Amina Dikedi-Ajakaive

Amina Dikedi-Ajakaiye has been actively involved in the work of the Initiatives of Change (IofC) since 1982. Originally a teacher, Amina decided to change her profession and run a fashion business in Lagos. While involved in her profession, Amina remained involved with IofC volunteer work. In 2000, as a member of the IofC International Coordination Group, Amina and others ran international pan-African ethical leadership programmes across Africa. In 2013, Amina was contracted as Project Leader to support the South Sudan Initiative for Peace and National Reconciliation.

Vivek Asrani

Vivek Asrani has been part of the family business for 35 years and is currently the Managing Director of Kaymo Fastener Company, India. He graduated with a Bachelors in Science and went on to get a  law degree. He was an executive body member of AIESEC from 1986-89 and the Founder President of Association of Youth for Better India (AYBI) from 1990 to 1993. He met IofC in 1992 and has been an active member since 1995. He currently serves on the Board of IofC India.

Vivek also serves on the boards of several NGO’s in India :

Tom Duncan

Tom Duncan is the CEO of Earthbanc, a digital banking platform for impact investment, finance and green bonds, utilising Liquid Technology Ltd blockchain and digital wallets. He is an experienced fund manager over 10 years at a Family Office in Asia-Pacific, and drove project investment and finance of more than $10bn throughout his public and private sector career.

Chau Duncan

Chau Duncan is COO at Earthbanc, which utilizes next generation Liquid Technology blockchain for impact finance, investment and green bonds. She is an Investment, Trade and Finance professional with over 20 years of commercial and government experience, driving strategic business development, relationship management, foreign investment and opportunity capitalization across industry.

Marylaure Bloch

Marylaure Bloch is a PhD Candidate at the University of Geneva and assistant in the Department of East Asian Studies of the Faculty of Humanities, where she graduated from. Strongly interested in contemporary China, but also in ethics of new technologies and what it means to be human, she decided to research on the emerging Social Credit System. She is lecturing for the Master in Innovation, Human Development, and Sustainability, while also contributing to the partnership with Tsinghua University, Beijing.

 

Ghada Rifai

The Mobaderoon–Active Citizens of Syria is a network of over 4000 participants that works in the development sector and delivers training programs such as active citizenship, leadership in community development, building bridges and peacebuilding. An architect by training, Ghada Rifai has worked in urban development since 2001. As a program manager with Syria Trust for Development her ability to work with different social groups, encouraging them to work together and participate in community development, was vital to achieving successful outcomes. Ms.

Melinda Holmes

The Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL) brings together existing women’s networks, practitioners, and organizations with long-standing experience in addressing extremism and promoting peace, rights and pluralism to improve practices in communities affected by violence, and offer pragmatic policy solutions for the international community.

Rodolfo Manuel Domínguez Márquez

Rodolfo Manuel Domínguez Márquez is the coordinator general of the Justice, Human Rights and Gender Civil Association, which conducts strategic litigation, monitors cases of femicide, and shares incidences of implementing research protocols on femicide and mechanisms to protect women in situations of violence. The association partners with the National Citizens' Femicide Observatory and is a founding member of the Women's Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL). Mr.

Hasan Davis (USA)

As a former Juvenile Justice Commissioner, Hasan Davis provides his expertise at the local, state and national levels and serves on several committees and boards to provide innovative, and transformational ways of supporting the youth. He is a fellow of prestigious programs like the Rockefeller Foundation, Next generations Leadership, Annie E. Casey Foundation and several others. He is the author of Written Off and the Journey of York, and performs theatrical productions chronicling the contributions of African Descendants in America’s history.

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