Since 2011, the Advisory Committee has been providing strategic direction of 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
Robert D. Atkinson
President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), United States
Audrey Azoulay
Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Tan Chorh Chuan
Permanent Secretary, National Research and Development, The National Research Foundation, Singapore
Fabiola Gianotti
Director-General, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
John Kao
Chair, Institute for Large Scale Innovation, and former Harvard Business School Professor, United States
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, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and former Executive Secretary, African Observatory for Science, Technology and Innovation (AOSTI), African Union Commission
Ken Moore
Chief Innovation Officer, Mastercard
Gerd Müller
Director-General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Sergio Mujica
Secretary-General, International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Monika Schnitzer
Chair, German Council of Economic Experts, and Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Germany
Heizo Takenaka
Professor Emeritus, Keio University, Japan; former Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy, and Member of the World Economic Forum Board of Trustees
Blanca Treviño
President, Softtek, Mexico
Philippe Varin
Chair, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), France
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