Meet the Team
Inspiring and navigating towards collective success
Catherine Omondi
Founder & Global Executive Director
(Chief Executive Officer)
Hon. James Mureu
President & Chairman of the Board
Esther Omondi
Co-Founder, Board Director
& Special Representative –
African Affairs
Abdinoor Hussein (PhD)
Board Director & Advisor –
Human Capital and
Institutional Development
Pratap Reddy Udumala
Non-Executive Director
& Advisor – Energy
Mohamed Mahgoub
Non-Executive Director
& Special Representative – CIS Affairs
Michael Okomo
Non-Executive Director
& Advisor – Strategic Affairs
Edita Ostvald
Non-Executive Director &
Special Representative –
European Affairs
Continental Leadership
Commissioner Generals & Chair of Governing Councils
Dr. Franck Attere
Commissioner General &
Chairperson, Africa Council
Amb. Claudia Milena Vaca
Commissioner General &
Chairperson, Latin America Council
Benjamin Hardman
Commissioner General &
Chairperson, North America Council
Lawrence Christoffelsz
Commissioner General &
Chairperson, Oceania – SIDS Council
Commissioners & Chief of Programs
Dr. Cumaio Bernardo Abilio
Commissioner & Chief of Programs – Southern Africa & Lusophone States
Patrick Nyangweso
Commissioner & Chief of Programs – East and Central Africa & Africa SIDS
Advisors & Global Ambassadors
Dr. GD Singh
Special Advisor ASIA
Joe Osawaye
Advisor – Investments
Selamawit Zemene
Global Ambassador