The initiative is overseen by a Global Commission comprising former heads of government and finance ministers, and leaders in the fields of economics, business and finance. All members serve in a personal capacity. A list of our Emeritus Commissioners is available here.

Naina Lal Kidwai is Commissioner, Global Commission on the Economy and Climate; Chair, India Sanitation Coalition

Naina Lal Kidwai

Commissioner; Chairman, Advent Private Equity India Advisory Board; Non-Executive Director, boards of LafargeHolcim, Max Financial Services, CIPLA, Nayara Energy and Larsen and Toubro; Past President, FICCI
India
Naina Lal Kidwai is Chairman Advent Private Equity India Advisory board; a Non-Executive Director on the boards of LafargeHolcim, Max Financial Services, CIPLA, Nayara Energy and Larsen and Toubro and Past President of FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry).
Chad Holliday is a member of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate

Chad O. Holliday

Commissioner; Chairman, Shell
United States

Chad Holliday is the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank of America, a position he held since 2010. For eleven years until 2008 he was Chair of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of DuPont.

Mari Elka Pangestu

Co-Chair; Member, WRI Board of Directors; Managing Director Of Development Policy And Partnerships, World Bank
Indonesia

Mari Pangestu is the World Bank Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships. In this role, which she assumed on March 1, 2020, Ms. Pangestu provides leadership and oversees the research and data group of the World Bank (DEC), the work program of the World Bank’s Global Practice Groups, and the External and Corporate Relations function.

Indrawati is Commissioner, Global Commission on the Economy and Climate; Finance Minister; Government of Indonesia

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Commissioner, Finance Minister of Indonesia
Indonesia

Sri Mulyani Indrawati is the current Finance Minister of Indonesia. This is her second term at this post. Most recently, she was the Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of The World Bank.

Carlos Lopes

Commissioner; Professor, University of Cape Town; Visiting Professor, Sciences Po, Paris; Associate Fellow in the Africa Programme and Chatham House
Guinea Bissau

Carlos Lopes was the 8th serving Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, an organization of the United Nations (UN) established in 1958 that has grown to become an influential think tank in the continent.

Jamshyd Godrej

Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce Mfg Co. Ltd.
India

Mr. Jamshyd N. Godrej is the Chairman of the Board of Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology.

Patricia de Lille

Commissioner; Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
South Africa

Currently the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Patricia de Lille has fought injustice for more than 40 years through her involvement in politics. She is known for her role as a trade unionist in the struggle for equality and as the initial whistle-blower on the infamous Arms Deal in 1999.

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