The speakers
A multi-actor event
The Spring Meeting will bring together diverse stakeholders from around the world, including representatives from States and governments, international organizations, civil society and the private sector, to focus on the shared North-South objective of “Fair Transitions“.
With the participation of:
Chiugo Aghaji
Extractives and Sustainability consultant, CEA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
Speaker
Maria Rachel J. Arenas
Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines
Speaker
Jennifer Baarn
Director of Partnerships, AGRA
Speaker
Shawn Baker
Chief Program Officer, Helen Keller Intl
Speaker
Hamadi Boga
Vice President-Program Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Speaker
Houda Boukari
2023 French-African Foundation Young Leader, Africa Procurement Transformation Manager, Unilever
Speaker
Mariana Campos
Director, Mexico Evalua
Moderator
Éléonore Caroit
Vice-Chairwoman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, National Assembly, French Republic
Moderator
Assheton Carter
Executive Director, Fair Cobalt Alliance
Speaker
Sachin Chaturvedi
Director General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)
Speaker
Shirmai Chung
Member of the Youth Engagement Group, Climate Overshoot Commission
Speaker
Karim Dahou
Deputy Director, Global Relations and Cooperation, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Speaker
Hailemariam Dessalegn
Former Prime Minister, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Speaker
Patrick Dupoux
Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group
Moderator
Youssef El Bari
Chief Executive Officer, InnovX
Speaker
Iliass El Fali
Managing Director in charge of the Corporate Strategy - Performance Management & Operations Coordination, OCP Group
Speaker
Hicham El Habti
President, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic
Speaker
Hakim El Karoui
Founding Partner, Volentia
Speaker
Nisreen Elsaim
Former Chair, UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change
Speaker
Mayumi Endoh
Deputy Director, Development Cooperation Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Speaker
Nadia Fettah
Minister of Economy and Finance, Kingdom of Morocco
Speaker
Monica Gichuhi
Mineral Governance Consultant, Quadz Consulting Limited
Speaker
Ángel Gurría
President, Paris Peace Forum; Former Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, United Mexican States
Speaker
Fabienne Hara
Deputy Director General, Paris Peace Forum
Moderator
Roberto Hernández Juárez
Climate Activist-Researcher, Founder of Youth Building The Future Global (YBTFG)
Speaker
Amadou Hott
Special Envoy of the President of the African Development Bank for the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa
Speaker
Mohamed Ibrahim
Founder and Chair, Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Speaker
Sheila Khama
Non-Executive Director, FTSE and NASDAQ
Speaker
Afshan Khan
Assistant Secretary-General and Coordinator, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, United Nations
Speaker
Jack Kimani
CEO, Climate Action Platform For Africa (CAP-A)
Speaker
Raj Kumar
President and Editor in Chief, Devex
Moderator
Pascal Lamy
Vice President, Paris Peace Forum; Former Director General, World Trade Organization (WTO); Former Commissioner for Trade, European Union
Speaker
Christophe Lecourtier
Ambassador of France to Morocco
Speaker
Nicolas Lefevre-Marton
Group Strategy Vice-President, ENGIE
Speaker
Abir Lemseffer
Deputy Managing Director, Azura Group; Director General, Initiative for the Adaptation of African Agriculture to Climate Change
Speaker
Adeline Lescanne
Chief Executive Officer, Nutriset
Speaker
Kathrin Lorenz
Country Director, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Morocco
Moderator
Ma Jun
Founding Director, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE)
Speaker
Louise Mabulo
Member of the Youth Engagement Group, Climate Overshoot Commission
Speaker
Naoufal Mahdar
Vice President, Climate Action and Decarbonisation, OCP Group
Speaker
Emmanuel Makumba Mali
Director for Democracy and Good Governance Programme, International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR)
Speaker
Ibrahim Mayaki
Special Envoy for Food Systems, African Union; Former Prime Minister, Republic of Niger; Former Chief Executive Officer, African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)
Speaker
Chika Morishima
Executive Officer and Vice President Sustainability and Communications, Ajinomoto Co. Inc.
Speaker
Jalila Morsli
Member of the House of Councilors, Morocco
Speaker
Hanane Mourchid
Chief Sustainability & Innovation Officer and Strategic Committee Member, OCP Group
Speaker
Peter Ambang Njume
Memebr of Parliament, National Assembly of Cameroon, Founder and Executive President, Parliamentary Network on the SDGs
Speaker
Bruno Oberle
President, World Resource Forum Association (WRF)
Speaker
Bertrand Piccard
Explorer, Pilot, Environmentalist, Founder of the Solar Impulse Foundation
Speaker
Brieuc Pont
Special Envoy, Secretary General, Nutrition for Growth Summit, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, French Republic
Speaker
Bouchra Rahmouni
Director, Social Innovation Lab & CoopLab, Full Professor of Social Entrepreneurship & Head of Diversity Research Stream at Africa Business School – UM6P, Office of the President - UM6P
Speaker
Dhananjay Ray
Chief Executive Officer, Centre for the Development of Human Initiatives (CDHI)
Speaker
Rémy Rioux
Chief Executive Officer, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Speaker
Magda Robalo
President, Institute for Global Health and Development
Speaker
Hayat Sindi
Goodwill Ambassador, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Speaker
Anthony So
Professor of the Practice, Director, Innovation + Design Enabling Access (IDEA) Initiative, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Speaker
Anita Soina
Global Youth Champion for UN Hosted Sanitation and Water for All
Speaker
Christian Stammkoetter
President Asia, Africa and Middle-East, Danone
Speaker
Fraser Sugden
Associate Professor, University of Birmingham
Speaker
Eloise Todd
Co-Founder, Pandemic Action Network
Speaker
Satya Tripathi
Secretary General, Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet
Moderator
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Former minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research, France
Speaker
Estelle Youssouffa
Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Assemblée nationale, French Republic
Speaker
Kandeh Yumkella
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Energy Nexus Network (TENN)
Speaker
Lionel Zinsou
Co-founder of SouthBridge; Former Prime Minister of Benin
Speaker
Guillaume de Brier
Researcher, International Peace Information Service (IPIS)
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and more to come…
29 & 30 Oct. 2025
Paris Peace Forum