THE COMMISSIONERS Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, former Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations (Chair) Mary Ellen Iskenderian, CEO, Women’s World Banking Amr Al-Dabbagh, Chairman & CEO, The Al-Dabbagh Group Laura Alfaro, Professor, Harvard Business School Peter Bakker, President, The World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Dr. Amy Jadesimi, Managing Director & CEO, Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL) Donald Kaberuka, former President, African Development Bank Group Lise Kingo, Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Ho Ching, CEO, Temasek Holdings Private Ltd. Bob Collymore, CEO, Safaricom Ltd. Jack Ma, Founder and Executive Chairman, The Alibaba Group Andrew Michelmore, CEO, MMG Ltd. Sam Mostyn, President, Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) John Danilovich, Secretary General, The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Begümhan Doğan Faralyalı, Chairwoman, Doğan Group Hendrik du Toit, CEO, Investec Asset Management Richard Edelman, President & CEO, Edelman Hans Vestberg/Elaine Weidman Grunewald (acting), CEO, Ericsson John Fallon, CEO, Pearson plc Ken Frazier, Chairman & CEO, Merck & Co Inc. (2016) Mats Granryd, Director General, The GSM Association (GSMA) Helen Hai, CEO, The Made in Africa Initiative Svein-Tore Holsether, President & CEO, Yara International ASA Mo Ibrahim, Founder, Celtel & The Mo Ibrahim Foundation Arif Naqvi, Founder & Group CEO, The Abraaj Group Mads Nipper, Group President & CEO, The Grundfos Group Cherie Nursalim, Vice Chairman, GITI Group Ricken Patel, President & Executive Director, Avaaz Daniel Pinto, CEO, Corporate & Investment Bank, JP Morgan Chase & Co. Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever Vineet Rai, Co-Founder & Chairman, Aavishkaar Intellecap Group Grant Reid, CEO, Mars, Inc. Dinara Seijaparova, CFO, ‘Baiterek’ Sunny Verghese, CEO, Olam International Gavin Wilson, CEO, IFC Asset Management Company LLC Mark Wilson, CEO, Aviva plc 2
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