UNCTAD World Investment Forum 2018 | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) | 22 October 2018 | Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland

The UNCTAD World Investment Forum is the pre-eminent global platform for investment and development. The Forum devises strategies and solutions for global investment and development challenges. It facilitates multi-stakeholder collective action to stimulate investment in development. The Forum offers a unique opportunity to influence investment-related policymaking, shape the global investment environment, and to network with global leaders in business and politics.

2018 Speakers

H.e. Mr. Alain Berset
President, Swiss Confederation

H.e. Mr. Armen Sarkissian
President, Republic of Armenia

H.e. Mr. Abdul Hamid
President, People's Republic of Bangladesh

H.e. Mr. Mokgweetsi E.k. Masisi
President, Republic of Botswana

H.e. Mr. Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
President, Burkina Faso

H.e. Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta
President, Republic of Kenya

H.e. Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika
President, Republic of Malawi

H.e. Mr. Khaltmaagiin Battulga
President, Mongolia

H.e. Mr. Milo Ðukanović
President, Montenegro

H.e. Mr. Hage Geingob
President, Republic of Namibia

H.e. Mr. Julius Maada Bio
President, Republic of Sierra Leone

H.e. Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen
Prime Minister, Kingdom of Cambodia

H.e. Mr. Motsoahae Thomas Thabane
Prime Minister, Kingdom of Lesotho

H.e. Mr. Zoran Zaev
Prime Minister, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

H.e. Mr. Zayed R. Alzayani
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Bahrain

H.e. Mr. Aurélien Agbenonci
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benin

H.e. Ms. Bogolo Joy Kenewendo
Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Botswana

H.e. Ms. Hadizatou Rosine Coulibaly
Minister of Economy, Finance and Development, Burkina Faso

H.e. Mr. Harouna Kabore
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Handicrafts, Burkina Faso

H.e. Mr. Jean-marie Niyokindi
Minister of Trade, Industry, and Tourism, Burundi

H.e. Mr. Sorasak Pan
Minister of Commerce, Kingdom of Cambodia

H.e. Mr. Veng Sakhon
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the Kingdom of Cambodia

H.e. Mr. José Ramón Valente
Minister of Economy, Economic Development and Tourism, Chile

H.e. Mr. Marcel Ilunga Leu
Minister of Industry, Democratic Republic of the Congo

H.e. Dr. Sahar Nasr
Minister of Investment and International Cooperation, Arab Republic of Egypt

H.e. Mr. Gabriel Curtis
Minister of Investments and Public-private Partnerships, Guinea

H.e. Prof. Bambang Brodjonegoro
Minister of National Development Planning of Indonesia

H.e. Mr. Pat Breen
Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, Eu Digital Single Market and Data Protection, Ireland

H.e. Mr. Bakyt Sultanov
Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan

H.e. Prof. Wilson K. Tarpeh
Minister of Commerce and Industry, Republic of Liberia

H.e. Mr. Guy Célin Rivoniaina Randrianarisoa
Minister of Industry and Private Sector Development of the Republic of Madagascar

H.e. Mr. Henry Mussa
Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism of the Republic of Malawi

H.e. Mr. Tsogtbaatar Damdin
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mongolia

H.e. Mr. Matrika Prasad Yadav
Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

H.e. Ms. Sigrid Kaag
Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Netherlands

H.e. Ms. Kemi Adeosun
Minister of Finance, Nigeria

H.e. Mr. Wera Mori
Minister for Commerce and Industry, Papua New Guinea

H.e. Dr. Majid Bin Abdullah Al Qasabi
Minister of Commerce and Investment, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

H.e. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák
President of the General Assembly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Slovakia

H.e. Mr. Rob Davies
Minister of Trade and Industry, South Africa

H.e. Mr. Malik Samarawickrama
Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade, Sri Lanka

H.e. Mr. Mubarak Al-fadil Al-mahdi
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Investment, Sudan

H.e. Mr. Charles J.p. Mwijage
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, United Republic of Tanzania

H.e. Dr. Kobsak Pootrakool
Minister Attached to the Prime Minister’s Office of Thailand

H.e. Mr. Matia Kasaija
Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development of the Republic of Uganda

H.e. Ms. Amelia Kyambadde
Minister of Trade, Industry and Co-operatives, Uganda

H.e Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansoori
Minister of Economy, United Arab Emirates

H.e. Mr. Christopher Yaluma
Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry of the Republic of Zambia

H.e. Mr. Michael Katambo
Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Zambia

Mr. Hans Docter
Director for Sustainable Economic Development at Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. António Guterres
Secretary-general, United Nations

Ms. Amina Mohammed
Deputy Secretary-general, United Nations

Mr. Michael Møller
Director-general, United Nations Office at Geneva

Mr. Mukhisa Kituyi
Secretary-general, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Mr. Roberto Azevêdo
Director-general, World Trade Organization

Ms. Gabriela Cuevas Barron
President, Inter-parliamentary Union

Ms. Olga Algayerova
Executive Secretary, Unece

Mr. Paul Andrews
Secretary-general, International Organisation of Securities Commissions

Mr. Thomas Bach
President of the International Olympic Committee

Mr. Houlin Zhao
Secretary-general, International Telecommunication Union

Rt Hon Patricia Scotland Qc
Secretary-general, Commonwealth of Nations

Ms. Fekitamoeloa Katoa ‘utoikamanu
High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States

Ms. Kelly T. Clements
United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees

Mr. Shenggen Fan
Director-general, International Food Policy Research Institute

Amb. Didier Chambovey
Head of the Swiss Permanent Mission to the Wto and Efta, Geneva

Mr. Sean Doherty
Director, World Economic Forum

Mr. Eric Usher
Head, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative

Ms. Isabelle Durant
Deputy Secretary-general, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Ms. Meg Kinnear
Secretary-general, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

Mr. Martien Van Nieuwkoop
Director, World Bank Group

Ms. Anna Joubin-bret
Secretary, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

Ms. Lise Kingo
Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact

Mr. Tim Mohin
Chief Executive Officer, Global Reporting Initiative

Mr. Masamichi Kono
Deputy Secretary-general, Oecd

Ms. Marcela Villarreal
Director, Food and Agriculture Organization

Ms. Gerda Verburg
Un Assistant Secretary General, Scaling Up Nutrition Movement

Mr. Elliot Harris
Assistant Secretary-general for Economic Development, Chief Economist

Mr. Ismail Ersahin
Deputy Executive Director, Waipa

Mr. Vic Van Vuuren
Director, Enterprises, Ilo

Ms. Andrea Shemberg
Co-chair, Global Business Initiative on Human Rights

Ms. Mary Porter Peschka
Director of Advisory Solutions, Ifc

Mr. Masamichi Kono
Deputy Secretary-general, Oecd

Mr. John W.h. Denton
Secretary-general, International Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Paul Bulcke
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé

Mr. Vasant Narasimhan
Chief Executive Officer, Novartis

Mr. Antoine Fiévet
Chief Executive Officer, Bel Group

Mr. Bruce Cleaver
Chief Executive Officer, De Beers Group

Ms. Barbara Kux
Multiple Board Member and Former Member of Managing Board of Siemens

Mr. Joseph C. Brandt
President and Chief Executive Officer, Contour Global

Mr. Thomas Cueni
Chair, Amr Industry Alliance / Director-general, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations

Mr. Mark Wilson
Chief Executive Officer, Aviva

Mr. Peter Robinson
President & Chief Executive Officer, United States Council for International Business

Mr. Ralph Hamers
Chief Executive Officer, Ing Group

Ms. Francesca Lavazza
President, Lavazza Foundation

Mr. Sacha Poignonnec
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Jumia

Mr. David Hanson
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Hanson Robotics

Mr. Jurgi Camblong
Chief Executive Officer, Sophia Genetics

Mr. Tadahiro Kawada
Chief Executive Officer, Kawada Technologies

Mr. Roland Chalons-browne
Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Financial Services

Ms. Fiona Reynolds
Chief Executive Officer, Principles for Responsible Investment

Dr. Dorit Sallis
Managing Director, Joint Chambers of Commerce

Amb. John Danilovich
Former Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce

Dr. Marc Gitzinger
Chief Executive Officer, Bioversys

Dr. Anand Anandkumar
Chief Executive Officer, Bugworks Research

Mr. Carl Heinrich Bruhn
Chief Executive Officer, Amatheon Agri

Ms. Monica De Greiff
President, Chamber of Commerce of Bogota

Ms. Didem Nisanci
Managing Director, Promontory and Former Chief of Staff for Usa Sec, Member of the Secretariat of the Tcfd

Ms. Maria Teresa Zappia
Cio, Blueorchard Finance

Mr. James Gifford
Head of Impact Investing, Ubs

Mr. Philip Aminoff
Chairman, Helectron

Mr. Tomotaka Goji
Managing Partner, the University of Tokyo Edge Capital Japan Fund

Mr. Eytan Stibbe
Chief Executive Officer, Vital Capital Fund

Mr. Daniel Hulls
Chief Executive Officer, Agdevco

Mr. Nabil Marc Abdul-massih
Chief Executive Officer, Inoks Capital

Ms. Courtney Fingar
Editor-in-chief, Fdi Magazine & Head of Content, Fdi Intelligence

Ms. Marianne Mwaniki
Senior Vice President Head of Social Impact, Visa

Ms. Angie Rozas
Senior Director Social Impact, Coca Cola

Ms. Anja Monrad
Senior Vice President & General Manager for Central and Eastern Europe, Dell Emc

Ms. Jamila Belabidi-chahid
Purchases Group Manager - Brand and Business Service Purchases at Procter & Gamble International Sa

Ms. Lama Sha’sha’a Abu Dahab
Founder, Ira – International Robotics Academy

Ms. Alexandra “santu” Boëtius
Co-founder, Impact Hub Geneva and Impact Hub Lausanne and Lead of the Accelerate 2030 Program

Sophia
Humanoid Robot

Mr. Bertrand Piccard
Founder, Solar Impulse

Mr. Sandy Frucher
Vice Chairman, Nasdaq

Ms. Nandini Sukumar
Chief Executive Officer, World Federation of Exchanges

Ms. Bente Landsnes
Chief Executive Officer, Oslo Børs

Mr. Robert Scharfe
Chief Executive Officer, Luxembourg Stock Exchange

Mr. Ravi Sethurathnam
Chairman, Bombay Stock Exchange, India

Mr. Jianjun Wang
President, Shenzhen Stock Exchange

Ms. Alina Aldambergen
Chief Executive Officer, Kazakhstan Stock Exchange

Mr. Lauri Rosendhal
Chief Executive Officer, Nasdaq Nordic

Mr. Pakorn Peetathawatchai
President, Stock Exchange Thailand

Mr. Shaifur Rahman Mazumdar
Managing Director, Chittagong Stock Exchange

Mr. Mohamed Farid
Chairman, Egyptian Exchange

Mr. Sunil Benimadhu
Chief Executive Officer, Stock Exchange of Mauritius

Mr. Karim Hajji
Chief Executive Officer, Bourse De Casablanca

Mr. Adrian Tanase
Chief Executive Officer, Bucharest Stock Exchange

Ms. Nicky Newton King
Chief Executive Officer, Johannesburg Stock Exchange

Mr. Rajeeva Bandaranaike
Chief Executive Officer, Colombo Stock Exchange

Mr. Moremi Marwa
Chief Executive Officer, Dar Es Salaam Stock Exchange

Ms. Julie Becker
Member of the Executive Committee, Head of Lgx, Luxembourg Stock Exchange

Ms. Olga Cantillo
Chief Executive Officer, Vice President, Panama Stock Exchange

Mr. Laurent Zylberberg
Vice President, French Caisse Des Dépôts

Mr. Eugene O’callaghan
Director, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund

Mr. Magnus Biling
Chief Executive Officer, Alecta Pension, Sweden

Mr. Shahmar Movsumov
Executive Director, State Oil Fund, Azerbaijan

Mr. Torben Möger Pedersen
Chief Executive Officer, Pension Denmark

Dr. Mithilesh Kumar Sinha
Chief Executive Officer, Idfc Alternatives, India

Mr. Uche Orji
Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority

Ms. Eva Halvarsson
Chief Executive Officer, the Second Swedish National Pension Fund

Mr. Christopher Egerton-warburton
Expert Advisory Board Chair, United Kingdom Global Amr Innovation Fund

Ms. Renosi Mokate
Chair, Government Employees Pension Fund of South Africa

Mr. Jean Laville
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Swiss Sustainable Finance

Mr. Bostjan Skalar
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies

H.e. Mr. Belachew Mekuria
Commissioner, Ethiopia Investment Commission

Ms. Diana Edwards
President, Jamaica, and Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies

Mr. Ryan Brennan
Vice-president, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Usa

Mr. Deepak Bagla
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Invest India

Dr. Robert Hermann
Chief Executive Officer, Germany Trade and Invest

Ms. Ulrika Cederskog Sundling
Executive Vice President and Head of Business, Sweden

Mr. Nabil Itani
Chairman, Investment Development Authority of Lebanon

Mr. Chen Zhou
Vice Chairman, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade

Mr. Russell Curtis
Chief Executive Officer, Durbin Investment Promotion Agency

Mr. Dushyant Thakor
Vice President, Invest India

Mr. Fahad Al Gergawi
Chief Executive Office, Dubai Investment Development Agency

Mr. Ahmad Arab
Deputy Governor for Strategy, Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority

Mr. Adalberto Netto
Chief Executive Officer, Apd Parana

Mr. Boubacar Wargo
Permanent Secretary, Niger Investment Board

Mr. Roberto Jaguaribe
President, Apex-brasil

Mr. Paul Schofield
A/g Assistant Secretary, Trade and Investment Law Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia

Ms. Samira Sulejmanovic
Head, Unit for Bilateral Trade Relations, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mr. Abrão Miguel Árabe Neto
Secretary, Foreign Trade, Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services, Brazil

Mr. Mahamady Koussoube
Director, Investment Facilitation, Investment Promotion Agency, Burkina Faso

Mr. Vernon Mackay
Director, Investment Trade Policy Division, Trade Policy Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada

Mr. Nicolas Palau Van Hissenhoven
Director, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Colombia

Mr. Marcelo Salazar
Director, Prevention, Dispute Resolution and Investment, Foreign Trade Directorate, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Dominican Republic

Ms. Maria Martin-prat
Director, Directorate General for Trade, European Commission

Ms. Muriel Lacoue-labarthe
Deputy Director, Trade Policy, Investment and Financial Crime, Directorate General of the Treasury, Ministry for the Economy and Finance, France

Mr. Jens Benninghofen
Advisor, Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy, Germany

Mr. Boaz Fleischman-alaluf
Director, Investment and Trade Agreements Division, Ministry of Finance, Israel

Mr. Sulaiman
Deputy Director General for Legal Affairs and International Treaties, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia

Ms. Betty Maina
State Department of Investment and Industry Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives, Kenya

Mr. Manothong Vongsay
Director General, Investment Promotion Department, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Lao People's Democratic Republic

Ms. Lantonirina Erika Ramananarivo
Director, Public Private Partnership Department, Ministry of Finance and Budget, Madagascar

Mr. Fernando Mayer De Leeuw
Director of International Trade of Services and Investment, Ministry of Economy, Mexico

Ms. Jovana Krunić
Head, Department for International Economic Relations, Ministry of Economy, Montenegro

Mr. Bayarsaikhan Banzragch
Director General, National Development Agency, Mongolia

Ms. Angela Dau-pretorius
Deputy Director, Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and Sme Development, Namibia

Mr. Ronald Roosdorp
Director for International Economic Governance and Trade Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands

Ms. Yewande Sadiku
Executive Secretary/chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, Nigeria

Mr. Ricardo De Urioste Samanamud
Head Legal Advisor, Special Commission for the Defence of Peru in International Investment Arbitration, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Peru

Ms. Marya Baranova
Deputy Director, Department for Trade Negotiations, Ministry of Economic Development, Russian Federation

Dr. Ayedh H. Alotaibi
Deputy Governor, Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Ms. Jasmina Roskić
Head International Agreements and Foreign Trade Department, Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, Serbia

Ms. Xolelwa Mlumbi-peter
Deputy Director General, International Trade and Economic Development Division, Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa

Mr. Pablo Martinez Segrelles
Deputy Director, Directorate for International Investments, Spain

Ms. Champika Malalgoda
Executive Director (Research & Policy Advocacy), Board of Investment, Sri Lanka

Hon. Jayantha Chandrasiri Jayasuriya
Attorney General, Attorney General’s Department, Sri Lanka

Mr. Lukas Siegenthaler
Head of Division, International Investment and Multinational Enterprises, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Switzerland

Mrs. Vilawan Mangklatanakul
Director-general, Department of International Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand

Mr. Hasan Aslan Akpinar
Head of Department, Ministry of Economy, Turkey

Mr. Ahmad Mousa Aljaghbeer
Legal Advisor, Secretary General Office, Supreme Legislation Committee in the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Ms. Treasure Maphanga
Director, Trade and Industry, African Union Commission

Ms. Gail Mathurin
Director General, Office of Trade Negotiations, Caribbean Community

Mr. Thierry Kalonji
Director, Investment and Promotion and Private Sector Development, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

Mr. Urban Rusnák
Secretary-general, Energy Charter Secretariat

Mr. El Hassane Hzaine
Director-general, Islamic Centre for Development of Trade

Mr. David Gaukrodger
Senior Legal Adviser, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Mr. Chanchal Chand Sarkar
Director, Economic, Trade and Finance Division, Saarc Secretariat

Mr. Carlos M. Correa
Executive Director, South Centre Secretariat

He. Amb. Mr. Musa Kulaklikaya
Director-general, Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries

Mr. Marc Proksch
Chief, Investment and Enterprise Development Section, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Mr. Stephen Karingi
Director, Capacity Development Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Mr. Surya Deva
Vice Chair, Un Working Group on Business and Human Rights

Mr. Cristian Rodriguez Chiffelle
Head of Policy, International Trade and Investment, World Economic Forum

Dr. Christoph Sprich
Senior Manager, Bundesverband Der Deutschen Industrie

Mr. Pradeep S. Mehta
Secretary-general, Consumer Unity & Trust Society

Mr. Pascal Kerneis
Managing Director, European Service Forum

Mr. Dilip Chenoy
Secretary General, Federation of India Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Ms. Nathalie Bernasconi
Group Director, Economic Law and Policy, International Institute for Sustainable Development

Mr. Shaun Donnelly
Vice President, Investment and Financial Services, United States Council for International Business

Ms. Miriama Kiselyová
Financial Unit, Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the Eu

2018 Partners

ORGANIZATIONAL:
• UN-Ohrlls
• Schweizerische Eidgrnossenschaft
• International Chamber of Commerce
• The United Nations Office At Geneva
• Unhcr
• UN Habitat
• United Nations Economic Commission For Europe
• United Nations Economic Commission For Africa
• UN Women
• Iom-Oim
• World Health Organization
• Fao
• International Labour Organization
• Unep Finance Initiative
• Itu
• The Global Compact
• The World Bank
• World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies
• World Trade Organization
• Ifad
• World Federation of Exchanges
• Global Entrepreneurship Network
• Global Reporting Initiative
• Principles for Responsible Investment
• Carbon Tracker Initiative
• University of Cumbria
• Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies
• Global Impact Investing Network
• Climate Bonds
• Institute For Leadership And Sustainability
• #i4Policy
• organization Internationale De La Francophonie
• Femoza
• Climate Disclosure Standards Board
• Organisation of Islamic Cooperation