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Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag
Formerly with the Milliyet Group, responsible for finance, and helped found Alternatif Bank, latterly Member of the Board. Also established and managed the mail order company Milpa, a joint venture with German Quelle. Since 1996, has been in the broadcast media business and was the architect of CNN Türk. Until 2018, Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer, Dogan TV, which owns numerous channels including Kanal D, CNN Türk in partnership with Turner International, and the satellite platform DSmart. Member of the Board, Dogan Holding and Dogan Group, one of the largest conglomerates in Turkey. Served as the first woman Chairperson, Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association, one of the most influential NGOs in the country; former Member of the Board, Education Volunteers Foundation. Founding Director, Women's Initiative for Turkey in the EU. Member of the Founding Board, Aydin Dogan Trust Foundation.

Kathryn Dovey
Kathryn is based at the OECD Centre for Responsible Business Conduct. She joined the OECD in 2014 and previously ran the network of National Contact Points for Responsible Business Conduct across 50+ governments. She also worked with multiple countries on the fight against international tax evasion and during this time established the Africa Initiative on tax transparency. From 2020-2022 Kathryn was Executive Director of Open For Business – a global coalition of companies building the economic and business case for LGBT+ inclusion. In 2009, Kathryn co-founded the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights and in 2007 she created Entreprises pour les droits de l'homme, an organisation of large multinational companies headquartered in France. Over the past 20 years, Kathryn has provided human rights expertise to governments, business and civil society in a wide range of countries including Brazil, China, Colombia, Egypt, Ghana, India, Jordan, Liberia, Myanmar and Russia. From 2012-14 Kathryn was a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Human Rights and in 2014, she was recognised as a Young Global Leader by the WEF. She has lived and worked in Canada, France, Portugal and Russia.

Miroslava Duma
Miroslava Duma is the founder of several innovative ventures, digital entrepreneur, philanthropist and active investor across a range of promising businesses including materials science, biotechnology, food-as-the-medicine technology and responsible fashion.
Born on the 10th of March, 1985, to a Ukrainian father and Jewish-Ukrainian mother in Siberia, she spent her childhood years between Switzerland and other parts of Europe. In the past 15 years, she has spent most of her professional time between Europe, the UK and the US. She has also travelled to research labs and institutions across the globe building and developing scientific partnerships with scientists, researchers and biotechnology pioneers predominantly in Italy, Japan, South Korea, the UK and the US, connecting them with companies across multiple industries to bring their problem-solving technologies to market.
Through her professional activities she has also been actively involved in philanthropic engagements serving on the board of Stanford Philanthropy And Civil Society, advocating for the UN SDGs, participating in COP26, supporting biodiversity conservation efforts across the world as well as Doctors without Borders and Save the Children.

Niall Dunne
Niall joined Polymateria as Chief Executive Officer in January 2018 to tackle the global crisis of plastic waste and lead the company on its mission of advancing science to help nature deal with plastic pollution.
Upon his appointment Niall announced an ambition to “redesign the rules of an entire industry” and create the Tesla of plastics.
Polymateria has a diverse range of partnerships such as some of the biggest chemical companies in the world Clariant (now Avient) and Indorama Ventures as well as the Government of India and the all-electric off-road racing series, Extreme E and the actor/activist Robin Wright. The company is also proud to be a founding signatory of HRH The Prince of Wales’ Terra Carta (Earth Charter) established under the Sustainable Markets Initiative.
Niall is also on the Sustainability Board of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
since June 2019. UKRI brings together the seven Research Councils within the UK, & has a combined budget of more than £7 billion, funding pioneering research and innovation across the planet.
A World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, Niall has worked on WEF’s Global Agenda Councils on Sustainable Consumption and Climate Change where he has launched and led initiatives such as Collectively.org and 100percentsport.org. These initiatives have unified some of the largest businesses and NGOs in the world behind systems level transformations seeking to tackle some of the biggest issues we are facing.
Previously Niall has worked in senior leadership roles in BT, Accenture and Saatchi & Saatchi.
A keen athlete since his youth, Niall represented Ireland internationally as an 800m runner.

John Dutton
John Dutton is Head of UpLink and Member of the Executive Committee for the World Economic Forum. Previously John also served as the Head of the Forum Foundations and Head of the Forum of Young Global Leaders, also at the Forum. Prior to joining Forum, he was the Small Funds Initiative Coordinator for the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment and has also spent several years as a French Teacher at the Trinity Pawling School. John has earned an MBA with a specialization in International Organizations from the University of Geneva and completed his undergraduate studies at Kenyon College with a BA in Economics. John also enjoys spending time with his wife Tania, son Timeo and daughter Lea in the nearby Alps skiing and hiking and plays competitive Football in the local leagues.

Esra Eczacıbaşı Coşkun
Esra Eczacibasi Coskun is a Board Member and Digital Transformation Coordinator at Eczacibasi Holding, a diversified industrial conglomerate based in Turkey. The Eczacibasi Group plays a pioneering role in both Turkish industry and society through major initiatives in education, culture and the arts, sports, public policy and scientific research. Esra leads the Group’s digital transformation as well as the design and implementation of sustainability policies across different industries and geographies. The digital transformation projects she has spearheaded have received international recognition and awards from institutions such as Fast Company, IDC, RFID Journal and SAP. A strong advocate for equal opportunity, she is a mentor and advisor to young women who want to pursue a career in technology. She gives regular talks on gender biases, inclusivity in the workplace as well as the future that awaits us in the digital age. Esra is also a member of the Board of Directors at the Istanbul Modern, Turkey's first museum of modern and contemporary art. With a passion for the arts and desire to support culture and arts in Turkey, she established the Genc (Young) Modern, Turkey’s first arts membership program for a young audience. As an affiliate of Istanbul Modern, Genc Modern’s mission is to increase the visibility of talented Turkish artists at the start of their careers and create opportunities for them in the contemporary art world. Esra holds an MBA from INSEAD and a BA in Economics and Art History from Harvard University. She previously worked at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.

Jamil Edmond Anderlini
Editor in Chief - POLITICO Europe.
Former: Chief Editor, China Economic Review; Beijing Business Correspondent, South China Morning Post. Formerly: editor and journalist in China, cultivating a deep knowledge of the political and economic situation. 2007, joined the Financial Times; former Beijing Correspondent and Deputy Beijing Bureau Chief; 2011, Beijing Bureau Chief, with overall responsibility for China coverage; since 2015, Asia Editor; oversees the FT’s coverage of the Asia region from Afghanistan to Australia, including China, India, Indonesia and Japan; directs the work of regional correspondents and oversees the editing and commissioning team in Hong Kong. Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum (2013). Fluent in spoken and written Mandarin Chinese. Regularly contributes commentary for other media. Speaker. Author of The Bo Xilai Scandal (2012). Recipient of numerous reporting prizes, both individually and as part of FT teams; named Journalist of the Year, Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Editorial Excellence Awards (2010); Best Digital Award, Amnesty International Media Awards; UK Foreign Press Association Award (2008); several individual SOPA awards; Jones-Mauthner Award (2012); short-listed for Foreign Reporter of the Year, Press Awards, UK, and Orwell Prize.

Petra Ehmann
Petra Ehmann is the Group Chief Innovation and AI Officer of the global media technology company Ringier. She ranks among the youngest board members in Switzerland. At Ringier her responsibility is to bring AI and innovation into all group companies. Ehmann worked at Google for almost nine years in international roles. Her last position was global lead of augmented reality product partnerships. Ehmann joined the board of directors of Bossard, a publicly listed technology company, at 35. In order to get young people enthused in STEM fields, she joined the Technorama Foundation as a member of the board of trustees in 2020. She advocates for more diversity in the tech industry as an Advisory Board Member at We Shape Tech and Ringier's EqualVoice initiative, which aims to improve the visibility of women in media. Her dedication and contributions have been recognized with multiple awards, including Switzerland’s Top 100 Women in Business, Top 100 Digital Shapers (Hall of Fame) as well as top 25 millennials in Europe who shape society
Ehmann holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from ETH Zurich and a Master’s degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University. She was raised in Bolivia and has lived, studied and worked in four continents. She is fluent in four languages.

Hassan El Houry
A global executive with experience leading teams on six continents, I currently serve as full-time Board Chair of Menzies Aviation – the world’s largest aviation services company. I spearheaded the acquisition of Menzies by Agility, and its integration with National Aviation Services (NAS). I led NAS for more than 10 years and grew the company into the leading airport ground handling and cargo company in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, from our base in Kuwait.
As we strive to be the undisputed world leader in aviation services, Menzies Aviation serves the world’s highest-rated airlines in more than 250 airports, with a team of more than 35,000 staff in 56 countries on six continents. We provide comprehensive aviation services that include ground and cargo handling, warehousing and air freight, aircraft fueling, wholesale freight forwarding, airport technologies, and lounges management.
In 2014, I was honored by the World Economic Forum in Davos as a Young Global Leader for my contributions to aviation and airport services. I have participated in the meetings in Davos 9 times, and have been invited to speak about aviation policy and mobility. I was also invited to join the Global Future Council on Mobility, and serve on several boards including National Real Estate Company (NREC – listed), United Projects Company (UPAC – listed), Silk Road Mining, Royal Aviation and the Center for Leadership at the University of Colorado - Boulder.
I have an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor's Degree from the American University of Beirut. I am a husband, father of three sons, and enjoy running, swimming, beach volleyball, and reading biographies.

Samuel Elia
Samuel Elia is a Programme Officer for the Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation, a family foundation that supports projects related to education, science and medicine, religion, culture and humanitarian relief in over 40 countries. In addition, Samuel is a member of the International Board of Directors of the ISEF Foundation, the Advisory Committee of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University and the Board of Governors of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 2012, Samuel was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Previously he was a member of the Board of Directors of ORT Brazil. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard University.

Richard Ettl
Richard Ettl is the CEO and Co-founder of SkyCell, which provides a critical service ensuring the global distribution of medicine and vaccines while reducing shipment CO₂ emissions by 50%. SkyCell helps save 250,000 tons of CO₂e annually for large pharma companies and facilitates the distribution of over EUR 3 billion worth of pharma monthly. A YGL Class of ’23, Richard is passionate about delivering vaccines to underserved regions and advocating for CO₂ reduction in business.
He studied Management at Université de Fribourg and attended executive programs at Stanford and Harvard Business Schools. Based in Zurich with his wife and two daughters, Richard enjoys skiing, sailing, and mentoring startups pro bono.

Carola Ferstl
Carola Ferstl is Anchor and Filmmaker with the German news programme N-TV. She has dedicated her entire career to helping people understand their personal finance and investments on the stock exchange by translating complicated terminologies into simple, clear language. Ferstl graduated with a degree in Business Administration in Hamburg and began working for N-TV in 1992. She has written several books, including Woman Are Better Investors; her lectures are widely regarded. In 2009, Ferstl founded ?learn money e.V.?, a German-based foundation for financial literacy.