2024 Spring Meeting - Speakers

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

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Maria Rachel J. Arenas

Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines

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Jennifer Baarn

Director of Partnerships, AGRA

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Shawn Baker

Chief Program Officer, Helen Keller Intl

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Hamadi Boga

Vice President-Program Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

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Houda Boukari

2023 French-African Foundation Young Leader, Africa Procurement Transformation Manager, Unilever

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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

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Sachin Chaturvedi

Director General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)

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Shirmai Chung

Member of the Youth Engagement Group, Climate Overshoot Commission

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Karim Dahou

Deputy Director, Global Relations and Cooperation, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

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Hailemariam Dessalegn

Former Prime Minister, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

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Patrick Dupoux

Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Moderator

Youssef El Bari

Chief Executive Officer, InnovX

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Iliass El Fali

Managing Director in charge of the Corporate Strategy - Performance Management & Operations Coordination, OCP Group

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Hicham El Habti

President, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic

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Hakim El Karoui

Founding Partner, Volentia

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Nisreen Elsaim

Former Chair, UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change

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Mayumi Endoh

Deputy Director, Development Cooperation Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

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Nadia Fettah

Minister of Economy and Finance, Kingdom of Morocco

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Monica Gichuhi

Mineral Governance Consultant, Quadz Consulting Limited

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José Ángel Gurría

President, Paris Peace Forum Association

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Fabienne Hara

Deputy Director General, Paris Peace Forum

Moderator

Roberto Hernández Juárez

Climate Activist-Researcher, Founder of Youth Building The Future Global (YBTFG)

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Amadou Hott

Special Envoy of the President of the African Development Bank for the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa

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Mo Ibrahim

Founder and Chair, Mo Ibrahim Foundation

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Sheila Khama

Non-Executive Director, FTSE and NASDAQ

Moderator

Afshan Khan

United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Coordinator, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement

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Jack Kimani

CEO, Climate Action Platform For Africa (CAP-A)

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Raj Kumar

President and Editor in Chief, Devex

Moderator

Pascal Lamy

Vice President, Paris Peace Forum

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Christophe Lecourtier

Ambassador of France to Morocco

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Nicolas Lefevre-Marton

Group Strategy Vice-President, ENGIE

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Abir Lemseffer

Deputy Managing Director, Azura Group; Director General, Initiative for the Adaptation of African Agriculture to Climate Change

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Adeline Lescanne

Chief Executive Officer, Nutriset

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Kathrin Lorenz

Country Director, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Morocco

Moderator

Ma Jun

Founding Director, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE)

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Louise Mabulo

Member of the Youth Engagement Group, Climate Overshoot Commission

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Naoufal Mahdar

Vice President, Climate Action and Decarbonisation, OCP Group

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Emmanuel Makumba Mali

Director for Democracy and Good Governance Programme, International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR)

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Ibrahim Mayaki

Special Envoy for Food Systems, African Union (AU); Former Prime Minister, Republic of Niger

Participant

Chika Morishima

Executive Officer and Vice President Sustainability and Communications, Ajinomoto Co. Inc.

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Jalila Morsli

Member of the House of Councilors, Morocco

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Peter Ambang Njume

Memebr of Parliament, National Assembly of Cameroon, Founder and Executive President, Parliamentary Network on the SDGs

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Bruno Oberle

President, World Resource Forum Association (WRF)

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Bertrand Piccard

Explorer, Pilot, Environmentalist, Founder of the Solar Impulse Foundation

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Brieuc Pont

Special Envoy and Secretary General, Nutrition for Growth Summit

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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

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Dhananjay Ray

Chief Executive Officer, Centre for the Development of Human Initiatives (CDHI)

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Rémy Rioux

Chief Executive Officer, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

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Magda Robalo

President, Institute for Global Health and Development

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Hayat Sindi

Goodwill Ambassador, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

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Anthony So

Professor of the Practice, Director, Innovation + Design Enabling Access (IDEA) Initiative, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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