JURY 2019

The jury, appointed by the Tällberg Foundation’s Board of Directors, selects the Tällberg / Eliasson Global Leadership Prize winners. Jury members, who are global leaders in their own right, are drawn from a wide variety of national, cultural, and professional backgrounds; jury membership is substantially renewed every year. Each jury develops its own criteria within the broad purposes that have been laid out by the Board.

GABRIELA CUEVAS

Mexico; Federal Congresswoman, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva.

VISHAKHA DESAI

U.S. and India; Scholar focused on art, culture, policy, and women’s rights; Columbia University.

PAULA DIPERNA

United States; Policy advisor and author focused on global environmental and philanthropic policy issues.

NABIL FAHMY

Egypt; Former Foreign Minister and Founding Dean, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, The American University in Cairo.

SAFA AL-HASHEM

Kuwait; An elected MP in the Parliament of Kuwait, an accomplished businesswoman and investment banker.

GARY KNIGHT

United States; Photojournalist, co-founder & director of the VII Photo Agency; co-director of the VII Foundation.

ASHOK MIRPURI

Singapore; Ambassador to the United States and career diplomat.

ALAN STOGA

United States; Chairman, Tällberg Foundation, Senior Adviser, Kissinger Associates and strategy consultant.

CAROLE WAINAINA

Kenya and Morocco; COO at Africa 50 Infrastructure Fund, senior business & human relations executive public & private sectors.

TOM CUMMINGS

Founder, Leading Ventures and Board Member, Tällberg Foundation, The Netherlands.

PREVIOUS JURY

DEFNE AYAS

Curator, educator, and publisher in the field of visual art; Board Member, Tällberg Foundation; Turkey/Netherlands

ABDELKADER BENALI

Writer, television maker, literary curator and honorary fellow at the University of Amsterdam; Morocco and The Netherlands

MUNI FIGUERES

Board Member, Tällberg Foundation and Former Ambassador of Costa Rica to the United States

SCOTT MILLER

Chief Executive Officer at Core Strategy Group and Co-Founder of Sawyer/Miller Strategic Consulting Group, US

AIKO DODEN

NHK Senior commentator on International Affairs and NHK World Senior Producer, Japan