Reskilling Revolution

The Reskilling Revolution Champions

The Champions group is the key leadership and advisory body of the Reskilling Revolution, advising the World Economic Forum on its efforts in the areas of Education, Skills and Learning.  

Purpose and Objectives

The Champions provide strategic guidance on the conceptualization and execution of the Reskilling Revolution roadmap. They are CEOs, heads of International and Supranational Organizations, and Civil Society leaders who are committed to the Reskilling Revolution, representing a wide variety of industries, geographies, experiences and intellectual perspectives.

Their engagement spans across key initiatives by: 

Aligning on Vision and Priorities

Aligning on priorities for the Reskilling Revolution, agreeing on milestones, and committing to both collective and individual next steps to improve education, skills and economic opportunity

Advising on the Narrative

Advising on the narrative development of the initiative agenda and proposing new organizational, national or multinational efforts, alongside the founding initiatives

Exchanging Best Practices

Exchanging best practices and lessons learned from Forum-led initiatives or bilateral engagements, providing opportunities for others to follow and drive collective impact

Foreseeing Systemic Challenges

Driving the future-forward approach to societal transformation, developing strategic vision for addressing systemic challenges and opportunities for people globally

Members of the Champions community

Omar Abbosh

Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director

Pearson

Asheesh Advani

President and Chief Executive Officer

JA Worldwide

Claudia Azevedo

Chief Executive Officer

SONAE SGPS SA

Allen Blue

Co-Founder and Vice-President, Products

LinkedIn Corporation

Doreen Bogdan-Martin

Secretary-General

ITU

David Edwards

General Secretary

Education International

Adam Grant

Bestselling Author, Organizational Psychologist and  Professor

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania 

Yoshito Hori

Founder and President, GLOBIS University; Founding Partner, GLOBIS Capital Partners; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

GLOBIS Corporation

Hisayuki Idekoba

President, Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director of the Board

Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd

 
Badr Jafar

Chief Executive Officer

Crescent Enterprises

Margery Kraus

Founder and Executive Chairman

APCO Worldwide Inc.

Ravi Kumar

Chief Executive Officer

Cognizant

Lady Mariéme Jamme

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

iamtheCODE

Jean Daniel LaRock

President and Chief Executive Officer

Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)

Andrew McAfee

Co-Director and Co-Founder, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Denis Machuel

Chief Executive Officer

Adecco Group AG

Juan Pablo Mata

Chief Executive Officer

Grupo Mariposa

Precious Moloi-Motsepe

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Motsepe Foundation

Ebru Özdemir

Chairperson of the Board

Limak Holding

Salil S. Parekh

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

Infosys Limited

Hadi Partovi

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Code.org

Jonas Prising

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

ManpowerGroup Inc.

Asif Saleh

Executive Director

BRAC

Roberto Sallouti

Chief Executive Officer

BTG Pactual

Reshma Saujani

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Moms First

Tarek Sultan

Vice-Chairman of the Board

Agility

Igor Tulchinsky

Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

WorldQuant LLC

Sander van ’t Noordende

Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Executive Board

Randstad N.V.

C. Vijayakumar

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

HCLTech

Hugo Sarrazin

President and Chief Executive Officer

Udemy, Inc.

Enas Attari

Minister of Labour

Palestinian National Authority

Himanshu Palsule

Chief Executive Officer

Cornerstone OnDemand

Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser

President

Islamic Development Bank

Priya Lakhani

Chief Executive Officer and Founder

CENTURY

Tariq Al Gurg

Chief Executive Officer and Vice-Chairman

Dubai Cares

Vimal Kapur

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Honeywell International

Get involved and join a community of leaders taking action today

Now is the time for greater global collaboration between public and private sector actors who care about the well-being and prosperity of citizens and workers everywhere. We invite companies with global reach who are working on improving education, skills and jobs within their companies and local and global communities to join the Reskilling Revolution.

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