Khalid is a member of Trade Facilitation Committee in Abu Dhabi, responsible for leading strategic initiatives and programs in Abu Dhabi Customs related to digitization, security, revenue Management and Trade Facilitation, including innovative solutions, Process Excellence, and Customs foresight.

He has an MBA in Project Management from Abu Dhabi University and BSc in Management from Higher Colleges of Technology, Certified Six Sigma and Abu Dhabi Government Future Leaders Program.

Ambassador Khalil Hashmi is the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva on 10 November 2019.

Prior to his appointment in Geneva, Ambassador Hashmi served as Director General (United Nations) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Hashmi has previously held portfolios of Director General for European region, Director General Arms Control and Director for Disarmament Affairs, India and South Asian region. 

Ambassador Hashmi’s diplomatic career includes bilateral postings at Pakistan Embassies in Copenhagen (1999-2002) and Beijing (2008-2010). He twice served at Pakistan Mission to the United Nations in New York (2004-2007) and (2012-2016), including as Deputy Permanent Representative. Ambassador Hashmi joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1994, and has worked on a range of policy issues related to arms control, counter-terrorism, human rights and climate change, among others. Ambassador Khalil Hashmi holds a Masters degree in comparative study of religion. 

Muneer Hassan CA(SA) began his tenure at SAICA in November 2007 as Project Director: Tax. He was internally promoted to his current role in March 2012. Hassan's portfolio is to ensure that SAICA plays a leading role in shaping the regulatory environment and governance framework for the accountancy profession by managing key stakeholder relationships and ensuring high quality technical contributions into external processes, technical communication and services to SAICA members.Prior to joining SAICA, Hassan was a tax technical advisor at the South African Revenue Services. He holds certificates in Capital Gains Tax as well as Advanced Taxation.

Mike Hathorn joined the IFAC Board in November 2013, nominated by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS). Mr. Hathorn was appointed chief operating officer for Moore Stephens International Limited in July 2013, with responsibility for global network development. He was previously a partner with Moore Stephens LLP, London, for 10 years during which time he led the firm’s UK public sector audit and assurance team. He continues to provide public sector consultancy services and is a member of the UK Treasury’s Whole of Government Financial Reporting Advisory Group. Mr. Hathorn is chairman of the Moore Stephens International and Moore Stephens Europe Technical Committees. He was previously a partner with Moore Stephens Scotland from 1974 to 2003, managing partner from 1989 to 2002, and chairman of Moore Stephens UK from 1989 to 2004. Mr. Hathorn is also a past president of ICAS, where he has served on the Council and various committees over the past 30 years. Mr. Hathorn previously served as a member of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) for 10 years, including as vice chair from 2004 to 2006 and chair from 2007 to 2009. He has presented papers at many international conferences during and since his three years as chair of the IPSASB and continues to contribute to the development of accrual accounting and the adoption of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) in the public sector.

Arif Havas Oegroseno has served as Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs since October 2024. Previously, he was Indonesia’s Ambassador to Germany (2018–2024), Vice Minister at the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment (2015–2018), and Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, and the EU (2010–2015).

At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was Director General for Law and International Treaties (2008–2010) and Director for Political, Security, and Regional Agreements (2002–2008). In 2010, he became the first Indonesian to preside over the UNCLOS Conference at the UN.

His diplomatic career spans over 30 years, with key assignments in Geneva (1993–1997) and Lisbon (1999–2002). He has led major negotiations on maritime boundaries, extradition, trade, and sustainable development and was instrumental in developing Indonesia’s Ocean Policy and the Archipelagic and Island States (AIS) Forum.

A graduate of Harvard Law School, he has participated in advanced training courses worldwide. He has received honorary medals from Belgium and serves on international law panels. A frequent lecturer, he has spoken at leading universities, including the Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy, and at major international conferences.

Gerbrand Haverkamp is the Executive Director of World Benchmarking Alliance, a non-profit bringing together investors, NGO’s, business platforms, governments and existing disclosure standards to develop free and publicly available benchmarks that rank companies on their contribution to the SDGs. He originally founded Index Initiative, one of WBA’s founding partners, and prior to this he worked for the Dutch Government in the areas of inclusive business, sustainable agricultural supply chains and food security.

Lewis has worked in the public sector and international development for more than 30 years and in more than 30 countries. He was a lead public sector specialist for the World Bank’s Europe and Central Asia region, with more than 8 years’ experience in the Bank. Prior to joining the Bank he was a senior executive in the Australian Government Department of Finance and a senior official in the UK HM Treasury with responsibility for development and implementation of leading edge public administration reforms. He has also worked as an independent consultant on PFM in South East Asia and Eastern Europe. Lewis has contributed to many books and published journal articles on various public sector management issues. He has academic qualification in economics, accounting and business management. He is a member of CPA Australia and a Lifetime Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration of Australia.

Penelope Hawkins is the acting head of the Debt and Development Finance Branch at UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Previusly, as founder and managing director of Feasibility (Pty) Ltd, she has undertaken some of the leading research projects in the financial sector in Southern Africa, commissioned by regulators, policymakers, and the private sector.

She researches and engages with member country representatives and the broader civil and academic society on sovereign debt, financing for development, illicit financial flows, and financial inclusion.

She is a published economist, with a Ph.D. in economics from Stirling University, Scotland. She has an M.A. in economics (cum laude) from the University of South Africa and a B.A. in economics (honours), a higher diploma in education (cum laude) and a B.Sc., all from the University of the Witwatersrand.

HAYASHI Nobumitsu is Deputy Governor of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (“JBIC”), a policy-based financial institution wholly owned by the Japanese government. He is in charge of the global finance operations of the Bank. In this role, he has overseen the Bank’s international finance operations that involves, among others, global trade, sustainable infrastructure or global environmental preservation and is leading the Bank’s effort to support the recovery from the COVID-19 impact in various jurisdictions and industries. 

Prior to joining JBIC, he held various senior positions on international finance, economic policy and administration at the Government of Japan, including Commissioner of the National Tax Administration in 2014. He was also Director-General of the Finance Bureau (Ministry of Finance) in 2013, President of the Policy Research Institute (Ministry of Finance) in 2012, and Executive Director for Japan at the World Bank Group from 2010 to 2012. He was Executive Assistant to Prime Minister in 2007. 

He holds LLB from University of Tokyo. 

Dr. Tonya Haynes is Co-Lead Organiser of the UNCTAD XV Gender and Development Forum.

Dr. Haynes is the first graduate of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies: Nita Barrow Unit (IGDS:NBU) PhD programme, proudly representing a new generation of homegrown Caribbean feminist scholars. Animated by the liberatory potential of Caribbean feminisms. Dr. Tonya Haynes has published essays on Caribbean feminisms and feminist thought in Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism, sx:archipelagos, Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies and Love and Power: Caribbean Discourses on Gender (edited by Eudine Barriteau).

Her research on gender-based violence is published in Global Public Health and Social and Economic Studies. She is co-editor (with Dr. Tami Navarro) of the Special Issue of the Scholar and Feminist Online entitled “Caribbean Feminisms: Interventions in Scholarship, Art, and Activism across the Region”. She currently serves as Acting Head of the IGDS:NBU where she is also lecturer in Gender and Development Studies.