Matthew Martin established Development Finance International (DFI) in 1996, aiming to mobilize the best debt relief and new development finance to fight poverty and inequality.
Matthew has been advising developing countries, development partners and other stakeholders on these issues since 1991. He leads and quality controls all DFI work, especially programme design, liaison with funders and stakeholders, strategic planning and fundraising.
His current research and advocacy focuses on ending the global South’s worst ever debt crisis, and on progressive tax policy to fight inequality (leading the tax work on the CRI).
Matthew previously worked for the World Bank, Overseas Development Institute and Oxford University.
Cécile is an accomplished expert on environment and sustainable development and currently serving as the Director, Francophonie Institute for sustainable development (IFDD) in the Francophonie international Organization (OIF) leading OIF engagement in the Paris Agreement and 2030 Agenda follow-up and review, working closely with concerned units across the Organization and external partners.
Cécile joined OIF after serving 4 and half years in the International Solar Alliance as Director of Communication, Outreach and Partnerships in India, which lead to a deep understanding of the energy landscapes and challenges in India, North and West Africa. Prior to this Cécile worked for 10 years in the French Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME) as senior programme manager in the International and Europe division. She has acted as lead on the climate change, sustainable tourism and sustainable city programmes.
Throughout her career, Cécile has taken leading roles in international forums, had conceptualized and let the development of regional and national strategies on environment, climate change and sustainable development.
She holds an Executive Education on Public Private Partnerships for Infrastructure from Harvard Kennedy School, a Certificate on Financing & Deploying Clean Energy from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies & Yale School of Management, and a Master Degree in Public Administration & International Affairs from the French Institute of Political Sciences.
Mr. Martin-Novella serves as Deputy Executive Secretary of the BRS Conventions (the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants) since 1st January 2017. He has over 35 years of professional experience on environment and sustainable development issues, both at the national and international levels, including multilateral environmental negotiations and processes. In previous assignments Carlos was the Deputy Secretary of the IPCC, Special Advisor to UN Environment on Multilateral Environmental Agreements, Senior Advisor to the German Government on global biodiversity issues, Senior Advisor to the Spanish Government on international biodiversity policies and Principal Administrator at the European Commission responsible for scientific and economic aspects of the Convention on Biological Diversity, as well as the 1998 EU Biodiversity Strategy. He holds a Master of Science degree in Biology from the Complutense University (Madrid, Spain).
Aurelio Martínez has been a Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Valencia since 1981. In 1989, he was appointed as the Valencian Regional Government’s Director-General of the Economy and Financial Policy, and two years later as the Director of the Economy Department for the Spanish Prime Minister’s Office.
In 1995, Mr. Martínez was appointed as the Valencian Regional Minister for the Economy and Finance, and Chairman of the Valencian Institute of Finance. From 1995 to 1999, he was a Councillor for the Socialist Group on the Valencia City Council.
From 2000 to 2004, he was the Director of the International Economic Environment Observatory (OCEI), and from 2004 to 2009, he was the Chairman of the Spanish Official Credit Institute (ICO).
In July 2009, he was appointed as the Chairman of Navantia and in 2011, as the Chairman of Sociedad Estatal Loterías y Apuestas del Estado (SELAE), the Spanish State Lottery Company.
In 2013, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Valencia Football Club Foundation, a position he left in 2014 when the club was sold.
Mr. Martínez was appointed as the Chairman of the Port Authority of Valencia on 14th August 2015.
An Agroforestry Engineer, Álvaro has served as an advisor, entrepreneur, businessman, negotiator, researcher, consultant, and international speaker, leading environmental, social, and economic initiatives in Colombia, Latin America, and the United States. His work focuses on improving the sustainability of underserved families globally.
He currently engages major companies in developing business strategies with significant environmental, nutritional, and clean water impacts, aligned with blue and circular economy principles. He has also led projects at PAIS21 in collaboration with organizations like the World Food Program, Action Against Hunger, Compartamos con Colombia, the Green Chamber of Commerce, IFAD, and the UN's Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). He was awarded the Alexander Von Humboldt Decoration on Environment in Colombia.
Marek Martyniszyn is Professor of Competition Law and Policy at Queen’s University Belfast (Northern Ireland).
His research focuses on international and cross-border aspects of competition law, including the limits of extraterritorial jurisdiction and state involvement in anticompetitive practices.
He has a particular interest in competition systems and agencies in developing countries and economies in transition. Prof. Martyniszyn is an Academic Coordinator of the UNCTAD Working Group on Cross-Border Cartels and serves as a Non-Governmental Advisor (NGA) to the International Competition Network (ICN).
He has presented his research in various international fora, including the UNCTAD, ICN, BRICS and COMESA.
Andrea Marván Saltiel is the Chairwoman of the Federal Economic Competition since March 2023.
She has over 12 years of experience at this institution, where she held executive roles in the Investigative Authority and served as Director General of Competition Advocacy before being appointed as Commissioner in 2022.
She serves as Chair of the International Competition Network (ICN) Steering Group since May 2025 and as Vice-Chair of the Bureau of the Competition Committee of the Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) since 2023.
She holds a Law degree from Universidad Iberoamericana and a Master of Laws from the University of Chicago.
Based in Barcelona, I work at Climate-KIC, where I lead innovation and capacity-building programmes focused on climate adaptation, resilience, and ocean innovation in Tanzania. We support early-stage climate and blue economy startups through the ClimAccelerator, work with climate youth-led NGOs, and organize initiatives like the Blue Economy Hackathon in Zanzibar to foster local innovation.
As co-lead of ECOP Spain, I advocate for the role of early career ocean professionals in shaping a regenerative blue economy. I’ve organized networking events during the UN Ocean Decade Conference and previously worked on knowledge transfer at the Institute of Marine Sciences. I also co-produced a documentary highlighting a Marine Protected Area in southern Spain. My work aims to bridge innovation, ocean and climate knowledge, and entrepreneurial action to build a more resilient future for our oceans.
Rohan Masakarola is the founder and CEO of Shippers' Academy Colombo and Shippers' Academy International, Australia; as well as a UNESCAP certified lecturer on global supply chains and logistics where he has served as SG to many international institutions and government boards.
He is also Lead Consultant of the Maritime Advisory Programme, with U.S. State Department and the Colombo Plan on capacity development.
Rohan has over 30 years of experience through factory floor to the global commerce (exports-imports) and ports, logistics and distribution systems and policy advocacy.
Formerly, he served as a logistics consultant to ITC Geneva, as well as chairman of the National Exports Strategy on logistics to the Export Development Board of Sri Lanka. He has also been a working group member of the ICC in Paris, on trade terms development (INCOTERMS).
Rohan's work includes policy related experiences in Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Singapore, Australia, Myanmar.