Our 2023 Conversationists

Chief Diversity Inclusion Officer, FleishmanHillard

City councillor, Reykjavík city

Global Europe & Defence Editor, EURACTIV

Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Founder, Partner, The AQ

Member of parliament, Ukraine

CEO, 100 Women in Finance Association

World Chair, International Human Rights Commission

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Knowledge Officer, Oliver Wyman Forum

Member of Tynwald – Isle of Man parliament

Political figure, Alliance political movement

Member of Parliament, Republic of Zimbabwe

Deputy Speaker and member of the Parliament of Latvia (LR Saeima), board member of the PROGRES?VIE party, Parliament of Latvia

Ambassador, Embassy of Finland

Head of Programmes Production/ Poet & Writer, Citi FM & Citi TV/ Team Apiorkor

Member of Parliament, Armenia    

Permanent Secretary -Ministry of Higher education, Science and Innovation

Director Communications & Sustainability, Icelandair

Member of Parliament, Althingi

Member of the Danish Parliament

Founder & President, Women in Tech Global

Running Start / Professor & Executive Director, Baldwin Wallace University Center for Women and Politics

Conseillère Nationale, Conseil National de Monaco

Ambassador, Embassy of Iceland

Executive Director, Initiative for Creative Women

Member of the Danish Parliament

Chief Operating Officer, Arion Bank

Chief Operating Officer, Arion banki

MP, Alþingi

Member of Parliament, National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia

Member of Kenya Parliament

Senator, Senators Chamber of the Republic of Paraguay

Sr. Advisor and Adjunct Lecturer, Queen’s University

Présidente, Réseau des femmes parlementaires de l’Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie

Head of Business Development, Equal Measures 2030

National Spokesperson, Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)

Women’s Political Leadership Lead, Akina Mama wa Afrika

Executive Director, TechHer

Operations Manager, Running Start

Executive Director, International Association of Women Judges

Conseillère Nationale – Présidente de la Commission des Droits de la Famille et de l’Égalité, Conseil National de Monaco

Minister for Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture, Tynwald – Isle of Man parliament

PRESIDENT OF WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS, INTER PARLIAMENTARY UNION

CEO, RepresentWomen

Deputy Director General, European Central Bank

Ambassador at Large, Gender Equality, France

Manager, Europe, AVPN

Associate Director, Communications, Co-Impact

MP, Chamber of Deputies if the Romanian Parliament  

Memeber of the National Assembly of Republic of Bulgaria, National Assembly of  Republic of Bulgaria

MP, Alþingi

Product manager, BLS moda exclusive

Senator, The Senate of Canada

City Councillor in Reykjavík, City of Reykjavík

Member of European Parliamen, More Direct Democratie

Deputy Chairwoman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag

Funder & Managing Director, Avandis Consulting l 100 Women @ Davos

Deputy speaker of shura council

Member of parliament, Shura Council

Member of Parliament, Legislative Assembly of Tonga

Queens NYC Deputy Borough President

Director of Marketing and Communication, Íslandsbanki

Secretary General, European Women Lawyers Association

Treasurer, Icelandic Women Rights Association

Executive Director, Albanian Center for Population and Development (ACPD)

Senior Program Officer, Gender Equality, Global Advocacy & Communications, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Member of the Parliament of Portugal

Députée, Présidente de la Commission Affaires Étrangères, Assemblée Nationale

EVP, Communications & Public Affairs, Motion Picture Association

President, EMEA, Landor & Fitch

Head of Communications, Vís

Member of the Albanian parliament, deputy speaker

Vice President of the Senate of the Republic of Rwanda

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AKINA MAMA WA AFRIKA

Founder and CEO, Catch Fire Movement

VP People and Culture, Alvotech

CEO, Bookings Africa

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Legislative Assembly of Tonga

Partner, Finja Carolin Kütz

Running Start / PhD Candidate, Dartmouth College

Director, Global Oncology Policy, Precision Medicine and Breast Cancer, AstraZeneca

Global Institutional Partnership Manager, Equality Now  

Former Director general of human rights and women international affairs, Ministry of Foreign affairs

Senator, Senate of Romania  

President, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Ambassador, Special Envoy for Feminist Foreign Policy and Director for Human Rights at the German Federal Foreign Ministry, Federal Foreign Office Berlin

Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Parliament of the Republic of Zimbabwe

Member of Legislative Council, St Helena Legislative Council

Global Gender Lead, UN Better than Cash Alliance

President, La Renovation du Congo

CEO, Vís

President, European Women Rectors Association

Special Adviser to the President of Nigeria, President’s Office, Federal Republic of Nigeria

Co-Founder, Connected Women Leaders / Project Dandelion

CEO, Actifs Précieux

Honourable Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health

Adviser on SDGs, Office of the Governor, Kaduna State

MP, Althingi

CEO, Nordic Office of Architecture Iceland

Head of Representation, Representation of the Faroes to Iceland

Mayor of Lodz and Member of the European Committee of the Regions, Poland

Borgarfulltrúi, Reykjavik

Writer, HMS Productions

Senior Vice President, Arion bank

Managing Director, Sky Lagoon

Attourney, Valva

Charity Pot Regional Manager, North America, Lush Cosmetics

City Councillor of Reykjavík, City of Reykjavík

Minister for Inclusion, Voluntary Organisations and Consumer Rights, Ministry for Inclusion, Voluntary Organisations and Consumer Rights (MIVC)

Managing Director and Author, Festa – Center for Sustainability

MENA’s Region Chapter Chair of the Global Parliamentary Network for Global Health, UNITE

SENADORA DE LA REPUBLICA -MEXICO, SENADO DE LA REPUBLICA

Head of Mission, Embassy of Iceland in Lilongwe

Parliamenterian, Alþingi

Chairperson, House Standing Committee on Human Rights and on Equal Opportunities for Me House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus

Strategy advisor, United Group

Global CEO, Landor & Fitch

Minister for Justice and Home Affairs and Deputy Chief Minister, Isle of Man Government

Executive Chairman and President, Foundation for the Support of the United Nations

Ambassador, Embassy of Canada to Iceland  

Member of the National Assembly of Kuwait

Vice Chair of the Board, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture

Running Start / Deputy Director of Corporate Governance, Connecticut Office of the State Treasurer

Member of UK Parliament, UK Parliament, Scottish National Party

Member of parliament, Left Green Party of Iceland

Head of Policy Evaluation, Kantar Public Sweden

Rector, University of Iceland

Founder/CEO, The WOW Foundation

Executive Director, Gender practice co-lead & Senior Adviser to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, APCO Worldwide

Regional Coordinator, Africa for Equality Now

Second Deputy Speaker, Swedish Parliament

Senior Advisor, Tostan

Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer PartG mbB

Directrice Exécutive, Fonds pour les Femmes Congolaises

MEP, European Parliament

Former Congresswoman, Asamblea Legislativa El Salvador

CEO, Founder, Partnership for Advancing Innovative Sustainability (PAIS), UNESCO SDG4Youth, PhD researcher

MP, Parliament of Poland

President, UP.Labs

Running Start / Director of Engagement, Live and Work in Maine

Chief Strategy Officer, Pop Venture

Managing Director – Autos, Tech and Energy, Lambert Global

CEO, Elma

VP Strategic Partnerships and Engagement, ZiphyCare

Partner, The AQ

Founder President, Lebanese Women Towards Decision Making

Member of Parliament of Ukraine, ALDE Vice President, Parliament of Ukraine, ALDE Party

Member of the Albanian Parliament

Marketing Leader, AI Governance & GRC / OpenPages

Activist, IceFemIn  

Member of the French High Council for Gender Equality (International Affairs Commission) – C, French High Council for Gender Equality – Aujourd’hui Les Citoyennes

Professor, Dept. of Law, Stockholm University

Secretary general, Council of women world leaders

Member of Parliament in the House of Commons

Clinical Psychologist, Special Advisor Mental Health, Co-chair, IWG 4, OSH Forum, WHO pan-European coalition member,

Member of Parliament, National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia

Member of Parliament, National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia

MP, Alþingi

Parliamentarian, House of Lords, UK Parliament

Director Baltic Sea Regiona & Scandinavia, MSC-Marine Stewardship Council

Global Franchise Head, Breast Cancer, Oncology Business Unit, AstraZeneca

Night News Editor, Daily Express

Director, Civil Society Division, UN Women

President, Stanton Communications

Member of Parliament, Swedish Parliament

Board of Directors, the Secretary, Mizan, Law Group for Human Rights

Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Zimbabwe

President of the Senate, Parliament of the Republic of Zimbabwe

City Councilor, Reykjavík

Director, Freedom Voice Report

Honourable Member of Parliament, Parliament f Sierra Leone

Ambassador at large Feminist Foreign Policy, Government

Consul ad Honorem, Philippine Honorary Consulate

Senator, Senate of Canada

Attorney, UN CEDAW Committee

Deputy, Chamber of Deputies of Chile

Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Camera Deputati Italiana

City Councillor, Reykjavíkurborg

Secretary General, Inter-Parliamentary Union

Political strategist, American politics

Head of Developer Marketing, Chainlink Labs

Deputy, Chamber of Deputies of Chile

Director of Federal Affairs, Hologic, Inc.

Présidante, Fondation Commaissance er Liberté-FOKAL  

Présidente, Fondation Connaissance et Liberté-FOKAL

Vice President, Girls and Women Strategy, UN Foundation

Running Start / Student Research/Photographer, University of Michigan

Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Head of the Albanian Parliamentary delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Scientist and Lecturer, University of Applied Sciences-Austria

Member of Parliament; VicePresident of the IT Commision, Chamber of Deputies in the Roman,  Assembly of Deputies of Romania

Government Minister, Government of Zimbabwe

MEP – Memeber of European Parliament, European Parliament

Member of Parliament of Lithuania, Parliament of Lithuania (Lithuanian Seimas)

Running Start / Student

CEO, EdelGive Foundation

CEO, Pan Am Lounge

Speaker of the National Assembly, National Assembly of Quebec

CEO, The Digital Economist

CEO & Founder, Global Health Visions

Director, Gender practice co-lead, APCO Worldwide

Deputy Governor, Ogun State Government

President, Nuraa Women’s Institute

Chairwoman Committee Youth & Sports Chamber of Deputies / MP/ Executive Leadership of U,  SC Social Innovation Solutions SRL

Member of Parliament / Former chairwoman Labour & Social Protection, Romanian Parliament

Member of Parliament / Former chairwoman Labour & Social Protection, Romanian Parliament

Founder / President / CEO/ Senior Economic Advisor, Human Capital Africa (HCA) / School of Politics, Policy and Governance (SPPG)

Parliamentarian, Alþingi

Supervisory Board Member, Ukrposhta

People’s Deputy of Ukraine, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Executive Director Rising Woman Series on NBC, Global Group Media

Prof Emeritus/ president NAWO, University/ National Alliance

Co-founder, WomenTechIceland

Founder & Managing Partner, ShEquity Partners

President, Polar Electro Inc.

Ambassador Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, Director Social Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Director, Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland

Founder & CEO, Forum for Women in Leadership – WILL Forum India

Head, Asia Justice Coalition

MANAGING PARTNER, RHL VENTURES

Director, OECD

City council woman, City of Reykjavík

Formar member of parliament.

Director, Centre for Social Research

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Emerita Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

Member of the Senedd, Welsh Government

Global Head of Sustainability, Royal Philips

Member of Slovak parlament

Member of Parliament, Portugal

Member of Parliament, Parliament of Portugal

Co-Founder, Connected Women Leaders / Project Dandelion

MP / Member of Parliament, The Danish Parliament

Running Start / Vice Mayor & District 4 Councilmember City of Bowie, Maryland + Founder, auderesonder

Chair, Delphos INTl LTD

Senior Advisor: Democracy, Gender & Inclusion, Iinternational Idea

Deputy Director (IR), National Assembly of Pakistan

Student, Running Start, George Washington University

Co-President, Club of Rome

Senior Manager, Corporate Counsel & lgbtq+ leader, Salesforce

Member of Parliament, Parliament of Finland

Member of the Scottish Parliament

CEO, The Lactation Network

Senior Vice President Strategy and Digital Transformation

Member of the Hellenic Parliament

Executive Deputy Director, Women in Global Health (WGH)

Executive Deputy Director, Women in Global Health (WGH)

Executive Vice-President, Managing Director, BCW

Executive Director, GenEquality

Running Start / Founding Partner, Potomac Waves Media

Professor Eneritus, former MP and Ambassador

Director, Group Sales, The Reykjavik EDITION

Member of the German Bundestag, German Parliament

Senator, Romanian Parliament

Founder & CEO, Global Women TechLeaders

Executive Director, Vermont Care Network/Vermont Care Partners

Ambassador for Gender Equality, MFA

Chief Operating Officer, European Stability Mechanism (ESM)

MP / Member of Parliament, The Danish Parliament

Member of Parliament, Iceland

Founder and CEO, GEDI | Future Brilliance

Chairperson, MS Swaminathan Resarch foundation

CEO & Founder, Olivela

CEO and Artistic Director, Icelandic Opera

Member of Parliament, Iceland

Executive Director, UN Women Iceland

Professor of Computer Science and Technology Evangelist, Durham University

Deputy Executive Director, Sanitation and Hygiene Fund – SHF

CEO & Founder, McPherson Strategies

Attorney at law, LL.M., Vice President EWLA, European Women Lawyers Association

Director, Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center

Deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, National Assembly

Director of Strategic Initiatives, Clooney Foundation for Justice

Senior International Relations Manager, GSMA

Co-Founder, Mia, Mission Impact Academy

Member of Parliament, National Assembly of Armenia

Executive Director, La Renovation du Congo

Director of Communications, Landsvirkjun – The National Power Company of Iceland

President of Reykjavík city council, City of Reykjavík

CEO, Alda

Spiritual Advisor, TMC

Gyn Endocrinologist and Reproductive Geneticist, Gyn-Gen-Lehel MVZ / IFFS

MP / Member of Parliament, The Danish Parliament

EMESA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Director, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Founder, Safari Doctors

Honourable Member of Parliament, Sierra Leone

Board Member – Oddariya Foundation

Content and Community Manager, 66 North

Vice President – Invest India

Government Affairs Specialist – Microsoft

Diputada Nacional, Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Nación

Diputada Nacional, Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Nación

Member of Parliament – Ukraine