SUN Movement Lead Group

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The SUN Movement Lead Group has the overall responsibility for the Movement’s progress towards achieving its objectives. They ensure the alignment of all actors with the Movements Principles of Engagement and aim to preserve the Movements unique country driven character.

Members of the SUN Movement Lead Group:

Akinwumi Ayodeji ADESINA (Nigeria)
President, African Development Bank

Manal AL ALEM (Jordan)
Chef

Reem Ebrahim AL-HASHIMY (United Arab Emirates)
Cabinet Member and Minister of State for International Cooperation, United Arab Emirates

Inger ASHING (Sweden)
CEO, Save the Children International

Cherrie ATILANO (Philippines)
Founder and CEO, Agrea Agricultural Systems International Inc.

Alicia BÁRCENA IBARRA, (Mexico)
Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

David BEASLEY (United States of America)
Executive Director, World Food Programme

Martin CHUNGONG (Cameroon)
Secretary General, Inter-Parliamentary Union

Aliko DANGOTE (Nigeria)
Chairman and CEO, Dangote Group

Annette DIXON (New Zealand)
Vice President, Human Resources, World Bank Group

Daniel Kablan DUNCAN, (Côte d’Ivoire)
Former Vice President, Government of Côte d’Ivoire

Chris ELIAS (United States of America)
President of Global Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Shenggen FAN (China)
Chair Professor, China Agricultural University

Henrietta H. FORE (United States of America)
Executive Director, UNICEF and Chair of the SUN Movement Lead Group

Karina GOULD (Canada)
Minister of International Development, Canada

Sophie HEALY-THOW (Ireland)
Youth Leader

Jakaya KIKWETE (Tanzania)
Former President United Republic of Tanzania, Kikwete Foundation

Shinichi KITAOKA (Japan)
President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Monica Katebe MUSONDA (Zambia)
Founder and CEO, Java Foods

David NABARRO (United Kingdom)
Strategic Director, 4SD

Sania NISHTAR (Pakistan)
Special Assistant to Prime Minister of Pakistan on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety and Founder and President, Heartfile Foundation

Josefa Leonel Correia SACKO (Angola)
Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union Commission

Inia SERUIRATU (Fiji)
Minister for Defense and Foreign Affairs, Fiji

Feike SIJBESMA (The Netherlands)
Honorary Chairman, Royal Dutch DSM

Gunhild Anker STORDALEN (Norway)
Founder and Executive Chair, EAT

Jutta URPILAINEN (Finland)
Commissioner for International Partnerships, European Commission

Gerda VERBURG (The Netherlands)
UN Assistant Secretary-General and Coordinator of the SUN Movement

• SUN Lead Group members bios – English

• SUN Lead Group: Leading from where you stand – English | Français | Español

• SUN Lead Group announcement – Press Release

• SUN Movement Lead Group Terms of Reference – English | Français | Español

• SUN Lead Group commitments – watch here

SUN Movement Lead Group annual meetings

• SUN Movement Lead Group Meeting, 7 December 2020, Minutes: English | Français | Español

• SUN Movement Lead Group Meeting, 7 December 2020, Summary notes: English | Français | Español

• SUN Movement Lead Group Meeting, 24 September 2019, Final Outcome: English | Français | Español
• SUN Movement Lead Group Meeting, 26 September 2018, Final Outcome: English | Français | Español
• SUN Movement Lead Group Meeting, 18 September 2017, Final Outcome: English | Français | Español
• Inaugural meeting of the new SUN Movement Lead Group 21 September 2016, Summary: English
• SUN Movement Lead Group Meeting 22 September 2015, Note of Record: English | Français | Español
• SUN Movement Lead Group Meeting 05 May 2015, Note of Record: English | Français | Español | Português
• SUN Movement Lead Group Meeting 22 September 2014, Note of Record: English | Français | Español