Dr. Chandrapal Singh Yadav
President
International Cooperative Alliance
Asia And Pacific
Ms. Joni Simpson
Director
ILO Country Office for Sri Lanka and the Maldives
Dr. P.A. Kiriwandeniya
Founder of the SANASA Movement
Sri Lanka
Prof. Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. Noor Azlan bin Ghazali
Professor
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s Institut Pembangunan & Kermajuan Inklusif Malaysia (MINDA-UKM)
Ms. Ann Apps
Lecturer
University of Newcastle
Australia
Ms. Anitha Munasinghe
Country Manager of Solidaridad Network in Sri Lanka
Mr. Balu Iyer
Regional Director
International Cooperative Alliance
Asia and Pacific
Mr. Pankaj Kumar Bansal
Managing Director
National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC)
India
Prof. Gomika Udugamasooriya
Senior Advisor to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Mr. Satish Marathe
Director, Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and on the Board of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
India
Mr. Upali Herath
Cooperative Leader
Sri Lanka
Mr. Jeroen Douglas
Director General
International Cooperative Alliance
Prof. Sidsel Grimstad
Leading Academic in Cooperative Studies, Mutual Enterprises and Sustainble Housing
Australia
Mr. Srinivas Tata
Director of the Social Development Division at ESCAP
Mr. G.D. Sarath Weerasiri
Chairman of the Kuliyapitiya District Cooperative Council and Bingiriya Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society, Director of Sri Lanka Consumer Cooperative Federation
Mr. Jay-vee Marasigan Pangan
Multimedia Journalist & Educator Philippines
Ms. Gurpreet Kaur Bhatia
Regional Communications Director: Asia, Heifer International
Mr. S. Swaminathan
Communications Professional, and Livelihoods & Collective Enterprise Consultant, India
Ms. Chitose Arai
President, Japanese Consumers’ Co-operative Union (JCCU)
Japan
Datuk Seri Dr. Abdul Fattah Abdullah
President, ANGKASA,
Malaysia
Ms. Kumiko Matsuhashi
Vice-President, National Women’s Association of Agricultural Cooperatives (JA Zenkoku Joseikyo),
Japan
Mr. Mangala Wijesinghe
Chairman/CEO – Sri Lanka Export Development Board and Head of WTO SheTrades Sri Lanka Hub
Ms. Abhilasha Bahuguna
Co-Founder and Director, Looms of Ladakh,
India
Ms. Thi Minh Hai Pham
Chairwoman and CEO, Hop Tac Xa Lua Co Chat Silk,
Vietnam
Ms. Emalia Binti Rabin
Board Member, Koperasi Desa Cinta Kobuni Berhad,
Malaysia
Ms. Sahar Farraj
President of the Handicraft & Agro-Food Processing Cooperative Union, Palestine
Mr. Ariel Guarco
President
International Cooperative Alliance
Dr. Ahilan Kadirgamar
Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Jaffna,
Sri Lanka
Mr. Wasantha Samarasinghe
Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security, and Cooperative Development.
Sri Lanka
Mr. Abdelfattah M. Q. Al-Shalabi
Director General, Jordan Co-operative Corporation (JCC)