Participants 2014
Dina Abdel-Fattah, Associate, Development Gateway
Rajendra Abhyankar, Professor of Practice of Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Indiana University
Hassan Abou Ayoub, Ambassador to Italy, Kingdom of Morocco
Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor, City of Rotterdam
Sanae Alami Afilal, Chief of Communications, OCP Group
Nitika Agarwal, Senior Policy Advisor, HM Treasury, United Kingdom
Theodore Ahlers, Senior Associate, Emerging Markets Forum
Surajudeen Ayobami Akande, Personal Assistant to former President Obansajo, Africa Progress Panel
Obed Akwa, Commandant/Executive Director, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre
Abdelmalek Alaoui, Managing Partner, Global Intelligence Partners
Omar Aloui, Economist and Managing Director, Agroconcept
Amine Alaoui Mounir, Vice-President, OCP Foundation
Marouane Ameziane, Executive Director for Strategy & Corporate Development, OCP Group
Taha Amiar, Sustainability Analyst, Massolia.com
Youssef Amrani, Head of Mission, Royal Cabinet, Kingdom of Morocco
Steffen Angenendt, Senior Associate and Advisor, Stiftung für Wissenschaft und Politik
Francis Anyaegbu, Africa Region Representative, UN-Habitat Youth Advisory Board
Ana Marie Argilagos, Senior Advisor, The Ford Foundation
Neyla Arnas, Senior Research Fellow, National Defense University
Michelle Ash, Minority Chief Council, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Samira Azzam, Manager, Global Government Relations, Accenture
Hassan Ba, Co-Founder, Femmes Africa Solidarite
Fatim Badjie, CEO/Proprietor, Ace Communications Executive Ltd.
Bertrand Badré, Managing Director and World Bank Group CFO, The World Bank & International Finance Corporation
Michal Baranowski, Director, Warsaw Office, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Cristina Barrios, Senior Analyst, EU Institute for Security Studies
Nayé Bathily, MPA/ International Affairs Specialist, The World Bank & International Finance Corporation
Jose Antonio Batista de Moura Ziebarth, Visiting Scholar, Columbia University
Lamia Bazir, Director and Representative, High Atlas Foundation
Mohammed Belghazi, Director, Belghazi Museum
Mohammed Belmahi, Managing Director & Partner, The Quattro Group
Hichem Ben Yaiche, Editor, New African Magazine
Ibone Bengoetxea, Deputy Mayor, Councilor for Culture & Education, Bilbao City Council
Zineb Benjelloun, Head of Water and Utilities, OCP Group
Amina Benkhadra, Managing Director, Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines
Rim Bennani, Director Strategy Group, OCP Group
Assia Bensalah Alaoui, Ambassador at Large of HM the King of Morocco, Kingdom of Morocco
Ali Bensouda, Manager, Strategy and Internal Organization, OCP Consulting, OCP Group
Diogo Bercito, Journalist, Folha de Sao Paulo
Lora Berg, Resident Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Ryan Berger, Master of International Affairs Candidate, Columbia University
Mohammed Berrada, Professor of Economics, University of Casablanca
Deborah Birx, Ambassador at Large and U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Gbaka Barthelemy Blede, Senior Researcher, Institute for Security Studies Africa
Clifford Bob, Professor and Raymond J. Kelley Endowed Chair in International Relations, Duquesne University
Elizabeth Boswell Rega, Director, Communications, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Taoufik Bouachrine, Journalist, Akhbar Al Yaoum
Jamal Boudouma, Journalist, France 24
Jaimie Boyd, Policy Analyst, Government of Canada
Enrique Bravo Escobar, Ph.D. Researcher and Consultant, Georgetown University
Esther Brimmer, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University
Kelly Brough, President and CEO, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
Neil Brown, Non-Resident Fellow, Lugar Diplomacy Institute, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Nancy Brune, Executive Director, Guinn Center for Policy Priorities
Charles Buchanan, Vice President, SystemicSphere Consultants
Daniel Buchbinder, Founder and CEO, ALTERNA
Dwight Bush Sr., Ambassador to Morocco, United States
Reinhard Bütikofer, Member, European Parliament
Christopher Campbell, Republican Staff Director, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
Jonathan Capehart, Editorial Board, The Washington Post
Cindy Carcamo, National Correspondent and Arizona Bureau Chief, Los Angeles Times
Jorge Castañeda, Global Distinguished Professor, Politics and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University
Sebastian Castro Sasso, Adventure Journalist/Creative Consultant, Global Shapers
Estibaliz Celaya, Director of Internationalization, Bilbao International, Bilbao City Council
Sylvia Chant, Programme Director, MSc Urbanisation and Development, Professor of Development, London School of Economics
Jean-Pierre Chauffour, Lead Economist, The World Bank & International Finance Corporation
Laura Chinchilla, Former President, Costa Rica
Shareefa Choudhury, Strategic Communications Adviser, Department for International Development
Zenab Choug, Program Officer, French American Foundation
Mark Colin, Senior Security Advisor, Chevron
Maia Comeau, Director, Congressional Affairs, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Todd Corley, Creator & Catalyst, TAPO Institute
Kevin Cottrell, Director, Transatlantic Leadership Initiatives, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Franklin Cudjoe, Executive Director, IMANI Center for Policy and Education
Nelson Cunningham, President, McLarty Associates
Olivier Dabène, Professor, Sciences Po
Rachid Dahbi, Executive Manager, Averty Market Research and Intelligence
Marta Dassù, Senior Director, European Affairs, The Aspen Institute
Pedro de Camargo Neto, Consultant
Luiz Augusto de Castro Neves, Chairman, Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais
Julia de Clerck-Sachsse, Strategic Communication Advisor, European External Action Service
Arnaud de la Grange, Foreign Editor in Chief, Le Figaro
Fernando de Mateo, Ambassador to WTO, Mexico
Celso de Tarso Pereira, Counselor, Mission of Brazil to WTO
Thierry Deau, Founding Partner, Chief Executive Officer, Meridiam Infrastructure
Zeynep Dereli, Managing Director, APCO Worldwide
Hendrik Descheemaeker, Managing Partner, European Regulatory Affairs, Deloitte
Sabina Dewan, JustJobs Network/ Center for American Progress, Executive Director/Senior Fellow
Kani Diabate Coulibaly, Dr-Brigadier General, Malian Army, Presidency of the Republic of Mali
Momar Dieng, Editor-in-Chief, Enquete Plus
Birame Diop, Deputy Chief of Staff, Air Force, Senegal
Megan Doherty, Transatlantic Fellow, Transatlantic Leadership Initiatives, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Marcela Donadio, Executive Secretary, Latin American Security and Defence Network
Karen Donfried, President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Serge Doukoure, Sector Manager, Prime Minister's Cabinet, Côte d'Ivoire
Bruce Dube, Managing Director, Youth Village
Nicolas Ducote, Council Member, Government of Pilar, Province of Buenos Aires
Gwendolyn Dulla, Associate Director, Global Public Policy, Deloitte
Georges Duroseau, First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Haiti, Brussels
Robert Dussey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Togo
Kawtar Eddahmani, MPAID, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Jefferson Edwards, General Manager, Global Gas and LNG Market Development, Royal Dutch Shell
Julie Egan, Economic Advisor, U.S. Department of State
Karim El Aynaoui, Managing Director of OCP Policy Center and Advisor to the CEO and Chairman, OCP
Khalid El Hariry, Chairman, Telquel Media Group
Sqalli El Hussain, Project Control Manager, OCP SA, OCP Group
Daniel Erikson, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of State
Yacine Fal, Resident Representative, Groupe de la Banque Africaine de Développement
Paul Farmer, Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard University
Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, Council of the Americas
Daniel Fata, Vice President, Global Security Policy, Europe and the Americas, Washington Operations, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Sérgio Fausto, Executive Director, Instituto Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Roberto Fendt, Executive Director, Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais
Brian Finlay, Managing Director, Henry L. Stimson Center
Nora Fisher Onar, Assistant Professor, International Relations, Bahçesehir University
Helga Flores Trejo, Head of External Relations, Inter-American Investment Corporation IIC
Lucineida Fonseca, Economic Advisor, Strategic Policy Center - Office of Prime Minister
João Fonseca Ribeiro, Director General for Maritime Policy, Directorate General for Maritime Policy (DGPM)
Richard Fontaine, President, Center for a New American Security
Fabrice Fortin, Senior Commercial Advisor MENA, Royal Dutch Shell
Any Freitas, Visiting Research Fellow, King's College London
Emmanuelle Ganne, Counselor, Information and External Relations Division, World Trade Organization
Geraldine Gardner, Director, Urban and Regional Policy, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Adama Gaye, Journalist, Author, Business Consultant, Newforce Africa
Andy Gboka, Sell Side Analyst, Exotix
Justin Gest, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University
Thami Ghorfi, President, ESCA Ecole de Management
Blair Glencorse, Executive Director, Accountability Lab
Jackie Glenn, Global Chief Diversity Officer, EMC
Nik Gowing, Main Presenter, BBC World TV
Jarius Andrew Greaves, Founder/Executive Director, Youth Network for Reform, Inc. (YONER-LIBERIA)
Megan Greene, Chief Economist, Maverick Intelligence
Marc Grossman, Vice Chairman, Cohen Group
Dulce Maria Guevara Lopez, Legislative Advisor, Mexican Senate
Fernando Andresen Guimaraes, Head of Division, United States and Canada, European External Action Service
Maria Elena Gutierrez, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, ViewConference
Fatima Hadj, Associate Director for Europe, Standard & Poors
Paul Hare, Lecturer in International Relations, Boston University
Allison Hart, Special Advisor, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO
Lane Harwell, Executive Director, DanceNY
Katrin Hirseland, Head of the Office of the President, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
Rebecca Holliday, Senior Advisor, Corporate Responsibility, Chevron
Kimberly Honig, Head of Talent, Bank of America
Aly Horma, Managing Director, Property Investors Trust
Adam Howard, Chief of Staff, U.S. Representative Michael R. Turner
Katherine Hudak, Researcher, Kaiser Economic Development Partners
Rosalind Hudnell, Vice President, Human Resources, Director, Communications and Diversity, Intel Corporation
Rod Hunter, Senior Vice President, International Affairs, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Mickey Ibarra, President and Founder, Ibarra Strategy Group
Aomoar Ibourk, Professor of Economics, University of Marrakech
Tokunboh Ishmael, Managing Director, Alitheia Capital
Len Ishmael, Ambassador to Belgium and Head of Mission to the EU, Eastern Caribbean States
Debbi Iwig, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Francine Jacome, Director, Venezuelan Institute of Social and Political Studies
Mamour Alieu Jagne, Consultant
Dhruva Jaishankar, Transtlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Youssef Jajili, Journalist, Editor, al Aan
El Mostafa Jamea, Senior Researcher and Consultant, MENA Renewables and Sustainability
Anne Jenichen, Volkswagen Stiftung Fellow, Transatlantic Academy
Rupert Joy, Ambassador, Delegation of the European Union to the Kingdom of Morocco
Ira Kalish, Chief Global Economist, Deloitte
Martine Kappel, CEO, True North Leadership
Kristina Kausch, Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Middle East and North Africa Programme, FRIDE
Saran Keita, President, Mali Branch, Network of Peace and Security for Women in the ECOWAS Region
Peter Kellner, President, You Gov
Jerson Kelman, Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Craig Kennedy, Partner, Creative Engagement
David Kenney, President, The Kenny Group
Adnan Kifayat, Senior Resident Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Arba Kokalari, Member, Stockholm City Council
Jim Kolbe, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Roelland Kollen, Head of the Economic Division, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Morocco
Johan Kruger, Director of the Centre for Constitutional Rights, FW de Klerk Foundation
Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fellow, New America Foundation
Anton La Guardia, Middle East and Africa Editor, The Economist
Tatiana Lacerda Prazeres, Senior Advisor to the Director-General, World Trade Organization
Imane Lahlou, Technical Advisor, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Nouzha Lahrizi, OCP Group
Janet Lamkin, President, Bank of America California, Bank of America
Olivia Lazard, Co-Founder of Trailing Seeds, Independent Consultant
Margot Le Guen, Senior Research Staff Assistant, The Earth Institute
Marc Leland, Co-Chairman, Board of Trustees, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Ronaldo Lemos, Director, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Pamela Lesser, Researcher, NIEM, Arctic Centre
Ian Lesser, Executive Director, Brussels Office and Senior Director for Foreign and Security Policy, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Jean-David Levitte, Professor, Sciences Po
Maundy Lewis, Communications Officer, Government of Saint Lucia
Reta-Jo Lewis, Attorney
Romain Limouzin, Associate Director, Meridiam Infrastructure
Tod Lindberg, Research Fellow, Stanford University
Elias Links, Professor, University of Stellenbosch Business School
Moubarack Lo, President, Institut de l'Emergence
Farida Loudaya, Director for American Affairs, Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Kahindula Lumumba, Founder and Director for Publications, Totem World
Luc Luwel, CEO, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Antwerpen-Waasland
Younes Maamar, Managing Partner, eONE Investments
Lungile Mahluza, Chief of Staff, Executive Office, Deloitte
Bulelwa Makalima-Ngewana, CEO, Cape Town Partnership
Carlos Malamud, Senior Analyst for Latin America, Real Instituto Elcano
Edward Brooks Marmon, Program Officer, Accountability Lab
Fatimata M'Baye, Founder and President, Association Mauritanienne des droits de l'Homme
Mass Mboup, Journalist/Grand Reporter, Les Echos-Afrique/EUREPORTER
Shane McCollam, Project Manager, ScienceBusiness
Alexander McDonough, Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Senator Harry M. Reid
William McIlhenny, Senior Wider Atlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Terence McNamee, Deputy Director, The Brenthurst Foundation
Aziz Mekouar, Board Member, Bank of Africa Group
Khalid Meksem, Chief Science Officer, OCP Group
Catarina Mendes Leal, Head of the International Relations Department and University Lecturer, Economy and Food Safety Standards Authority
Nizar Messari, Associate Professor; Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Al Akhawayn University
Jamie Messner, Director, Sustainable Development & Security, Fund for Peace
David Michon, Producer and Contributing Editor, Monocle
Noureddine Miftah, Directeur de publication de l’hebdomadaire, Al Ayyam
Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo, Member of the Board, Finmeccanica SPA
Chris Mogridge, Head of Corporate Risk Advisory, Santander UK Plc
Vahid Monadjem, CEO, Nomanini
João Bosco Monte, President, Instituto Brasil Africa
Miguel Moratinos, Professor, Sciences Po
Mohammed Saïd Mouline, General Director, National Agency for the Development of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Lisa Mullins, Journalist, Public Radio
Omar Nasser, Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of Venezuela
Nadia Nata, Political Governance-Afrimap Officer, Open Society Initiative for West Africa
Ferdinando Nelli Feroci, Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, European Commission
Abrao Neto, Analyst of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Brazil
Eduardo Neto Sangueve, Chargé d'Affaires, Embassy of the Republic of Angola
Rachid Nini, Al Khabar
Jaime Noguiera Pinto, President, Conselho de Administração da Fundação Luso-Africana para a Cultura
Ana Nunes Cordeiro, Journalist, Portugal News Agency
Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, Founder/Director, LEAP Africa
Olusegun Obasanjo, Board Member, Africa Progress Panel
Andres Ordonez, Ambassador to Morocco, Mexico
Serguei Ouattara, President and Executive Manager, EU-Africa Chamber of Commerce
Amos Ouattara, Associate, KKR Asset Management
Ibidapo Oyewole, Technical Advisor to the Minister, The Presidency - National Planning Commission, Federal Government of Nigeria
Luana Ozemela, Specialist for the Gender and Diversity Division, Inter-American Development Bank
Denise Pacofsky, Partner, Deloitte
Ana Palacio, Former Foreign Minister, Spain
Farah Pandith, Fellow, Harvard University
Raj Panjabi, CEO, Last Mile Health
Patrick Penninckx, Executive Secretary, Pompidou Group, Council of Europe
J. Peter Pham, Director, Africa Center, Atlantic Council of the United States
Olayinka Phillips, Director Internal Audit, Sierra Leone Commercial Bank Limited
Wolfgang Pordzik, Exec. Vice President for Corporate Public Policy, DHL
Robert Porter, Chief of Staff, U.S. Senator Orrin G. Hatch
Ye Qing, Assistant President, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies
Samuel Mbrayeh Quartey, Ambassador, Embassy of Ghana
Nadia Rabbaa, Freelance Journalist, The Africa Report
Marta Lucia Ramirez, President, Action Citizens
Jose Ramos-Horta, Special Representative and Head of the UNIOGBIS, United Nations Integrated Peace-Building
Abdel-Malek Riad, Counselor to the President of the National Assembly - Economic Development and Industry, National Assembly, France
John Richardson, Non-Resident Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Timothy Ridout, Wider Atlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Ahmed Ringa, Consul Général Honoraire, Embassy of Togo
David Romley, Vice President, Development and Partnerships, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Luis Rubio, Chairman, Center for Research on Development
Nicolò Russo Perez, Program Manager, International Relations and European Integration, Compagnia di San Paolo
Abdallah Saaf, Professor of Political Science, Director, Centre d'Etudes et Recherches en Sciences Sociales
Christopher Sabatini, Senior Director of Policy, Americas Society and Council of the Americas
Janet Sallah-Njie, Founding President, Torodo Chambers
Yacouba Sangare, Editor in Chief, Patriote
Ambrose Sanneh, RNPO, Africell
Lourival Sant'Anna, Reporter at Large, O Estado de Sao Paulo
Arturo Sarukhan, Distinguished Diplomat in Residence, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Hadja Aminata Seck, Program Associate, TrustAfrica
Mustapha Sehimi, Writer and Editorialist
Morten Seja, Consultant, The World Bank Group
Andrés Serbin, President, Coordinadora Regional de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales
Usman Shehu, Editor, Africa Desk, Deutsche Welle
Kevin Signe, Freelance Photographer
Landry Signé, Founder and CEO, The Global Network for Africa's Prosperity
Andrew Small, Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Catherine Smith, Founder and President, True Blue Inclusion
Vera Songwe, Country Director for Senegal, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, and Mauritania, The World Bank & International Finance Corporation
Bernardo Sorj, Executive Director, Centro Edelstein de Pesquisas Sociais
Laura Sprung, Freelance Journalist
Logan Stanton, Founder and President, Center of Mass LLC
Philip Stephens, Associate Editor, Financial Times
Bruce Stokes, Director, Pew Global Economic Attitudes, Pew Research Center
Gerald Strikker, Ambassador to Morocco, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Maxwell Suuk, Reporter, Diamond FM
Stephen Szabo, Executive Director, Transatlantic Academy, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Jiro Takamoto, First Secretary, Mission of Japan to the European Union
Mohamed Takhim, OCP Group
Abdelkader Taleb, Head of Division for Central and Southern Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Morocco
Anthioumane Tandia, Journalist, Afrimag
Mostafa Terrab, Chairman and CEO, OCP Group, President, OCP Foundation
Aissata Thiam, Junior Auditor, KPMG
Michael Thomas, Community Peer Outreach Provider, GrenChap
Njoya Tikum, Regional Policy Advisor on Anti-Corruption, United Nations Development Program
Renee Tirado, Senior Manager, Diversity & Inclusion, Latin America and the Caribbean, American International Group
Safia Tmiri, Consultant, Financial and Private Sector Development, The World Bank & International Finance Corporation
Juan Gabriel Tokatlian, Director of the Department of Political Science and International Studies, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
Sonia Toro, Senior Advisor & Member of the Experts Network, EU-Africa Chamber of Commerce
Ricardo Torres Perez, Deputy Director, Centro de Estudios de la Economía Cubana
Aminata Touré, Former Prime Minister, Senegal
Harold Trinkunas, Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign Policy, Latin America Initiative, Brookings Institution
Barkue Tubman, CEO, MBL Intl Group
Andrew Tuck, Editor, Monocle
Ali Tulbah, Managing Director, McLarty Associates
Clinton Urling, Immediate Past President, Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Rik Vanpeteghem, CEO, Deloitte Belgium, Deloitte
Norma Vega, Senior VP, Scholarships & Programs, Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Ivan Vejvoda, Senior Vice President, Programs, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Alexander Verbeek, Strategic Policy Advisor on Global Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands
Antonio Villaraigosa, Senior Advisor, Edelman
Marcus Vinícius de Freitas, Professor of Law and International Relations, The Armando Alvares Penteado Alvares Penteado Foundation
Rengaraj Viswanathan, Distinguished Fellow, Gateway House
Alexander Vogel, Head of Office, Westerwelle Foundation for International Understanding
Adama Wade, Journalist, Financial Afrik
Eustace Wallace, Second Secretary, Embassy of the Eastern Caribbean States
Yorizumi Watanabe, Professor of International Political Economy, Keio University
Katherine Watson, Director, European Cultural Foundation
Lena Weiler, Expert Urban/Municipal Development, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Eckart Woertz, Senior Research Fellow, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs
Colin Woodard, Author and Journalist, Jill Grinberg Literary Management
Todd Wooten, Senior Energy and Tax Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
Patrick Worms, Senior Science Policy Advisor, World Agroforestry Centre
Angela Wyse, Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer, Embassy of the United States
Guillaume Xavier-Bender, Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Lai Yahaya, Team Leader: Power Africa - Senior Advisors Group, OTB - Africa Governance Initiative
John Yearwood, World Editor, Miami Herald
Estelle Youssouffa, Reporter/Anchor, BFM TV
Alberto Zilio, Director Public Affairs Europe, AT&T
Abdelhamid Zryouil, Executive Vice President, OCP Foundation