Press release
- The class of 2019 includes the most decorated Olympian female swimmer of all
time, the founder of the first app providing advice on contraception in
Bangladesh, the managing director of a leading supermarket chain looking to ban
plastic packaging, and a female scientist whose work is revolutionizing
batteries.
- This year, the list includes the Georgian and Costa Rican heads of state, both in their thirties, as well as Venezuela’s Juan Guaidó.
Geneva, Switzerland, 13 March 2019 –
One hundred and twenty seven of the world’s most promising social activists,
business leaders, public servants, artists and technologists under the age of 40
have been invited to join the World Economic Forum’s community of Young Global
Leaders. They are pushing boundaries, achieving firsts, and breaking
traditional rules to improve the world.
The Forum of Young Global
Leaders is a
diverse community of leaders from all walks of life and from every region of
the world. Current members lead governments and Fortune 500 companies, hold
Nobel Prizes and Academy Awards, and have become UN Goodwill Ambassadors and
Social Entrepreneurs. The community aims to bring together individuals with
different skill sets from
exciting fields to shape an
inclusive and sustainable future for the world.
By working as a community, Young Global Leaders have supported
the entrepreneurial skills of young
refugees in the Kenyan camp of Kakuma, are pushing governments to
set up a “New Deal for Nature” that will protect lands and oceans, and are tackling
hunger and malnutrition using social gastronomy.
Notable alumni include Amal Clooney,Barrister, Doughty Street Chambers,
United Kingdom; Jacinda Ardern,
Prime Minister of New Zealand; Emmanuel
Macron, President of France; Larry
Page, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Google, USA; Jack Ma, Executive Chairman, Alibaba
Group, China.
This year, more
than one-half of the new members are women, and many of the Young Global
Leaders are from emerging economies. They have been selected for representing
the best of their generation, for their ability to enhance understanding and
promote action, as well as their innovative activity in the fields of art,
business, civil society, energy, government and health.
Members of the new
class will take part in a five-year programme that will help them identify ways
in which their groundbreaking work can advance new models of innovation and
make a difference in their communities.
“We look to these
leaders to take forward the challenge of improving the state of the world. In
offering opportunities and experiences to transform their understanding of the
possibilities presented by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, we are investing
in them to drive a future where we all can flourish,” said Mariah Levin, Head
of the Forum of Young Global Leaders at the World Economic Forum.
The Young Global
Leaders Class of 2019 include:
East Asia
Melanie Perkins, Chief Executive Officer, Canva, Australia. Her
visionary work opened up graphic design for all with a rate of 13 designs per
second created on her platform.
Clare O’Neil, Member of Parliament for Hotham, Parliament of
Australia. She became the youngest female mayor in Australian history when she
took on the role at the age of 23.
Lucy d’Arville, Partner, Bain International, Australia. She is
transforming healthcare by working with large payor and provider organizations.
Chea Serey, Director-General, National Bank of Cambodia, Cambodia. As
one of the world’s few female leaders in central banking she is advocating for
women’s access to finance.
Stefanie Kurniadi, Founder, Owner, PT. Citarasa Prima Indonesia
Berjaya, Indonesia. She is reviving local Indonesian cuisine with restaurants
featuring street food and playful themes.
Nabilah Alsagoff, Co-Founder, Doku, Indonesia. She created the largest
and fastest growing provider of electronic payments in her country, now used by
the likes of Oppo and Air Asia.
Yasukane Matsumoto, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Raksul, Japan.
He is revolutionizing the efficiency of the printing industry through the internet.
Genki Oda, Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer, Remixpoint, Japan. In
five years, he turned a loss-making company into one with profits of $34
million.
Anjhula Mya Singh Bais, Chair, Amnesty International, Malaysia. As her
country’s only international psychology trauma specialist, she spearheads a
host of pro bono, humanitarian, and whistle-blowing endeavours.
Syed Saddiq bin Syed Abdul Rahman, Minister of Youth and Sports of
Malaysia. He is an advocate for anti-corruption issues, and dedicated to
engaging youth in politics.
Yeo Bee Yin, Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and
Climate Change of Malaysia. She transformed a high crime area into a business
hotspot.
Daniel Hyunsung Shin, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ticket
Monster, Republic of Korea. His company is one of the largest e-commerce
businesses in his country employing more than 1,000 people and with a turnover
of $1 billion.
Chang Seung-Joon, Chief Executive Officer, Maekyung Media Group,
Republic of Korea. His media group is among the most influential and has received
the highest ratings among Korean cable TV channels for 57 months.
Geoffrey See, Founder and Chairman, Chex SG, Singapore. He is training
entrepreneurs in North Korea and his work is ensuring communication channels
for economic issues between China, South Korea, North Korea and the United
States.
Huijing Serene Chen, Managing Director,
Deutsche Bank, Singapore. She is a leading advocate for
women in business and has been instrumental in supporting female leadership in
the industry, actively working to empower, mentor and build their confidence.
Ruangroj “Krating” Poonpol, Managing Partner, TrueNorth Venture,
Thailand. He is leading one of the most successful start-up accelerators in the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and opened a pioneering “start-up
school” in the region.
Europe
Annika Saarikko,
Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services, Ministry of Social Affairs and
Health of Finland. She is the woman managing the Social and Health Care Reform,
one of Finland’s most extensive social projects.
Diane Binder,
Vice-President, International Development, Africa, Middle East and India, SUEZ,
France. She has founded the leading online platform Action Emploi Refugies from
where refugees in France can find jobs.
Julie Bonamy,
Vice-President, Corporate Planning and Strategy, Saint-Gobain, France. She was
appointed adviser for the budget and digital sector in July 2015.
Geoffrey Bouquot,
Group Director, Strategy and External Relations, Valeo, France. He develops
partnerships with technologists and innovators enabling his company to reduce
carbon emissions and develop intuitive driving in the automotive industry.
Anne-Sophie
Grouchka, Chief Customer Office and Executive Board Member, Allianz France, Allianz
SE, France. Through her focus on the welfare of people she has put customer
services at heart of Allianz’ daily work.
Jean-Jacques
Barbéris, Member of the Executive Committee; Co-Head, Institutional Clients
Coverage, Amundi, France. He is the chairman of En Temps Reel, a think tank
focusing on the future development of the European Union.
Ketevan
Bochorishvili, Chief Executive Officer, JSC “Anaklia City”, Georgia. She is
pioneering women’s presence in Georgian businesses and enabling ease of
business through leading reforms.
Mamuka Bakhtadze,
Prime Minister of Georgia. He is working towards NATO membership for his
country as well as liberal reforms, and in previous role as finance minister, improved
the country’s tax system.
Thomas Saueressig,
Chief Information Officer, SAP, Germany. He is a self-proclaimed millennial
providing a seamless customer experience by automating processes with
artificial intelligence.
Jessica
Burgner-Kahrs, Chair of Continuum Robotics, Leibniz Universität Hannover,
Germany. She developed the world’s first robotic system for bone cutting, and
works with continuum robots – tiny, tentacle-like robotic arms that are used in
surgical medicine for their minimally invasive nature.
Eva Scherer, Vice-President,
Head of Business Administrations, Siemens Mobility Division, Siemens, Germany.
She played an instrumental role in the signing of the Siemens-Alstom rail
merger.
Nora Khaldi,
Founder and Chief Security Officer, Nuritas, Ireland. Her company is the first
in the world to have introduced artificial intelligence to the food sector with
the aim of creating the future of health.
Cristina Pozzi, Chief
Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Impactscool, Italy. Her company aims to
prepare for the combined effects of technology and the human experience so that
no one is left behind.
Sarah Nicholls,
Director and Head, Global Sustainability, Jones Lang LaSalle, Netherlands. She
was the first one to set sustainability targets in her company of more than
77,000 employees.
Daniel de Boer, Chief
Executive Officer, ProQR Therapeutics N.V., Netherlands. His company develops
drugs for severe and rare diseases for which no treatments are available, such
as cystic fibrosis.
Pablo Alberto
Barrera Lopez, Executive Vice-President; Head, Global Supply Chain, Yara
International ASA, Norway. He works for one of the world’s largest crop
nutrition companies.
Paweł Surówka, Chief Executive Officer, PZU, Poland. He leads his country’s
biggest insurance company, which places heavy emphasis on social
responsibility.
Tigran
Khudaverdyan, Chief Executive Officer, Yandex Taxi, Russia. He assumed
leadership of Yandex Taxi in 2014 and negotiated its independent structure
through a deal with Uber in 2015.
Anton Alikhanov,
Governor of Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Regional Administration, Russia. He was
the youngest governor of an oblast (an administrative division) when he was
first appointed in 2013.
Carlos Reines,
President and Co-Founder, RubiconMD, Spain. He is disrupting healthcare systems
with innovative electronic medical consultation solutions that cut costs for
primary care providers.
Pablo Casado
Blanco, Party Leader, Partido Popular, Spain. He is the youngest Spanish
politician to have held this position and the voice of a new generation.
Guillaume Lefevre,
Managing Director, New Ventures and Business Development, Zurich Insurance
Company, Switzerland. He is shaping one of the world’s largest insurance
company through customer-centric and digitally integrated ideas.
Bilge Demirkoz, Professor,
Department of Physics, Middle East Technical University, Turkey. She is a role
model for the next generation of scientists in her country and as an
astro-particle physicist is working to change the government’s approach to
science.
Daria Kaleniuk,
Director, Anti-Corruption Action Centre, Ukraine. Experienced in stolen assets
recovery, the powerful national organization she has created is shaping her
country’s anti-corruption legislation.
Richard Walker,
Managing Director, Iceland Foods, United Kingdom. His leading supermarket chain
removed palm oil from the ingredients of all its products since 2018 and is committed
to eliminating plastic packaging for all own-brand products within five years.
Yalda Hakim,
Anchor, BBC News, United Kingdom. She went from being a refugee to a journalist
covering Isis, Mexican drug cartels and South Sudan’s civil war.
Nerissa Naidu,
Global Head of Strategy, AIG American General, United Kingdom. She has been a
proponent of equality and strived to break the mould of stereotypes in gender,
race and professional norms.
Sue Anne Tay,
Director of China and RMB Internationalisation, HSBC Holdings, United Kingdom.
She is championing next-generation thought leadership in China.
Greater China
Chao (Amy) Gao,
Founder, Shanghai May Foundation, China. She initiated her company’s social
work by promoting volunteerism among students and sponsoring projects in
universities in her country.
Dinglong Huang,
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Malong Technologies, China. He has
developed groundbreaking solutions for artificial intelligence by improving
speed, cost and accuracy in deep learning.
Gary Liu, Chief
Executive Officer, South China Morning Post Publishers, Hong Kong SAR, China.
He is shaping the Asian news scene through flagship news products and looks
after the Hong Kong editions of Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Elle Men, Esquire and
Cosmopolitan.
Gong Rujing,
Co-Founder and Chairwoman, Happy Life Tech, People’s Republic of China. She
leads her country’s largest medical data company and is a game changer in the
health technology industry.
Jiakai Yuan, China
Chief Representative, United Way Worldwide, People’s Republic of China. He
heads a leading provider in the non-profit sector.
Longmei Zhang,
Deputy Resident Representative for China, International Monetary Fund, People’s
Republic of China. She is an expert in economics with extensive experience with
IMF programme negotiations and reviews.
Pei-Chun Tsai, Chief
Executive Officer, Pou Chen Group, Taiwan, China. Her company makes 300 million
shoes per year for big brands.
Qian Liu, Managing
Director, The Economist Group, People’s Republic of China. She has introduced
her audience to cutting edge economic research on gender, and is bridging China
and the West.
Yin Qi, Chief
Executive Officer, Beijing Mevgii Technology, China. He is a leading
entrepreneur in artificial intelligence and deep learning, particularly in the
area of facial recognition technologies.
Latin America
Gregorio Werthein,
Managing Director, Grupo Werthein, Argentina. He is a businessman and former
Olympic athlete.
Angela Daniella
Garcia Moreno, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Elemental School, Bolivia. She
has given more than 1,500 children, aged 7 to 18, the chance to train in
digital and soft skills through online and in-person programmes.
Joice Toyota,
Executive Director and Founder, Vetor Brasil, Brazil. Her organization develops
and places hundreds of graduates from top universities in young public
management leadership roles throughout Brazil’s 27 states.
Fernando Grostein Andrade, Director, Spray Filmes, Brazil. He is a thought-provoking film-maker,
director, producer, screenwriter and director of photography, and has filmed more
than 100 campaigns for clients like Coca-Cola, Mitsubishi Motors, Pfizer and
Nestlé.
José Manuel
Moller, Chief Executive Officer, Algramo Group, Chile. Through an innovative
and disruptive business model his 1,700 stores deliver essential food and
cleaning products to low-income communities.
Jonathan Malagon,
Minister of Housing, Cities and Territory of Colombia. His former experience includes positions as vice-president
of the Colombian Banking Association, executive director of the Colombian
National Program of Telecommunications, and chief of staff, chief economist and
assistant to chief executive officer at Telefonica Colombia.
Carlos Alvarado
Quesada, President of Costa Rica. Inaugurated at the age of 38, he is his
country’s youngest serving president since 1914.
Richard Martinez,
Minister of Economy and Finance of Ecuador. He previously served as chairman of
the Ecuadorian Business Committee
Victoria
Alonsoperez, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Chipsafer, Uruguay. Her
platform tracks cattle remotely and autonomously to identify unusual behaviour.
Juan Guaidó,
President, Venezuela National Assembly, Venezuela. He is an engineer and
politician recognized by more than 50 governments as the interim president of
his country.
Middle East and
North Africa
Esra’a Al Shafei,
Founder and Executive Director, Mideast Youth, Bahrain. Her organization is one
of the region’s leading civic technology companies, and she creatively publicizes
under-represented voices ranging from migrant workers to the LGBTQ community.
Ameer Sherif,
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Wuzzuf, Egypt. He is raising the
largest venture capital funding round for his country’s internet start-ups.
Noura Selim,
Executive Director, Sawiris Foundation for Social Development, Egypt. She leads
one of the Arab world’s leading grant-giving foundations.
Lucy Aharish,
Anchor, Reshet 13, Israel. She is the first Arab Muslim news presenter on
Hebrew-language Israeli television.
Taymour Jumblatt,
MP and Leader of the Socialist Progressive Party, Parliament of Lebanon. He is
an exciting addition to his country’s political landscape.
Lisa Ivers,
Partner and Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group, Morocco. She opened the
first Boston Consulting Group office in Africa and is addressing some of the
major development challenges in Africa and the Middle East.
Nadia Maqbool,
Founding Partner, 23 Degrees North, Oman. She is an internationally recognized
Omani architect leading an award-winning architectural start-up.
Ahmed Ali Hammadi,
Group Head, Active Investments, Qatar Investment Authority, Qatar. He oversees
investments for one of the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world.
Ahd Kamel,
Director and Actor, Odd Camel, Saudi Arabia. She is an internationally recognized
award-winning actor and film-maker, who began her career when cinema was still
banned in her country.
Ibrahim AlMojel, Chief
Executive Officer, Wisayah, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia. He set up the Muslim
Scholar and Entrepreneur Award rewarding Muslims in sciences, the arts and
business at Stanford University
Sarah bint Yousif
Al-Amiri, Minister of State for Advanced Sciences, Cabinet of the United Arab
Emirates. She is also the Emirates Mars Mission Deputy Project Manager at the
Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre.
Rima Assi,
Partner, McKinsey & Company, UAE. She advises leading corporations on risk
management and financial restructuring.
North America
Andrew Serazin,
President, Templeton World Charity Foundation, Bahamas. He is creating artificial
intelligence that improves moral decision-making and innovations that promote
humility, gratitude and forgiveness.
Jean-François Gagné, Chief Executive Officer, Element AI, Canada. He is actively involved in guiding the
impact of artificial intelligence’s impact on business, people and society, and
advises Canadian and European governments on the ethical development of artificial
intelligence.
Karina Gould,
Minister of Democratic Institutions, Government of Canada. She is an advocate
for women’s issues and social inclusion as the youngest woman appointed to
cabinet.
Maya Roy, Chief
Executive Officer, YWCA Canada. She runs the largest women’s service
organization in Canada and shapes critical policies around gender rights and
equality as a survivor of assault.
Andrew Scheer,
Leader, Conservative Party of Canada. He was one of the youngest MPs to be
elected and is now leading the Conservative Party of Canada.
Michele Romanow,
Co-Founder and President, Clear Finance Technology – Clearbanc, Canada. She is
an engineer, serial entrepreneur, role model, champion for women, and one of
Canada’s leading technology titans.
Samuel Phillips
Lee, Global Head of Sales Strategy and Operations, WeWork, USA. He has
accelerated the evolution of the future of work in his day job, and
additionally helps reimagine youth education through The Future Project.
Bryony Winn,
Senior Vice-President and Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Blue Cross and
Blue Shield of North Carolina, USA. She builds partnerships and improves
customer experiences to make quality health and social care increasingly
accessible and affordable.
Ruba Borno, Vice-President
and General Manager, Cicso Systems, USA. She is the youngest member of Cisco’s
Executive Leadership Team, coordinates an effort to retrain millions affected
by automation, and advocates for gender rights as a former Palestinian refugee.
Anjali Sud, Chief
Executive Officer, Vimeo, USA. She advances the economic impact of creative
industries by leading the world’s largest ad-free online video platform.
Cal Henderson,
Chief Technology Officer, Slack, USA. He has built and disseminated some of the
most widely-used technology applications and is a world-renowned expert,
speaker and author.
Katherine Maher,
Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation, USA. She pursues equity and
opportunity in new technologies and is an outspoken human rights advocate.
Eric Dayton,
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Askov Finlayson, USA. His outdoor
clothing company measures its own carbon footprint and gives away 110% of that
amount annually to support climate change solutions.
Cyrus Habib,
Lieutenant-Governor, Washington State, USA. He is a lawyer, professor and one
of the top-ranking Democrats in the Washington State Legislature.
Halla Hrund
Logadottir, Co-Founder, Arctic Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School of
Government, USA. She is shaping business and social innovation to help preserve
the Arctic.
Farhan Latif,
President, El-Hibri Foundation, USA. He is an interfaith leader challenging
global extremism and working towards minority inclusion.
Priyanka Bakaya, Chief
Executive Officer, Renew Oceans, USA. She has commercialized breakthrough
technology to affordably convert landfill-bound plastics into high-value fuels
and chemicals.
Nick Ayers, Managing
Partners, Ayers Family Holdings, USA. He formerly served as Chief of Staff to
the Vice-President of the United States.
Peter Buttigieg,
Mayor, City of South Bend, USA. He is America’s youngest mayor and is competing
to become the democratic party’s first openly gay presidential candidate.
Rohit Chopra,
Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission, USA. He is an advocate for improving
loans for students, a trillion-dollar market in his country.
Daniel Crenshaw,
Congressman from Texas, House of Representatives, USA. He won a tight political
race to enter public service after serving as an honoured US Navy SEAL in
Afghanistan.
Christine Ho, Chief
Executive Officer, Imprint Energy, USA. She has invented safe, ultra-thin,
rechargeable and flexible batteries to revolutionize sustainable electronics.
Carol Reiley,
Founder, Investor, Board Member, Drive.ai, USA. She is a top female engineer, a
DIY hacker, a luxury brand ambassador, and a children’s book author.
Agnes Budzyn,
Managing Director of Strategic Growth, Consensys, USA. She innovates approaches
to implement and adopt blockchain technology around the world at a market-leading
blockchain company.
David Chubak, Head
of Global Retail Bank and Consumer Lending, Citi North America, USA. He runs a
global business spanning 19 markets and serving 24 million customers across
2,600 branches and with 65,000 employees.
Joseph Konzelmann,
Managing Director and Senior Sovereign Strategist, Goldman Sachs, USA. Prior to
his career in finance, he served in the US Government and advised Ashraf Ghani,
President of Afghanistan, on economic development programmes for weak and
fragile states.
Erika
Najarian,Head of North American Banks Research, Bank of America Merrill Lynch,
USA. She introduced regulatory balance to ensure her firm’s management is
always compliant, and is a passionate advocate for the professional development
of women and people of colour.
Nathaniel Harding,
President, Antioch Energy, USA. He is pushing the boundaries of the US’s energy
industry through pioneering technology, as well as advising on the country’s
STEM education strategy.
Emily Kirsch,
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Powerhouse, USA. She is advancing
renewable energy affordability by connecting clean energy entrepreneurs,
corporations and venture capitalists as well as supporting 50 clean energy
start-ups.
South Asia
Wasfia Nazreen, Founder,
Osel Foundation, Bangladesh. She is the youngest Bangladeshi, and one-woman
team, to reach the peak of Mount Everest.
Ivy Huq Russell,
Founder, Maya, Bangladesh. She is empowering women through the first phone app
in Bangladesh to provide advice on vital issues such as menstruation,
contraception and reproductive health.
Asif Zahir, Deputy
Managing Director, Ananta Apparels, Bangladesh. He is transforming his family
business into one of the largest, fastest-growing apparel manufacturing
companies in Bangladesh.
Matthew Guilford,
Chief Growth Officer, Telenor Group, Bangladesh. He founded Telenor Health and
tripled the number of people in Bangladesh with health insurance in less than
24 months.
Manu Kumar Jain,
Head of India, Xiaomi, India. He is one of India’s youngest internet
entrepreneurs, building bridges between China and India while managing a
multi-billion dollar business.
Phanindra Sama, Chief
Innovation Officer, Government of Telanga, India. Previously, he founded the
world’s largest bus ticketing company, changing the experience of millions of
passengers.
Piyush Tewari, Chief
Executive Officer, SaveLife Foundation, India. He runs an award-winning non-profit
organization best known for saving road collision victims in India.
Nara Lokesh,
Minister of Information Technology, Electronics and Communications, Government
of Andhra Pradesh, India. He is accelerating development in even the most rural
villages of Andhra Pradesh as one of the youngest ministers in the country.
Sucharita
Mukherjee, Co-Founder, Kaleidofin, India. She believes in finance for freedom
and is making financial services accessible to all.
Poonam Mahajan,
Member of Parliament, India. She is both President of the Youth Wing of one of
India’s major political parties, and the first female President of India’s
Basketball Federation.
Faisal Khan,
Co-Founder and Lead, Peshawar 2.0, Pakistan. He is supporting the start-up
scene in Peshawar and as an academic, leading a research group on synthetic
biology and precision medicine.
Deshal De Mel,
Economic Adviser to the Minister of Finance, Sri Lanka. He is a member of the
National Negotiating Committee, leading trade negotiations between his country
and China, India and Singapore.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Bogolo Joy
Kenewendo, Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Investment,
Trade and Industry of Botswana. At 31, she is one of her country’s youngest
cabinet members.
Umra Omar,
Founder, Safari Doctors, Kenya. She is saving thousands of lives a year by
providing free basic health services including malaria treatment in rural
Kenya.
Wanuri Kahiu, Film
Director, AFROBUBBLEGUM, Kenya. Her collective supports African art and as an
award-winning director, producer and author she is part of the new generation
of African storytellers.
Kamissa Camara,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and International Communication
of Mali. She is the country’s youngest and first female minister of foreign affairs,
working for peace, security and development across the Sahel.
Adebola Williams, Chief
Executive Officer, Red Media Africa, Nigeria. His civic participation group
engages millions of African youth and his work has helped elect three African
presidents.
Anta Ngom Bathily,
Managing Director, Groupe SEDIMA, Senegal. She has significantly developed
Francophone Africa’s largest agriculture business.
Aminata Kane
Ndiaye, Chief Executive Officer, Orange, Sierra Leone. She is a leading
executive driving the operations of the telecommunications giant with more than
1.8 million local subscribers.
David Moinina
Sengeh, Chief Innovation Officer; Head, Directorate of Science, Technology and
Innovation (DSTI) a, Government of Sierra Leone. As his country’s first chief innovation
officer, he is transforming critical thinking for youth across Africa.
Tolu Oni,
Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of
Cape Town, South Africa. As a leading female African scholar, she explores the
intersections of health and urbanism.
Kirsty Coventry is Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation of Zimbabwe. She has won more Olympic medals than any other female swimmer in history and is the most decorated African Olympian.