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Change-makers. Innovators. Global leaders. We bring together the individuals and organizations that are leading the way towards a circular economy.
Board members
Frans van Houten (Chair)
CEO, Royal Philips
Inger Andersen (ex-officio)
Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Lisa Jackson
VP Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, Apple
Dame Ellen MacArthur
Founder, Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF)
Naoko Ishii
Director, Center for Global Commons, University of Tokyo
Manish Bapna
Interim President and CEO, World Resources Institute (WRI)
Stientje van Veldhoven
Demissionary Minister of the Environment, The Netherlands
Dominic Waughray
Managing Director, Centre for Global Public Goods, World Economic Forum (WEF)
Peter Lacy (ex-officio, Strategic Advisor
to the Board)
Chief Responsibility Officer and
Global Sustainability Services Lead,
Accenture Strategy
Carolina Schmidt
Minister of the Environment of Chile
David McGinty (ex-officio)
Global Director, Platform for Accelerating
the Circular Economy (PACE)
Leslie Johnston
CEO, Laudes Foundation
Robert-Jan van Ogtrop
Founder and Board Member, Circle Economy
Jyrki Katainen
President, Sitra
Knowledge Partners
Our Knowledge Partners are organizations leading on research and policy analysis on the circular economy.
Leadership Group
PACE Leaders commit to championing the circular economy at the highest level of global leadership, using their own position and network to drive change.
Companies
David S Taylor, Procter & Gamble (P&G), Chairman, President and CEO
Dimitri de Vreeze, Royal DSM, Chairman and CEO
Frans van Houten, Royal Philips, CEO
Bertrand Camus, SUEZ, CEO
Christian Wessels, Sunray Ventures, Co-Founder
Tom Szaky, TerraCycle, Founder and CEO
James Quincey, The Coca-Cola Company, Chairman and CEO
Gonzalo Muñoz, TriCiclos, Co-Founder and Former CEO
Alan Jope, Unilever, CEO
Antoine Frérot, Veolia, Chairman and CEO
Svein Tore Holsether, Yara International, President and CEO
Flemming Besenbacher, Carlsberg Foundation & ONE\THIRD, Chairman
Chuck Robbins, Cisco Systems, Chairman and CEO
Per Heggenes, IKEA Foundation, CEO
Ron Gonen, Closed Loop Partners, Founder and CEO
Peter Lacy, Accenture Strategy, Chief Responsibility Officer
Larry Page, Alphabet, Co-Founder and Board Member
Lisa P. Jackson, Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, Apple, VP
Alan Knight, Corporate Responsibility, ArcelorMittal, General Manager
Malek Sukkar, Averda, CEO
Steve Schmida, Resonance, Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer
Mikela Druckman, Grey Parrot, Founder and CEO
Michael S Dell, Dell Technologies, Chairman and CEO
Bill Stephenson, DLL Group, Chairman and CEO
Monica Spada, Eni, Senior Vice-President Bio Development, Sustainable Mobility and Circular Economy
Xu Kaihua, GEM, Chairman
Enrique Lores, HP, President and CEO
Holy Ranaivozanany, Huawei Technologies, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility
Jesper Brodin, Ingka Group, President and CEO
Carlo Messina, Intesa Sanpaolo, CEO
Stefan Doboczky, Lenzing Group, CEO
Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen, Novo Nordisk, President and CEO
Jean-Sébastien Jacques, Rio Tinto, CEO
Government
Abdullah Bin Mohammed Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment United Arab Emirates, Minister of Climate Change and Environment
Li Yonghong, China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED), Assistant Secretary-General
Luhut B. Pandjaitan, Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs Indonesia, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs
Barbara Creecy, Forestry and Fisheries South Africa, Minister of Forestry and Fisheries and Environmental Affairs
Werner Hoyer, European Investment Bank (EIB), President
Mohammed Mahmood Abubakar, Federal Ministry of Environment Nigeria, Minister of State for the Environment
Lea Wermelin, Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark, Minister for Environment
Stientje van Veldhoven, The Netherlands, Demissionary Minister of the Environment
Shinjirō Koizumi, Ministry of the Environment Japan, Minister of the Environment
Jeanne d Arc Mujawamariya, Ministry of Environment Rwanda, Minister of Environment
Jonathan Wilkinson, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Canada, Minister of Environment and Climate Change
Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation of Ghana, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation
Carolina Schmidt, Ministry of the Environment Chile, Minister of the Environment
Joseph Seka Seka, Ministry for the Environment and Sustainable Development Cote d Ivoire, Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development
Carlos Correa, Ministry of the Environment, Colombia, Minister of the Environment
Gabriel Quijandría Acosta, Ministry of Environment Peru, Minister of the Environment
Andrea Meza, Ministry of the Environment and Energy Costa Rica, Minister of the Environment and Energy
Orlando Jorge Mera, Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources Dominican Republic, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources
Frans Timmermans, European Commission, Executive Vice-President
Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commission, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
Organizations
Marco Lambertini, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Director-General
Manish Baphna, World Resources Institute, Interim President and CEO
Dominic Waughray, World Economic Forum, Managing Director
Peter Bakker, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), President and CEO
Marcus Gover, Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), CEO
Naoko Ishii, University of Tokyo, Director, Center for Global Commons
Inger Andersen, United Nations Environment Programme, Executive Director
Wen Zongguo, Tsinghua University, Professor, School of Environment
Jyrki Katainen, The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, President
Martin Stuchtey, SYSTEMIQ, Co-Founder and Managing Partner
William McDonough, Stanford University, Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rob Lederer, Responsible Business Alliance, CEO
Janis Jones, Ocean Conservancy, CEO
Houlin Zhao, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Secretary-General
Izabella Teixeira, International Resource Panel (IRP), Co-Chair
Janez Potocnik, International Resource Panel (IRP), Co-Chair
Guy Ryder, International Labour Organization (ILO), Director-General
Jane McDonald, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Executive Vice-President
Alfredo Giró Quincke, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Institutional Engagement, IDB Lab
Katrin Ley, Fashion for Good, Managing Director
Michiel Elich, Enviu, CEO
Dame Ellen MacArthur, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Founder
Martijn Lopes Cardozo, Circle Economy, CEO
Keli Yu, China National Resources Recycling Association (CRRA), Secretary General, Electronic Products Recycling Division
Zhao Kai, China Association of Circular Economy (CACE), VP and Secretary-General
Anthony Nyong, African Development Bank, Director of Climate Change and Green Growth
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