Helen Clark

Helen Clark is widely known for her tenure as the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand. Making history as the second female Prime Minister of the country, Helen left her mark with her passions for gender equality, diversity and inclusion. She was also fondly known for her pledge to make New Zealand the first ecologically sustainable nation and is now booked as a sustainability speaker for corporate events.

Elected to her position of Prime Minister in 1999, Helen has a long and decorated history in politics. She has formerly been the Leader of the Opposition and the Shadow Spokesperson for Health and Labour. She has also been the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in New Zealand and the former Minister of Health. She has also acted as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and outside of politics has acted as the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme. She is also the Patron of the Helen Clark Foundation, an organisation set up to create a more inclusive and sustainable society.

Continually striving for equality in positions of power, Helen is widely remembered for appointing women in senior positions such as Governor-General and Chief of Justice. She also strived to make sure that New Zealand had sustainability and the best interests of the environment at the forefront of their agenda. Her commitment to such interests saw Helen claim countless awards, most notably the Peace Prize of the Danish Peace Foundation, the United Nations Champions of the Earth Award and the Nuclear-Free Future Award. Most recently, she has taken on the role of the Co-Chair of the Panel reviewing WHO’s Covid-19 response.

With a successful political career behind her, Helen is now often booked as a speaker on sustainability and has formerly delivered the TEDx talk Yes She Can. When she is booked as a speaker, Helen shares her wisdom on topics such as sustainable development, sustainable practices, gender equality and inclusion. Also a member of the Council of Women World Leaders, Helen is passionate to create a fairer and more sustainable future for all and is the perfect sustainability speaker for events.

Giovanni Guidetti

Giovanni Guidetti is believed to be one of the best head coaches of all times in woman volleyball. Born in Modena in 1972, he started his professional coaching career at the age of 23 and coached national teams all around the world, including United States of America, Bulgaria, Germany and Holland. He has lived in Turkey since 2008, working as the head coach of VakıfBank club. Giovanni Guidetti won 5 CEV Champions League, 4 FIVB World Cup, 7 Turkish League and 5 Turkish Cup trophies during the last 10 years. He has also been appointed as the head coach of Turkish National Team in 2017. Under the leadership of Guidetti, Turkish National Team has been qualified for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and the team reached quarters for first time in Olympics history.

Besides his successful coaching career, Mr. Guidetti is a famous activist. He is pioneering various projects to fight against gender discrimination, using volleyball as a strong tool to empower girls all around the country and tear down the barriers for girls for equal access to sports. He is the founder of a social movement platform called “Yarının Sultanları” (Sultan of Tomorrow). The mission of the platform is to provide equal opportunity to the girls in the socio-economically disadvantaged regions of Turkey through volleyball. He visits the villages of disadvantaged regions with his assistant coaches and train the girls who have never played volleyball. In 2019, he has been officially appointed by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as the advocate for gender equality. This is the first time sports person has been chosen to become United Nations advocates in Turkey.

Alaa Murabit

One of the leading global health and inclusive security experts of her generation, Alaa Murabit is the Director of Health at the Gates Foundation, overseeing global health policy & advocacy. A medical doctor, she is a United Nations High-Level Commissioner on Health Employment & Economic Growth, and one of 17 Global Sustainable Development Goal Advocates appointed by the UN Secretary-General. Alaa’s work has shaped policies in 193 countries and impacts billions. She was most recently named a Canadian Meritorious Service Cross recipient, 2021 Harvard Radcliffe Fellow, and 2022 World Economic Forum Young Global Leader for her work at the intersections of global security, health, gender, and sustainability.

Alaa previously founded and spearheaded The Voice of Libyan Women at the age of 21. Her TED Talk, "What My Religion Really Says About Women" has been viewed seven million times and was selected as the TED Talk of the Day, one of four moving TED Talks you should watch right now by The New York Times, and one of 12 TED Talks That Define the Future of Feminism.

Recently named a prestigious Harvard Radcliffe Fellow for her work “Architects of Peace: Redefining the Role of Women in Today’s Growing Security Agenda” focusing on the unique roles and leadership women have in conflict resolution and global peacebuilding. Alaa is also an MIT Media Lab Director's Fellow, Ashoka Fellow, serves as a board member for The Malala Fund and an alternate board member for Gavi.

She was the Executive Director of Phase Minus 1, which provides thought leadership in conflict resolution and inclusive security from 2016 to 2020, and in 2019 she founded CO-AGENCY, an accelerator for emerging women’s leadership in security, peacebuilding, and policy.

Alaa is the recipient of 100+ honors and awards, including the 2013 New York Times TrustWomen Hero, BBC Top 100 Woman, Forbes 30 Under 30, 2019 WIRED World Global Thought-leader, the2018 Nelson Mandela International Change-maker Award by The Nelson Mandela Family, and one of the 2019 Top 20 Most Influential People in Gender Equality Policy in the world alongside Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Angela Merkel, and Michelle Obama. Her leadership in global policy and in elevating the role of emerging women leaders was recognized by Harvard Law which named her the youngest 2017 Woman Inspiring Change. For her leadership architecting policies in security, health policy, and sustainable development, she was recognized as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in History by the Canadian Government and Canada’s 2021 Woman of Impact. Aside from being selected as a 2022 World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, she has also recently been named a 2021 CNN Leading Woman, 2021 Wikipedia Global Leader, and a 2021 UNWomen Leader We Admire.