Hanieh Khataee
Hanieh Khataee is the Director of the Strategy and Impact Department at Qatar Foundation. With more than 20 years of international development experience, Hanieh has shaped strategies and led programs that advance national priorities in health, social equity, and economic growth. Her work is rooted in translating evidence into scalable solutions, building global partnerships, and driving […]
Fernando Diaz del Castillo
Fernando Díaz del Castillo is an educator with over 25 years of experience leading educational transformation through innovation, technology, and teacher development. A graduate in Philology from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and holding a master’s in education from Harvard University, Fernando has worked across the public and private sectors, designing and implementing curricula, professional […]
Amber Acosta
Amber Acosta is the Lead AI Specialist at Qatar Academy Doha. She has over 15 years of experience in education across the USA, Egypt, Bahrain, India, and Qatar. Amber has an undergraduate degree in Business from Fordham University in New York City and a master’s degree in Education from Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. […]
Nisrine Ouazzani Chahdi
Nisrine Ouazzani is a young professional with a degree in Political Science from HEM Business School (Morocco) and Sciences Po Aix (France). She began her career at the Policy Center for the New South, a renowned Moroccan think tank, where, over nearly seven years, she advanced from program design to partnership management and communications. She […]
Dr. Jörg Dräger
Dr. Jörg Dräger studied Physics and Economics in Hamburg and New York. After graduating, he worked for Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in Frankfurt/Main. He returned to Hamburg as CEO of the Northern Institute of Technology. From 2001 to 2008, Dr. Dräger served as Hamburg’s (independent) Minister of Science and Research. In addition, he was a […]
Haroon Yasin
Haroon Yasin is the CEO and Co-founder of Taleemabad, Pakistan’s largest education technology organization which has transformed learning for over 10 million children through innovative multi-modal delivery systems. Haroon’s journey began unconventionally when, at 18, he dropped out of an engineering program to teach in Islamabad’s slums, discovering his life’s purpose in education. Under his […]
Dr. Tim Rogmans
Dr. Tim Rogmans is founder and Managing Director of Sim Institute, a company that designs and develops simulation games for education and training in the fields of management, economics, and sustainability. Sim Institute’s simulations have won multiple awards and are used by hundreds of companies, universities, and schools worldwide to improve student engagement and learning […]
André G. Shearer
Andre Shearer is a visionary leader in wine, philanthropy, and cultural preservation. As the founder and Chairman of Cape Classics and the Indaba Foundation, he has transformed the global perception of South African wine and driven impactful social change. With nearly three decades at the helm of Cape Classics, Andre built the company into the […]
Rama Abdullatif Chakaki
Rama Chakaki’s passion is at the intersection of impact and tech investing. She is a technology professional with 30 years of experience in media, telecom, edtech, fintech, and AI. Rama is a partner at Transform VC, a firm on a mission to unlock the potential of our community’s tech entrepreneurs to make a billion and […]
Abdullah Khalil
Abdullah holds a Bachelor’s degree in Data Science and Cybersecurity, and over the past three years, he has had the privilege of training and engaging with more than 20,000 learners across organizations and universities. His career began in technical cybersecurity roles, where he gained hands-on expertise in security operations and defense practices. Over time, his […]