Ms. Zambrano is an Undersecretary of Fisheries Resources in Ecuador’s Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments and Fisheries. Previously she served in Ecuador’s Navy as the lieutenant commander of marines, worked as an advisor on operational law and human Rights, registrar of naval property, as well as Commissioner of Third Municipal Government (Municipality of Guayaquil, Ecuador).

Ms. Zambrano is an advocate with a Master’s degree in Administrative Law (Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador), international diploma of specialization in human rights, transparency and public policies against corruption (Instituto Internacional Henry Dunant , Santiago de Chile, Chile), as well as Master’s degree in Sustainable Agribusiness Administration (Escuela Politécnica de Administración de Empresas, Guayaquil, Ecuador).

Clovis Zapata is the Representative of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization - UNIDO for Brazil.

He has more than 25 years of experience working as an economist for various international organizations, including the World Bank, UNDP, WWF, and the ESRC BRASS Centre. He has held positions in the Brazilian Federal Government and in academia in  in the United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, and Italy.

He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial and Environmental Economics from Cardiff University, United Kingdom, and the University of California, USA, and BA and MSc degrees in Economics. 

Simonetta Zarrilli is the chief of the Trade, Gender and Development Programme of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), a programme she launched in 2010 and has been leading since. Under her leadership, the Programme provides analytical, policy and capacity-building support to member countries on the gender implications of trade policy.

Prior to leading this work area, Ms. Zarrilli worked on several trade and development related topics and carried out analytical, intergovernmental and technical cooperation activities in those areas.

Ms. Zarrilli was educated in law and international relations at the Università degli Studi di Siena in Italy, at the College of Europe in Belgium, at the Université de Strasbourg in France and at the University of Dundee in Scotland.

Ewelina is currently employed in the Department of Accounting at University of Lodz. She received her habilitation in 2018 at Cracow University of Economics and Ph.D. in 2006 at University of Lodz. Prior to joining University of Lodz, she worked for almost ten years as a Financial Controller and Financial Manager in one of the multinational company operating in Poland. Ewelina is an author and co-author of publications on management accounting and non-financial reporting. Her research interests center on performance management, management control, corporate social responsibility, non-financial disclosures and stakeholder engagement. Actually she is involved in research project: Corporate Social Practices and Related Disclosures: the Role of Stakeholders’ Engagement, co-investigators: J. Krasodomska, D. Dobija, funded by National Science Center. She is a member of European Accounting Association (EAA) and of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA).

A lawyer by training, Dr. Helge Elisabeth Zeitler has been since April 2024 Director for UN and EU affairs, also covering G7/20 and trade, at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. Prior to this post, she held different positions in the international directorate of the European Commission’s Environment Department, with topics ranging from deforestation-free supply chains and international water policy to environmental cooperation at the UN and under various multilateral agreements. Helge Zeitler also served in the past at the EU Delegation to the UN in New York, at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Tanzania and at the German Foreign Ministry.

Reto Zemp, Swiss Certified Public Accountant, is Head Financial Reporting at SIX Exchange Regulation AG. As such, he is responsible for the enforcement of the financial reporting of the issuers listed on SIX Swiss Exchange with the applicable financial reporting standards as well as wider corporate reporting requirements such as Alternative Performance Measures and Sustainability Reporting. Reto Zemp is also a member of the Committee 1 on Issuer Accounting, Audit and Disclosure of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). Prior to joining SIX, Reto Zemp worked for more than 15 years as audit expert with PwC, including 4 years as a consultant in the IFRS technical department.

James X. Zhan is director of investment and enterprise at UNCTAD. He leads the team of the World Investment Report and is editor-in-chief of the Transnational Corporations journal. He chairs the Governing Board of the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative (with all major stock exchanges worldwide as members). He has provided policy advice to numerous governments (including heads of states and cabinets) and parliaments, and global summits (including G20 and BRICS). He led the formulation of global guidelines for a new generation of investment policies, which are used in over 100 countries. He also led the establishment of the World Investment Forum. He is chief strategist for the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies and was Global Agenda Council member of the World Economic Forum. He has held several advisory positions in academic institutions (including at Cambridge University, Columbia University and Cornell University and Oxford University). He has extensive publications on investment, trade and technology related economic and legal issues.

Mr. Xiangchen Zhang has been Deputy-Director General of WTO since 1 June 2021. He has long and extensive experience on WTO issues, trade negotiations and policy research.

Prior to his current position, he served as Vice Minister of Commerce of China. He was China's Ambassador to the WTO from 2017 to 2020, Deputy China International Trade Representative (vice-minister level) from 2015 to 2017, Assistant Minister of Commerce from 2013 to 2015. He also held several other senior positions in the Ministry of Commerce, including Director General for Policy Research from 2011 to 2013, and Director General for WTO Affairs from 2005 to 2008. In 2005, he was appointed chief negotiator for China-Australia FTA. From 1992 to 2001, he was a leading aide to China's Chief Representative for GATT/WTO accession negotiations.

Mr. Zhang holds a bachelor's degree in law, a master's degree in international relations and a PhD in international politics.

Chair of The Eurasian Institutes of Certified Public Accountants (EICPA)
Chair of The Institute of Certified Public Accountants (RICPA).
Board member of Eurasian Council of Certified Accountants and Auditors (ECCAA)
President of «Non-for-profit partnership «Certified Professional Accountant»  Membership Association.
Degree in Accounting and Auditing.  Mr. Zharinov has been worked for more than 25 years in managing PAO development and capacity building programs. He coordinates the Eurasian Regional Initiative on Corporate Accountability (EUARICA) and overseas IPSAS monitoring committee in EICPA regional accounting grouping.

Currently, his professional efforts are focused on:
-    implementation of ESG reporting;
-    improving financial reporting, management of corporate and public finances in the Eurasian countries;
-    PAO capacity building;
-    bringing together professional accounting organizations, policymakers and regulators from the Eurasian region to discuss ways to facilitate and promote the adoption and implementation of high-quality internationally recognized professional standards for accounting and reporting.