- Jim Leech, CM, is Chancellor of Queen’s University, Senior Advisor with McKinsey and Company, and Special Advisory to the Prime Minister of Canada on the Canada Infrastructure Bank. He was formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
- Zein Abdalla, former President of PepsiCo, Inc.
- Valerie Amos, CH, Director of SOAS, University of London
- Doug Baillie, former Chief Human Resources Officer of Unilever
- Craig Calhoun, Professor of Social Sciences, Arizona State University
- Dr. Jendayi Frazer, Managing Partner, African Exchange Holdings Company and President of 50 Ventures, LLC
- Jay Ireland, President and CEO, GE Africa
- Festus Mogae, former President of the Republic of Botswana
- Hutham Olayan, Principal, Director, and senior executive of The Olayan Group
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