Advisory Board

The GPPi advisory board brings together inspiring individuals from academia and politics as well as the non-profit and private sectors. They engage in GPPi’s work on an honorary basis. The advisory board does not have an oversight role.

William Gumede

Founder and Executive Chairperson, Democracy Works Foundation

Ameerah Haq

Former Vice-Chair, High-Level Independent Panel on UN Peace Operations; former UN Under-Secretary General for Field Support

Danuta Hübner

Member of the European Parliament; former European Commissioner for Regional Policy

Jemilah Mahmood

Pro-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University Malaysia; former Under-Secretary General, Partnerships, IFRC

Antonio de Aguiar Patriota

Ambassador of Brazil to the United Kingdom; former Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Thomas Rid

Professor, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Anne-Marie Slaughter

President and CEO, New America

Alexander Soros

Chair, Open Society Foundations

Achim Steiner

Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); Vice-Chair, UN Sustainable Development Group

Sabine Stricker-Kellerer

Attorney at Law, SSK Asia