State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal DemocraticRepublic of Ethiopia, January 2023 – To date;- Ethiopia’s Deputy Chief Negotiator for WTO & AFCFTAGovernment Posts and Professional Experience- December 2021–December 2022, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ethio – EngineeringGroup- October 2018–November 2021, State Minister, Ministry of Trade and Industry- May 2018–October 2018, State Minister, Ministry of Labor and Social Affair- November 2017–May 2018, Chief of Staff, Office of the Prime Minister▪ H.E. Abiy Ahmed (PhD), Prime Minister▪ H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegne, Former Prime Minister- December 2013–November 2017, Ambassador, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary andSpecial Envoy to the State of Qatar- July 2010–September 2013, Consul-General at Ethiopian Consulate in Dubai, and Head of Mission to the UAE- 2008 –2010, Director General for Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs- 2006 – 2008, Deputy Mayor and Bureau Head of Addis Ababa City Information andCulture, City Cabinet Member, Addis Ababa Millennium Council Vice-Chairman- 2005 – 2008, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia Educational Qualification- Post Graduate Studies on Peace and Security, Addis Ababa University- Post Graduate Studies on International Relations, Brussels, Belgium- BA Degree in History, Minor Geography, Addis Ababa University

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian FederationBorn in 1950, Russian.1972 – graduated from the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Has command of English, French and Sinhalese.Started his career in 1972 at the Soviet Embassy in Sri Lanka.1976-1981 – worked in the Department of International Organizations of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.1981-1988 – First Secretary, Counselor and Senior Counselor in the Permanent Representation of the USSR at the UN.1988-1990 – Deputy Head of the Department of International Economic Relations of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.1990-1992 – Director of the Foreign Ministry's Department of International Organizations and Global Problems.1992-1994 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.1994-2004 – Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation at the United Nations.Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation since 2004.Has the rank of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation.Decorated with government awards.Married, with one daughter.

Morgan D. Ortagus is the founder of POLARIS National Security and host of The Morgan Ortagus Show on SiriusXM Radio. She is also a principal at Rubicon Founders, a healthcare investment firm, and serves as an Officer in the U.S. Navy Reserves. From 2019-2021, she served at the Department of State as the Spokesperson for the United States ofAmerica. At the State Department, she worked closely with the White House on the historic Abraham Accords and led U.S. government efforts to push back against sophisticated Chinese, Russian, and Iranian malign influence campaigns. She previously worked at the Department of the Treasury as an intelligence analyst, and from 2010-2011 was the deputyU.S. Treasury Attaché to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.In 2007, Morgan spent several months in Baghdad, Iraq at the USAID Mission, and was a national security contributor to Fox News. Morgan graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Florida Southern College, and she earned a dual Master of Arts in Government Master of Business Administration from John Hopkins University in 2013. She lives in Nashville, TN with her husband, Jonathan, and their daughter, Adina.“Morgan Ortagus was a savvy department spokeswoman who had real foreign policy experience as a Navy reservist and former Treasury Department and USAID official. This made her a true weapon at the podium and on TV,” Mike Pompeo, Former United States Secretary of State.

Kim Dozier is a CNN Global Affairs Analyst. She has written for TIME Magazine, Rolling Stone, The Daily Beast and the Associated Press. A Peabody-Award-winning former CBS Evening News correspondent, she has a track record of breaking national security, intelligence and foreign policy stories. She’s also edited news, analysis, and opinion pieces and managed team news coverage in Washington, D.C., London, Jerusalem and Baghdad.

Aug. 2022 - 2023: Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the United States of America.Oct. 2017 – 2022: Non-Resident Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg.Feb. 2017 - 2022: Head of Mission of the State of Kuwait to the European Union (EU).Dec. 2016 - 2022: Head of Mission of the State of Kuwait to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).Nov. 2016 - 2022: Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the Kingdom of Belgium.Nov. 2013 - 2016: Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the Republic of Korea.2012 - 2013: Deputy Director, Department of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.May 2011: Appointed as Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of the State of Kuwait to the United States of America. March 2007: Promoted to Counselor.June 2001: Appointed as First Secretary at the Embassy of the State of Kuwait to the United States of America.1997-2001:Appointed as Second Secretary at the Embassy of the State of Kuwait to Austria and at the Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations in Vienna.1993-1997 :Appointed as Third Secretary at the Embassy of the State of Kuwait to Japan. 1991-1992: Diplomatic Attaché, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Kuwait.

Becky Anderson is one of CNN International’s highest profile anchors. She hosts Connect the World with Becky Anderson, which airs weekdays at 5:00pm UAE time. She is based at CNN’s Abu Dhabi bureau, where she also serves as Managing Editor.In these roles Anderson has a distinctive regional perspective on some of today’s most important news stories, including the emerging politico-economic trends in the Gulf, the regional rivalries between Iran and Saudi Arabia and the deepening humanitarian crisis stemming from years of political instability in Syria and Iraq.Anderson is a skilled interviewer, adept at close questioning and has interviewed many of the world’s leading politicians, decision-makers and thought-leaders. She has conducted one-on-one interviews with top world leaders including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir, Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abudllah bin Zayed, Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed Al Thani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and leading humanitarian leaders such as UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. She is equally at home with celebrities, quizzing the world’s A-listers, including Jennifer Lopez, Will.i.Am, Akon, Oprah Winfrey, Juliette Binoche, Andrew Lloyd-Weber, Beyoncé, George Clooney, Lady Gaga, Tom Hanks, Javier Bardem and Brad Pitt.Since moving Connect the World to Abu Dhabi, Anderson has spent much of her time travelling across the Middle East at an extraordinary time of upheaval and change. Anderson and the team were the first team to broadcast from Riyadh after the ban on women driving were lifted. She has broadcast special shows from Tehran to Jerusalem, from Istanbul to Beirut, bringing a range of interviews, reports and packages to CNN International viewers around the globe.

Dr Karin von Hippel became Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) on 30 November 2015.Karin von Hippel joined RUSI after serving for nearly six years in the US Department of State as a Senior Adviser in the Bureau of Counterterrorism, then as a Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, and finally, as Chief of Staff to General John Allen, Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter-ISIL.Prior to that, she co-directed the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC and was a senior research fellow at the Centre for Defence Studies, King’s College London. She has also worked for the United Nations and the European Union in Somalia and Kosovo, and has direct experience in over two dozen conflict zones.Dr von Hippel has numerous publications to her name, including Democracy by Force: US Military Intervention in the Post-Cold War World(2000), which was short-listed for the RUSI Westminster Medal in Military History. She holds a PhD from the London School of Economics, an MSt from Oxford University, and a BA from Yale University.

Kirsten Fontenrose is a nonresident fellow at the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative in the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Programs. Previously, Kirsten was director of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative in the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Programs until December 2021. Focused on the issues that keep policymakers up at night, her team engages technical experts and decision-makers globally to develop bipartisan approaches to burning and long-term obstacles to regional security. Kirsten spent 2018 as Senior Director for the Gulf at the National Security Council, leading the development of U.S. policy toward nations of the GCC, Yemen, Egypt, and Jordan. Prior to this service at the White House,  Kirsten spent a year in the private sector consulting on specialized projects in the national security space. Her interagency experience includes five years at the Department of State leading the Middle East and Africa team in the interagency Global Engagement Center. Prior to this Kirsten worked with a field team studying foreign populations for US Department of Defense Theater Special Operations Commands.  For seven years ending in 2006 Kirsten was responsible for building relationships with military officers and diplomats from the Middle East and South Asia for the Near East Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University, after spending a year establishing this Center for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Her career began in the non-profit sector at the National Council on US-Relations, and in the private sector working on US-Arab business projects. She holds a BA in Middle East Studies from the College of William and Mary, an MA in Middle East Studies from Indiana University, funded by a US government grant, and an MBA from Harvard Business School’s General Management Program.  She has appeared on CNN, Fox News, CNBC, Al Arabiya, BBC, Al Jazeera and other international news media outlets. She is quoted in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and has published articles in the Washington Post, the National (UAE), Defense One, the National Interest and other international news publications.

Tuqa Nusairat is an expert on US policy in the Middle East and the director for strategy, operations, and finance at Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East Programs. In addition to managing a team of Washington-based fellows and staff, her research focuses on political reform, civil society, and human rights broadly in the region, with a special focus on Jordan and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Since joining the Council in 2012, she has played a key role in shaping the direction and growth of the Council’s Middle East related programming, publications, outreach and development and has been instrumental in advancing relationships with vital stakeholders including donors, board members, and high-level contacts. Previously, she worked at the Project on Middle East Democracy and the National Endowment for Democracy. Nusairat holds an MS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a BA in Government and International Politics from George Mason University.

Alain Délétroz has been serving as the Director General of Geneva Call since January 2018, bringing with him a longstanding experience of nearly three decades in conflict-stricken areas and politically tense contexts.Mr. Délétroz has extensive expertise in conflict assessment and resolution, democratic reforms, and humanitarian aid. He has worked on the ground in various regions, including Russia, North/South Caucasus, Central Asia, the Andean countries, and West Africa.Prior to his current role, Mr. Délétroz served as a Fellow at the Geneva Center for Security Policy from 2014 to 2017 and as Vice-President of the International Crisis Group from 2002 to 2013. He was also Director of the Open Society Institute in Tashkent from 1998 to 2002 and a Delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Moscow from 1994 to 1998.Mr. Délétroz's passion for humanitarian and development work began in Peru, where he focused on adult literacy and capacity building from 1986 to 1991.

Mr. Skinnari worked as a Minister of International Trade and Development of Finland 2019-2023 as a key minister for the Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Cabinet. He is a well known Nordic speaker in foreign affairs with a focus on solution driven thinking and ambitious thoughts. Currently he serves as a Member of Parliament and chairs the Qatar friendship group. Mr. Skinnari has masters degree in commercial law and business degrees in finance and marketing.

Dr. Hussein Mwinyi is the President of Zanzibar and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council. He had served as a Minister in the Tanzanian Government in different Potfolios since 2000.He was born in Zanzibar. He graduated with a degree in Medicine in Turkey at the University of Marmara in Istanbul and proceeded for specialization in Internal Medicine in UK from King's College at Hammersmith Hospital in London. Before joining Politics he worked as a medical Practitioner at Royal Sussex Hospital in Brighton UK, Muhimbili National Hospital Tanzania and Hubert Kairuki Memorial Hospital in Dar es Salaam. He also taught as a senior lecturer at Hubert Kairuki Memorial University Medical School. DR. Mwinyi has been the Minister of Defence and National Service for ten years. In 2020 Dr. Mwinyi was elected as President of Zanzibar. 

H.E. Abshir was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for the Federal Republic of Somalia in 2022. A seasoned diplomat, Abshir has been at the forefront of promoting and protecting Somalia’s interests and image regionally and globally. He was part of the diplomatic negotiations that led to the resumption of diplomatic relations which had remained severed. He was central in pushing for the membership of Somalia to the East Africa Community (EAC) including the EAC verification process in Somalia, which is a major milestone in Somalia’s move to join the EAC.As an entrepreneur, Abshir is committed to developing Somalia’s growing private sector to contribute to the welfare of the Puntland people. He is the Chairman of Huruse & Bros Properties Ltd, a Garowe-based hospitality company that also serves international clients. He is also the executive board member of private enterprises delivering technologically advanced solutions in the field of software development, energy, and communications. Public-private partnership in Puntland’s economic and sustainable development is at the heart of Abshir’s governance agenda.Scholar and PractitionerH.E Abshir is both a scholar and practitioner in the public affairs of Puntland and the entire Republic of Somalia. He is a Master of Arts (Post-War Reconstruction and Development) graduate of the University of York in the United Kingdom. He also holds a Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance (DHA) from Geneva, Switzerland. Abshir is well grounded in the scholarship and practice of humanitarian interventions, negotiations, political crisis response and disaster management. This is so because Abshir has attended numerous humanitarian courses including the International Humanitarian Negotiator’s training in Barcelona, Spain. Overall, Abshir has vast experience in the implementation of humanitarian and social development.As a practitioner, Abshir was a senior Field Officer for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Puntland and Somaliland from 1996-2002. Upon return from his higher education in the United Kingdom, Abshir rejoined ICRC in 2004, where he served for 10 years as a Regional Coordinator. Notably, during the peak of the Somalia civil war, he took leadership in critical disaster response operations in humanitarian intervention and social support.

Julien Barnes-Dacey is the director of the Middle East & North Africa programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

Jared Cohen is the President of Global Affairs and co-head of the Office of Applied Innovation at Goldman Sachs. He joined as a Partner in 2022 and is a member of the firm’s Management Committee and the Firmwide Client Franchise Committee.Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Cohen was Chief Executive Officer of Jigsaw, which he founded at Alphabet Inc. in 2016. In this role, his work focused on applying frontier technology to the greatest challenges facing humanity. Prior to that, Mr. Cohen was Google’s first Director of Ideas and Chief Advisor to Google’s Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. From 2006 to 2010, he served as a member of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff and as a close advisor to both Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton. Mr. Cohen is a New York Times bestselling author of six books, including One Hundred Days of Silence: America and the Rwanda Genocide, Children of Jihad, The New Digital Age: Transforming Nations, Business, and our Lives, which he co-authored with Eric Schmidt, Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America, and the forthcoming Life After Power. He is also the author of the children’s book Speaking of America, which is forthcoming. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, TIME Magazine, Financial Times and Foreign Policy. Mr. Cohen has been named to the "TIME 100" list, Foreign Policy's “Top 100 Global Thinkers,” Fortune’s “40 Under 40”, and Vanity Fair's "Next Establishment." Mr. Cohen is a member of and an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and also a member of the Trilateral Commission. He serves on the Board of Directors of Gilded, Stanford University’s Freeman-Spogli Institute and the Chapin School. He serves on the advisory boards of RAND, the National Counterterrorism Center, Schmidt Futures and the Anti-Slavery Collective. He has also previously served as an advisor to Allianz, ScaleAI, RizviTraverse, ASAPP, Andreesen-Horowitz, and the Secretary of State’s Foreign Affairs Advisory Board. Mr. Cohen received his B.A. from Stanford University and his M.Phil in International Relations from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He speaks fluent Swahili.