Mezzo profiles 83 global challenges speakers, including Pico Iyer, Christiana Figueres, and Lesley Hazleton. Each has a verified gig record.
Together they've given 127 talks across 28 events.
Who are the top global challenges speakers?
83 speakers · showing 1–24
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Pico Iyer
Travel writer & author of The Art of Stillness | 15 books on travel, belonging, and finding home
Christiana Figueres
UN Climate Champion | Paris Agreement Architect and Climate Action Catalyst
Sonia Shah
Science Journalist | Revealing Hidden Truths About Pandemics
Ian Goldin
Globalisation Expert | Oxford Professor and Former World Bank VP
Lesley Hazleton
Author & Former Middle East Reporter | Politics & Religion
Kevin Rudd
Former Australian Prime Minister | Global Leadership & China Relations
Misha Glenny
Investigative Journalist | Cybersecurity & Environmental Crime
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Gordon Brown
Former UK Prime Minister | Global Leadership & Emerging Technologies
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Johan Rockström
Environmental Scientist | Climate Change & Sustainability Thought Leader
Sue Allchurch
UN Global Compact Leader | Transforming Corporate Sustainability Globally
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
WTO Director-General | First woman and African to lead WTO, former Nigerian Finance Minister
Nouriel Roubini
'Dr. Doom' Economist Who Predicted 2008 Crisis | NYU Professor Emeritus
Jared Diamond
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author | Public Relations & Cultural Dynamics
Amlan Roy
Global Demographics Expert | Wiley Author of 'Demographics Unravelled'
Robert Muggah
Security and Development Expert | Emerging Tech & Geopolitics
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
UN Under-Secretary-General & Executive Director of UN Women
Felix Finkbeiner
Founder at Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation
Suki Kim
Investigative Journalist | Reporting from the Heart of North Korea
Michael Anti
Chinese Journalist | Navigating Digital Censorship
Parag Khanna
Global strategist | Expert on geopolitics and urban futures
Cary Fowler
Global Seed Vault Architect | Combating Agricultural Collapse
Bruce Aylward
Former WHO Advisor | Mental Health & Public Health Leadership
Shashi Tharoor
Former UN Under-Secretary-General | Global Diplomat & Indian Parliamentarian
Ella Al-Shamahi
Paleoanthropologist | Exploring Evolutionary History & Conservation
Rising speakers
Active, up-and-coming voices in Global Challenges — beyond the household names
Misha Glenny
Investigative Journalist | Cybersecurity & Environmental Crime
Kevin Rudd
Former Australian Prime Minister | Global Leadership & China Relations
Chrystia Freeland
Deputy Prime Minister of Canada | Journalist and Global Affairs Expert
Sue Allchurch
UN Global Compact Leader | Transforming Corporate Sustainability Globally
Nouriel Roubini
'Dr. Doom' Economist Who Predicted 2008 Crisis | NYU Professor Emeritus
Thomas Friedman
Foreign affairs columnist | Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author
Parag Khanna
Global strategist | Expert on geopolitics and urban futures
Jared Diamond
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author | Public Relations & Cultural Dynamics