H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President of Federal Republic of Nigeria (Former Chairperson)
H.E. Thabo Mbeki, Former President of the Republic of South Africa
Late H.E. Pierre Buyoya, Former President of the Republic of Burundi
Prof. Andreas Eshete, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister with the rank of a Minister, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Former Deputy Chairperson)
Dr. Tedros Adhanom, Director General, World Health Organization and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Prof. Ndioro Ndiaye, Former Minister for Social Development/Former Minister for Women, Children and Family Affairs, Republic of Senegal
H.E. Betty Bigombe, Former State Minister of Water Resources, Republic of Uganda, and Former Director of Fragility, Conflict and Violence, World Bank
Prof. Funmi Olonisakin, Vice President/Principal (International), King’s College London and Founding Director, African Leadership Centre
Prof. Mahmood Mamdani, Executive Director, Makerere Institute of Social Research, Uganda
Prof. Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Professor at Columbia University, Department of Philosophy and Francophone Studies, USA
Amb. Berhane Gebre-Christos, Former Diplomat, Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ethiopia.
Dr. Hashim Tewfik, Former Deputy Director, National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), Ethiopia
H.E. Luísa Dias Diogo, Former Prime Minister, Republic of Mozambique
H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn, Former Prime Minister, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
H.E. Hirut Zemene, Ambassador, Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the Kingdom of Netherlands
H.E. Temesgen Tiruneh, Director General, National Intelligence & Security Service (NISS), Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Alain Foka, Journalist, Radio France International, France/Cameroon
