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Ugochi Daniels, Deputy Director General for Operations, IOM

Ms. Ugochi Daniels was appointed as IOM’s Deputy Director General for Operations, taking office on September 1, 2021. Prior to joining IOM, Ugochi Daniels was the Chief of Staff at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), covering Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza and the West Bank. She was also the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Designated Official for Security in the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2018 to 2020. From 2013 to 2018, Ugochi Daniels was the Chief of the Humanitarian and Fragile Contexts Branch at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Headquarters, covering over seventy countries.

Dr. Comfort Ero, President and CEO, International Crisis Group

Dr Comfort Ero was appointed Crisis Group’s President & CEO in December 2021. She joined the organisation as West Africa Project Director in 2001 and rose to become Africa Program Director and then, in January 2021, Interim Vice President. Dr Ero has spent her entire career working on or in conflict-affected countries. In between her two tenures at Crisis Group, she served as Deputy Africa Program Director for the International Centre for Transitional Justice (2008-2010) and, prior to that, Political Affairs Officer and Policy Advisor to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, UN Mission in Liberia (2004-2007).

Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs & Emergency Relief Coordinator, OCHA, United Nations

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on 9 October 2024 the appointment of Tom Fletcher of the United Kingdom as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Mr. Fletcher, who is currently the Principal of Hertford College, Oxford (since 2020) and Vice-Chair of Oxford University’s Conference of Colleges (since 2022), has strong experience of leading and transforming organizations and bringing an understanding of diplomacy at the highest levels.

Dr. Ahmed Ogwell, President & CEO, VillageReach

Ahmed Ogwell is a Kenyan public health expert with three decades of experience at national, regional and global levels. He was most recently the Vice President for Global Health Strategy at the UN Foundation, where he spearheaded global health policy, advocacy, convening, thought leadership and grant making in support of the UN’s priorities. Prior to this, he was Deputy Director-General at Africa CDC, an institution he served in various leadership capacities, including as acting CEO, and the founding Deputy Director. He led Africa CDC during a time of significant growth and transformation, steering Africa’s complex and successful response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other disease threats, including Ebola, Marburg and cholera.

Gunn Jorid Roset, Director General, Norad

Gunn Jorid Roset is the Director General of Norad, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. Ms Roset previously served as Deputy Director General of the Department for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the department responsible for formulating Norwegian UN policy, Norwegian policy relating to the international development banks, and implementing Norwegian policy in the fields of human rights, democracy, equality and humanitarian assistance. Ms Roset has worked in the Foreign Service since 1998. She has had postings in Latvia and South Africa and most recently served as Ambassador to Malaysia. She has also held several management positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Guy Ryder, Under-Secretary-General for Policy, United Nations

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on 7 October 2022 the appointment of Guy Ryder of the United Kingdom as Under-Secretary-General for Policy in his Executive Office. Mr. Ryder was previously the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva after serving two successive terms since October 2012. He first joined the ILO in 1998 as Director of the Bureau for Workers’ Activities and from 1999, served as Director of the Office of the Director-General.

Tony Maciulis (moderator), Chief Content Officer, GZERO Media

Tony Maciulis is a media executive whose diverse career has spanned network news, entertainment, digital content creation, and thought leadership initiatives for Fortune 500 companies. He's the Executive Producer of GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, a weekly geopolitical affairs program airing nationally on public television. Previously, Tony was Head of News Video at Yahoo, leading all news, politics, and feature franchises including coverage of the 2016 presidential election. He served as Executive Producer of the documentary "Uniquely Nasty: The US Government's War on Gays," which won an Edward R. Murrow award. Tony spent a decade in partnership with acclaimed journalist Katie Couric, working first as her producer at the CBS Evening News and later as Senior Supervising Producer and Head Writer of Katie, her syndicated daytime talk show.