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Leadership Council

The Leadership Council comprises more than 95 eminent experts on sustainable development from academia, business, civil society, and the public sector. This prestigious group serves in an advisory capacity to the SDSN, helping the organization to shape the global conversation and path forward for sustainable development.

Co-Chairs

Aromar Revi

  • Indian Institute for Human Settlements

John Thwaites

  • Monash University

Virgilio Viana

  • SDSN Amazon, Foundation for Amazon Sustainability

Xue Lan

  • Professor and Dean of Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University

Members

Reem Ebrahim Al Hashimy

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, UAE

Sultan Al Jaber

  • Madsar

Anthony Annett

  • Columbia University

Shaukat Aziz

  • Former Prime Minister of Pakistan

Chandrika Bahadur

  • The Antara Foundation

Peter Bakker

  • The World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Sir Hilary Beckles

  • University of the West Indies

Eugénie L. Birch

  • University of Pennsylvania

Irina Bokova

  • Former Director-General of UNESCO

Jeffrey Cheah

  • Sunway University

Kieth Rethy Chhem

  • Royal Government of Cambodia

Jacqueline Corbelli

  • BrightLine Partners LLC

Ramu Damodaran

  • University for Peace

Jack Dangermond

  • Esri

Bineta Diop

  • Femmes Africa Solidarité

David Donoghue

  • SDSN All Ireland

Leonel Fernández Reyna

  • Former President of the Dominican Republic

Xiaolan Fu

  • Technology and Management Centre for Development, Oxford University

Stuart Gibb

  • The University of the Highlands and Islands

Ken Giller

  • Wageningen University

Jennifer Gross

  • Blue Chip Foundation

Andy Haines

  • The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Tarja Halonen

  • Former President of Finland

James Hansen

  • The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Olli-Pekka Heinonen

  • International Baccalaureate Organization

Naoko Ishii

  • University of Tokyo

Vuk Jeremić

  • Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development

Pavel Kabat

  • International Human Frontier Science Program Organization

Niclas Kjellström-Matseke

  • 17 Asset Management

Adolf Kloke-Lesch

  • SDSN Europe and IDOS

Siva Kumari

  • College Possible

Markos Kyprianou

  • Former European Commissioner for Health and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cyprus

Upmanu Lall

  • Columbia Water Center

Felipe Larraín

  • Former Minister of Finance, Chile

Richard Layard

  • London School of Economics

Frannie Léautier

  • SouthBridge Investments

Klaus Leisinger

  • Global Values Alliance

Siamak Sam Loni

  • London School of Economics

Graça Machel

  • The Elders

Julia Marton-Lefèvre

  • Yale University

Ramesh Mashelkar

  • Jio Institute

Mariana Mazzucato

  • Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé

  • United Nations Alliance of Civilizations

Claude Nahon

  • Altavia

Joanna Newman

  • SOAS University of London

Cherie Nursalim

  • GITI Group

Luiz Eduardo Osorio

  • LTS Investments

Joaquim Oliveira Martins

  • Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales

George Papandreou

  • Former Prime Minister of Greece

Antonio Pedro

  • Former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Sabina Ratti

  • L'Alleanza Italiana per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile, SDSN Italy

Srinath Reddy

  • The Public Health Foundation of India

Teresa Ribera

  • European Commission for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition

Angelo Riccaboni

  • University of Siena & Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area Foundation

Johan Rockström

  • Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Joanna Rubinstein

  • UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Jeffrey Sachs

  • SDSN

Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo

  • Former Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences

HH Muhammad Sanusi II

  • Khalifa of the Tijianiyya Group

Guido Schmidt-Traub

  • SYSTEMIQ

Andrew Steer

  • Bezos Earth Fund

Laurence Tubiana

  • European Climate Foundation

Albert van Jaarsveld

  • Sustainability Consultant

William Vendley

  • Religions for Peace

Martin Visbeck

  • GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel & Kiel University

Forest Whitaker

  • SDG Advocate, United Nations

Hirokazu Yoshikawa

  • New York University

Emeritus Members

Dr. Zakri Abdul Hamid

Dr. Irene Agyepong

Dr. Zubaid Ahmad

HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco

Inger Andersen

Sam Barratt

Frances Beinecke

Joseph Bell

H.E. Mr. Mohamed Benaïssa

Ambasador Richard Bernal

Dr. David Berry

Micheline Calmy-Rey

Joshua Castellino

Dr. Madhav Chavan

Dr. Paul Collier

Mark Cutifani

Ingolf Dietrich

Robbert Dijkgraaf

Dr. Achim Dobermann

Hendrik du Toit

Jan Egeland

H.E. Metropolitan Emmanuel

Ambassador Patricia Espinosa

Christiana Figueres

José María Figueres Olsen

Dr. Maria Freire

Dr. Helene Gayle

Dr. Thomas Heller

H.E. Mr. José Miguel Insulza

Carin Jämtin

Geoffrey Kent

Israel Klabin

Barbara Kux

Dr. Yuan Lee

Justin Yifu Lin

Gordon Liu

Lu Mai

Jane Lubchenco

Dr. Arun Majumdar

Vladimir Mau

H.E. Ms. Amina Mohammed

H.E. Ms. Sam Mostyn, AC

Dr. Romain Murenzi

Dr. Shahid Naeem

Sunita Narain

Eddie Ndopu

Rebecca Nelson

Hon. Charity Ngilu

Dr. Amadou Niang

Michelle Nunn

Leslie O'Donoghue

Dr. Ikenna Onyido

H.E. Ms. Roza Otunbayeva

Mari Pangestu

Charlotte Petri Gornitzka

Paul Polman

Stefano Quintarelli

David Rosen

Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig

Djaffar Shalchi

Ambassador Josette Sheeran

Feike Sijbesma

Dr. Pavan Sukhdev

Carl-Henric Svanberg

Dr. M.din Syamsuddin

Lena Treschow Torell

Ted Turner

Hans Vestberg

Dr. Hassan Wirajuda

Dr. Soogil Young

Ambassador Kim Young-Mok

Dr. Dadi Zhou

Hania Zlotnick