No.

Name

Country

Background

1

Dr. Mostafa Tolba

Chairman

Egypt

President of International Center for Environment and Development (ICED), Chairman of the fifth session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

2

Mr. Kwasi Abeasi

Ghana

Director-General of Private Enterprise Foundation, former Managing Director of Ghana Oil Co. Ltd.

3

Dr. Ismail Sabry Abdalla

Egypt

Third World Forum

4

Prof. Adebayo Adedeji

Nigeria

Executive Director, African Center for Development and Strategic Studies, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, former Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, former Federal Minister for Economic Development and Reconstruction.

5

Mr. Francis Antonio

Malawi

General Secretary of the Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU)

6

Dr. Hassan Osman Abdel Nour

Sudan

Former Minister of Agriculture, International Forestry Consultant

7

Prof. Adel Bishay

Egypt

Professor of Economics, American University, Cairo.

8

Ms. Mary Chinery-Hesse

Ghana

Former Deputy Director-General of International Labour Organization (ILO), former UNDP Resident Representative.

9

H.E. Bakary Dabo

Gambia

former Minister of Finance

10

Prof. Mohamed El Kassas

Egypt

Professor at Cairo University, former President of the World Conservation Union (IUCN)

11

Mr. Mersie Ejigu

Ethiopia

Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer of Partnership for African Environmental Sustainability (PAES), former Assistant Director-General of (IUCN), former Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, former Minister of Planning and Development

12

Adm. Lamine Fadika

Cote d'Ivoire

Vice President of the National Assembly of Cote d'Ivoire. Former Minister: Marine; International Transport and Ports; Environment; Mines; Petroleum Resources.

13

Dr. Abdel Aziz Hegazy

Egypt

Former Prime Minister, former Deputy Prime Minister for Economy and Foreign Trade, former Visiting Professor of Cairo University, former Dean of Faculty of Commerce, Ain Shams University.

14

Dr. Calestous Juma

Kenya

Director of Science, Technology and Innovation Program, Center for International Development of Harvard University. Former Executive Secretary of Convention on Biological Diversity, founding Executive Director, African Center for Technology Studies, Member of the Board of Directors of the World Resources Institute. Fellow of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences.

15

Mr. Djamel-Eddine Khene

Algeria

SONATRACH

16

Dr. Wangari Maathai

Kenya

former Chairman of the National Council of Women of Kenya, former Chair of the Department of Veterinary Anatomy of Nairobi University.

17

Hon. Amos Masondo

South Africa

Executive Mayor of Johannesburg.

18

Mr. Patrice Motsepe

South Africa

Chairman, African Rainbow Minerals, Vice President/Chamber of Mines

19

Ms. Gertrude Mongela

Tanzania

President of Advocacy for Women in Africa (AWA), Secretary-General of Beijing World Conference on Women, MP

20

Mr. Babacar N'diaye

Senegal

21

Mr. Robert N'Dow

Mali

Former Minister of Natural Resources, former Assistant Director General of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

22

Prof. G.O.P. Obasi

Nigeria

Vice President, Third World Academy of Sciences

23

Ms. Elizabeth Ntaenga Ngatchou Tankeu

Cameroon

Former Minister of Planning and Territorial Management.

24

Prof. Iba Der Thiam

Senegal

Former Member of the Executive Council of UNESCO, former Minister of National Education and Higher Education.

25

Amb. Anatole G. Tiendrebeogo

Burkina Faso

Former Assistant Secretary-General of the Organization for African Unity (OAU), former Minister of Environment and Tourism

26

Hon. Joseph Warioba

Tanzania

Former Prime Minister