Emiliana Vegas
Emiliana Vegas is a professor of practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Her research and practice focus on improving educational opportunity in developing countries. She earned a Doctor of Education degree from HGSE, a Master’s of Public Policy degree from Duke University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from the Andres Bello […]
Yousuf Mohamed Al-Jaida
Yousuf Mohamed Al-Jaida was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority in June 2015. He previously held the role of Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Strategic and Business Development Officer at the QFC where he was responsible for the overall strategy and business development functions of the organization. Prior to […]
Shigeo Katsu
Mr Shigeo Katsu is the Founding President of Nazarbayev University. He held the position of President from December 2010 until June 2023. He is chair of the Board of Trustees of an affiliated secondary school system, the Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools, and of the University’s hospital system. Prior to the assignments in Kazakhstan, over the course […]
Stefania Giannini
Ms. Stefania Giannini was appointed Assistant Director-General for Education in May 2018, becoming the top United Nations official in the field of education. In this position, she provides strategic vision and leadership for UNESCO’s Education Sector in coordinating and monitoring the implementation of the Education 2030 Agenda, encapsulated in Sustainable Development Goal 4. She has […]
David Moinina Sengeh
Dr. David Moinina Sengeh serves as the Chief Minister and the Chief Innovation Officer of the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone. As Chief Minister, his role is to serve as adviser to the President and Vice President, and to work with the other Ministries, Departments and Agencies to deliver on the Government’s agenda. […]
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed
Born in 1936, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed completed his secondary education in Dhaka and went on to study at the University of Glasgow. He trained as a management accountant in London and came back to his homeland to eventually lead the finance division of Shell Oil Company there. He returned to the UK during the 1971 Bangladesh […]
Dr. Madhav Chavan
Hailing from a background in chemistry, having acquired a PhD. in the US, Madhav worked in adult literacy from 1989-1994, inspired by the National Literacy Mission. In 1994, UNICEF in Mumbai charged him with creating a ‘societal mission’ to universalize primary education. As a result, he co-founded Pratham in 1994-95 in Mumbai, but is now […]
Vicky Colbert
Laureate of the first edition of the Yidan Prize for Education Development (2017) and the 2013 WISE Prize for Education, Vicky Colbert is the founder and director of Fundación Escuela Nueva. Colbert is a Sociologist from Javeriana University in Colombia and pursued her graduate studies in Sociology of Education at Stanford University in the United […]
Ann Cotton
Ann Cotton is Founder and President of Camfed, an international non-profit organisation tackling poverty and inequality in sub-Saharan Africa by supporting girls to go to school and succeed, and empowering young women to step up as leaders of change. Camfed’s goal is to replace the existing cycle of poverty and inequality with a new cycle […]
Dr. Sakena Yacoobi
Dr. Sakena Yacoobi founded AIL in 1995 in response to the lack of education and health care that the Afghan people were facing after decades of war and strife. Since its founding, AIL has impacted the lives of millions of Afghans. Under her leadership, AIL continues as an innovative organization working at the grassroots level […]