…The World Economic Forum today unveils the world’s most promising 109 Young Global Leaders under the age of 40, involved in activities from green energy and health equity to refugee rights and education reform
…They join the Forum of Young Global Leaders, whose members have gone on to become Nobel Prize recipients, heads of state, CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and Grammy Award winners
WED 20 APRIL, 2022-theGBJournal | The world’s most driven researchers, innovative entrepreneurs, activists and promising political leaders between the ages of 30 and 40 are today joining the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Class of 2022.
The Forum of Young Global Leaders was founded in 2005 by Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, to help shape future leaders who are equipped to both take responsibility for creating a more sustainable and inclusive world, and to address its increasingly complex and interrelated challenges. Today, there are over 1,400 members and alumni from more than 120 countries. Notable members include prime ministers Jacinda Ardern and Sanna Marin, President Carlos Alvarado Quesada of Costa Rica, entrepreneurs Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Rhea Mazumdar Singhal, peace activist Victor Ochen, and economist Esther Duflo.
YGLs are active in today’s most exciting and dynamic fields and focus on impact. In the past year, YGLs have made bold commitments to restore 21 million hectares of deforested and degraded land in India, have come together to establish the first corporate movement for clean air to create healthy communities around the world, and have even launched a $1 billion gender fund to advance global equity and women’s leadership.
The class of 2022 is gender equal and has representatives from 42 countries. Members will take part in a three-year leadership development programme that will help them reach their next level of impact. The programme offers executive education courses, expeditions and opportunities to collaborate and test ideas with a trusted network of peers.
“The leaders celebrated today have demonstrated exceptional ingenuity and vision across their fields. While they represent diverse sectors, regions and issue areas, they are united in their commitment to lead towards a more inclusive and sustainable world,” said Mariah Levin, Head of the Forum of Young Global Leaders.
“The World Economic Forum is delighted to welcome this year’s class of Young Global Leaders. Their commitment to improving the state of the world is crucial at a time where collaboration is needed more than ever,” said Nicole Schwab, Board Member of the Forum of Young Global Leaders.
Meet the 2022 YGL Class
Academia/Think-tank
Amal Enan, Chief Investment Officer, American University in Cairo, United States of America
Danae Kyriakopoulou, Senior Policy Fellow, Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
James Kwame Mensah, Senior Lecturer, University of Ghana, Ghana
Jinxing Zheng, Division Head, Professor, Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, People’s Republic of China
Kaitlyn Sadtler, Earl Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator and Chief of the Section for Immunoengineering, National Institutes of Health, United States of America
Philip Meissner, Founder and Director, European Center for Digital Competitiveness, Germany
Wai-Lung (Billy) Ng, Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Yoichi Ochiai, Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Arts, Culture & Sports
Daniel Feldman, Founder & Architect, Zona Industrial Taller de Arquitectura, Colombia
Inna Modja, Land Ambassador, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Portugal
Manasi Joshi, Athlete, Sports Authority of India, India
Sumayya Vally, Founder and Principal, Counterspace, South Africa
Wissam Joubran, Composer, Performer, Luthier, Le Trio Joubran, Palestinian Territories
Business
Abdulrahman Essa Al-Mannai, President and Chief Executive Officer, Milaha Group, Qatar
Anderson Tanoto, Managing Director, RGE Pte Ltd, Singapore
Anne-Laure Malauzat, Partner, Middle East, Bain & Company, United Arab Emirates
Bicheng Han, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BrainCo, United States of America
Carlo Perez-Arizti, Partner, Baker McKenzie, Mexico
Caroline Blanch Israel, Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group, Australia
Christer Kjos, Chief Executive Officer, Canica Holding AG, Switzerland
Christy Lei Sun, Chief Marketing Officer and Founding Partner, Yatsen Global, People’s Republic of China
Claire Cormier Thielke, Country Head, Hines Greater China, Hines Asia Pacific, Hong Kong SAR, China
Daniel Zhang Xianming, Vice President, Broad Group, People’s Republic of China
Dominic Wadongo, Group Head of Operational Risk, Equity Group Holdings Plc, Kenya
Enass Abo-Hamed, Chief Executive Officer, H2GO Power Ltd., United Kingdom
Esha Mansingh, Executive Vice-President, Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations, Imperial Logistics Limited, South Africa
Esra Eczacıbaşı Coşkun, Member of the Board of Directors and Group Digital Transformation Coordinator, Eczacıbaşı Holding, Turkey
Eugene Chung, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Penrose Studios Inc., United States of America
Eva Otieno, Principal, Africa Strategy, Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Ltd, Kenya
Fares Bugshan, Chief Executive Officer, Bugshan Investment, Saudi Arabia
Frederic Hoffmann, Board Member, MAVA Fondation pour la Nature, Switzerland
Ioana Patriniche, Managing Director / Head of Investor Relations, Deutsche Bank AG, United Kingdom
Jennifer (Jen) Auerbach-Rodriguez, Managing Director – MLWM Strategic Growth Markets, Merrill Lynch, United States of America
John R. Tyson, Executive Vice-President; Strategy and Chief Sustainability Officer, Tyson Foods Inc., United States of America
Joud Abdel Majeid, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, BlackRock Inc., United States of America
Kim Hallwood, Head of Corporate Sustainability, HSBC Bank Canada, Canada
Lesley Ndlovu, Chief Executive Officer, African Risk Capacity “ARC” Ltd, South Africa
Margot Edelman, General Manager, Daniel J. Edelman, Inc, United States of America
Mariana Vasconcelos, Chief Executive Officer, Agrosmart SA, Brazil
Mark Stoffels, Managing Director, Connected Care North America, Philips, United States of America
Matthew Katz, Global Head of Data Science, Blackstone, United States of America
Mayank Singhal, Global Head of Private Equity and Venture Capital, Abu Dhabi Growth Fund (ADG), United Arab Emirates
Miku Hirano, Chief Executive Officer, Cinnamon AI, Japan
Mmaki Jantjies, Head of Innovation, Telkom SA SOC Limited, South Africa
Mohammed Alghanim, Group Chief Executive Officer, Hamad S. Al-Ghanim Group, Kuwait
Noor Boodai, Chief Executive Officer, TenX, Kuwait
Ola Doudin, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BitOasis, United Arab Emirates
Orenzo (Perry) Hollowell, Head of Global Equities and Sustainable Investing, CFI Partners, United States of America
Peng Shen, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Shuidi Company, People’s Republic of China
Radhika Gupta, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Edelweiss Mutual Fund, India
Ritesh Malik, Founder, Innov8 Coworking, India
Sarah Rawson, Regional Head of Business Management EMEA, Swiss Re Services Limited, United Kingdom
Sharam Gulzad, Chief Executive Officer/Founder/Investor, Gulzad Group, Afghanistan
Siwan (Swan) Lu, Principal, Zurich Global Ventures, Switzerland
Sophia Hamblin Wang, Chief Operating Officer, Mineral Carbonation International (MCi), Australia
Soraya Djermoun, Entrepreneur, Author, Geopolitical expert, Terza, Algeria
Steve Suryadinata, Managing Director, BSA Land, Indonesia
Suhail Sameer, Chief Executive Officer, Resilient Innovation Private Limited (BharatPe), India
Usman Ahmed, Head of Global Public Policy and Research, Paypal, Inc., United States of America
Venetia Bell, Group Chief Sustainability Officer; Head, Strategy, Gulf International Bank BSC (GIB), United Kingdom
Vineeta Singh, Chief Executive Officer, SUGAR Cosmetics, India
Yashovardhan Lohia, Executive Director and Chief Sustainability Officer, Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, Thailand
Yeoh Keong Hann, Executive Director, YTL Power Generation, Malaysia
Yichen Shen, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Lightelligence, United States of America
Yousef Yousef, Chief Executive Officer, LG Sonic B.V., Netherlands
Yuito Yamada, Partner, McKinsey & Company, Japan
Zou Shasha, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, AHA Entertainment, People’s Republic of China
Zuriel Naiker, Managing Director, Sales and Distribution, Africa, Marsh & McLennan Companies, South Africa
Civil Society
Alaa Murabit, Director, Health (PAC), UN High-Level Commissioner & SDG Advocate, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Canada
Boju Zhang, Secretary General, Ginkgo Foundation, People’s Republic of China
Clarissa Delgado, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Teach For the Philippines, Philippines
Françoise Moudouthe, Chief Executive Officer, African Women’s Development Fund, Ghana
Freshta Karim, Founding Director, Charmaghz Cultural and Services Organization, United Kingdom
Ilwad Elman, Chief Operating Officer, Elman Peace HRC, Somalia
Irina Lachowski, Chief Executive Officer, RenovaBR, Brazil
Jessica Beckerman, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Muso, United States of America
Joy Buolamwini, Founder and Executive Director, Algorithmic Justice League, United States of America
Luana Génot, Executive Director, Brazilian Identities Institute, Brazil
Matt Dalio, Founder and Chair, Endless OS, United States of America
Sun Xuemei, Chairperson, Beijing All in One Public Welfare Foundation, People’s Republic of China
Vilas Dhar, President and Trustee, The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, United States of America
Zoya Lytvyn, Head, Osvitoria, Ukraine
Media
Juan Carlos Rincón, Editor of the Opinion Section, El Espectador, Colombia
Tom Mustill, Director, Gripping Films Ltd, United Kingdom
Public Figure
Bárbara Luiza Coutinho do Nascimento, State Prosecutor, Rio de Janeiro State Prosecutor’s Office, Brazil
Bolor-Erdene Battsenge, State Secretary, Ministry of Digital Development, Mongolia
Colin Allred, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, United States of America
Eva Maydell, Member of the European Parliament, European Parliament, Belgium
Freddy Castro, Chief Executive Officer, Banca de las Oportunidades, Colombia
Hamad AlMahmeed, Undersecretary for Research & Projects, Prime Minister’s Office, Bahrain
James Mnyupe, Presidential Economic Adviser; Green Hydrogen Commissioner, Office of the President of Namibia, Namibia
Maria Eugenia del Castillo Cabrera, Envoy of the Vicepresident of the Dominican Republic, The Presidency of the Dominican Republic, Dominican Republic
Mark Boris Andrijani, Minister of Digital Transformation, Government Office for Digital Transformation of Slovenia, Slovenia
Mykhailo Fedorov, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Government of Ukraine, Ukraine
Naif Shesha, Chief Strategy Officer, Saudi Space Commission, Saudi Arabia
Natalie Black, Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Asia Pacific, Department for International Trade, Singapore
Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work of the United Arab Emirates, Office of the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates
Raghav Chadha, Member of Parliament, State of Punjab, India
Saad Hayat Tamman, Member – Strategic Reforms and Implementation Unit, Office of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pakistan
Safiya Al-Jabry, Executive Director, Small and Micro Enterprise Promotion Service (SMEPS), Yemen
Sahar Albazar, Parliament Member & Deputy Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee, Egyptian Parliament, Egypt
Social Entrepreneur
Badruun Gardi, Co-Founder and Chairman, GerHub, Mongolia
Jaideep Bansal, Chief Executive Officer, Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE), India
Kiah Williams, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Supporting Initiatives to Redistribute Unused Medicine – SIRUM, United States of America
Luhui Yan, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Carbonstop, People’s Republic of China
Mia Perdomo, Co-Founder and CEO, Aequales, Colombia
Nasreen Ali Mohamed, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cherehani Africa, Kenya
Sara Saeed Khurram, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Sehat Kahani, Pakistan
Yanqing (Kenny) Cai, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Bottle Dream, People’s Republic of China
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