Champions

The EDISON Alliance is an open-ecosystem of change-makers, mobilizing joint effort and aligning priorities to enhance the case for digital investment.

Board of the Alliance

Hans Vestberg

Chairman & CEO, Verizon
Chair, EDISON Alliance

Michael Miebach

Chief Executive Officer, Mastercard

Paula Ingabire

Minister for ICT and Innovation, Government of Rwanda

Robert F. Smith

Founder, Chairman & CEO, Vista Equity Partners

Shobana Kamineni

Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals

Achim Steiner

Administrator, United Nations Development Programme

Champions

Ruth Porat

Senior Vice-President & CFO, Alphabet & Google

Michel Demaré

Chairman of the Board, AstraZeneca

C.S. Venkatakrishnan

Group Chief Executive Officer, Barclays

Carlos Torres Vila

Chair, BBVA

Rajan Bharti Mittal

Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises

Luther Castillo Harry

Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Honduras

Rich Lesser

Global Chair, Boston Consulting Group

Andrew Weinberg

Founder, Managing Partner & CEO, Brightstar Capital Partners

Badr Jafar

Chief Executive Officer, Crescent Enterprises

Michael S. Dell

Chairman & CEO, Dell Technologies

Börje Ekholm

President & CEO, Ericsson

Anthony Tan

Group CEO & Co-Founder, Grab

David Garza

Rector, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), Mexico

The Hon. Josephine Teo

Minister for Communications and Information of Singapore

The Hon. Zunaid Ahmed Palak

Minister of State for Information and Communication Technology of Bangladesh

The Hon. Cina Lawson

Minister of Digital Economy and Transformation of Togo

John Riady

Chief Executive Officer, Lippo Karawaci, Lippo Group, Indonesia

H.E. Ms Noor Ali Alkhulaif

Minister of Sustainable Development, Chief Executive of the Bahrain Economic Development Board

Cristiano R. Amon

President & CEO, Qualcomm Incorporated

Bocar Ba

Chief Executive Officer, Samena Telecommunications Council

Lacina Koné

Director-General, Smart Africa

Devin McGranahan

Chief Executive Officer, Western Union

Takayuki Morita

President, Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director, NEC, Japan

Akash Ambani

Director, Reliance Jio Infocomm, India

Catherine Russell

Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

H.M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands

UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development

Jim Ovia

Chairman, Zenith Bank Plc

Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, VPS Healthcare, United Arab Emirates

Amani Abou-Zeid  

Commissioner, Infrastructure and Energy, African Union Commission, Addis Ababa

Hatem Dowidar

Group Chief Executive Officer, Emirates Telecommunications Group Company P.J.S.C (e&)

Mats Granryd

Director General, GSMA

Doreen Bogdan-Martin

Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union

Guru Gowrappan

President, ViaSat

H.E. Mr Omar Sultan Al Olama

Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications of the United Arab Emirates

John Gedmark

Chief Executive Officer, Astranis, USA

Deemah Al Yahya

Secretary-General, Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO), Saudi Arabia

Victoria Lee

Chief Executive Officer and President, Fraser Health, Canada

H.E. Mr Bosun Tijani

Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy of Nigeria

The Hon. Belete Molla Getahun

Minister of Innovation and Technology of Ethiopia

H.E Mr. Ousman A. Bah

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy of the Republic of The Gambia

The Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful

Minister of Communications of Ghana

H.E Rose Pola Pricemou

Minister of Posts, Telecommunications, and Digital Economy, Republic of Guinea

Dr. Natalia Kanem

Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund

Mike McNair

Global Managing Director, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Neeti Mehta Shukla

Co-Founder and Chief Social Impact Officer, Automation Anywhere

Adeeb Ahamed

Managing Director, LuLu Financial Holdings