People

Our team

The strength of the Foundation is in its wide-reaching network; as such, our leadership team is small. The Global Foundation is led by its founder and Secretary General, Steve Howard, and supported by a small secretariat based in Australia. The Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors and guided by a Global Advisory Council consisting of some of the world’s most eminent business, academic, and civil society leaders.

Our Team

Board

**Prof Paul Wellings** **OBE**
Board member

Ms **Christine Christian AO**
Board member

Global Advisory Council

Dr Mark Cutifani CBE

Chair of the Global Advisory Council

Mark Cutifani was Chief Executive of Anglo American from 2013- 2022, and currently acts as special adviser to the new Chief Executive. He has more than 45 years of broad experience of projects, operations, marketing, business development and finance.

Mark has considerable experience in mining, having been associated with the industry since 1976 and has a practical working knowledge of most of the commodities produced and sold across the globe. He has had line experience and responsibility for mining and industrial businesses across six continents. Prior to joining Anglo American, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer at AngloGold Ashanti based in South Africa, and before that he was the Chief Operating Officer for Inco and then Vale’s global Nickel business, based in Canada. Prior to his Vale role he held senior executive positions with the Normandy Group, Sons of Gwalia, Western Mining Corporation, Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines and CRA.

Mark was until recently also the Chairman of De Beers Group of Companies and a non-Executive Director of Anglo American Platinum Limited. Mark continues as a non-executive director of Total SA. He is currently the Chair of Vale Base Metals.

Ms Sharan Burrow AC

Deputy Chair of the Global Advisory Council

Sharan Burrow is a global advocate for human and labour rights, climate action and Just Transition. She is the former General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation 2010-2022. Previously, she was President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) from 2000-2010.

Sharan is well known for her international advocacy on labour standards, corporate responsibility, climate action with just transition, investment in infrastructure and the green economy, investment in the care economy, women, equality and diversity, global migration and employment.

She has represented workers in civil society groups in global policy discussions in United Nations bodies, on the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization as well as at the tables of the G7, G20, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund.

Sharan is currently a visiting professor in practice at the LSE, a board member of the European Climate foundation, a co-chair of the IEA Labour Council, Deputy Chair of the B Team, a member of the Commission on Global Climate Governance and chair of the Curtin Institute for Energy Transition.

dennis-bracy-1 — **Mr Dennis Bracy**
CEO at Avatar Dimension;
Chairman at Avatar Studios
Former CEO US-China Clean Energy Council

ed-byrne-1 — **Professor Sir Edward Byrne AC**
Chair, Australian Advisory Council

helen-clark-1 — **Rt Hon Helen Clark ONZ SSI PC**
Patron of The Helen Clark Foundation;
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand;
Former United Nations Development Program Administrator

crow-1 — **Dr Michael Crow**
President, Arizona State University

denton-1 — **Mr John Denton** AO
Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce

dino-1 — Dr **Dino Patti Djalal**
Founder and CEO, 1000 Abrahamic Circles Project;
Former Deputy Foreign Minister, Republic of Indonesia

enrico-1 — **Prof Enrico Giovannini**
Professor, Department of Economics and Finance (DEF), University of Rome Tor Vergata

**Mr Steve Howard**
Secretary General, The Global Foundation

**Professor Ian Jacobs**
Former President & Vice Chancellor, University of New South Wales

jeyakumar — **Mr Jeyakumar Janakaraj**
CEO, Adani Global Singapore & AdaniConneX

keyu-jin-1 — **Dr Keyu Jin**
Associate Professor of Economics, London School of Economics

orb-knott — **Mr Robert Knott**
Chairman, GHD

pascal-1 — **Mr Pascal Lamy**
Vice President, Paris Peace Forum;
Coordinator of the Jacques Delors Think Tanks (Paris, Berlin, Brussels)

RenaeLattey — **Ms Renae Lattey**
Chief Executive Partner, King & Wood Mallesons

brian — **Mr Brian Loughnane AO**
Member of the Board, The Global Foundation

**Mr John McCarthy AO**
Senior Adviser, Asialink;
Former Australian Ambassador to India, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, and United States

**Dr Selena Ng**
Manager Consulting, Social Ventures Australia

**Dr Giuseppe Parigi**
Head of International Relations and Economic Directorate, Bank of Italy

stefania — **Professor Dr Stefania Proiett**i
Mayor of Assisi and President of the Province of Perugia, Italy

**Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs**
Director, Centre for Sustainable Development, Columbia University;
President, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network

**Hon Arthur Sinodinos AO**
Partner & Chair of the Australian Practice, The Asia Group;
Former Ambassador to United States

wang — **Dr Wang Huiyao**
President, Centre for China and Globalisation

watson-1 — **Ms Louise Watson**
Chairman, The Global Foundation

waygood — **Dr Steve Waygood**
Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Aviva Investors

wellings-1 — **Professor Paul Wellings**
Member of the Board, The Global Foundation

**Professor Xiang Bing**
Founding Dean and Professor of China Business and Globalization, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

**Tan Sri Dr Michael O.K. Yeoh**
President, KSI Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific

Our team

**Ms Willow Osborne-Rigby**
Executive Assistant

**Ms Natasha Kerr**
Program & Event Coordinator

**Mr Daniel Hoogstra**
Communication Coordinator

**Ms Tara Highet**
Communications & Content Coordinator

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