Lysa John

Lysa John

Head of Outreach Lysa John is the Head of Outreach for the HLP Secretariat. She began her career in 1998 with YUVA, Mumbai, working on issues of urban poverty, governance, housing and women’s rights. In 2006, she joined ‘Wada Na Todo Abhiyan’ (Don’t Break Your Promises Campaign), helping create what is now one of India’s…

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Jiajun Xu

Jiajun Xu

Junior Research Specialist Jiajun Xu, Junior Research Specialist, is a doctoral candidate in International Relations at Oxford University. Her research focuses on financing for development and international development institutions. She presented “Aid as Catalyst for Economic Transformation: A Wider Vision for the Future of Aid” at the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness Youth…

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Maria Angela Holguin

Maria Angela Holguin

Colombia Ms. Holguín is the current Foreign Minister of Colombia. Her career spans two decades of activity in the private and public sectors, including senior positions in the Office of the President of the Republic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Office of the Inspector General of the Nation. She previously served as Permanent…

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Patricia Espinosa

Patricia Espinosa

Mexico Ms. Espinosa was the Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Mexico. From June 2001 to 2006, she served as Ambassador to Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Germany, and as Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna. Previously, she was Director General of Regional Organizations of the Americas at the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs. Hlp Adm

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Gunilla Carlsson

Gunilla Carlsson

Sweden Ms. Carlsson is the current Minister for International Development Cooperation of Sweden. She has held a number of senior posts in the Swedish Parliament in the areas of foreign affairs, EU affairs and education and is a former member of the European Parliament. Hlp Adm

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Abhijit Banerjee

Bannerjee

India Mr. Banerjee is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2003, he co-founded the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab. Mr. Banerjee is a past president of the Bureau for the Research in the Economic Analysis of Development. His areas of research are development economics and…

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Fulbert Amoussouga Gero

Fulbert Amoussouga

Benin Mr. Amoussouga Gero heads the Economic Analysis Unit of the President of the Republic of Benin, current chair of the African Union. He is also the Director of the Graduate School of the Faculty of Economics and Management at the University of Abomey, where he specialises in research on African economic development. Hlp Adm

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Gisela Alonso

Gisela Alonso

Cuba Ms. Alonso, who received a PH.D in Biological Science in 1979, is a leading Cuban scientist and currently the President of the Cuban Agency of Environment. In that role, she is responsible for the implementation of the country’s environmental policy, environmental management and the performance and projection of Cuban research centres related to environmental…

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H.E. Mr. David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

David Cameron

Co-Chair Prime Minister Cameron has been in office since May 2010 and heads a Conservative / Liberal Democrat Coalition Government. He was elected Leader of the Conservative Party in December 2005 on a mandate to change and modernise his Party. During his time as Leader of the Opposition he promoted social justice and social action,…

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