John Plastow is the executive director of Frontline AIDS, the world’s largest partnership of civil society organizations working to end HIV and AIDS. John previously served as Oxfam International’s interim global programmes director. Prior to that, he was chief of impact at Oxfam Great Britain and CARE International UK’s programme and policy director.

John Rendel is the founder and CEO at Promoting Equality in African Schools, a rapidly growing and multiple award-winning social enterprise that widens access to secondary education in Africa. Rendel studied philosophy, politics, and economics at Oxford University, where he was picked out as “One to Watch” by FreshMinds. Rendel won the Teach First Ambassador Award and an UnLtd Social Enterprise Award, and he became a member of the Courvoisier Future 500 and the Rockefeller Top One Hundred Next Century Innovators. He is winner of the Best International Aid & Development award, overall winner at the 2013 Charity Awards, and joint winner of a 2013 WISE Award.

John Rhee is a fourth-year medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai applying into neurology. He was the principal investigator of the APCA Atlas for Palliative Care in Africa, and is interested in neuro-palliative care and global health.

Dr. John Sargent, co-founder of BroadReach, is recognized globally as a health care solutions thought­ leader in market development strategy, health systems analytics and optimization, and public­-private partnerships in emerging markets.

John Schellhase is an associate director at the Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets. His work focuses on strengthening financial markets in developing countries.

John Simon is co-founder and managing partner of Total Impact Capital, or TOTAL. He previously served as the United States ambassador to the African Union, the executive vice president of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and special assistant to the president for relief, stabilization, and development.

John Sisay is the chief executive of Sierra Rutile Ltd, an AIM-listed company managing one of the largest rutile deposits in the world. In 2016, John lead SRL to be the first Sierra Leone business members of the World Economic Forum and the United Nations Global Compact respectively, pledging to implement universal sustainability principles. He is deeply committed to ensuring Sierra Leone is on a progressive development trajectory via the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Agenda 2030.

John Skibiak is the director of the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition, the largest network of reproductive health organizations in the world. The coalition convenes and catalyzes members to ensure that all people are able to access and use affordable and quality supplies, including a broad choice of contraceptive methods.

John Ulimwengu is a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, based in Washington, D.C., and was an advisor on the Bukanga Lonzo agro-industrial project.

John Young is head of the research and policy in development program at the Overseas Development Institute. He leads work on monitoring and evaluating complex projects, particularly in the field of policy influence and advocacy, exploring transdisciplinary approaches to research and understanding and promoting evaluation use and research uptake.