Fred Carver is a freelance strategic consultant and researcher in the field of international relations with specific expertise in the United Nations, peacekeeping, atrocity prevention, civil wars, and political violence. He previously worked as head of policy for the United Nations Association – UK, implementing campaigns on U.N. reform, sexual violence prevention, and U.K. foreign policy. Before that, he ran the Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice, a human rights NGO advocating lasting peace in Sri Lanka.

Fred Twesiime is an economist at Ugandan Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. He is also co-chair of the GPEDC's Building Block on Managing Diversity and Reducing Fragmentation.

Frederic Sicre has over 25 years of experience in engaging the private sector on global issues, regional development agendas and community building. He is managing director at Abraaj and leads global stakeholder engagement for the group working with leaders from governments, private sector, international organizations and NGOs.

Frédéric Corbasson has worked the last 33 years with Essilor across multiple geographies, from North America to Asia. In 2013, he joined the social impact team to contribute to the company's global ambition of eliminating uncorrected poor vision from the world by 2050. Today, he leads the philanthropic efforts of the Essilor Group globally in bringing good vision to everyone, everywhere.

Frederik is the manager of MASSIF, Blending and CD at the Netherlands Development Bank FMO, which supports sustainable private sector growth in developing and emerging markets by investing in ambitious companies. He has been at FMO for over 13 years and manages two specific funds through which FMO provides higher risk financing to financial institutions that serve micro and SME clients in developing countries.

Fredros Okumu is a professor of vector biology (infectious disease ecology) at the University of Glasgow, U.K., and a science adviser for the African Diaspora Network. He was formerly the director of science at Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania, from 2016 to 2023, where he continues to work as a senior scientist. He serves in various international committees, including the World Health Organization’s Malaria Policy Advisory Group. The views expressed here are his own.

Friederike Röder has been working in development for the last 15 years, with assignments with OECD, the German International Cooperation, the African Union, and with different NGOs. She is now leading government relations for Global Citizen in Europe.

Funke Aderonmu serves on the advisory board of the Sadie Collective, an organization dedicated to empowering Black and African diaspora women and girls in economics and related fields. Previously, she worked for the USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, supporting programs to reduce hunger, malnutrition, and poverty globally. She received her bachelor’s in Economics and International Relations from the University of California, Davis. She is pursuing her master’s of public administration at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.