John Adair is one of the world's leading authorities on leadership and leadership development and established the first Leadership Chair. Over a million managers worldwide have taken part in the Action-Centred Leadership progr...
Battle Robert,
Artistic director Designate Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre
Robert Battle has been named Artistic Director Designate of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and will succeed Judith Jamison in July 2011.He is a graduate of the New World School of the Arts and holds a B.F.A....
Mario Calabresi is the current Chief Editor of one of the biggest Italian daily newspapers, the La Stampa based in Turin.
He has studied history at the university of Milan and has also a degree from the...
Griffith-Jones Stephany, Prof.
Financial Markets Director
Initiative for Policy Dialogue,
Columbia University
Stephany Griffith-Jones is an economist whose areas of expertise is international finance and development; her work has focused on global capital flows to emerging markets, especially macro-economic management ...
Harris Elliott,
IMF Special Representative to the United Nations
Mr. Elliott Harris is the Special Representative of the International Monetary Fund to the United Nations and Assistant Director of the IMF Strategy, Policy and Review Department.
Elliott Harris joined the ...
Jolly Richard, Sir
Former Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF
Richard Jolly is Honorary Professor and Research Associate of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, where he was Director in the 1970s. He has been a Trustee of OXFAM, a Director of t...
Kellerman Barbara, Prof.
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Barbara Kellerman is the James MacGregor Burns Lecturer in Public Leadership at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. She was the Founding Executive Director of the Kennedy School's Center for Public Leade...
Lopes Carlos, Dr.
Assistant Secretary - General Director, UNSSC and Executive Director, UNITAR
Dr. Lopes’ career at the UN started in 1988. He has been Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) since March 2007 and was appointed Director of the Staff College in October 2...
Mittler Daniel,
Political Advisor Greenpeace International
Daniel Mittler is the Political Director of Greenpeace International, leading a global team of specialists working on sustainability issues ranging from fisheries management, to promoting peace and disarmament o...
Obaid Thoraya, Dr.
Under Secretary-General, Executive Director, UNFPA
Thoraya Obaid is the Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, the world’s largest multilateral source of population assistance. Ms. Obaid was appointed head of UNFPA, effective 1...
Olukoshi Adebayo, Prof.
Executive Secretary of
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
Adebayo Olukoshi is Research Professor of International Economic Relations and Director of the UN African Institute for Economic Development and Planning. He holds a doctorate degree from Leeds University. He ha...
Pickett Kate, Dr.
Professor of Epidemiology Department of Health Sciences University of York
Kate Pickett is Professor of Epidemiology at the University of York and a National Institute for Health Research Career Scientist. She studied physical anthropology at Cambridge, nutritional sciences at Cornell ...
Scharmer Otto, Dr.
Senior Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Otto Scharmer is a Senior Lecturer at MIT, the founding chair of the Presencing Institute, and a founding member of the MIT Green Hub. Scharmer has consulted with global companies, international institutions, and governments i...
Sen Gita
Sen Gita, Prof.
Professor Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
Gita Sen and is a professor of public policy at the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore, India, and adjunct professor of global health and population at Harvard University. She has worked closely with UN...
The Brigade has its headquarter and support units in Turin and consists of 3 mountain regiments, one mountain artillery regiment, the 'Nizza' cavalry regiment and the 32nd combat engineers.
Vandemoortele Jan,
Former UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Pakistan, Independent Researcher
Jan Vandemoortele served in various capacities with the United Nations for 30 years. He was UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator to Pakistan from 2005-08. He was Director of the Poverty Group at UNDP in New ...
Vos Robert, Dr.
Director of Development Policy and Analysis and chief economist
DESA
Rob Vos is director of the Development Policy and Analysis Division, the core economic research unit of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. He is responsible for two of the UN’s flagshi...
