Leadership and Governance

This section provides an overview of leadership and governance of the organization for 2024-2025.

The World Economic Forum was founded by Klaus Schwab. Peter Brabeck-Lemathe is Ad Interim Chair of the Board of Trustees. The Forum is managed by its President and CEO, Børge Brende and the Managing Board.

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe*

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe**
Ad Interim Chair of the Board of Trustees, World Economic Forum¹

Mukesh D. Ambani
Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries

Ajay S. Banga
President, World Bank Group

Marc Benioff
Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Salesforce

Thomas Buberl
Chief Executive Officer, AXA^1,2

Roberto Campos Neto
Vice-Chairman and Global Head of Public Policy, Nubank

Laurence D. Fink
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock

Orit Gadiesh
Chair Emeritus and Partner, Bain & Company¹

Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Fabiola Gianotti
Director-General, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

Al Gore
Vice-President of the United States (1993-2001); Chairman and Co- Founder, Generation Investment Management LLP

Philipp M. Hildebrand
Vice-Chairman, BlackRock

André Hoffmann
Vice-Chairman, Roche

Paula Ingabire
Minister of Information Communication Technology and Innovation of Rwanda

Joe Kaeser
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Siemens Energy

Christine Lagarde
President, European Central Bank

Yo-Yo Ma
Cellist

Patrice Motsepe
Founder and Executive Chairman, African Rainbow Minerals

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO)

Lubna S. Olayan
Chair of the Executive Committee, Olayan Financing Company

H.M. Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

David M. Rubenstein
Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, Carlyle²

Tharman Shanmugaratnam
President of Singapore

Jim Hagemann Snabe
Chairman, Siemens¹

Julie Sweet
Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Accenture2

Feike Sybesma
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Royal Philips²

Heizo Takenaka
Professor Emeritus, Keio University

Zhu Min
Vice-Chairman, China Center for International Economic Exchanges¹

Børge Brende

Klaus Schwab

Børge Brende
President and CEO

Mirek Dušek
Managing Director; Chief Business Officer; Global Programming

Jeremy Jurgens
Managing Director, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Centre for Cybersecurity

Gim Huay Neo
Managing Director, Asia Strategy and Centre for Energy and Materials

Saadia Zahidi
Managing Director, Centre for the New Economy and Society and Knowledge Communities

Alois Zwinggi
Managing Director, Institutional Operations and Swiss Relations

Kiva Allgood
Managing Director, San Francisco Office, Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chain, and Centre for Urban Transformation

Matthew Blake
Managing Director, World Economic Forum LLC, Centre for Financial and Monetary Systems, and Centre for Health and Healthcare

Sebastian Buckup
Managing Director, Centre for Nature and Climate and Forum Foundations

Sheba Crocker
Managing Director, Chief Communications Officer

Rhiannon Evans
Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer

Maroun Kairouz
Managing Director, Centre for Regions, Trade and Geopolitics

Uxio Malvido
Managing Director, Chief People Officer

Stephan Mergenthaler
Managing Director, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Artificial Intelligence

Nicki Allitt
Head of Strategic Communications and Coordination

Marisol Argueta de Barillas
Head of the Regional Agenda, Latin America

Astrid Balsink
Head of Inclusion, Wellbeing and Engagement

Francisco Betti
Head, Global Industries Team

Shyam Bishen
Head, Centre for Health and Healthcare

Roberto Bocca
Head, Centre for Energy and Materials

François Bonnici
Director, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship; Head of Foundations

Sean Doherty
Head of International Trade and Investment

John Dutton
Head of UpLink

Pedro Gomez
Head, Climate

Fernando J. Gómez
Head, Resource Systems and Resilience

Sriram Gutta
Head of Engagement and Operations

Chieh Huang
President, Global Collaboration Village

Jack Hurd
Executive Director, Tropical Forest Alliance

Zara Ingilizian
Head of Consumer Industries

Fujiyo Ishiguro
Chair of Japan and Chief Representative Officer

Philippe Isler
Director, Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation

Ramya Krishnaswamy
Head of Institutional Communities and ESG Initiative

Joo-Ok Lee
Head of the Regional Agenda, Asia-Pacific

Cathy Li
Head of AI, Data and Metaverse

Viraj Mehta
Head of the Regional Agenda, India and South Asia

Jeff Merritt
Head, Centre for Urban Transformation

Kelly Ommundsen
Head of Digital Inclusion

Severin Podolak
Head of Event Production

Alexandre Raffoul
Head of Regional Business Strategy

Mel Rogers
Head of Strategic Affairs

Paul Smyke
Head of the Regional Agenda, North America

Roberto Tinnirello
Head of Business Strategy and Services

Yann Zopf
Head of Media

* Peter Brabeck-Letmathe served as interim Chair until his resignation, effective 12 August 2025. The Board of Trustees subsequently elected Laurence D. Fink and André Hoffmann as Co-Chairs on 15 August 2025.

** Peter Brabeck-Letmathe resigned from the Board of Trustees, effective 12 August 2025.