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HIGH LEVEL ADVISORY COUNCIL

Meet the thinkers behind the Agenda

COUNCIL CHAIRMAN

Georg Kell
Chairman of Arabesque
CHAIRMAN
Luis Neves
CEO of GeSI
CO-CHAIR

PRIVATE SECTOR

Jim Gowen
SVP Supply Chain Operations and Chief Sustainability Officer, Verizon
LEAD
Manuel Ramalho Eanes
Executive Board Member, NOS
André Aragão Azevedo
Digital Development Program Director, Microsoft
Florence Verzelen
Executive Vice-President Industry, Marketing & Sustainability, Dassault Systèmes SE
Erika Staël von Holstein
Co-Founder and Chief Executive of Re-Imagine Europa (RIE)
João Vieira de Almeida
Senior Partner and Chairman, Vieira de Almeida
Elizabeth de Nadal
ESG Director, Cuatrecasas
Fernando Reino da Costa
President & CEO, Unipartner

BIODIVERSITY

Helena Freitas
Professor, UNESCO Chair UC
LEAD
William F. Laurance
Professor, James Cook University
Niraj Swami
Sr. Director, The Nature Conservancy

EDUCATION

Veerle Vandeweerd
Co-convener at COVID Education Alliance (COVIDEA)
LEAD
Pedro Santa Clara
Director at 42 Lisboa and 42 Porto
LEAD
Carlos Oliveira
Co-Founder, Foundation José Neves

SMART AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES

Massamba Thioye
Project Executive, UN Climate Change Global Innovation Hub at UNFCCC
LEAD
Miguel Pinto Luz
Deputy Mayor of Cascais
Anabela Pedroso
Corporate Adviser, CEIIA
Andy Deacon
Acting Managing Director, Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM)

FINANCE

Vanda de Jesus
Country Head of Portugal, iCapital
LEAD

CIVIL SOCIETY

Nuno Carrapatoso
Member of the Coordinating Council of Sedes
LEAD