Below please find a sample of the carefully-selected leaders we are inviting to contribute their diverse perspectives and practices. Most are already confirmed:
Multinational C-Suite & board leaders
Riccardo Bellini, CEO, Chloe, a purpose-driven B Corp fashion brand
Charmian Love, Global Director of Advocacy, Natura & Co
Robert Metzke, Philips’ Global Head of ESG & Chief of Staff Innovation
Daniel Povel, Director of Corporate Development, Triodos Bank
Vatican-related
leaders
Marta Guglielmetti, ED, Global Solidarity Fund
Father Josh Kureethadam, leader, Laudato Si Action Platform
Father Charles Chilufya, a director of Africa’s Jesuit Conference
Samanta Bongini, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Family business
owners
Thais Beldi, owner family and innovation director of Brazil’s SPLICE Group
Walter Link, former co-owner of 140-year Euro-US-Asian industrial group B.Grimm
Ruediger Fox, CEO of Sympathx, owned by Otto family, Germany
Leaders from diverse spiritual backgrounds
Ismahane Elouafi, UN’s Food & Agriculture Organization science director
Channa da Silva, Chair, Sarvodaya's Micro Finance Bank
Oscar David, professor, board advisor, author Integrity of Power
Andreas Sommer, formerly CEO Mavena and CCO Weleda
Benefit Corporation movement leaders
Marcello Palazzi, co-founder of EU’s Benefit Corporation movement
Leen Zevenbergen, co-founder of EU’s Benefit Corporation movement
Paolo Di Cesare, co-founder of Native, Europe’s first Benefit Corporation
Daniel Truran, B Lab Europe team, Dir. Gen. ethical business network ebbf
Regenerative Leadership Experts
Maja Groff, international law expert on climate & corruption
Henri van Eeghen, Co-CEO of Synergos (Bridging Leadership)
Merijn Dols, Global Director, Open Innovation & Circular Economy, Danone
Fritz Lietsch, pioneering green business & economy publisher
Multilateral and Civil Society leaders
Shiva Dustdar, European Investment Bank Institute director
Martin Frick, senior leader, UN World Food Program and COP
Pape Samb, Ashoka, Global VP & ED for Africa; co-leads Impact!Africa
Esben Larsen, World Resources Institute director of faith & sustainability
Regenerative Business Educators
Hunter Lovins, Natural Capitalism pioneer and co-founder USA’s first sustainable MBA
Satish Kumar, Schumacher College founder and Jain monk
Cristina Gimenez, Director of Identity and Mission, ESADE University
Michael Pirson, professor, Fordham University
Retreat Co-hosts whose leadership will be supported by other experts named above
Walter Link, co-owned B.Grimm, a Euro-Asian industrial group before co-founding the first regenerative business alliances across Europe and the Americas, the USA’s first Sustainable MBA, NOW Partners & the Regenerative Economy Forum.
Tom Cummings, board chair, B Lab Europe, Club of Rome author, co-led global leadership at Unilever, ABM AMRO Bank and co-founded the Global Alliance of Banking on Values, the Talberg Foundation, NOW Partners and the Regenerative Economy Forum.