Carla AbouZahr is CRVS country adviser at Vital Strategies, as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative. She worked at the World Health Organization in Geneva for over 20 years on improving estimates of maternal mortality before becoming coordinator for statistics, monitoring, and analysis.

Carla Koppell is the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) where she creates and executes strategic initiatives across the Agency, focused on fostering Agency-wide coordination and communications, transparency and accountability. Koppell brings 25 years of experience working in international affairs, including her experience as USAID's senior coordinator for gender equality and women's empowerment, and her extensive work at The Institute for Inclusive Security and the Hunt Alternatives Fund where she worked with leaders from conflict zones around the world.

Carla Kriwet is executive vice president and CEO of the Connected Care businesses at Philips, as well as a member of the Royal Philips Executive Committee. A passionate advocate for patients and caregivers, Carla cares deeply about how digital innovation can radically change care delivery inside and outside the hospital, improving clinical and operational outcomes. With more than 20 years of experience in medical devices and other technology companies, Carla has a successful record of achieving ambitious targets and leading organizations through transformations. A former aid worker in Burundi, Carla is dedicated to furthering the way connected health technologies are expanding global access to primary care. She chairs Philips Community Life Centers program which bring appropriate, leading-edge technology to remote healthcare centers.

Carlijn Nouwen is a partner at Dalberg Advisors in the Johannesburg office with financial inclusion as one of her core focus areas. She works with public, private, and social sector clients to increase inclusion for un- and underbanked populations. This requires a deep and meaningfully different understanding of customer needs, combined with innovations in product/service offering, distribution, back-office processes and capitalization (including blended finance).

Carlo Monticelli, an Italian economist, has been the governor of the Council of Europe Development Bank since December 2021, after being vice-governor for financial strategy. He previously led the international financial relations department at the Italian Treasury, representing Italy in global fora. His career spans both public and private sectors, including roles at the Bank of Italy and Deutsche Bank. He holds a doctorate in Economics, a master’s degree from the University of York, and studied at Oxford. A published author and lecturer, he chairs the Heads of Multilateral Development Banks Group in 2025.

Carlos Cortes Zea is senior advisor to the U.N. special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. He has served as effective governance and democracy national officer at UNDP and as deputy director for policy formulation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mexico. He provides high-level officials with foresight-based policy analysis for strategic positioning.

Carlos del Rio is professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and professor of global health and epidemiology at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health. He is also chair at the PEPFAR scientific advisory board.

Carlos Lopes is executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa since March 2012. Prior to this appointment, he served as head of the U.N. Institute for Training and Research and director of the U.N. System Staff College, as well as other senior positions within the United Nations system.

Carlos Rossel is the World Bank Group publisher and has more than 25 years of experience in international professional and scholarly publishing. To support the bank’s role as supplier of global knowledge, the Office of the Publisher works with departments across the institution to develop and publish a range of products that cover the full spectrum of economic and social development to decision-makers, academia, general audiences and other constituencies. Prior to assuming his current position, Rossel, a native of Santiago, Chile, was operations and marketing manager for the World Bank’s Office of the Publisher.

Carlos is a former associate editor for breaking news in Devex's Manila-based news team. He joined Devex after a decade working for international wire services Reuters, AP, Xinhua, EFE ,and Philippine social news network Rappler in Madrid, Beijing, Manila, New York, and Bangkok. During that time, he also covered natural disasters on the ground in Myanmar and Japan.