People
The Natural Resource Charter is governed by an Oversight Board supported by an International Secretariat and Technical Advisory Group. The Technical Advisory Group is made up of academics, lawyers, practioners and other experts. The Oversight Board is chaired by Ernesto Zedillo. Its responsibilities include championing the Charter internationally and overseeing the maintenance of the Charter as a 'living document' and practical manual.
Oversight Board
Ernesto Zedillo, Chair.
Ernesto Zedillo is the former President of Mexico and currently the Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. He is a Professor at Yale in the Field of International Economics and Politics, as well as in International and Area Studies, and is also Professor Adjunct of Forestry and Environmental Studies. From 1978-1987 he was with the Central Bank of Mexico; from 1987-88 he served the National Government of Mexico as Undersecretary of Budget; from 1988-1992 as Secretary of Economic Programming and Budget Education; and was appointed Secretary of Education in 1992. He served as President of Mexico from 1994-2000. Since leaving office in 2000, Ernesto Zedillo has been a leading voice on globalization.
Dr. Mo Ibrahim
Dr. Mo Ibrahim is a global expert in mobile communications with a distinguished academic and business career. In 1998, Dr Ibrahim founded Celtel International to build and operate mobile networks in Africa. Celtel became one of Africa’s most successful companies, with operations in 15 countries, covering more than a third of the continent’s population and investing more than US$750 million. In 2006 Dr Ibrahim established the Mo Ibrahim Foundation in support of great African leadership. The Foundation focuses on two major initiatives to stimulate debate around, and improve the quality of, governance across the continent. The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership recognises and celebrates excellence and the Ibrahim Index of African Governance provides civil society with a comprehensive and quantitative tool to promote government accountability. Dr Ibrahim is also Founding Chairman of Satya Capital Ltd, an investment company focused on opportunities in Africa. He has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, an Honorary Fellowship Award from the London Business School as well as Honorary Doctorates from the University of Birmingham and De Montfort University in Leicester. Dr. Ibrahim has also received the Chairman’s Award for Lifetime Achievement from the GSM Association in 2007 and the Economist's Innovation Award 2007 for Social & Economic Innovation. In 2008, he was presented with the BNP Paribas Prize for Philanthropy and also listed by TIME magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Mr. Shengman Zhang
Mr. Shengman Zhang is Chairman of Citigroup Asia Pacific. Prior to that, he was President of Citigroup Asia Pacific. Mr. Zhang joined Citi in February 2006.
Mr. Zhang, a Chinese national, came to Citi from the World Bank where he was the Managing Director from 2001 to 2005 in charge of the Bank's day to day worldwide operations. He chaired the Bank's Operations Committee, the Sanctions Committee and the Corporate Committee on Fraud and Corruption Policy. He was also the Chairman of the Bank Group's Crisis Management Committee.
Prior to that, from 1997 to 2001, he oversaw the World Bank's Corporate and Support Functions and Sectors and Regions respectively. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Zhang was Vice President and Corporate Secretary of the World Bank and Executive Director for China between 1994 and 1995. Earlier, Mr. Zhang held a number of senior positions at the Ministry of Finance in China.
Mr. Zhang was a graduate of Fudan University, China. He also attended McGill University (Canada) as an exchange student. He held a MPA degree from University of Washington D.C. and finished the Advanced Management Program of Harvard Business School.
Madam Luisa Diogo
Luisa Dias Diogo (born 1958) was Prime Minister of Mozambique from 2004 to 2010. She was appointed Minister of Planning and Finance (2000) after a career of 20 years in the Public Sector, serving as an Officer at the Department of Economics and Investment(1980), Head of the Budget Department (1986), Deputy National Budget Director (1989), National Budget Director (1991) and Deputy Minister of Planning and Finance (1999). In the period of 1993-1994 she was the World Bank’s Program Officer.
From 2005 to 2009 Diogo was Chair of the National Council of the Fight Against HIV/AIDS (CNSC). In 2006, the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan appointed Diogo as Co-Chair of the High-level Panel on UN System-wide coherence in the Areas of Development, Humanitarian Assistance, and the Environment.
Madam Diogo was distinguished in the list of World Top Leaders by Time Magazine (2004). In 2007, Diogo ranked 89th on the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women List and in 2008, she was distinguished with The Global Women’s Leadership Award. In the same year, she was appointed Member of the Africa Commission settled by the Prime Minister of Denmark. In 2010, she became a member of the Advisory Board of The Brenthurst Foundation, and the President of the African Commission appointed Diogo as a member of the Advisory Council for Peace and Security. Also in 2010, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appointed Diogo as a Member of the High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP).
Mr. Abdulatif Al-Hamad
Mr. Al-Hamad is the Chairman of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development. He previously held posts including Minister of Finance and Minister of Planning, Kuwait (1981-1983); Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development.
Mr. Al-Hamad has served on numerous boards including: Brandt Commission (1977-1980); Deputy Chairman of the International Institute for Environment and Development (1976-1989); Member and Chairman, United Nations Committee for Development Planning (1982-1991); Member of the South Commission (1987-1989); and Member of the Commission on Global Governance (1992 to present).
Technical Advisory Group
The Technical Advisory Group provide expertise to support the Charter as a living document and to steer the technical support provided by the NRC to resource-rich governments and societies. The periodic refreshing of the Charter culminates at an annual technical workshop. The Technical Advisory Group is chaired by Michael Spence, Nobel Laureate and Chair of the Commission on Growth and Development.
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Luqman Ahmad, Adam Smith International.
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Olu Ajakaiye, Research Director, African Economic Research Consortium.
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Saleem Ali, Professor of Environmental Studies at the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources and Director of the Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security at the James Jeffords Center for Policy Research, both at the University of Vermont.
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Joe Amoako-Tuffour, Professor of Economics, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada. Long-standing advisor to Ghana's Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Analysis (Ghana).
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Joseph Bell, Partner, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC. Chair of the Advisory Board, Revenue Watch Institute, and Executive Board of International Senior Lawyers Project.
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Jonathan Berman, Partner, Dalberg Global Development Advisors.
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François Bourguignon, Director of the Paris School of Economics and Professor of Economics at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales. Chief Economist at the World Bank (2003-2007).
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Paul Collier, author of The Bottom Billion. Professor of Economics at Oxford University and director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies.
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Robert Conrad, Associate Professor of Public Policy Studies and Economics, Duke University. |
Peter Eigen, Chairman of the Advisory Council of Transparency International and Special Representative for the Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative. Member of the Africa Progress Panel.
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Ibrahim Elbadawi, Director of the Macroeconomics Research and Forecasting Department, Economic Policy & Research Institute, Dubai Economic Council. A Visiting Fellow of the Center for Global Development and member of the Advisory Committee of the Economic Research Forum.
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Magnus Ericsson, Senior Partner, Raw Materials Group. |
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Michelle Foss, Chief Energy Economist at the Center for Energy Economics in the Bureau of Economic Geology of the Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin.
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Rodrigo Fuentes, Associate Professor, Instituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. |
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Gavin Hayman, Campaigns Director, Global Witness.
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Mark Henstridge, Deputy Executive Director, International Growth Centre and former Director, Group Economics at BP. |
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Christine Jojarth, leader of the Global Oil Governance Performance research project at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University.
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Sheila Khama, Director, Extractive Resources Services, African Center for Economic Transformation and former Chief Executive of De Beers Botswana (2005-2010). |
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Karin Lissakers, Director of the Revenue Watch Institute.
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Kathryn McPhail, Senior Program Director, International Council on Mining & Metals. |
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Charles McPherson, honorary lecturer at the University of Dundee's Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law & Policy, with responsibility for the Extractive Industries Source Book. Formerly Tax Policy Advisor at the International Monetary Fund and Senior Adviser on Oil and Gas at the World Bank. |
Serge Michailof, professor at Sciences Po and former executive director of operations, Agence Française de Développement. |
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Keith Myers, Partner, Richmond Energy Partners. |
José Antonio Ocampo, Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs and Director of Economic and Political Development Concentration at the School of International Affairs at Columbia University. Former UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs and Colombian Minister of Finance. |
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Willy Olsen, Senior Advisor, INTSOK Norwegian Oil and Gas Partners. Former Senior Advisor to the President & CEO OF Statoil. |
Tony Paul, Managing Director, Association of Caribbean Energy Specialists. |
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Michael Ross, Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies. |
Chukwuma C. Soludo, a Director of the African Institute for Applied Economics and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. |
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Michael Spence, Chairman of the NRC Technical Advisory Group, Nobel Prize-winning economist and Chair of the Commission on Growth and Development. |
Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy at the Center for International Development of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He was Chilean Finance Minister between 2006 and 2010. |
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Anthony Venables, Professor of Economics at Oxford University and director of the Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies. |
Albert Zeufack, Director of Research and Investment Strategy, Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia. |
International Secretariat
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Helen Dempsey |
Neil Renwick |