H.E. Mr. Ibrahim Bumelha
Cultural and Humanitarian Affairs Advisor of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum;
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees – Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian & Charity Establishment (MBRCH);
Chairman of the Higher Committee
H.E. Amb. Dr. Abdul Salam Al Madani
Chairman of DIHAD Sustainable Humanitarian Foundation; PAM Roving Ambassador for the GCC
H.E. Amb. Gerhard Putman-Cramer
CEO, DIHAD Sustainable Humanitarian Foundation;
Ambassador, Permanent Observer of the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Mediterranean to the United Nations & other
International Organisations in Geneva
Mr. Abdel Mageed Yahia
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Director,
UAE office and Representative for the GCC Region
Mr. Amin Awad
United Nations Crisis Coordinator for Ukraine; Senior Fellow, Advanced Leadership Initiative, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Ms. Clare Dalton
Head of Mission, International Committee
of the Red Cross (ICRC), UAE
Mr. Claus Sorensen
Senior Adviser on Resilience, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Norwegian Refugee Council; Former Director-General, ECHO
Dr. Dena Assaf
United Nations Resident Coordinator for the
United Arab Emirates; Deputy Commissioner General
for the UN at Expo2020
Dr. Fawzi Amin
Head of Delegation, International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
Mr. Giuseppe Saba
CEO of International Humanitarian City (IHC); Founder of the
United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot Network (UNHRD)
Ms. Joachime Nason
Head of Section, EU Delegation to the
United Nations, Geneva
Mr. Khaled Khalifa
Senior Advisor and Representative to the GCC Countries,
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Dr. Manal Mohammad Taryam
CEO of Primary Health Care in Dubai Health Authority;
Director of the Dubai Field Hospital for the Management of Corona;
CEO and Board Member of Noor Dubai Foundation
Dr. Marie McAuliffe
Head, Migration Research and Publications Division; Editor, World Migration Report, Department of Policy and Research, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Mr. Mario Stephan
Executive Director, Doctors Without Borders/
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) UAE Regional Office
Mr. Mohammed Al Yammahi
Acting Director, UAE Red Crescent Authority, Dubai
Mr. Mohammed Al Zarouni
Advisor, UAE Red Crescent Authority, Dubai
Dr. Mukesh Kapila
Professor Emeritus, Global Health &
Humanitarian Affairs, University of Manchester
Mr. Muktar Farah
Former Head of United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), UAE
Dr. Rana Hajjeh
Director, Programme Management, World Health Organization,
Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office
H.E. Dr. Sergio Piazzi
Secretary General, Parliamentary Assembly
of the Mediterranean (PAM)
H.E. Mr. Sultan Al Shamsi
Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International
Cooperation for International Development Affairs (MOFAIC)
Drs. Yannick du Pont
CEO, Spark
Amsterdam
