Alumni
International Gender Champions is a leadership network that brings together decision-makers determined to break down gender barriers and make gender equality a working reality in their spheres of influence.
Pamela Hamamoto
Former Ambassador,
U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva
Arancha González
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Spain,
Former Executive Director, International Trade Centre
Monique van Daalen
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations in Geneva
Rosemary McCarney
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations in Geneva
Stephen de Boer
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Canada to the World Trade Organization
Guy Ryder
Director-General,
International Labour Organization
Michelle Bachelet
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Yvette Stevens
Former Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the United Nations in Geneva
Michael Punke
Current Vice President of Public Policy, Amazon Web Services,
Former Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the U.S. to the World Trade Organization
Aurora Díaz-Rato Revuelta
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other International Organisations
Dr Kesete Admasu
Former CEO,
RBM Partnership to End Malaria
Teuta Agai-Demjaha
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of North Macedonia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Asim Ahmed
Ambassador, Former Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva
Alexandros Alexandris
Former Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations in Geneva
Olga Algayerova
Former Executive Secretary & Under-Secretary-General,
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Maria Teresa T. Almojuela
Former Ambassador,
Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Philippines to the Conference on Disarmament
Kim Andersen
Former President,
World Sailing
Makeda Antoine-Cambridge
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Mikael Anzén
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the WTO ,
Permanent Mission of Sweden
Alanna Armitage
Current Regional Director, UNFPA Eastern Europe and Central Asia,
Former Director, UNFPA Geneva Office
Harald Aspelund
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Iceland to the United Nations in Geneva
Mohamed Auajjar
Current Minister of Justice, Kingdom of Morocco,
Former Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations in Geneva
Roberto Azevêdo
Director-General,
World Trade Organization
Christian Friis Bach
Current Secretary-General, Danish Refugee Council,
Former Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Salman Bal
Former Director, Ambassador,
Centre d'Accueil de la Genève Internationale
Veronika Bard
Ambassador, Former Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations in Geneva
Seth Berkley
Former Chief Executive Officer,
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance
Chad Blackman, LLB, LLM, ACIArb
Former Ambassador & Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Barbados to the United Nations in Geneva
Daniel Blockert
Former Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Sweden to the World Trade Organization
Sabine Böhlke-Möller
Former Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia to the United Nations in Geneva
Ridha Bouabid
Current Representative, WIPO Director General on the UN Sustainable Development Goals,
Former Permanent Representative, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie
Julian Braithwaite
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations in Geneva
Hans Brattskar
Ambassador, Former Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations in Geneva
Nan Buzard
Current Head of Innovation, International Committee of the Red Cross,
Former Executive Director, International Council of Voluntary Agencies
Arianna Calza Bini
Director,
Gender and Mine Action Programme
Mehmet Ferden Çarıkçı
Current Ambassador, Embassy of Turkey in Vienna ,
Former Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations in Geneva
Catarina Carvalho
Former United Nations Representative in Geneva and New York,
International Planned Parenthood Federation
Didier Chambovey
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the WTO and EFTA (UN/ECE, UNCTAD, ITC)
Dr. Margaret Chan
Former Director-General,
World Health Organization
Kyeonglim Choi
Former Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations in Geneva
Marcelo Cima
Current Ambassador of Argentina to Belgium,
Former Ambassador to the European Union in Brussels and to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva
Mame Baba Cisse
Former Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Senegal to the United Nations in Geneva
Sue Coates
Executive Director,
Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council
Pedro Afonso Comissário
Ambassador/Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Mozambique to the United Nations in Geneva
Crispin Conroy
Former Ambassador, Permanent Observer,
International Chamber of Commerce
Alberto Pedro D'Alotto
Former Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations in Geneva
Amadeu Paulo Samuel Da Conceição
Ambassador, Former Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Mozambique to the United Nations in Geneva
Hans-Joachim Daerr
Former Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations in Geneva