HIGH LEVEL ADVISORY COUNCIL

Meet the thinkers behind the Agenda

LEADERSHIP

Georg Kell

Chairman of Arabesque

CHAIRMAN

Luís Neves

CEO of GeSI

CO-CHAIRMAN

PRIVATE SECTOR

Jim Gowen

SVP Supply Chain Operations and Chief Sustainability Officer, Verizon

LEAD

André Aragão Azevedo

Digital Development Program Director, Microsoft

Elizabeth de Nadal

ESG Director, Cuatrecasas

Erika Staël von Holstein

Co-Founder and Chief Executive of Re-Imagine Europa (RIE)

Fernando Reino da Costa

President & CEO, Unipartner

Florence Verzelen

Executive Vice-President Industry, Marketing & Sustainability, Dassault Systèmes SE

Nizar Kammourie

Chief Executive Officer, SAWACO Water Group

João Vieira de Almeida

Senior Partner, VdA

BIODIVERSITY

Helena Freitas-

Professor, UNESCO Chair UC

LEAD

Bruno Oberle

Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature

Niraj Swami

Sr. Director, The Nature Conservancy

William F. Laurance

Professor, James Cook University

EDUCATION

Veerle Vandeweerd

Co-convener at COVID Education Alliance (COVIDEA)

LEAD

Georgios Kostakos

Co-founder and Executive Director, FOGGS

Mathieu Denis

Senior Director, International Science Council

SMART AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES

Giorgia Rambelli

Director, Mission Innovation Urban Transitions Mission

LEAD

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

Dr. Kandeh Yumkella

Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General

LEAD

Anita Erskine

Executive Director, Erskine Global Communications | Social Impact Advocate