Meet the Chair
Jean-Louis Sarbib
Jean-Louis Sarbib became chair of Development Gateway Foundation in 2008. Mr. Sarbib is Managing Director at Wolfensohn & Company, a private investment firm and a strategic advisor to corporations and governments. Previously, he held senior positions at the World Bank Group including Senior Vice President and Head of Network for Human Development, Regional Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa, and Regional Vice President for Africa.
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Gianluigi Benedetti
Gianluigi Benedetti is the diplomatic adviser to the Italian minister for public administration reform and innovation. |
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Julián Casasbuenas Julián Casasbuenas is the director of Colnodo, the Colombia Country Gateway host. |
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Hisham El-Sherif, Ph.D. Hisham El-Sherif is chairman of IT Investments, a holding and direct investment company. |
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Mark Fleeton (ex officio) Mark Fleeton is chief executive officer of the Development Gateway Foundation. |
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Walter Fust Walter Fust is director general of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. |
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Rudolf Haggenmueller, Ph.D. Rudolf Haggenmueller is president of Global Partners Bayern and chairman of Information Technology for European Advancement. |
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Michael J. Hofmann, Ph.D. Michael Hofmann is the executive director representing Germany at the World Bank. |
| Waqar Masood Khan, Ph.D. Waqar Masood Khan is the secretary of finance of Pakistan. |
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Olav Kjorven Olav Kjorven is assistant administrator and director, Bureau for Development Policy at the United Nations Development Program. |
| Shri Dhanendra Kumar Dhanendra Kumar is the executive director representing India at the World Bank. |
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Motoo Kusakabe, Ph.D. Motoo Kusakabe is senior counselor to the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the founder of E-Community Link. |
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Miguel Marques Miguel Marques is an adviser to the director for Belgium, Luxembourg and Slovenia at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. |
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John H. McArthur, Ph.D. John McArthur is a retired dean of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Business Administration and former advisor to the president of the World Bank. |
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Romain Murenzi, Ph.D. Romain Murenzi is the minister of science, technology, scientific research, and information communication technologies in the office of the president of Rwanda, and he is the vice president of the Third Word Academy of Sciences for Africa. He holds a doctorate in physics from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. |
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Margareth Nzuki Margareth Nzuki is the manager for the Tanzania Development Gateway, coordinator for Tanzania Online and principal information officer heading the Information Centre and Knowledge Management component of the Economic and Social Research Foundation in Tanzania. |
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Mary O'Kane, Ph.D. (vice chair) Mary O’Kane is executive chairman of Mary O’Kane & Associates Pty. Ltd., an Australian company that advises governments and the private sector on innovation, research, education, and development. |
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Sam Pitroda, Ph.D. Sam Pitroda is chairman of India's National Knowledge Commission, chairman of World-Tel Limited and founder of C-Sam, Inc. |
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Ambassador Alfonso Quinonez Ambassador Alfonso Quinonez is the Executive Secretary for Integral Development and Director General of the Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development of the OAS. |
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Jean-Francois Rischard Jean-François Rischard is a retired vice president for Europe of the World Bank. |
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Kiyomi Saito Kiyomi Saito is president and chief executive officer of JBond Securities Co., Ltd., in Japan. |
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V.S. Subrahmanian, Ph.D. V.S. Subrahmanian is a professor of computer science and the director of the University of Maryland Institute of Advanced Computer Science. |
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Jiayi Zou Jiayo Zou is the executive director representing China at the World Bank. |
