(Disponible uniquement en anglais) Ambassador Alfonso E. Lenhardt most recently served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania, a position he held from 2009 to 2013. From 2004 to 2009, Ambassador Lenhardt was the President and CEO of the nonprofit National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC). He was the Senior Vice President of Government Relations for The Shaw Group from 2003 to…
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(Disponible uniquement en anglais) Minister Pakishe Aaron Motsoaledi was born on 07 August 1958. He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Natal. Prior to his appointment as Minister of Health, Dr Motsoaledi was member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature from 1994 to 2009, where he held such positions as MEC for Education, Transport and Agriculture. He served as a…
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(Disponible uniquement en anglais) Heather Higginbottom was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in December 2013. In her current role, she shares in the global responsibilities for U.S. foreign policy and has broad management and programmatic oversight responsibilities for both the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Ms. Higginbottom, the first female to become Deputy…
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Laura Tuck assumed the position of World Bank’s Vice President for Sustainable Development on July 1, 2015. In this role, she oversees the work of the Global Practices that bring together the best expertise from across the World Bank Group, and from partners, to help countries tackle their most complex challenges in the area of sustainable development. The practices under her responsibility…
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Mr. Sall has an engineering background in telecommunications and civil aviation. He worked for 22 years for ASECNA (Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa). He was the representative of ASECNA in Senegal and Comoros. He was also auditor of civil aviation on behalf of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Africa, Europe, and Asia. At that time he headed the security…
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Sam Kass is a Senior Food Analyst for NBC News and formerly Executive Director of Let’s Move! and Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition Policy at the White House. Sam led the First Lady’s work to help America raise a healthier generation of kids and advised on food and nutrition issues beyond Let’s Move! In 2009, Sam joined the White House Kitchen staff under Executive Chef Cris Comerford’s…
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The Emmy-nominated Colombian journalist has been an anchor with CNN Español since its founding in 1997. She joined CNN in 1992, where she hosted the Noticiero Telemundo CNN. Before becoming a journalist, Janiot was the first-runner up on Miss Colombia pageant in 1983. Janiot is president of a foundation called Colombianitos, which helps children who are victims of the Colombian armed conflict.…
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Dimitris Tsitsiragos, a Greek national, leads the investment operations and advisory services for IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, overseeing new business development, portfolio, and client relationships with key private sector partners worldwide. During fiscal year 2015, IFC committed about $18 billion in 84 countries to help tackle some of the world’s most pressing development challenges…
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John Authers was appointed Senior Investment Columnist in November 2011. He is based in New York. Authers is also the writer and presenter of The Long View column and online broadcasts, which examines the effect of long-term market trends on investors. Previously, he was the global editor of Lex, the flagship daily opinion column of the Financial Times. Authers was previously the Financial Times…
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Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso was born on June 27, 1962 and is married to Nadine Heredia. They have two daughters (Illary and Naira) and one son (Samin). He is the third of seven children born of the union of Isaac Humala and Elena Tasso. Before enrolling in the Academy of Army Officers (Escuela de Oficiales del Ejército) in 1979, he pursued studies in animal science at the Universidad Nacional…
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