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Co-Chairs & Commissioners

 

The Commission will be steered by a council of approximately thirty Co-Chairs. Together with several hundred Commissioners, these stakeholders will be the active deliberative body of the Commission activities and consultative efforts. Co-Chairs are diverse international leaders drawn from major constituencies involved in globalization and committed to promoting the Commission program’s conclusions and recommendations for institutional reform and strengthening systems of global governance at the highest levels of policy and decision making.
 
As of May 2003, the following persons have confirmed their commitment to serve on the Council of Co-Chairs.
 
Mahnaz Afkhami
Minister of Women’s Affairs, Iran (1976 - 1978)
President, Women's Learning Partnership

Lloyd Axworthy
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada (1996 - 2000)
Director, Liu Centre, University of British Columbia

Georges Berthoin
European Chairman, Trilateral Commission (1975-1992)

Jagdish Bhagwati
University Professor, Columbia University; Special Adviser to the UN on Globalization (2001); External Adviser to the WTO (2001-2002)


Carl Bildt
Prime Minister, Sweden (1991 - 1994)
Special Envoy of the Secretary General for the Balkans, United Nations
 

Bill Bradley
United States Senator (1979 - 1997)

Kim Campbell
Prime Minister, Canada (1993)
 

Ruth Cardoso
Chair of the Board, Comunidade Solidaria Program, Brazil
 
Gareth Evans
President, International Crisis Group
Foreign Minister, Australia (1988 - 1996)


Jane Goodall
Primatologist
 
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1990)
Chairman, Gorbachev Foundation

Oded Grajew
President, Instituto Ethos de Empresas e Responsabilidade Social
 

Rebeca Grynspan
Director Subregional Headquarters in Mexico,
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
 
 
Cândido Grzybowski
Director-General, Instituto Brasileiro de Análises Sociais e Econômicas (IBASE)

His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan Bin Talal
 

Noeleen Heyzer
Executive Director, United Nations Development Fund for Women
  
Enrique Iglesias
President, Inter-American Development Bank
 
Yolanda Kakabadse
President, The World Conservation Union
 
Craig Kielburger
Founder, Kids Can Free The Children
 
Maria Livanos Cattaui
Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce
 
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
Prime Minister, Portugal (1979)


Miguel de la Madrid
President, Mexico (1982 - 1988)

Ruud Lubbers
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Koichiro Matsuura
Director General, United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Pascoal Mocumbi
Prime Minister, Mozambique

 
Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan


Thoraya Obaid
Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund

Surin Pitsuwan
Foreign Minister, Thailand (1997 - 2001)
Member of Parliament, Thailand

 

John Polanyi
Nobel Laureate (1986)
President, Canadian Committee of Scientists and Scholars
 
 
Jose Ramos-Horta
Foreign Minister, East Timor
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1996)
 
Shridath Ramphal
Co-Chairman, The Commission on Global Governance
 
Mary Robinson
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997 - 2002)
 

Richard Sandor
Chairman and CEO, Environmental Financial Products
Research Professor, Northwestern University
 

Vandana Shiva
Director, Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and National Research Policy
 
Juan Somavia
Director General, International Labour Organization
 
George Soros
Chairman, Soros Fund Management
 
James Gustave Speth
Administrator, UNDP (1993 - 1999)
Dean, Practive of Enviornmental Policy and Sustainable Development
Yale School of Forestry and Enviornmental Studies
 
Sigmund Sternberg
Co-Founder, The Three Faiths Forum
 
Joseph Stiglitz
Chief Economist, World Bank (1997-2000)
Nobel Economics Prize Laureate (2002)
 
Strobe Talbott
President, The Brookings Institution
 
 
Manuel Tello
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico (1994)
Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations (1995 - 2000)
 
Desmond Tutu
Chairman, Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1984)
 
Lori Wallach
Director, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch
 
William White
President, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
 
Marian Wright Edelman
President, Children's Defense Fund
 
Muhammad Yunus
Managing Director, Grameen Bank

 


 

As of May 2003, the following persons have confirmed their commitment to serve on the Commission’s deliberative body as Commissioners:
 
Ahmedou Abdallah
Executive Secretary, The Global Coalition for Africa
 

Rebecca Adamson
President, First Nations Development Institute
 

Ladan Afrasiabi
Member of the Board of Directors, The Society of Iranian Professionals

Techeste Ahderom
UNDP Senior Advisor on Recovery; President, Institute of Technology


Diego Arria
Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations (1991-94)
Director, The Columbus Group


Nuno Miguel Teixeira de Azevedo
Chairman, Global Advisory Board Sonae SGPS, Portugal


Mervat Badawi
Director, Technical Department, Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development

 

Alícia Bárcena
Chief, Environment and Human Settlements Division,
United Nations Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
 
Richard C. Bartlett
Vice Chairman, Mary Kay Inc.
 

Monique Bégin
Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa


Tom Bentley
Director, Demos, UK

Chris Beresford
Partner, KPMG Transaction Services, UK

 

Johannah Bernstein
International Environmental Lawyer, Environmental Law and Policy Consulting

 

Betty Bigombe
Senior Social Scientist, Social Development, Post Conflict Unit, World Bank

Angela Blackwell
President, PolicyLink

 

Helga Breuninger
Chair, Breuninger Foundation

 

Charlotte Bunch
Executive Director, Center for Women's Global Leadership, Rutgers University

 

Sharan Burrow
President, Australian Council of Trade Unions


Aspasia Camargo
Vice-Minister for Environment, Brazil
 
Paul Cappon
Director General, Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
 

Barry Carin
High Commissioner of Canada to Singapore (1996-2000)
 
Myrtha Casanova
Founder and President, The European Institute for Managing Diversity
 
Juan de Castro
President, Metaeconomics Research Center, Spain
 
Maria Silvia Portella de Castro
Advisor, Unified Workers Confederation (CUT)
  
Alpesh Chokshi
Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and Business Development, American Express
 
Nat Colletta
Founding Manager, Post Conflict Unit, World Bank (1998 - 2001)
 
Apela Colorado
Founder, Worldwide Indigenous Science Network
 
Thais Corral
Vice President, Women’s Environment and Development Organization, Brazil
 
Clare Cowan

Founder and CEO, Venture Exchange Network
 
Linda Crompton
President and CEO, Investor Responsibility Centre
 
Yeda Crusius
Federal Deputy, Brazil
 
Jose Maria Dagnino
Pastore
Chairman, Banco Sudameris Argentina, SA

 
Thomas d’Aquino
President and CEO
Canadian Council of Chief Executives

Gurcharan Das
Former CEO, Proctor & Gamble, India

Susan Davis
Advisor to the Director General, International Labour Organization

 

Yael Dayan
Member of Parliament, Israel (1994-2000)


Meghnad Desai
The Centre for the Study of Global Governance and the Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics
 

Kojo Boakye Djan
Chief Policy Adviser, Boakye Djan& Co, Independent Policy Advisers, UK
 
Felix Dodds
Executive Director, Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future
 

Elizabeth Dowdeswell
President & CEO, Nuclear Waste Management Organization;
Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (1993 - 1998)

William Drayton
President, Ashoka Innovators for the Public


Hans-Peter Duerr
Emeritus Director, Professor, Max-Plank Institut für Physik, Germany

Nick Dunlop
Executive Director, e-Parliament Initiative

 
Peter Eigen
Chairman of the Board, Transparency International
 

Bo Ekman
Chairman, Nextwork AB, Sweden
 
 
John Elkington
Co-Founder, SustainAbility Ltd.
 

Amr Enany
Vice Chairman, Enany Group of Companies, Saudi Arabia

Ruth Escobar
Actress and Cultural Ambassador, Brazil
 

Daniel Esty
Associate Dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Director, Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy

 
Michael Fairbanks
CEO, Monitor Co.
 
Christiana Figueres
Executive Director, The Center for Sustainable Development in the Americas
 

Alberto Forchielli
Director, PEA S.p.A

Shepard Forman
Director, Center on International Cooperation, New York University

Lynn Franks
President, Sustainable Enterprise and Empowerment Dynamics,(SEED), London
 
Graham Galer
Associate, Global Business Network
 
Timothy Garden
Visiting Professor, Centre for Defence Studies, King's College
 
Mark Gerzon
President, Mediators Foundation
 
Anthony Giddens
Director, London School of Economics
 
Ronni Goldfarb
Executive Director, Equal Access

Pregaluxmi Govender
Women's Rights Activist, South Africa

Jonathan Granoff
CEO, Global Security Institute
 

Ted Hall
Managing Director, Mayacamas Associates
Chairman Emeritus, McKinsey Global Institute
 
Halle Hanssen
Vice-Chairman, ATTAC, Norway
 
Khadija Haq
President, Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre, Pakistan
 
Hazel Henderson
Author, Futurist, Economist
 
Richard Hodapp
Chairman, The Mapping Alliance, Inc.
 
 
Hanns Michael Hölz
Global Head, Public Affairs and Sustainable Development, Deutsche Bank AG
 

Will Hutton
Chief Executive, The Work Foundation, UK
 
 
Maria Ivanova
Director, Global Environmental Governance Project,

Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy


Devaki Jain
Women’s Rights Advocate, India

Adam Kahane
Managing Partner, Generon
 
Laszlo Kapolyi
Chairman of the Board, System Consulting PLC, Hungary

Sam Keen
Philosopher and Author

Gail Koff
Founding Partner, Jacoby & Meyers Law Offices

David Korten
President, The People Centered Development Forum

Bart Jan Krouwel
Director, Sustainability and Innovation, Rabobank Group, the Netherlands

Matthew Kukah
Secretary-General, Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (1996 - 2001)

Huguette Labelle
President, Canadian International Development Agency (1993-1997)
 
Michael Levett
President, Citizens Democracy Corps
 
Alexander Likhotal
First Vice President, Green Cross International

Walter Link
Chairman, The Global Academy
 
Laura Liswood
Secretary General, Council of Women World Leaders
 
Amory Lovins
CEO of Research, Rocky Mountain Institute
 
Hunter Lovins
CEO of Strategy, Rocky Mountain Institute
 
Marc Luyckx
Director, Vision 2020
 
 
Alejandro Martinez-Cuenca
President, Fundación International para el Desafio Económico Global
(FIDEG), Nicaragua
 
Fred Matser
President and Founder, Sofam Beheer

Richard Medley
President, Medley Global Advisors
 
Paola Melchiori
President, CRINALI - The Free University of Women, Italy

 
James Miscoll
Vice Chairman, Bank of America (1984-1992)

Uwe Morawetz
Chairman, International Peace Foundation, Austria

Harriet Mouchly-Weiss
Managing Partner, Strategy XXI
  
Tandiwe Munyanyi
Youth Committee Member, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), Zimbabwe


Caroline Myss
President, Caroline Myss, Inc.

Kumi Naidoo
Secretary General and CEO, CIVICUS

Dragoljub Najman
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to UNESCO
 

Jane Nelson
Director, Business Leadership and Development
Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum

Susan Nycum-Buckley
Co-founder and President
Technology Disputes Resolution Services, Inc.

Oscar Olivera
Secretario Ejecutivo, Federación de Trabajodores Fabriles de Cochabamba

Rosiska Darcy de Oliveira
President, National Council on Women’s Right, Brazil (1995-1999)

Michael Olmstead
President, e2k World

 

Martin Palmer
Director, Alliance for Religion and Conservation, UK
 

Prinn Panitchpakdi
Mergers and Acquisitions Department, ABN AMRO Corporate Finance Limited, UK
 
 
Ebrahim Patel
General Secretary, South African Clothing and Textile Workers Union (SACTWU)
 

Berniece Patterson
Chairman, Pioneer Health Care Services
 
C.E. Patterson
President, MacKenzie Patterson, Inc.
 
Nicanor Perlas
President, Center for Alternative Development Initiatives
 
Howard Perlmutter
Emeritus Professor of Social Architecture and Management, The Wharton School
 
John Pickering
Secretary, Labour Finance and Industry Group, UK
 
Sirpa Pietikäinen
Member of Parliament, Finland

Jorge Pinto
Director, Center for Global Finance, Lubin School of Business, Pace University
 
Jacqueline Pitanguy
Executive Director, The Civil Society Forum of the Americas
 
Eduardo Ramos-Gómez
President, United States - Mexico Chamber of Commerce
 

Shalini Randeria
Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Free University of Berlin

Aruna Rao
President, Association for Women’s Rights in Development, India

Stephen Rhinesmith
Partner, CDR International
 
Mark Ritchie
President, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
 

Douglas Roche
Senator, Canada; International Chairman, Middle Powers Initiative

Robert Rubinstein
Founder and CEO, Brooklyn Bridge

Kumar Rupesinghe
Secretary-General, International Alert (1992 - 1999)

Guy Ryder
General Secretary, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

Francisco Sagasti
President, FORO Nacional/Internacional, Peru
 
Alison Sander
Manager, Boston Consulting Group
 
Robert Savio
Chair, Inter Press Service (IPS) International Board of Trustees
Secretary General, Society for International Development

David Schneider
President & Chief Executive Officer, Nextera
 

John Sewell
Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
President, Overseas Development Council (1980-2000)

Leticia Shahani
Secretary General, UN Third World Conference on Women 1985, Nairobi, Kenya
 
Barbara Shailor
Director, International Affairs Department, AFL-CIO
 
Gordon Smith
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada (1994 - 1997)
Director, Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria

Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Visiting Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School
 

Oliver Sparrow
Director, The Challenge Network
 

Tom Spencer
Executive Director, European Centre for Public Affairs, UK
 

George Starcher
Secretary General, European Baha’i Business Forum


Mervat Tallawy
Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
 
Henry Tang
Chairman, Committee of 100
 
 
Majid Tehranian
Director, Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research
 
Terrence Tehranian
Managing Partner, GMT Communications Partners Ltd, UK
 
Steven Trevino
Chief Strategist Mission Assurance, ASE, Inc. Subsidiary Booz Allen Hamilton

Wouter van Dieren
President, IMSA Institute for Environment and Systems Analysis Amsterdam Ltd.

Raymond van Ermen
Executive Director, European Partners for the Environment

Paul van Seters
Executive Director, Globus, the Netherlands

 
Eduardo Viola
Professor of Globalization and Governance,
University de Brasília, Brazil
 
 
Lindsay Wagner
Actress

Anders Wijkman
Member, European Parliament
 

Kathryn Williams
Chairperson of the Board, KRW International
 
Judith Woodard
Senior Vice President, Digitas
 
 
Ngaire Woods
Fellow in Politics and International Relations, University College, Oxford University

Xu Mingqi
Executive Council Member, Chinese Society for World Economy Studies

Simon Zadek
Chief Executive, Institute of Social and Ethical AccountAbility

Kees Zoeteman
Deputy Director General for Environmental Protection, the Netherlands (1988 - 2001)


 

 

 

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