Participants 2016
Ahmed Abbadi, Secretary General, Rabita Mohammadia Al Ulema
Jalal Abdel-Latif, Head of the Capacity Development Division, UNECA and Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center
Chakib Aboulfaraj, Strategy director, Ithmar Capital
Carolina Abrusci Quijada, Professor, School of Political Science, Central University of Venezuela
Salem Afeworki, Program Director, Value Sustainability
Megha Aggarwal, Co-Founder and CEO, LEAP Skills Academy
Masood Ahmed, Former Director of the Middle East and Central Asia, International Monetary Fund
Abdelaaziz Ait Ali, Economist, OCP Policy Center
Izmira Aitch, Legislative Assistant, Representative Gwen Moore
Jihane Ajijti, Head of Projects and Development for Southern Africa, OCP South Africa
Ahmed AlAhwal, Urban Program Coordinator, Megawra
Caroline Alexis-Thomas, Health Consultant, University of Trinidad and Tobago
Katherine Almquist Knopf, Director, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, US Department of Defense
Omar Aloui, Economist and Managing Director, Agroconcept
Tayeb Amegroud, Energy Specialist and Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center
Uduak Amimo, Host, Citizen TV
Youssef Amrani, Head of Mission, Royal Cabinet, Kingdom of Morocco
Neyla Arnas, Senior Research Fellow, National Defense University
Valeria Aruffo, Conference Producer and Research Officer, EnergyNet
Ali Aslan, Broadcaster, Deutsche Welle
Marcel Assemien, Opération and External Beans Sourcing Director, Olam Cocoa
Lorelle Atkinson, Deputy Vice President, Millennium Challenge Corporation
Azzeddine Azzam, Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center
Hassan Ba, Co-Founder, Femmes Africa Solidarité
Cire Dye Ba, Executive Director, CIRTECH-CTC
Jordi Bacaria, Director, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs
Zeinab Badawi, Broadcaster, BBC
Bertrand Badré, CEO and Visiting Fellow, BlueOrange Capital and Peterson Institute for International Economics
David Baker, Academic Coordinator, U.S. Africa Command
Majida Bargach, Director of Global Programs, University of Virginia
Abdelhak Bassou, Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center
Dana Bekri, Resource Management, NATO Security Investment Program
Zinab Belchkar, Member, Cabinet of the Chairman and CEO, OCP Group
Mohamed Belhoussain, Executive Vice President, OCP Group
Marek Belka, Former Prime Minister, Poland,
Anas Ben Addi, Director, Delaware State Housing Authority
El Hassan Benabderrazik, Economist, Agroconcept
Anouar Benazzouz, General Director, Moroccan Highways Agency
Mohamed Benchekroun, Honorary Consul, Government of St. Kitts & Nevis
Mohamed Benkamoun, Vice President for Research and Partnerships, OCP Group
Rafael Benke, President, Brazilian Center for International Relations
Amina Benkhadra, Managing Director, National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines, Kingdom of Morocco
Najlae Benmbarek, Chargé de mission, Social, Environmental and Economic Council of Morocco
Abla Bennani, Head of International Media Relations, OCP Group
Assia Bensalah Alaoui, Ambassador at Large of His Majesty the King Mohamed VI, Kingdom of Morocco
Zineb Bentahila, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Morocco
Mohammed Berrada, Professor of Economics, University of Casablanca; Former Minister of Finance
Hassan Berrannoun, Head of National Media Relations, OCP Group
Benedetta Berti, Research Fellow, Institute for National Security Studies
Rui Bettencourt, Regional Assistant Secretary for External Affairs, Government of the Azores
Rukmani Bhatia, Special Assistant to the Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia, United States Agency for International Development
Fatim-Zahra Biaz, General Manager, New Work Lab Casablanca
Courtney Bickert, Vice President, External Relations, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Allison Binns, Senior Advisor, Chevron
Dominique Bocquet, General Finance and Economic Controller, Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances France
Pascal Boniface, Director, French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs
Taoufik Bouachrine, Editor, Akhbar Al Yaoum
Adam Bouhadma, CEO, Education Media Company
Soundouss Bouhia, Chargé de Mission, Royal Cabinet, Kingdom of Morocco
Mohamed Boussaid, Minister, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Kingdom of Morocco
Laura Boykin, Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
Mark Brady, Director, National Governors Association
Mark Brantley, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Aviation, Government of St. Kitts and Nevis
Enrique Bravo Escobar, Program Officer, National Endowment for Democracy
Bernard Bridi, Vice President Media and Communication, Future Group
Charles Buchanan, Vice President, SYSTEMICSPHERE
Kerry Buck, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Canada to NATO
Dwight Bush Sr., Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, U.S. Embassy
Pedro Caetano, Press Advisor to the President, Government of the Azores
Raphael Camargo, Founder, RGC Consulting
María Cañás, Ambassador, Embassy of Argentina
Otaviano Canuto Dos Santos Filho, Executive Director, The World Bank and Senior Fellow OCP Policy Center
Jonathan Capehart, Editorial Board Member, The Washington Post
Francisco Caraballo, Ambassador, Embassy of Dominican Republic
Maruxa Cardama, Executive Project Coordinator and Founder, Communitas Coalition
Harold Cárdenas Lema, Founder and Manager, La Joven Cuba
Susana Carrillo, Senior Specialist, South-South Partnerships and Collaboration, The World Bank
Jorge Castañeda, Global Distinguished Professor of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University
Philippe Chalmin, Professor, Economic History, Paris Dauphine University
Anas Chaoui, President, Bouabid Foundation
Samir Chaouki, Director of Publications, Les Inspirations Eco
Karim Chbani, Investment Manager, SNI
Mouna Cherkaoui, Professor, Mohamed V University
Carolina Chimoy, Broadcaster, Deutsche Welle
Emil Chireno, Attorney and Executive Director, United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic
Tarik Choho, Managing Director, OCP Group
Zakaria Choukrallah, Chief Editor, Telquel
Julia Contrea, General Manager, European Network for Women in Leadership
Vasco Cordeiro, President, Government of the Azores
Pedro da Motta Veiga, Director, Centro de Estudos sobre Integracao e Desenvolvimento
Omar Dahbi, , Groupe Maroc Soir
Tulin Daloglu, Freelance Journalist, No Company
Jessica de Alba, Professor, Universidad Anáhuac
José Humberto de Brito Cruz, Ambassador, Embassy of Brazil
Julia De Clerck-Sachsse, Strategic Planning Advisor, European External Action Service
Marcus Vinicius De Freitas, Professor of Law and International Relations, Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation and Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center
Thierry De Montbrial, Executive Chairman, French Insitute of International Relations
Thierry Déau, Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Meridiam
Rut Diamint, Professor, Torcuato Di Tella University
Miguel Diaz, Analyst, U.S. Embassy to EU
Momar Dieng, Journalist, Nouvel Hebdo, Dmedia Group, Senegal
John Dionisio, Senior Investment Director, Meridiam
Birame Diop, Chief of Staff, Air Force, Senegal
Reema Dodin, Floor Director, Senator Richard J. Durbin
Marcela Donadio, Executive Secretary, Latin American Security and Defence Network
Karen Donfried, President, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Kimberly Dozier, Contributing Writer, The Daily Beast
Nathalie Dube, Ambassador, Embassy of Canada
Eduardo Duhalde, Former President of Argentina
Zouhair El Aoufir, Managing Director, ONDA
Tarik El Aroussi, Ithmar Capital
Karim El Aynaoui, Managing Director, OCP Policy Center
Mohamed El Harrak, Program Officer, OCP Policy Center
Mohamed El Kadiri, General Secretary and Managing Director, OCP Group
Mehdi El Khatib Al Mahfoudi, Chargé de Mission, OCP Group
Nadia El Mahjoubi, Special Assistant, Royal Cabinet, Kingdom of Morocco
Aziz El Mallah, General Manager, Jacobs Engineering SA
Mustapha El Ouafi, Managing Director, OCP Group
Iliass Elfali, Executive Vice President, OCP Group
Laura El-Katiri, Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center
Mohammed El-Katiri, Managing Director, Mena Insights
Steven Erlanger, London Bureau Chief, The New York Times
Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili, Co-Founder, Transparency International
Nabila Fathi, Medias 24
Erika Ferrer, Ambassador, Embassy of Sweden
Mohamed Fikrat, CEO, COSUMAR
Jack Fletcher, Vice President International Market Creation, Middle East and Africa, BAE Systems, Inc.
Michael Franken, Vice Admiral, Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations, U.S. Africa Command
Nabila Freidji, President of Committee of relations with International Institutions, Moroccan Federation of Enterprises
Any Freitas, Visiting Research Fellow, King's College London
Cheikh Gadio, President, Institut PanAfricain de Stratégies
Geraldine Gardner, Director, Urban and Regional Policy, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Oscar Ghiglia, International Consultant I.C.S
Thami Ghorfi, President, Aswat/ESCA
Roberto Giannetti da Fonseca, CEO, Kaduna Consultoria
Fitsum Girma, Foreign Service Officer, Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Thomas Gomart, Researcher, Director of the Russian/NIS, Institut Français des Relations Internationales
Paulo Gomes, President, Paulo Gomes and Partners, Guinea-Bissau
Jessica Gottsleben, #ILookLikeAPolitician Ambassador, Running Start
Nik Gowing, International Broadcaster
Ettore Greco, Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali
Steven Gruzd, Governance and APRM Programme, South African Institute of International Affairs
Pedro Guerra, Special Advisor to the Governor, São Paulo State Government
Antoine Habib, Special Advisor to the Chairman, Future Pipe Industries
Khalil Hachimi Idrissi, President, Agence Maghreb Arab Press
Hakim Hajoui, Chief of Staff, OCP Group
Daniel Hamilton, Executive Director, Johns Hopkins University
Andrew Hamman, Defense Attaché to the Kingdom of Morocco, U.S. Embassy
Fatima Harrak, Member, Institute d'Etudes Africaines
Nezhat Hayat, President, Capital Markets Authority, Morocco
Ismail Hijji, , Ministry of General Affairs and Governance, Morocco
Mercedes Hoffay, Project Manager, Global Americans
Mohamed Horani, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Hightech Payment Systems
Lorna Hunkins, Special Advisor, Government of St. Kitts and Nevis
Dana Hyde, Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation
Khaled Igue, Head of Public and Institutional Partnerships, OCP Africa
Alina Inayeh, Director of Bucharest Office, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Larabi Jaidi, Consultant, CREADH
Yves Jegourel, Professor, University of Bordeauxy and Senior Fellow OCP Policy Center
Manuel Jimenez, Director of Communications, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Dominican Republic
Rupert Joy, Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, Delegation of the European Union to the Kingdom of Morocco
Hicham Kabbaj, Business Development Director, Jacobs Engineering SA
Martine Kappel, Founder, True North Leadership
Mats Karlsson, Director, The Swedish Institute of Internatonal Affairs (UI)
Alan Kasujja, Broadcaster, BBC
Ali Kettani, Chargé de Mission, OCP Group
Ba Khadijetou, Programme Officer, Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement
Soufiane Khebbaz, Program Assistant, Derb Ghalef Association for Development
Adnan Kifayat, Senior Resident Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Youssef Kobo Aouriaghel, Communication Advisor, Office of the Secretary for Equal Opportunities Bianca Debaets
Andrew Kolb, Director, Communications, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Jim Kolbe, Former Congressman and Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Manjeet Kripalani, Executive Director, Gateway House
Hans Kundnani, Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Asmaa Lahlimi,
Ahmed Lahlimi Alami, High Commissioner for Planning, Kingdom of Morocco
Kamal Lahlou, President and Director of Publications, Challenges
Elena Lazarou, Assitant Professor, Fundação Getúlio Vargas
Christian Leffler, Deputy Secretary General for Economic and Global Issues, European External Action Service
Benoit Leguet, Managing Director, I4CE - Institute for Climate Economics
Bernardino Leon, Former UN Special Representative to Libya
Ian Lesser, Vice President, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Jean-David Levitte, Senior Policy Advisor and Former Ambassador of France to the United States, Rock Creek Global Advisors LLC
Reta Jo Lewis, Director, Congressional Affairs, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Nicola Lightner, Director, Major Conferences, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Kelsey Lilley, Associate Director, Africa Center, Atlantic Council
Tod Lindberg, Research Fellow, Stanford University
Elias Links, Professor, Stellenbosch University
Stacey Links, Doctoral Reseasrcher, University of Utrecht
Moubarack Lo, Advisor and Chief Economist, Office of the Prime Minister of Senegal and OCP Policy Center
Carlos Lopes, Professor and Visiting Fellow, University of Cape Town and Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
Mohammed Loulichki, Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center
Richard Lui, Broadcaster, MSNBC / NBC News
Younes Maamar, Managing Partner, eONE Investments
Ade Mabogunje, Associate Director, Stanford University
Gabriela Macagni, CEO, Endeavor Argentina
Eniola Mafe, Program Manager, NDPI Foundation
Fouad Makhzoumi, Secretary General, National Dialogue Forum, Lebanon
Haim Malka, Deputy Director and Fellow, Middle East Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Paola Maniga, Head of Development, Bruegel
Jack Markell, Governor of Delaware, United States of America
Carlos Gerardo Martinez Gonzalez, Dean Campus Nuevo Laredo, International Institute of Higher Studies
Augustine Maurice, Assistant to the Former President of Nigeria
Ryan McGinness, Director, Washington D.C. Office, Office of the Governor of Nevada
William McIlhenny, Senior Wider Atlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Kerry McNamara, Advisor to the Chairman and CEO, OCP Group
Hicham Meftah, Director, Jacobs Engineering SA
Aziz Mekouar, Ambassador, COP 22 and Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center
Mandisa Melaphi, Program Coordinator and Strategist, African Heritage Research Project
Gaston Melo, Executive President, Espacio de Vinculacion
Nizar Messari, Dean, Al Akhawayn University
Mustapha Metaich, President, Association des Centraliens du Maroc
Esin Mete, Advisor to the CEO and Chairman, OCP Group
Lea Metke, Project Officer to the Director, French Institute of International Relations (Ifri)
Jack Miles, Distinguished Professor of English and Religious Studies Emeritus, Pulitzer Prize Winner,
Naakoshie Mills, African Union and Multilateral Affairs Officer, U.S. Deptartment of State
Juan Temístocles Montás Domínguez, Minister of Industry and Commerce, Dominican Republic
Miguel Moratinos, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spain
Paul Moreshead, Aide to the Deputy Commander for Military Operations, U.S. Africa Command
Lale Morrison, Chief of Staff and Press Secretary, Representative Alcee L. Hastings
Fabrice Mouketou Pambou, LNG Commercial Advisor, Royal Dutch Shell
Yascha Mounk, Lecturer and Fellow, Harvard University and Transatlantic Academy
Asieh Namdar, Broadcaster, CCTV America
Kiron Neale, DPhil Researcher, University of Oxford
Mary-Jean Nleya, Visiting Researcher, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
Antonio Nunes, CEO, Angola Cables
Ana Nunes Cordeiro, Journalist, Portugal News Agency
Fabrice Nze-Bekale, CEO, Societe Equatoriale des Mines
Maria Obaldia, Journalist, Saeta Tv Channel
Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President of Nigeria and Farmer
Sheila Ochugboju Kaka, Director, Global Women Inventors and Innovators Network
Mehmet Ogutcu, Chairman, Global Resources Corporation
Noureddine Omary, Chargé de Mission, Royal Cabinet, Kingdom of Morocco
Chukwuka Onyekwena, Executive Director, Centre for the Study of the Economics of Africa
Fathallah Oualalou, Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center
Parfait Ouattara, CEO, TaxiJet
Lahcen Oulhaj, Professor, Mohammed V University
Elena Panaritis, Founder, Thought4Action
Leonardo Párraga, Executive Director, The BogotArt Foundation
Felipe Pena, International Coordinator, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Dominican Republic
Eliot Pence, Director, Africa, McLarty Associates
Luiz Pereira Da Silva, Deputy General Manager, Bank for International Settlments
J. Peter Pham, Vice President and Director, Africa Center, Atlantic Council
Olayinka Phillips, Director Internal Audit, Sierra Leone Commercial Bank Limited
Paulo Portas, Former Deputy Prime Minister, Portugal
Adam Posen, President, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Tatiana Prazeres, Senior Advisor to the Director-General, World Trade Organization
Bachir Rachdi, CEO, Involys
Obadah Rachidi Jamai, Director, Moroccan American Trade and Investment Center
Hasan Rahman, CEO, Council on Arab Relations with Latin America and the Caribbean
Bouchra Rahmouni-Benhida, Professor and Senior Fellow, The Social Science Institute of Al Akhawayn University
Mamphela Ramphele, Active Citizen,
Vasco Rato, President of the Executive Council and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Fundacao Luso-Americana
Anand Reddi, Corporate and Medical Affairs, Gilead Sciences
Shyam Reddy, Senior Vice President, General Council, and Corporate Secretary, BlueLinx
Julissa Reynoso, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke, LLP
El Mostafa Rezrazi, Expert, Security and Professor of Crisis Management, SGU
João Ribeiro, Founder and CEO, Blue Geo Lighthouse
Timothy Ridout, Wider Atlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Sandra Rios, Director, Centre for Studies in Integration and Development
Clarissa Rios Rojas, Founder and Director, PhD, Ekpapalek
Blanca Rodriguez, News Host, TV Interviewer, Saeta TV
Obajide Rotilu, Senior Cybersecurity Consultant, Deloitte, Nigeria
Andrés Rozental, Former Deputy Foreign Minister, Mexico
Nicolò Russo Perez, Head, International Affairs Program, Compagnia di San Paolo
Abdallah Saaf, Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center
Brian Sandoval, Governor of Nevada, United States of America
Lourival Sant'Anna, Columnist and Reporter, O Estado de São Paulo
Patrycja Sasnal, Analyst, Polish Institute for International Affairs
Benjamin Schmitt, European Energy Security Advisor – IEEE Science and Technology Policy Fellow, U.S. Department of State
Edward Scicluna, Minister of Finance, Malta
Pedro Seabra, Leibniz-DAAD Research Fellow, German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Hadja Aminata Seck, Mandela Washington Fellow, Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI)
Mustapha Sehimi, Professor, University Mohamed V
Younes Sekkouri, Former Member, Moroccan House of Representatives, Kingdom of Morocco
Tarik Senhaji, CEO, Ithmar Capital
Narcís Serra, President, Campus de la Ciutadella, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Usman Shehu, Editor, Africa Desk, Deutsche Welle
Landry Signé, Chairman, The Global Network for Africa's Prosperity and Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center
Fathallah Sijilmassi, Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean
Esther Silver-Parker, President and CEO, Silver Parker Group
Bernardo Sorj, Executive Director, Edelstein Center for Social Research
Mohamed Soual, Chief Economist, OCP Group
Jorge Spencer Lima, President, Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services of Sotavento
Tarik Squalli, Investements Director, Ithmar Capital
Julia Stiller, Senior Manager Public Policy, Deloitte
Simone Tagliapietra, Research Fellow, Bruegel
Nisrine Tahri, Founder, X-large
Soha Tarek, Journalist and Media Trainer, Freelancer
Hamid Tawfiki, CDG Capital
Jon Temin, Policy Planning Staff, U.S. Department of State
Mostafa Terrab, Chairman and CEO, OCP Group and President, OCP Foundation
Huw Thomas, Electricity Demand Analyst, National Grid PLC
Mohamed Tozy, Director, Rabat School of Governance and Economics
Alan Untereiner
Joao Vale de Almeida, Ambassador, Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations
Alfredo Valladão, Professor, Sciences Po and Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center
Hubert Védrine, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, France
Antonio Villafranca, Director, Istituto Per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale
Kurt Volker, Executive Director, McCain Institute
Merel Wackwitz, Government and Regulatory Affairs Executive, IBM
Bartosz Wielgo, Second Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Leonie Willenbrink, Master’s Candidate in Development Studies, London School of Economics, London School of Economics
Guillaume Xavier-Bender, Non-Resident Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States
John Yearwood, Chairman and Former World Editor, International Press Institute and Miami Herald
Carlton Yearwood, Senior Partner, True Blue Inclusion
William Zartman, Jacob Blaustein Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University
Talal Zouaoui, Executive Vice President, OCP Group
Younes Zrikem, Partner & Managing Director, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants