Prior to this, she was an information officer at the National Institute for Legislative Studies, National Assembly Nigeria, and served as the societies and activities coordinator for the University of East London Students’ Union. Her previous roles include responsibility for communications and campaigns at the University of Leeds; as a writer with BBC World Service Trust, Nigeria; and as a British-based reporter for the Project Survival Media Group on Climate Change.

His research at the bank resulted in two published reports, one on the European Union’s (EU) balance-of-payments facility and one on Eurozone migration trends and their subsequent effect on the real economy. In addition, Stock served as a fellow of the German Parliament. Recently, Stock contributed to the publication of the Atlantic Council’s “Through a New Prism: A Next Generation Strategy for the U.S.-German Relationship.” Stock speaks German and holds a master’s in foreign service from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

He is also in charge of coordination of conference such as the Stockholm China Forum 2014 done in collaboration with The German Marshall Fund of the United States, the CICA summit, and the New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS launch ceremony in 2015. As a researcher, he mainly focuses on North African politics, sino-francophone relations, and global governance.

Before joining the government, he was a contributing analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and a consultant for the Korea Institute for Development Strategy (KDS). A graduate of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore and the University of York in the U.K., Sar was also a management consultant in both Singapore and Dakar, where he helped firms from across the world invest in Africa.

She graduated from Stanford University in 2007 with a bachelor’s in civil and environmental engineering and obtained her PMP certification in June 2012 from the Project Management Institute. Prior to working for Transcarbon, Rizk worked in construction for two years as a junior project manager for Europtima (Morocco), then three years as a project engineer for TGCC (Morocco), followed by a year as a project engineer for Habitat for Humanity (Dominican Republic). She speaks English, French, Arabic, and Spanish.

In this capacity, she oversees the day-to-day activities of the special envoy as ENR seeks to shape foreign policy engagement at the critical nexus of energy and national security. Richter has held numerous roles at the Department of State, including covering the United Nations and G8 portfolios for the under secretary for economic growth, energy, and the environment. She completed her bachelor’s at Hamline University and received her master’s in European studies from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

He was recognized by Diplomatic Courier as a Top 99 foreign policy leader and was selected by the Global Public Policy Institute as a Global Governance 2022 Fellow. Pence is also the founder of the software start-up Upstream Analytics and the Africa Expert Network (AXN). He is on the boards of the Africa Leadership Network, Market Atlas, and the Pan-African Network. He holds a master’s in international relations from Yale University and a bachelor’s from the University of Victoria.

He has worked for front-rank European politicians such as Martin Schulz, president of the European Parliament, and Josep Borrell, former president of the European Parliament. He also served senior officials such as the spokesperson of Javier Solana, EU high representative for the common foreign and security policy, the Parliament’s director general for external relations, and the UN’s communications director for Western Europe. Peñalver has also worked in the EU’s Delegation in Tunisia.

He also headed the Sciences Po for Africa Society and organized conferences with African top political leaders from different countries (Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Senegal, Burundi, etc.). In parallel, Ndiaye works as a strategy and management consultant with Kurt Salmon’s office in Paris. His previous professional experience includes Deloitte Consulting in Paris, as a SFR financial analyst in Paris, and a research fellow with the French Business Council in Morocco.

Moustanjidi is a practitioner and researcher on the issues of urban sustainability and mega-urbanization. He has worked intensively on urbanization challenges within the Middle East and North Africa region, China, and Europe, and has actively participated in a variety of international conferences, competitions, and workshops on the topic. He also took part in regional leadership programs, including the U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative in Washington, DC and Young Arab Leaders in Kuala Lumpur.