Microcredit Summit Campaign Co-Chairs

HONORARY CO-CHAIRS

Her Majesty, Queen Sofia of Spain
Former Prime Minister of Japan, Tsutomu Hata

COUNCIL CO-CHAIRS

COUNCIL OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT
*H.E. Vicente Fox, Former President of Mexico

COUNCIL OF ADVOCATES
*Chief Bisi Ogunleye, Chair, Country Women's Association of Nigeria

COUNCIL OF BANKS AND COMMERCIAL FINANCE INSTITUTIONS
Eugene Ludwig, Managing General Partner, Promontory Financial
Andrew Krieger, CEO, Northbridge Capital Management

COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Ned Hill, Dean, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University

COUNCIL OF FOUNDATIONS AND PHILANTHROPISTS
*George Soros, Chairman, Open Society Institute

COUNCIL OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
*Lennart Båge, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

COUNCIL OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Margaret Catley-Carlson, Chair ICARDA & Global Water Partnership
Mazide Ndiaye, President and CEO, FAVDO

COUNCIL OF PARLIAMENTARIANS
Wakako Hironaka, Member of the House of Councillors, Japan
*Sharad Pawar, Minister of Food and Agriculture, India

COUNCIL OF PRACTITIONERS
Ela Bhatt, General Secretary, Self Employed Women's Association
*John Hatch, Founder, FINCA International
*Muhammad Yunus, Managing Director, Grameen Bank

COUNCIL OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
William Vendley, Secretary General, World Conference on Religion and Peace

COUNCIL OF UN AGENCIES
Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
 *Juan Somavia, Director General, International Labour Organization


Those indicated with an * are also members of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Executive Committee.