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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.