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Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Bin Abdullah Al Saud

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Dr. Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabeeah

Adviser to the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Reli ...

HRH Ambassador Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud

Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States of America

H.E. Eng. Waleed bin Abdulkarim El-Khereiji

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs

Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Director General, World Health Organization

H.E. Dr. Abdullah bin Sharaf Alghamdi

President of Saudi Data & AI Authority

Professor Lord Ara Darzi

Lord Darzi is the Paul Hamlyn Chair of Surgery and Director of the Institute of Global Hea ...

H.E. Dr. Muhammad bin Sulaiman Al Jasser

Chairman of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group

H.E Ms. Amy Pope

Director General of the International Organization for Migration

H.E. Dr. Hala bint Mazyed Altuwaijri

the President of the Human Rights Commission

Ms. Nancy Aossey

President and Chief Executive Officer, International Medical Corps

H.E. Dr. Bandar bin Abdulmohsen Al Knawy

Chief Executive Officer Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs

H.E. Dr. Hisham bin Saad Al-Jadhey

The Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority

H.E Ms. Virginia Gamba

Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Children and Arm ...

H.E. Abdulaziz bin Hassan Alboug

Governor of the General Organization for Social Insurance

H.E Ms. Anacláudia Rossbach

Executive Director of UN-Habitat

H.E. Dr. Bandar bin Asaad Alsajjan

Director-General of the Institute of Public Administration

H.E Ms. Pramila Patten

United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict

Ambassador Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohamed Alwasil

the Kingdom's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Headquarters in New York

Director General Ambassador Berik Aryn

Director General , Islamic Organization for Food Security IOFS

Dr. Abdullah bin Ali Alahmari

Assistant Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources for Planning and development

H.E. Suliman bin Abdulaziz Alobaid

Assistant Minister of Economy and Planning

H.E. Ahmed bin Sufian Alhassan

Assistant Minister of Transport & Logistic Services

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Sania Nishtar

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Executive Director Ms. Cindy H. McCain

World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director, Cindy Hensley McCain, took office on 5 Apri ...

Executive Director Ms. Catherine M. Russell

Catherine Russell serves as UNICEF’s 8th Executive Director, overseeing the organization’s ...

Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham

Head and Representative of OCHA in Geneva and Director of the Coordination Division

Executive Director Mr. Jorge Moreira da Silva

United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director

Mr. Hans Grundberg

Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen

المهندس أحمد البيز

مساعد المشرف العام للعمليات والبرامج في مركز الملك سلمان للإغاثة والأعمال الإنسانية

Dr. Mustafa Mousa

co-founder and CEO of Sadeem.

Dr. Hassan Shurim

Secretary General of AlSubaie Charitable Foundation.

Mr. Mahmoud Alshami

Secretary General of Al-Fozan.

Eng. Majed Al-Shehri

General Manager of the Studies Department and spokesperson for the Saudi Data & Artificial ...

Dr. Reema AlDossari

legal scholar and international law expert

Dr. Beata Polok

Law Programme Director at Dar Al-Hekma University in Jeddah

Mr. Yannick Du Pont

Development Strategy Advisor

Dr. Joanna Siekiera

Assistant Professor Dean's Special Representative for Internationalization and Mobility

Ms. Eulalia Figueras

Head of International Migration Law Unit in Geneva IOM H.Q

Dr. Adel Alzayyani

advisor to the Environment Agency at the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture in ...

Ms. Abeer AlBashiti

Founder of Larimar and a chair for the UK's Leader in Innovation Fellowship - Jordan Chapt ...

Mr. Hossam Ed-Deen Allam

State Counsellor, Egypt's State Lawsuits Authority

Ms. Marcia Vera-Espinoza

Deputy Director of the Institute for Global Health and Development (IGHD) at Queen Margare ...

Dr. Ann-Christine Duhaime

Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School.

Professor. Patrick Paul Walsh

Vice President of Education and Director of the SDG Academy at the UN Sustainable Developm ...

Dr. Elena Proden

Development and Sustainability Practitioner and Researcher

Dr. Ahmed Elsayed

Executive Director of J-PAL MENA

Dr. Fiona Terry

heads the ICRC’s Centre for Operational Research and Experience

Dr. Jakob Arhem

physician

Dr. Rana Hajjeh

President, Population Council (New York, USA)

Mr. Jorge Fernandes

Head of Innovative Finance, WFP

Mr. Pascal BIJLEVELD

CEO of ATScale

Mrs. Fairuz Taqi-eddin

Chief of UNICEF’s Partnerships and Resource Mobilization in Gulf Area Office

Ms. Lucia Elmi

Director of the Office of Emergency Programmes at UNICEF Headquarters in New York City

Mr. Abdulaziz Albutti

Expert in International Policy Negotiations for Sustainability and Climate Change at the M ...

Mr. Khalid Al Harthi

Sustainability and climate senior engineer at the Ministry of Energy

Dr Ahmad E Samman

Director of the Center of Excellence for Climate Change Research at King Abdulaziz Univers ...

Dr. Yousef AlHuzaim

Secretary General of Princess Alanoud Foundation.

Dr. Aiman Albarakati

Director of CIFAL Saudi Arabia at Majmaah University

Dr. Hanan Balkhy

WHO Regional Director TBC

Prof. Abeer AlMasri

former Vice Dean of Scientific Research and director of many scientific programs at King S ...

H.E. Pierre Krähenbühl

Director-General of ICRC

H.E. Mr. Haoliang Xu

Undersecretary General

H.E. Mr Maciej POPOWSKI

Director General, Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid O ...

H.E. Ms. Kelly T. Clements

Deputy High Commissioner for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Mr. Andrew Saberton

Deputy Executive Director, Management, UNFPA

Ms. Betty Ka

Director of Supply Chain & Delivery at World Food Programme (WFP)

Dr. Michael A. KÖHLER

Grand Bargain Ambassador

Ms. Sarah Poole

the Special Representative of the Administrator for the Programme of Assistance to the Pal ...

Mr. Pit Köhler

Head of Division, Humanitarian Assistance, Policy, International Organizations, Multilate ...

Dr. Zeina Mohanna

Executive Board Member of Directors at Amel Association International

Dr. Alaa Altayeb Mohieldin

Director General of International Health Federal Ministry of Health Sudan

Dr. Ahmed Zouiten

Regional Emergency Director

Mr. Zeeshan Amin

Chief of Strategic Coordination Section

H.E Mr. Eldor Aripov

First Deputy Secretary of the Security Council under the President of the Republic of Uzbe ...

Mr. Idriss Mounir Lalalli

the Deputy-Director of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism

Dr. Mansour Algarni

Director of intellectual Affairs, Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition

Ms. Larissa Adameck

Unit Chief Global Programme on Prosecution, Rehabilitation and Reintegration United Nation ...

Mr. Mauro Miedico

Director of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT)

Mr. Shawki A. Hayel Saeed

Chief Operating Officer at Hayel Saeed Anam Group

Lady Roslyn Elizabeth Morauta

Chair of the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS

Dr. Javid Ali

Senior Director, Emergency Response Unit

Ms. Hamida Jahamah

Country Director- Plan International Jordan

Ms. Saba Almubaslat

Director for the Middle East and North Africa Ford Foundation

Ms. Iman Barwani

Director, MB Holding Company LLC CEO at MB Foundation

Jason K. Chau

Senior Program Officer, Emergency Response Global Development Division

Dr. Chris Elias

President, Global Development Division Gates Foundation

Dr. Lauren Bellhouse

Senior Reproductive Health Advisor at International Medical Corps

Dr. Alaa Murabit

Former director of global health advocacy at the Gates Foundation

HE Dr. Farida AlHosani

Deputy CEO of Global Institute for Disease Elemination (GLIDE)

Mr. Joe G Harb

Senior Program Officer at the Gates Foundation

Mr. Aziz Memon

Chairman, National Polio Plus Committee -Pakistan, Rotary International

Dr. Renee van de Weerdt

WHO Representative and Head of Office Somalia

Dr. Tajudeen Oyewale

Representative to UNICEF in Afghanistan.

Dr. Ayesha Farooq

Prime Minister’s Focal Person on Polio Eradication

Dr. Hamid Jaffari

Director, WHO-Polio Eradication

Ms. Niaomi Grimley

former BBC Global Health Correspondent

Dr. Rana Faisal Al-Qattan

Head Inpatient General Pediatrics Department at King Abdullah Specialist Children's Hospit ...

Dr. Saleh Ibrahem Babear

Secretary General of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY)

Dr. Yagob Yousef Al-Mazrou

Consultant Epidemiologist

Dr. David Fernandez Puyana

Ambassador, Parmanent Observer of UPEACE TO UN Geneva and UNESCO

Ms. Patricia Danzi

Director General, Ambassador

Mr. Julien Harneis

Assistant Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen

Dr. Christos Christou

International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Dr. Aula Abbara

Clinician-academic, Humanitarian and Educator

Ms. Misbah Khan

Environment Reporter

Dr. Raffaele Ippolito

Research Director (Digital Societies), NatCen International

Dr. Jennifer Eggert

Research Director (Conflict and Humanitarian Policy), NatCen International

Dr. Diane Abdallah

Research Director at NatCen International

Mr. Nadim Tabbara

CFO of The Olayan Group

Mr. Ahmad Altawafsheh

CEO and founder at Algebra Intelligence

Dr. Omar Mekky

Regional Legal Coordinator for the Near and Middle East Region at the ICRC

Ms. Juliette Foster

British journalist and TV show host

H.E. Mr. Hazem Bakleh

President of The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC)

Ms. Melanie Johnson

Deputy Health Director, UK-Med Medical Coordinator – Gaza Response

Eng. Hasan M. Al-Attas

Assistant Supervisor General, Projects and Development Programs Directorate

Ms. Zena Ali Ahmad

UNDP Resident Representative for Yemen

H.E Dr. Waed Abdullah Abdul Razzaq Badib

Minister of Planning and International Cooperation - Yemen

Sarhan bin krooz bin Nasser bin Sarhan binMonekher

GCC Ambassador to Yemen

Mr. Ahmad Alhendawi

Save the Children’s Regional Director for the Middle East North Africa, and Eastern Europ ...

Ms. Laila Baker

Regional Director for Arab States, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (Not confirmed)

Mr. Mohammed Abdulwasa Hayel Saeed

the Managing Director of the Hayel Saeed Anam Group

Ms. Kate Roux

ICRC Regional Head of Policy & Communication for the Gulf

Mr. Othman Belbeisi

IOM Regional Director for MENA

HE. Yasmine Chatila Zwahlen

Switzerland’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Mr. Mohamed SHEIKH ALI

Head of Mission to Saudi Arabia International Committee of the Red Cross

Dr. Abdullah Al-Ruwaily

Secretary-General of the Standing Committee on International Humanitarian Law. Head of the ...

Ms. Maryann Horne

Senior Humanitarian Advisor for Crises and Emergencies

Ms. Nadine Sanders

Editor in Chief of International Voice News

Mr. Shalhoub AlShalhoub

Director of Public Relations and Media, and Acting Director of International Communication ...

Ms. Lama Alhamawi

Journalist at Arab News | Host of Discussions

Dr. Hamoud Abu Talib

Journalist

Mr. Salman Al-Shuraida

Media Professional

Mr. Muhannad Al-Faisal

Social Media Influencer

Mr. Mufreh Al-Sheqaiqi

Session Director

Mr. Jameel Al-Dhiabi

Editor-in-Chief of Okaz newspaper

Ms. Sondos Mleitat

Co-founder and the CEO of Hakini

Ms. Uzma Sulaiman

Associate Director of Community Jameel

Mr. Nicholas Leader

Humanitarian Research and Innovation at FCDO

Dr. Marawn Abduljawad

General Manager of General Department of Sustainability at King Abdulaziz City for Science ...

Eng. Rami Alnajdi

Operations Lead of the clean Fuel Solutions for Cooking Initiative

Mr. Rayan S. Al Bakri

Deputy Minister for Logistic Services Deputyship Ministry of Transport and Logistic Servic ...

H.E Mr. Muhannad Hadi

United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)

H.E Ambassador Tariq Bakhit

Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian, Cultural and Social Affairs at OIC

Dr. Jawaher Al-Mahna

Director of Community Support Department at King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center

Ms. Sandra Maignant

Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups (CAAFAG) advisor Plan Internationa ...

Ms. Leyla Aliyeva

Vice President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Founder and head of the IDEA (Internationa ...