Aiden Irish is a research associate supporting EcoAgriculture Partners’ policy and markets work. He supports research on finance and investment coordination mechanisms to support integrated landscape management and finance coordination projects in Kenya. He is also contributing to EcoAgriculture Partners' policy analysis work, specifically on rural-urban linkages and sustainable urban food systems.

As former Devex editor for business insight, Aimee created and managed multimedia content and cutting-edge analysis for executives in international development.

Fatoumatta Jallow Tambajang was the vice president and minister of Women’s Affairs of The Gambia until June 2018; a proactive national womens' leader; pioneer and chair of the Coalition 2016 which democratically defeated a 22-year dictator; pro-democracy and human rights activist; political coalition-builder; former passionate U.N. international development management practitioner; resource mobilizer and partnership builder with wealth of experience in corporate governance and U.N. system policy and technical operations; and a trainer in policy formulation and development management, conflict prevention and management, gender mainstreaming, women’s transformative political leadership, and social entrepreneurship.

Akash Goel is a physician and journalist. He is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper.

A. Kayum Ahmed is an assistant professor at Columbia University’s School of Public Health in New York where he teaches health and human rights advocacy. Ahmed holds a Ph.D. in Education from Columbia University as well as various law degrees from the universities of Oxford, Cape Town, and Leiden. In addition, he has degrees in anthropology and theology. His interdisciplinary research interests include human rights, vaccine justice, Indigenous epistemologies, and decolonizing the global health architecture.

Akhter Ahmed is a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute and country representative for IFPRI's Bangladesh office.

Akihiko Nishio is the World Bank's vice president for development finance.

Akihiro Seita is the director of health for UNRWA and is based in Amman, Jordan.