Young Global Leaders

Young Global Leaders

A community of enterprising, socially minded leaders working as a force for good.

A sought-after peer network, driving each other to do more and be more. From being challenged at leading universities to engaging with innovative peers and influencers, YGLs are transforming how we define leadership and inspire impact.

Members

Alicia Miñana Chair in Law, UCLA School of Law

Tendayi Achiume

Non-Executive Director, Vedanta

Priya Agarwal Hebbar

Global Fellow, The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Non-Executive Director, HarbourVest Partners (U.K.) Limited

Chairman, Martin Dow

Chairwoman, Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property

Shihana Alazzaz

Member of the Board, Technogym

Erica Alessandri

Chief Executive Officer, Union Coop

Mohamed Al Hashemi

President and Chief Executive Officer, GiveDirectly

Chief Executive Officer, ila Bank

Mohamed Almaraj

Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Alpha Capital

Chief Executive Officer, Obai and Hill

Wafa Al Obaidat

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Dasaran EdTech Company

Chief Strategy and Technology Officer, Majid Al Futtaim Holding

Founder and Managing Director, Global Culture House

Noura Bint Faisal Al Saud

Chief Executive Officer, Emirates Foundation

Ahmed Al Shamsi

Counsellor, Embassy of Qatar

Alanoud Bint Hamad Al Thani

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Me Poupe! Conteudo e Servicos Financeiros Eireli

Nathalia Arcuri

Deputy Cabinet Secretary, White House

Daniel Arrigg Koh

Managing Director, Merrill Lynch

Jennifer (Jen) Auerbach-Rodriguez

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Embibe

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, UX Centers

Partner; Head of Gaming and Interactive Media, Lightspeed Venture Partners

Moritz Baier-Lentz

Co-Founder and Advisor, Women for Change

Zolzaya Batkhuyag

Alternate Executive Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Christoph Baumann

Executive Director, UN Tourism

Senior Vice-President, Digital Partnerships, Fintech and Enablers in North America, Mastercard

Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer, Antler Innovation Pte Ltd

Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Khaled Bin Braik

President and Chief Executive Officer, UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators (UICCA)

H.H. Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Ministry of Finance of the United Arab Emirates

H.H. Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Vice-Minister of Tourism, Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia

Haifa Bint Mohammed Al Saud

President of Digital Strategy, Business Development & Growth in Germany, Omnicom Group

Christoph Bornschein

Chief Executive Officer, Tilting The Lens

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Wave Maker Media

Adriana Cargill

Director, Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation

Matthew Caruana Galizia

Managing Director; Head, Mexico Office, General Atlantic

Chief Executive Officer, London Metal Exchange

Matthew Chamberlain

Chief Executive Officer, Onze Capital

Roselyne Chambrier

Chairman of the Board, Vivent Health

Managing Director, Chaudhary Group

Nirvana Chaudhary

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, GoGet

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Classting Inc.

Head, Customer Innovation, Europe, Middle East and Africa and Asia-Pacific and Japan, Microsoft

Partner, Chief Economist, PwC

Chief Investment Officer, Emerging Markets, Americas, UBS AG

Alejo Czerwonko

Managing Director, Damen Yachting

Chief Operating Officer, Middle East and North Africa, Hikma Pharmaceuticals

Program Adviser, Global Advocacy, OutRight Action International

Alberto de Belaunde

Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Public Group International

Alexander de Carvalho

Member of the Executive Board and Group Executive Vice-President, Siemens Energy

Anne-Laure de Chammard

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CarePoint

Chairman, Andros & Cie

Executive Director Emerita, Co-Founder, Women in Global Health

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Bridgewater Associates

Co-Founder, Odola

Abdigani Diriye

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Brightseed

Legal Counsel to the President, Office of the President of Ghana

Kow Abaka Essuman

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, SkyCell

Managing Director, Spanish Speaking Latin America, Meta

Agustina Fainguersch

Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Partnership for Central America

Jonathan Fantini Porter

Artist and Founder, Atelier El Seed Artifacts and Artworks Trading LLC

Managing Director, Cruise Saudi

Partner, Indico Capital Partners

Cristina Fonseca

Chief Underwriting Officer Casualty, Swiss Re America Holding Corporation

Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Friendship Centres

Jocelyn Formsma

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Meridian Express

Executive Director, Identities Institute

Member of the Board of Management; Chief Financial Officer, Allianz Lebensversicherungs-AG

Research Scientist and Quantum Electronics Engineer, Google

Marissa Giustina

Senior Vice-President, Delivery, Uber Technologies

Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty

Partner, McKinsey & Company

Megan Greenfield

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Edelweiss Asset Management Ltd

President, Rappler.com

Natashya Gutierrez

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, MCi Carbon

Sophia Hamblin Wang

Managing Director, Watchtower Advisory

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Tamatem Inc.

Director, Aramco

Hussain Hanbazazah

Vice Chairman of the Board, Kone Corporation

Chief Technology Officer, Ant Group

Managing Partner, Pictet Group

Sven Holstenson

Creator and Executive Producer, Netflix

Associate Professor of Diplomacy, Arab American University-Palestine

Dalal Saeb Iriqat

Chief Executive Officer, Reform Alliance

Jessica Jackson

Group Executive, Innovation and Transformation, Telkom

Secretary-General, Head of Government of the Kingdom of Morocco

Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, BiOZEEN

Member of the Board, E.A. Juffali and Brothers

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Clean Energy Ministerial

Head, Private Investments; Portfolio Manager; Member of the Management Committee, Viking Global Investors

Associate Vice-President and US Commercial Lead, HIV, MSD

Director, Center for Antiracist Research, Boston University

Managing Director, Herison Construction Company

Maryam Khansari

Managing Director, Borosil Ltd.

Shreevar Kheruka

Managing Director, Accenture

Smriti Kirubanandan

Assistant Professor of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis

Co-Head, Climate Hub, Bank of England

Danae Kyriakopoulou

Country Representative, Morocco, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Global Chief Investment Strategist, BlackRock

President, Gotion Americas, Gotion Inc.

Chief Executive Officer, Hesai Technology Co., Ltd.

Artist, Beijing Yellow Stone Media Co.,Ltd

Chief Executive Officer, Lollipop Technology (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd

Global Sustainability Director, Dow

Chair of Data Science; Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Pretoria

Vukosi Marivate

Chief Executive Officer, Grupo Mariposa

Juan Pablo Mata

Prince, The State of Brunei

H.R.H. Prince Mateen of Brunei Darussalam

Partner; Head of Healthcare South America, Bain & Company

Co-Founder and Co-Chair, UNLOCKING EVE Foundation

Minister of Investment, Office of the President of Honduras

Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Government of South Africa

Nomasonto Evelyn Motaung

Director, Fatima Fertilizer Company Ltd

Director, Gripping Films Ltd

Assistant Professor, Yale University

Co-Founder and Spokeswoman, Reinserta -Un Mexico A.C-

Avital Saskia Niño de Rivera Cover

Founder and Executive Director, Food for Education

Professor of Practice - Business, Organizations, & Society, New York University Abu Dhabi

Founder and CEO, iBnk.ae

Mohammad Salem Omaid

Co-Founder and Global Director, Budgit, Inc.

Oluseun Onigbinde

President, National Handcraft Institute (IPA)

Chief Financial Officer, MLP Saglık Hizmetleri A.Ş.

Chief Executive Officer, Angolan Stock Exchange

Executive Director, Movement Against Malnutrition, International Rescue Committee

Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Software, Siemens

Co-Founder and President, Convive

Roberto Patiño

Founder, BellaNaija

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ART X Collective

Tokini Peterside-Schwebig

Head, Dubai Opera

Paolo Petrocelli

Head of Human Resources, Asia, Banque Pictet et Cie SA

Gregoire Pictet

Director, XP Inc.

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Wingcopter

President, Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, KnowYourself

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The ASEAN Post

Rohan Ramakrishnan

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Policy 4.0. Research Foundation

Chief Digital and Information Officer, Orange Business

Hriday Ravindranath

Entrepreneur and Co-Founder, Hands On Robotics

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Reiley Consulting

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kalibrr Technology Ventures

Chief Executive Officer, RB Capital Limited

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, mPharma

Gregory Rockson

Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Clearco

Michele Romanow

Chief Revenue Officer, Syncron AB

Anneliese Schulz

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kushki

Aron Schwarzkopf

Executive Director, Sawiris Foundation for Social Development

Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Member of the European Parliament, European Parliament

Virginijus Sinkevicius

Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on Climate and Energy, Council on Foreign Relations

Senior Vice-President: Merchandising, National Sourcing & Liquor, Sobeys Inc.

Chief Investment Officer, Banque Misr S.A.E.

Head P&C Facultative EMEA, Swiss Re

Managing Director, Global Sustainability Leadership, Accenture

Wesley Spindler

Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Shelley Stewart

Economic and Business Anchor, Globe Eight Inc.

Yurina Takiguchi

CEO, Makro Thailand and Chief Commercial Officer, CP Axtra, CP Axtra Public Company Limited

Tanit Chearavanont

Vice-Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Ministry of Tourism of Indonesia

Angela Tanoesoedibjo

Founder and Chief Executive Officer; Actor; Film Director, The Purpose Movie Studio

Member of Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka

Jeevan Kumaravel Thondaman

Communications Executive and Member of the Board, McCain Institute

Chief Operating Officer, GiveDirectly

Maureen Trantham

Managing Director and Head, Strategic Business Development, UBS AG

Managing Director; Chief of Staff, Private Bank and Wealth Management, Barclays PLC

Adviser, IndiaAI

Managing Partner, Grupo Estrategia

Felipe Valencia-Dongo

Vice-President, Pfizer

Managing Director, TVS Motor Company

Executive, Siemens

Claudia Vergueiro Massei

Chief Executive Officer, MATSUKO

Maria Vircikova

Enterprise Technology and Business Leader, Google Cloud, Google

Founder and Managing Partner, Novamed

David Alexander Walcott

Founder, Stealth

Tiffany Xingyu Wang

Host and Senior Journalist, Leaders Talk, China Central Television (CCTV) and China Global Television Network (CGTN), China Media Group

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, JUSTO, INC.

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Deja Vu

Member of the Executive Committee, European Women on Boards

Head, Group Strategy and Projects; Head, Indonesia Urban, Sembcorp Industries Ltd

Partner, Bain & Company Inc.

Special Adviser, Sea

Charles Yang Zhaoxuan

Executive Director and Vice-President, East West Banking Corporation

Chief Representative, China, WildAid

Minister of Justice, Ministry of Justice of Austria

Founding Partner, Init 6

Editor-in-Chief, Vogue China

General Manager, Global LNG and New Energies, PetroChina International

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, AHA Entertainment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd

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