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Siobhan Brooks

Siobhan Brooks is a senior recruitment specialist for Tetra Tech. She specializes in hiring architects, engineers, scientists, construction management professionals, and other technical specialists for permanent and short- or long-term infrastructure development project assignments, both in the U.S. and internationally. She has more than 13 years of recruiting experience and has a master’s degree in human resource management.
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Siobhan Kelley

Siobhan Kelley is the director of communications at Last Mile Health, where she is responsible for overseeing the organization's brand, thought leadership, and storytelling. She has nearly 10 years of experience supporting organizations working to advance universal health coverage.
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Sir Danny Alexander

Sir Danny Alexander is vice president for policy and strategy at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Prior to joining AIIB in February 2016, he was chief secretary to the U.K. Treasury and was one of the leaders of the U.K.’s coalition government between 2010 and 2015.
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Sir Richard Henry Friend

Sir Richard Henry Friend, FRS, is the chair of the VinFuture Prize Council and holds the Cavendish Professorship of Physics at the University of Cambridge. He is one of the world’s most influential physicists and serves as director of the Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability.
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Sir Ronald Cohen

Sir Ronald Cohen is a pioneering philanthropist, venture capitalist, private equity investor, and social innovator. He is recognized as the father of impact investment and European venture capital and is driving forward the global Impact Revolution. He serves as chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative at Harvard Business School, and The Portland Trust. He is a co-founder and former executive chairman of Apax Partners Worldwide, a global private equity firm. He is also co-founder of Social Finance UK, USA, and Israel, co-founder Chair of Bridges Fund Management, and former co-founding chair of Big Society Capital. He is the author of “IMPACT: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change.”
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Sir Suma Chakrabarti

Sir Suma Chakrabarti is Chair of the Board of Trustees of ODI and adviser to the presidents of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on economic development, effective governance, and international cooperation. His previous roles include president of the EBRD and permanent secretary at the U.K.’s Department for International Development and Ministry of Justice.
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Sister Patricia Murray

Sister Patricia Murray is executive secretary of the International Union of Superiors General, a membership organization for the leaders of Catholic women's congregations worldwide. Previously, she headed Solidarity with South Sudan, a network of religious institutes training teachers, nurses, farmers, and community leaders. Her ministry is inspired by a lifelong commitment to justice, peace, and education.
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Sivaram Ramachandran

Sivaram is a program data coordinator at InterAction, the largest alliance of U.S.-based international NGOs doing relief and humanitarian work abroad. In this capacity, Sivaram focuses on gathering information and mapping members’ projects around the world to facilitate partnerships and promote information sharing. Other areas of work include creating maps that highlight member information using various national and sub-national socioeconomic indicators.
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S. Jamal Raza

Dr. S. Jamal Raza is the director of the National Institute of Child Health in Karachi, Pakistan. He is also a professor of pediatric medicine and head of the pediatric endocrine unit at the NICH. He received his MBBS from Down Medical College. He is a member of the Royal College of Physicians London and fellow of the College Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. Raza is also the founder of the Atfaal Welfare Society, which works for the betterment of children at NICH. In 2014, he joined the NCD Child Advisory Council. He is currently also the president of Society of Pediatric Endocrinology, Pakistan and dean of Pediatrics at College of Physicians and Surgeons.
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Skhumbuzo Ngozwana

Dr. Skhumbuzo Ngozwana is CEO of Kiara Health and chairman of the board of Biovac, a South African vaccine manufacturer and a board member of the Federation of African Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association. A tireless advocate for local biopharmaceutical manufacturing in Africa, he has worked with several global public health organizations. He has consulted for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, and USP.