Generation Unlimited brings together partners from government, multilateral organizations, civil society, the private sector and young people from around the world.
Leaders
The most visible drivers of the partnership, leaders use their influence to open opportunities, advocate for Generation Unlimited and mobilize resources.
Mr. António Guterres (Co-Chair)
Secretary General, United Nations
H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame (Co-Chair)
President, Republic of Rwanda
H.E. Paula Mae Weekes (Co-Chair)
President, Trinidad and Tobago
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed
Founder and Chair Emeritus, BRAC
Mr. Gordon Brown
UN Special Envoy for Education, United Nations
Ms. Julia Gillard
Chair, Global Partnership for Education
H.E. Ms. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
President, Republic of Croatia
H.E. Mr. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta
President, Republic of Kenya
Ms. Graça Machel
Founder, Graça Machel Trust
Mr. Paul Polman
Co-Founder & Chair, Imagine
Global Board
Members of the Global Board provide expertise, strategic direction, resources and leadership, and oversee the partnership. Learn more about them here.
Mr. Tariq Al Gurg
CEO, Dubai Cares
Ms. Shamma bint Suhail bin Faris Al Mazrui
Minister of Youth, United Arab Emirates
Ms. Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen
Chief Executive Officer, Plan International
Ms. Alice Albright
Chief Executive Officer, Global Partnership for Education
Mr. Ahmad Alhendawi
Secretary-General, World Organization of the Scout Movement
Ms. Kanchan Amatya
Founder and Chief Executive Director, Sustainable Fish Farming Initiative
Ms. Audrey Azoulay
Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Mr. Sigve Brekke
Chief Executive Officer, Telenor Group
Ms. Sarah Brown
Executive Chair, Global Business Coalition for Education
Mr. Tijani Christian
Chairperson, Commonwealth Youth Council
Mr. Renato Covelo
Interim Chief Executive Officer, Avianca Holdings
Mr. John Denton
Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce
Ms. Annette Dixon
Vice President of Human Capital, World Bank
Ms. Ilwad Elman
Director, Elman Peace Centre
Mr. Tony Elumelu
Founder, The Tony Elumelu Foundation
Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat
Chairperson, African Union Commission
Mr. John Fallon
Chief Executive Officer, Pearson Education
Ms. Henrietta Fore
Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Mr. Michael Froman
Vice Chairman and President of Strategic Growth, Mastercard
Mr. Napoleón García
Youth Director, Nuestro Tiempo and Censura Cero
Mr. José Ángel Gurría
Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Mr. Ralph Hamers
Chief Executive Officer, ING Group
Ms. Kate Hampton
Chief Executive Offer, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
Mr. Per Heggenes
Chief Executive Officer, IKEA Foundation
Ms. Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Minister of Finance, Republic of Indonesia
Mr. Alan Jope
Chief Executive Officer, Unilever
Mr. Mohammad Nouri Jouini
Vice President, Partnership Development, Islamic Development Bank
Ms. Sigrid Kaag
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, The Netherlands
Ms. Natalia Kanem
Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Ms. Lise Kingo
CEO and Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact
Mr. Michael Kocher
General Manager, Aga Khan Foundation
Ms. Tsitsi Masiyiwa
Co-Founder & Co-Chair, Higher Life Foundation
Ms. Rosemary Mbabazi
Minister of Youth, Republic of Rwanda
Mr. Norbert Meder
Chief Executive Officer, SOS Children’s Villages International
Ms. Federica Mogherini
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Union
Mr. Joseph Mucheru
Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communications, Republic of Kenya
Ms. Chaeli Mycroft
Co-Founder & Global Ambassador, The Chaeli Campaign & Chaeli Foundation USA.
Mr. Sobel Aziz Ngom
Founder and Executive Director, Social Change Factory
Mr. Guy Ryder
Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Mr. Saddam Sayyaleh
Founder & Director, I Learn Jordan Initiative
Mr. Asif Saleh
Executive Director, BRAC
Ms. Vibhu Sharma
Co-Chair, Global Partnership for Disabilities Youth Council
Mr. Feike Sijbesma
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, DSM
Ms. Mary Snapp
Vice President and Strategic Policy Advisor, Office of the President, Microsoft
Ms. Liesbet Steer
Director, The Education Commission
Mr. Achim Steiner
Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will be represented at senior level on the Global Board.
Mr. Justin W. van Fleet
President, Theirworld
Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake
Secretary General's Envoy on Youth, United Nations
Ms. Saadia Zahidi
Managing Director, Centre for the New Economy and Society, World Economic Forum
Mr. Liu Zhenmin
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
Champions
In addition to the governance bodies, high-profile individuals support Generation Unlimited by lending their voices as Champions.
Mr. Nikolai Astrup
Minister of Digitalization, Kingdom of Norway
Ms. Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau, International Telecommunication Union
Ms. Epsy Campbell Barr
First Vice President of the Republic of Costa Rica
Mr. Ciarán Cannon
Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Ireland
Mr. Alexander De Croo
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Development Cooperation, Kingdom of Belgium
Her Royal Highness Princess Lamia Bint Majed Al Saud
Secretary General, Alwaleed Philanthropies
Mr. Takehiko Nakao
President, Asian Development Bank
Mr. Simon Segars
Chief Executive Officer, ARM
Ms. Vera Songwe
Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Team
The ambitious goals set for Generation Unlimited requires a lean and flexible team that can harness and coordinate the expertise of multiple partners from around the world. This team brings together a set of professionals with decades of experience of work in field work in all regions of the world in multilateral development agencies, civil society and private sector, including in senior management positions. The team includes capabilities on education, skills, youth engagement, partnership and communication, as well as work with private sector and in innovation related areas.
We are responsible for the overall coordination of the partnership’s activities, relation with the different governance groups, and the Global Board in particular, as well as the support and coordination of Generation Unlimited’s work in countries with the development of country investment agenda. The Global Team is also responsible to make young people’s engagement and participation a concrete reality, as well as all communications, advocacy and engagement work.
Read more about the team here.
Mr. Roberto Benes is the Director of Generation Unlimited.
Photo at start: Members of the Generation Unlimited Global Board at the inaugural meeting in September 2018.
