Nicoline de Haan is a senior researcher with more than 15 years of expertise in gender, rural livelihoods, agriculture, and natural resource management. She is presently the director of the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform.

Nidal Karim is senior adviser for gender and empowerment impact measurement at CARE USA. She has been working on gender, gender-based violence, and monitoring and evaluation in the United States and abroad for over a decade.

Dr. Nidhi Singal is a Reader in Education at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. She has worked extensively in the field of disability and education, focusing on children/young people with disabilities and their families, in Southern contexts. She leads on disability issues in the ESRC-DFID Impact Initiative.

Nigel Chapman is the chief executive officer of Plan International. Prior to Plan, he held various senior positions in news and current affairs with the BBC, spanning more than 30 years. He was the director of the BBC World Service and was the first director of BBC Online. He also served as the chair of BCC World Service Trust, the service's charitable arm, which uses communications and new technologies to aid development in some of the world's poorest countries.

Nigel Fisher is senior adviser at The KonTerra Group. Prior to joining KonTerra, Fisher was U.N. assistant secretary-general and regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syria crisis. He has also served as special representative of the secretary-general, heading the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti. Fisher was also president and CEO of UNICEF Canada.

Nigel Spence is the CEO of ChildFund Australia. Since joining in 2006, Nigel has overseen the expansion of its child-focused development programs in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam, as well as continuing aid and development work through ChildFund Alliance partners in Africa, Asia and the Americas. Prior to his role at ChildFund, he was CEO of the Association of Children's Welfare Agencies, and director of children and youth services with Centacare.

Nigel Thorpe is technical director at SecureAge. He has a software development background, and started his career in IT security with Entrust Technologies in the early days of public key encryption. His mission at SecureAge is to help organizations take a data-centric approach to information security.

Nihal Elwan is an international development professional with ten years experience researching, designing, implementing and evaluating social development programs with a particular focus on gender and youth issues. She has worked extensively in the Middle East, and currently serves as a World Bank consultant focusing social protection and gender for the Middle East region. Elwan previously worked with the U.N. Development Program, the International Labor Organization and the International Population Council.

Nii Simmonds is a member of the Expert Network at the World Economic Forum. Nii’s expertise covers digital transformation, advanced manufacturing, supply chain innovation, and economic development. He provides valuable insights on trade, competitiveness, and national security interests. He has worked for the World Bank Group, International Finance Corporation, and African Development Bank.

Nik Steinberg is a climate risk and adaptation specialist with over a decade of experience in applied climate research. As part of the Climate Group at Chemonics, he delivers actionable, user-centric climate information, while designing analytical approaches to help address decision-making challenges in the face of uncertainty. Prior to joining Chemonics, he served as the research director at Four Twenty Seven and Moody’s. He has provided contextual climate vulnerability assessments and facilitated climate change trainings in South and Southeast Asia, South Africa, Latin America, and cities throughout North America and Europe.