Since 2011, the Advisory Committee has been providing strategic direction to the Global Innovation Index (GII). The Committee’s mandate is to emphasize innovation’s pivotal role in driving economic and social advancement and to extend the reach of GII insights across all economies and regions globally. The Advisory Committee comprises accomplished international policymakers, thought leaders and corporate strategists selected from diverse geographical and institutional backgrounds who have been brought together to share their invaluable expertise in an individual capacity. We would like to express our profound appreciation to all Advisory Committee members for their collaborative spirit and continued commitment to the advancement of global innovation.
Advisory Committee members
Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Tan Chorh Chuan, Former Permanent Secretary of National Research and Development, and Chairman of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
John Denton, Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
Khaled El-Enany, Director General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
John Kao, Executive Chairman, ThayerMahan, Inc., and former Harvard Business School Professor, United States
Erika Kraemer-Mbula, Professor of Economics, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Bruno Lanvin, President, Descartes Institute for the Future, Switzerland
Le Mai Lan, Vice Chairwoman, Vingroup JSC, President of the University Council VinUniversity, Viet Nam
Weibing Lu, Partner and President, Xiaomi Group, China
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Former Director-General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), former President, Global Research Alliance, and former Chair, National Innovation Foundation, India
Philippe Kuhutama Mawoko, Professor, Université du Kwango, and former Executive Secretary, African Observatory for Science, Technology and Innovation (AOSTI), African Union Commission, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ken Moore, Chief Innovation Officer, Mastercard Inc., United States of America
Sergio Mujica, Secretary-General, International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Gerd Müller, Director-General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Nagla Rizk, Professor and Director, Access to Knowledge for Development Center, School of Business, The American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt
Monika Schnitzer, Chair, German Council of Economic Experts, and Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Germany
Veneta Stefanova Andonova Zuleta, Associate Professor, School of Management, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Heizo Takenaka, Director, Center for Global Innovation Studies, Keio University, Japan; former Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy, and Member of the World Economic Forum Board of Trustees, Japan
Mark Thomson, Director-General, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Blanca Treviño, President, Softtek, Mexico
Pedro Wongtschowski, Member, Board of Governors of FAPESP, São Paulo’s Science and Technology Agency, Brazil
Kai Wu Chief Scientist, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL), China