Max Wilder is the evaluation and learning adviser at Start Network, working on the Global Start Fund. This fund offers rapid response funding to address under-the-radar, small-medium-scale crises, filling a critical gap in the humanitarian aid system. Max is a monitoring, evaluation, and learning professional within the humanitarian and international development sector. He holds a Master of Science in International Development from the University of Edinburgh and a Bachelor of Science in International Environment and Development from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.

Máximo Torero Cullen is the chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Prior to joining FAO, he had been executive director at the World Bank Group since November 2016 and, before the bank, Torero led the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division at the IFPRI.

Max-Otto Baumann is a political scientist and senior researcher at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability, or IDOS, in Bonn, Germany. His research and policy advice activities focus on institutional and political aspects of the United Nations development system.

Maxwell Gomera is a senior fellow at Aspen New Voices. He is an expert on agriculture and nature investments and a representative of the United Nations Development Program in Rwanda.

Maya Granit is on a mission to show that business can drive positive social and environmental change. Over the last five years she’s set out to prove this principle by building a decommoditized chocolate supply chain. As co-founder and managing director of Uncommon Cacao, Maya has pioneered a trading model based on radical supply chain transparency to disrupt the traditional industry and influence increased prices to cacao farmers and suppliers.

Maya Ziswiler is the head of programs and social finance at the UBS Optimus Foundation. Her team develops and manages high impact philanthropic programs in education, health, child protection, and the environment. Maya leads the development of innovative social finance solutions to mobilize private capital in new and more efficient ways. Maya spearheaded the foundation's work on the first development impact bond and impact-linked loans.

Mayss Al Zoubi has more than 15 years’ experience delivering youth-focused international development programs. From running initial needs assessments to designing and delivering training courses, Al Zoubi has delivered a wide range of capacity building initiatives to children and adults living across the Middle East. Al Zoubi started working at Chemonics International in 2015, and today leads Injaz’s Technical Department.

Mbole Veronique is a young environmental activist from Cameroon, committed to fostering deeper connections with Mother Earth. With the local NGO Green Development Advocates, she supports local communities and Indigenous peoples in Cameroon and the wider Congo basin in demanding respect for their rights, through advocacy, training, and capacity-building activities.

Mduduzi NN Mbuya is currently director of knowledge leadership, where he is responsible for research and evaluation at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). He works with colleagues to generate and use evidence to guide improved program design and implementation and to fill critical gaps in the global evidence. Mduduzi is a Zimbabwean national and has worked for over two decades on nutrition-sensitive programs and policy in LMICs.

Meaghan Beatley is a journalist covering gender and politics. Currently in Mexico, she previously reported in Spain, Argentina, and Chile. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Atlantic, and The Nation, among others.