Former UN Under-Secretary-General, President of the Council of the University for Peace, former Secretary General of the Rio Conference

Moderator of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) since 2013. Director of the organization TAABCO Research and Development Consultants; former Africa president for the WCC (1999-2006). More than 40 years  of experience in the ecumenical movement, peacebuilding, gender and human rights.

Former Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and former International Treasurer of Médecins Sans Frontières

Member of the House of Lords; former member of Parliament and leader of the Liberal Democrats; former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Government of Sierra Leone; former official of the United Nations Mission in Liberia

Vice Chairperson of the Qatar Foundation; Director of the Office of the Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani