Below is the list of members of the IGF Leadership Panel, each appointed by the UN Secretary-General to a two-year term, as well as the Panel's ex-officio members. More information on the configuration of the panel is available in the Terms of Reference.
Chair
Mr. Vint Cerf, Co-Designer of TCP/IP protocols and architecture of the Internet, Co-Founder, Internet Society (United States of America)
Vice-Chair
Ms. Maria Ressa, CEO and President of Rappler Inc., 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Winner (Philippines and United States of America)
Members
Government
- H.E. Mr. Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, and Secretary to the Government (India)
- H.E. Ms. Karoline Edtstadler, Federal Minister for the EU and the Constitution (Austria)
Private Sector
- Mr. Hatem Dowidar, Group CEO, e& (UAE)
- Ms. Maria Fernanda Garza, CEO of Orestia and International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Board Chair (Mexico)
Technical Community
- Ms. Lise Fuhr, Director General, ETNO (Denmark)
Civil Society
- Mr. ‘Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative (Nigeria)
At-large
- Mr. Toomas Hendrik Ilves, former President of Estonia (Estonia)
- Mr. Lan Xue, Dean of Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University, and Member, Sustainable Development Solutions Network Leadership Council (China)
Ex-officio Members
Chair of the IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group
- Ms. Carol Roach (Bahamas)
Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology
2022 Host Country Representative
- H.E. Mr. Belete Molla, Minister of Innovation and Technology (Ethiopia)
2023 Host Country Representative
- H. E. Mr. Takuo Imagawa, Vice Minister for Policy Coordination (International Affairs), Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) (Japan)
2024 Host Country Representative
- H.E. Mr. Ahmed Mohammed Alsuwaiyan, Governor, Digital Government Authority (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Advisor to the Chair: Mr. Krzysztof Szubert, Former Secretary of State and Republic of Poland Plenipotentiary for UN IGF 2021; Vice President of the Management Board of PKO TFI (Poland)