group
WEF Global Shaper

Jette Ditlev

Denmark

Leadership Trainer
Future Strategy Developer
Board Professional

Ariunzaya Saranjav MD

Mongolia

Medical Doctor
Public Health Researcher
WEF Global Shaper

Madina Zamanbayova

Azerbaijan

Financial Forecast & Analysis
Human Resources Management
Double MSc graduate

Mohammad Sammour

Jordan

Senior Program Manager at Peace First
Co-Founder, Growth & Development Director at MedeArts

Aibek Sapashov

Kyrgyzstan

Co-Founder and CEO at Makers (Coding Bootcamp, Software Development Studio)
World Economic Forum Global Shaper

Hugo Dürr

Denmark

Novo Nordisk Graduate
WEF Global Shaper
Humanitarian Aid Worker

Harun Cero

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Regional Project Manager at Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
WEF Global Shaper

Mohammed Alfarra

Palestine

Entrepreneur, Geek & Digital Marketer
WEF Global Shaper

Emīls Jonins

Latvia

Associate at Law Firm ADD Legal
WEF Global Shaper

Marla Munkh-Achit

Mongolia

Obama Foundation Scholar
Former Executive Director at Zorig Foundation
WEF Global Shaper

Carlos Terranova Veliz

Peru

Head Designer en Backup Makers Perú
WEF Global Shaper

Andrej Grman

Canada

UBC Sauder
WEF Global Shapers
LEAF Academy

FEBRUARY’21 SPEAKERS

Thembile Nonhle Ndlovu

South Africa

Partner Development Manager at Microsoft
Skills Development for the 4th Industrial Revolution
Mail and Guardian 200 Young South Africans 2019

Beñat Galdós Aizpurua

Spain

Founder of Galde, aiming to help people adapt to the current digital environment
WEF Global Shaper

Rula Odeh

Palestine

Spoke at the at the United Nations as the first Palestinian woman to participate in the Hult Prize Competition
One of the top 6 teams from over 200,000 all over the world

Maria Pia Napoletano

Italy

Young European Ambassadors in the EU Neighbourhood EAST project
Organizer TEDxUninaFedericoII

Sabina Maria Ciofu

Belgium

Head of EU and Trade Policy at techUK
Founder of Gentlewomen’s Club

Antonella Vagliente

Belgium

Co-founder & Director of Young Water Solutions
TEDxRiodelaPlata speaker

Juan Daniel Gonçalves

Hungary

D-TAG Analytics Product and Partnerships Director
Nova Talent Member, global top talent network
WEF Global Shaper

Emilio Rodriguez

Canada

Program Officer at ParlAmericas
WEF Global Shaper
OYW Peace Ambassador.

Khadija Tirha

Italy

Change Maker USI MEM
Young European Volunteer 2017 FOCSIV
Global Wellbeing Envoy
Peacebuilder iDove Community.

Gilberto Morishaw

Netherlands

Innovation and Community Lead at Innovation Ç
TILN Fellow 20-21 German Marshall Fund of the United States
Racial Equity Sub-Committee Member Global Shapers Community

Giovanni Ciriello

Italy

Law Student at UniNa
Co-Founder & Vice Curator of Global Shapers Community Naples

Omar Ibn Abdillah

Comoros

Economist, Auditor, International Trainer, Serial Investor and SDGs Advocate
Monitoring And Evaluation Officer of the Comoros Emerging Plan (PCE)
Roland Berger Business Strategy Consultant

Momo Maximilian

Austria

Studying Educational Science + Politics, Philosophy, Economics at Uni Salzburg
Thinking about the future of education

Klevisa Kapo

Albania

Masters’ Student at University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business
Founder – LitCor
Projects’ Specialist – Metropolitan Tirana University
Market Research Analyst – Independent Consultant

Tatsuya Masubuchi

Japan

High-end concierge/Publisher/Writer/Business Consultant/Researcher/Professor/Luxury travel

Arnas Puidokas

Lithuania

Front-End Developer @ Nord Security
Acting ambassador of AI Future Lab in the Baltic States
Leader of accelerator program, Vilnius Shapers Hub

Kamile Kaselyte

Belgium

Marketing and PR for SMEs & Tech Startups
Contributing Writer Thrive Global and ArcticStartup

Augusto Lopez-Claros

United States

Executive Director, Global Governance Forum
Senior Fellow Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service

Odessa Primus

Czechia

Director @ Global Arena Research Institute & Next 100 Symposium
Democratizing Big Data and AI

Christiana Smirli

Greece

Psychology and International Relations
ACT – American College of Thessaloniki Bachelor of Science Psychology
World Economic Forum Global Shaper

Abid Malik

United States

Managing Director, Indus Venture
Founding Board Member (Emeritus) LUMS National Incubation Centre

Daniel Zaretsky

Tajikistan

American entrepreneur and entrepreneurial ecosystem builder in former Soviet Central Asia
General Director/Founder Knowledge Across Borders

Paula Sahyoun

Canada

Analyst at Social Venture Connexion
McConnell Fellow – Social Innovation

Lernik Essayei, MD

United States

Digital Health Solutions, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Yerevan State Medical University Doctor of Medicine (MD)

Shashidhar Kanukolanu

United States

CEO Swipesumo Technologies
FinTech, Investment banking, Consulting, development of large science & technology parks

Lina Alvarez

Canada

Strategic Design student at Parsons School of design
Movement and Mindfulness Teacher
Entrepreneur and Intrapreneur
International trade professional
WEF Global Shaper

Ibrahim Abu Hijleh

Jordan

Senior Product Manager SiTech (Semantic Intelligent Technologies)
WEF Global Shaper, Amman Hub Curator

Michael Strong

United States

Expanseonline.co, a virtual secondary school nurturing the purpose and genius of every child
Specialize in creative, intellectual, and entrepreneurial students who find regular school unsatisfying.

Maja Jovičić

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Legal Trainee, Public Health Institute
Communications Manager WaySeven Technologies
Founder and Curator Global Shapers Banja Luka

JANUARY ’21 SPEAKERS

Monika Stankiewicz

Australia

Australian space testing program coordinator
WEF Global Shaper
Masters of Architecture candidate

Akhila Jayaram

United Kingdom

Cambridge University PhD Candidate
Director at Polygeia
WEF Global Shaper

Gagan Reddy

Netherlands

Founder – CEO – Data Lead @ Cittamap
WEF Global Shaper

Nagaraja Kumar Deevi

United States

Senior Advisor | Banking | Financial Services | Board Governance | Risk | Regulatory | Culture | Conduct | Ethics | Reputation | Cyber | ESG | Sustainability | Digital (AI) | Fintech Innovation | Academia

Richard Anthony

Indonesia

CEO and President Director at PT Sewu Segar Primatama (Re.juve)

Michael Sillion

Sweden

Captain Future is – Global Playground Facilitator – Digital Event Host – Perspective Shifter – Ikigai 4.0 Master – Network Weaver – 21st Century Skills Lifelong Learning

Elisa Roth

United Kingdom

Industrial Researcher University of Cambridge
Industry 4.0, XR
WEF Global Shaper

Ross O’Leary

Ireland

Associate at Wachsman
World Economic Forum Global Shaper
U.S. Embassy Young Leaders Council Member

Goksenin Ozturkeri

United States

Clean Energy Finance Professional
WEF Global Shaper
CELI Fellow
GreenBiz 30 Under 30

Xavier Prabhu

India

President – APAC & Global board member at IPREX Global Communication
PRHUB Founder & Managing Director

Caitlin Krause

United States

Empowering Human Connection through Mindful Technology and Transformation
Founder of MindWise Immersive Storytelling · UX Design · Mindfulness
Digital Wellbeing professor, Stanford
Director of Community & Business Development, Virtual World Society

Cecilia Pang

Canada

Economic Policy & Civic Engagement
UBC Wesbrook Scholar
WEF Global Shaper

Robert Levin

United States

CEO, Emerging Star Digital
Wrote biography of President William Clinton
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Finance at Columbia Business School

Shefali Rekhi

Singapore

Asian Insider editor & Asia News Network editor, The Straits Times

Rajiv Raghunat

India

Founder & CEO at Wellversed Media & Communication Managing
Editor – Outdoor Asia
Media4Growth

Bill Nguyen

Vietnam

Founder & CEO ABS Institute – Bridging The Gap Between Knowledge and Skill

Janine de Nysschen

Ghana

Strategist and business development consultant
Change Strategist Cardinal Strategies Group

José Mariano López-Urdiales

Spain

Founder and CEO at Zero 2 Infinity
Aerospace entrepreneur

George Wang

United States

Turn-key engineering and contract manufacturing solutions
President and CEO E-Business International, Inc

Pahini Pandya

United Kingdom

Co-Founder & CEO, Panakeia
World Economic Forum Global Shaper

SeBright Chen

Founding Chairman at Summer Atlantic Capital
Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Ciprian Dan Costea, PhD

Romania

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors Autonova
University Lecturer

Oscar Escallada

Spain

Service & UX/UI Designer
WEF Global Shaper

Eugenia Ochoa

Canada

Community Engagement Designer
Equity & Sustainable Development

Maria Fernanda Santos Souza

Portugal

Education for Liberation
Pedagogy for Change
YLAI and AIESEC Alumna

Derakhshan Qurban-Ali

Canada

J.D./B.C.L. Candidate at McGill University
Refugee Migration Researcher
Former G20 Research Group Compliance Director

DECEMBER ’20 SPEAKERS

Shaanti Shamdasani

Indonesia

Executive Education at Harvard Kennedy School
Government Affairs, Healthcare & Digital Transformation
CEO & President of SAIAC

Yonah Welker

United States

Explorer, Mentor, Board Member
Ed, Health, AI, Ethics
@Singularity @MIT @EU @500Strong @Ex-Hardwaretech

Tarun Anand

India

TEDx Speaker
Founder, Universal Business School
Fmr. MD, Thomson Reuters, South Asia
Global Goodwill Ambassador

Anuradha Agarwal

India

Marketing Communications Professional
Finalist: Young Lions 2019 & 2018 (Marketing) & Young Spikes 2018 (Media)
Founder of brandvertising agency, Think North Consulting

Rishi Mehra

India

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Wishfin.com

Silvano Coletti

Switzerland

Reimagining R&D to enable the use-inspired of scientific discovery
CEO and unboss of Chelonia Applied Science
Passionate about science, mathematics and computation, cultural transformation

Christian Robillard

Canada

Sponsorship | Partnerships | Podcasting with Beyond the Bake Sale
Fundraising | Storytelling | Community Investment | Philanthropy
Global Shaper | Caring Canadian | Social Impact

Nhat Vuong

Switzerland

Co-Founder at The Happy Turtle Straw
Founder Water Inception

Rosalía Arteaga

Ecuador

Former president of the Republic of Ecuador
Member of the board of trustees en Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Omar Abdelaziz

United States

Geopolitical Analysis/ International Security/ Policy analysis
GIS/ Geospatial Analysis
Middle Eastern Politics

Anil Bhaskaran

India

Chief Architect and Urban Planner, Managing Director, IDEA Centre Architects Pvt Ltd, Bangalore
President- India Urban Care Forum
Artist • Activist • Speaker • Writer • Dreamer

David Bruemmer

United States

Board Advisor at Autonomy Institute

Wayne Lee

United States

President @ Powertec, Inc.
Member of Forbes Los Angeles Business Council

Janna Tay

New Zealand

LLB(Hons)/BA student
Oscen Magazine Founder and Editor-in-Chief

Edgar Bullecer

Philippines

Chief Operating Officer at The Paglas Group

Tom Husson

Belgium

AI business strategist
Simplifying human life
Managing Partner at Humain.ai

Dr Parag Agarwal

Singapore, India, UAE

Founder & CEO, JanaJal – Safe Water for All

Peter Lazou

United Kingdom

Future Driven Catalyst & Serial Entrepreneur
Founding Member Otherdots Foundation

Diana Setsofia Agbenyo

Ghana

Committed to yielding ambitious Africans through Dev’t work & supporting small businesses through Comms & marketing

Ceren Cerciler

Spain

Founder / Inside Counsels
Vice President of Bosphorus Summit

Chineyenwa Okoro Onu

Ghana

Social Entrepreneur|Environmentalist
HR Generalist|Enable
Global Shaper|Tech Enthusiast

Tecla Kalinda

Canada

Senior Analyst at Bank of Canada
Founder of ZalaSmart
WEF Global Shaper

M. E. Clare Cowan

Canada

Investment Banker
CEO Cahill Energy Limited

Aimée Dushime

Rwanda

KPMG International Tax and Transfer Pricing Specialist
WEF Global Shaper – Kigali Hub Curator
Future Africa Forum Contributor

Aaron Nartey

Ghana

Research Fellow; Sickle Pan African Research Consortium (SPARCo)
M & E Specialist | Social Entrepreneur
Founder; EHL-Ghana

Mina Pokuaa Agyemang

Ghana

Social Intrapreneur who develops and promotes practical solutions to social and environmental challenges
Agenda Project Co Founder

Antonio Cantalapiedra

Spain

Cofounder & Executive President of the Board & CEO @ Woonivers
Serial Entrepreneur, Professor, Business Angel, Nasdaq Investor
Ex mytaxi C-level executive – acquired by Daimler in 2014

Cecilia Pang

Canada

Economic Policy & Civic Engagement
UBC Wesbrook Scholar
WEF Global Shaper

NOVEMBER ’20 SPEAKERS

Cherie Wang

Singapore

Simplifying financial planning for the masses
Providing educated guidance to help build a plan toward a better financial life

Aditya Singh

India

Director – Athena School of Management
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Member at Chatham House
Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, Rotarian
Member – Higher Ed Committee at Indo-French Chamber of Commerce

Jason Ribeiro

Canada

Director of Strategy, Calgary Economic Development
Ph.D. Candidate and SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholar, University of Calgary
Outgoing Curator, WEF Global Shapers (Calgary Hub)

Zsófia Szlamka

United Kingdom

PhD Candidate
Founder at AMKA Counselling
Co-Founder at VOICES
The Travelling Psychologist Blogger

Palesa Tshandu

South Africa

Analyst – Office of the Group Chief Executive at Transnet SOC Ltd
Curator of Johannesburg Hub – Global Shapers Community

Ahoud Alshaikh

United Kingdom

School Governor London Borough of Hounslow
PhD Candidate at University of Exeter

Cristina Calvo

Costa Rica

CMO of ASUAire Travel
Partner BMT Best Marketing Talent

Dr. Noel Akpata

Nigeria

CEO STRATEX PRO

Pascale Siegel

United States

Managing Director, Ankura Consulting Group, LLC
Strategic influence, cross-cultural communications and international affairs
Focus on (geo)political risk, security policy, transnational threats, and counter-insurgency

Sampson Kofy Adotey

Ghana

Knowledge Broker
Inclusive Innovation and Educational Leader

Otto Canon

Nigeria

Executive Director/Founder at CleanCyclers Africa

Palash Sanyal

Canada

Corporate Knights Top 30 under 30 2018 in Canada
Water Next’s Young Professional of the year award 2019
EECOM Outstanding Youth Action Leader 2019
Canadian Water Network Water Leader of Tomorrow 2019

Regine Chen

Singapore

Consultant at McKinsey & Co.
24 under 24 in STEM

Hashendra Wijesinha

Australia

Author and Sustainability Strategist
Purposeful Work Champion

Sophie Fisher

Australia

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Girls on Bikes ACT
YWCA Canberra

Taylor Hawkins

Australia

Founder The Linq Advisory

Khurram Jamil

Denmark

President of Strategic Initiatives and founding partner of Area9
Copenhagen University Medical Doctor

Dr. Lorenz Granrath

Japan

Supervisory Innovation Coordinator AIST, Japan Representative
CONTACT Software, Multiphoton Optics

Stefanie Ólives

Brazil

Lawyer Smart legal solutions

Lucia Schlemmer

South Africa

Senior Researcher at Cenfri

Aviva Alvares

Ireland

Key Account Manager at Mars
WEF Global Shaper @Dublin Hub

Tanya König

Switzerland

Moderator
Digital Video Producer
Reporter | Storyteller

Dr. Simon Engelke

Germany

Founder & Chair of Battery Associates

Jerome Manuel

Canada

Business Advisor
Operations, Strategy, Innovation

Abdul Adama

United Kingdom

Brand Marketing Consultant
MSc Marketing student

Jonathan Tanguay

Canada

BNP Performance Philanthropique Consultant

Jackson Rowland

New Zealand

Director, Ākina Invest
Obama Leader
Global Shaper

Tianmei Chen

United Kingdom

First Chinese Chevening Scholar
Public Speaker
Certified MBTI and NLP Master Practitioner.

OCTOBER’20 SPEAKERS

Okka Phyo Maung

Myanmar

Startup Founder
Alibaba e-founder fellow
Forbes 30 Under 30

Martina Fuchs

Switzerland

TV Anchor, Business Journalist and Event Moderator
Expert on China & Middle East
Speaks 9 languages (Chinese, Arabic)

Epa Gousopoulos

Switzerland

Resident in the Clinic for Plastic and Hand Surgery at Universitätsspital Zürich

Kohei Kurihara

Japan

President of Tokyo Chapter at Government Blockchain Association

Shailendra Goswami

India

Chairman & Managing Director Pushkaraj Group
Webinar “Challenges and Opportunities during and after COVID 19”: https://youtu.be/J1-LfFebdDw

Sinartus Sosrodjojo

Indonesia

Value Creation Advisor at Damson Capital

Nontuthuzelo Nikiwe

South Africa

Social Investment Analyst at Tshikululu Social Investment
Global Shaper & Impact Officer at Tshwane Hub

Jeff Hoffman

United States

Chairman of the Board, Global Entrepreneurship Network

Clyde Hutchinson

Ireland

Air, Land and Sea Travel and Transportation

William Bohnet

United States

Non-profit leader of environmental organizations

Allen Morison

United States

Professor at Arizona State University, Thunderbird School of Global Management

Natalie Samovich

Portugal

Co-Founder ResilientGroup, Enercoutim
Chair WG Energy AIOTI, Co-chair ETIP-SNET WG1.
Advancing Energy Transition

Simón Levy

Mexico

Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

Rosauro Rodriguez

Philippines

Global Security & Investigation Consultant
Defense Technologist
Radio Program Anchor
CSO of the Week & Hall of Famer

Felicitas Pietrulla

Switzerland

Consultant at McKinsey & Company

Jim Yuan

Philippines

Partner @ Joyview Education
MBA & MSc

Linh Do

Australia

Social Movements | Climate Justice | Systems Change | Rabble Rouser

Vivek Atray

India

8 TEDx Talks, Top Motivational Keynote Public Speaker
Best Selling Author: “Finding SUCCESS Within-52 Life Skills for Young Indians”
Ex Director Industries & I.T. Emotional Intelligence Expert

Princess Angelique Monét

US and UK

Pioneer in arts and entertainment, visionary and futurist
Ventriloquist, Singer, Composer
1st Class Member of the Order of Malta and Cavalier of the Order of St. Jerusalem