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Hyacinth Mboh
Director of Standards and Control, Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development, Cameroon.
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Kissy Agyeman-Togobo
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Songhai Advisory and Trustee, Footprints Africa
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Jack Barrie
Circular Economy Research Fellow, Chatham House
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Shalini Bhalla
Managing Director, International Council for Circular Economy
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Tommy Oliver Boachie
Special Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Ghana
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Karin Boomsma
Director, Sustainable Inclusive Business, KEPSA
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Abel Boreto
Associate Investment Director, Novastar Ventures
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Kimberley Botwright
Head, Sustainable Trade - World Economic Forum
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Esethu Cenga
Co-Founder and CEO, Rewoven
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Kigen Compton
Co-Founder and CEO, BioBuu
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Dora Cudjoe
Senior Operations Officer, Climate Investment Funds
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Paul Currie
Associate Director: Urban Systems, ICLEI Africa
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Beatrice Cyiza
Director General of Environment and Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Rwanda

Before joining the Ministry of Environment, she worked at Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture as the administrative coordinator for academic affairs, extension and applied research. Prior to that, she served as an environmental audit and monitoring officer at Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) for more than seven years and also as the alternate focal point for the Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer, and the Nagoya Protocol focal point, where she managed different projects aiming at regulating access to the genetic resources. In her capacity as an environmental audit and monitoring officer, she conducted environmental audit activities for different projects under operation and monitored their compliance with environmental regulations.

She is a member of the African Women in science and Engineering. A Rwandan national, Beatrice holds a Master’s in biodiversity conservation from the University of Rwanda.

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Michelle DeFreese
Senior Officer, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
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Peter Desmond
Co-Founder. African Circular Economy Network (ACEN)
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Peter Díez
International Affairs Directorate, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, the Netherlands
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Gaëtan Ducroux
International Policy Officer, Africa and South Asia, European Commission, DG Environment
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Lydia Obenewa Essuah
Director, Policy Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Ghana
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Maxwell Gomera
Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme UNDP
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Steven Guilbeault
Minister of Environment & Climate Change Canada, Environment & Climate Change Canada
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Tania Habimana
Anchor, CNBC Africa
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Solape Hammond
Special Adviser to Governoron SDGS & I, Lagos State Office of the SDGS and Investments
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Marthe Haugland
Senior Innovation Advisor, Nordic Innovation
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Vivianne Heijnen
Minister for the Environment, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, the Netherlands
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Kari Herlevi 
Head of Global Collaboration Unit for Sustainability Solutions, The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra
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Valerie Hickey
Global Director: Environment, Natural Resources and the Blue Economy (ENB), The World Bank
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Philipp Horn
Head of Circular Economy Division, European Investment Bank (EIB)
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Kristin Hughes
Director of Resource Circularity, Centre for Nature and Climate, World Economic Forum
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Jonathan Ikeolumba
Managing Partner, Officelord Consulting Services
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Jyrki Katainen
President, The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra
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Mtamu Kililo
Co-Founder and CEO, MycoTile Ltd
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Steve Kisakye
Global Managing Director, Dalberg Implement
Steve currently works in several sectors, including health, agriculture, climate change and youth employment. His work mostly involves leading teams that drive systems change by embedding in client spaces, including government, donors, funders and private sector actors. He has led the establishment of several project management offices and delivery units across a host of countries in Africa. He is part of a team that serves as the secretariat for the African Circular Economy Alliance (ACEA).

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Patricia Akinyi K’Omudho
Chief Environment Officer, Nairobi City County Government
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Amelia Kuch
Policy Insights Manager, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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Terhi Lehtonen
Vice-Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Ministry of the Environment, Finland
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Ramona Liberoff
Executive Director, Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE) 
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Aik Hoe Lim
Director, Trade and Environment Division, World Trade Organization
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Ada Marmion
Director Partnership, Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF)
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Wanjira Mathai
Managing Director for Africa and Global Partnerships, World Resources Institute (WRI)
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Olivier Mbera
Country General Manager, Enviroserve Rwanda
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Davinah Milenge
Principal Programme Coordinator, African Development Bank
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Kgauta Sylvester Mokoena
Chief Director, Chemicals and Waste Policy Specialist Monitoring Services - Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, South Africa
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Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya
Minister of Environment, Ministry of Environment, Rwanda
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Nhlanhla Ndlovu
Director, Hustlenomics Pty Ltd
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Deborah Ohui Nartey
Research Analyst, Footprints Africa Limited
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Israel Olagunju
Research and Operations Supervisor, Hinckley E-Waste Recycling
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Hiroshi Ono
Vice-Minister, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
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Paula Pättikangas
The Finnish National Youth Council Allianssi
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Koen Rademaekers
Chair, ACEN Foundation and CEO, Trinomics
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Arsh Raina
Circular Economy Programme Manager, The African Leadership University (ALU)
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Matthias Reusing
Counselor, European Green Deal, Rural Development, Trade Sector - Delegation of the European Union to Zambia and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
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Maisa Rojas
Minister of Environment, Ministry of Environment, Chile
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Vere Shaba
Head of Africa Programmes, World Green Building Council (WorldGBC)
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Menna Shahin
Founder, Tekeya
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Dilshod Sharifi
Head of the International Economic Cooperation Department, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan
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Stephan Sicars
Director, Department of Environment UNIDO
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Reinhardt Smit
Co-founder, Closing the Loop
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Izabella Teixeira
Co-Chair, International Resource Panel
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Kimmo Tiilikainen
Director General, Geological Survey of Finland
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Aissa Toure Sarr
Country Manager, African Development Bank
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Ha Tran
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam
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Nozipho Tshabalala
CEO, The Conversation Strategists
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Anne Vasara
Ambassador for Circular Economy and Energy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
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Chris Whyte
Director, African Circular Economy Network (ACEN)
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Adriana Zacarias Farah
Senior Programme Manager, Head of GO4SDGs, Deputy Head 10YFP Secretariat, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)