Our Commissioners
Broadband Commission Leadership
Co-Chair and Founder
President of Rwanda
Co-Chair and Founder
Founder of Carlos Slim Foundation and Grupo Carso
Co-Vice Chair
Secretary-General of ITU
Co-Vice Chair
Director General of UNESCO
Focal Point
Minister of ICT & Innovation, Rwanda
Focal Point
Executive Director, International Relations, Corporate and Government Affairs, America Movil
Executive Director of
the Secretariat
Director of ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau
Focal Point
Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information of UNESCO
All Commissioners
- All
- Civil Society
- International Organizations
- Senior Policymakers
- Top CEOs & Industry Leaders

H.E. Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid
African Union Commission

H.E. Aurélie Adam-Soule Zoumarou
Benin

Dr. Ann Aerts
Novartis Foundation

H.E Dr. Mohammed Saud Al-Tamimi
Saudi Arabia

Mr. Bocar Ba
SAMENA Council

Dato’ Ir. (Dr.) Lee Yee Cheong
ISTIC-UNESCO

Ms. Pamela Coke-Hamilton
ITC

Mr. Makhtar Diop
IFC

Mr. Piotr Dmochowski-Lipski
EUTELSAT IGO

Mr. Amir Dossal
Global Partnerships Forum

Mr. Erik Ekudden
Ericsson

Dr. Tedros A. Ghebreyesus
WHO

Mr. Filippo Grandi
UNHCR

Mr. Mats Granryd
GSMA

Ms. Sun Yafang
Huawei

Mr. Hans Vestberg
Verizon

Mr. Andrew Sullivan
ISOC

Mr. Achim Steiner
UNDP

Professor Jeffrey Sachs
Columbia University

Mr. Chuck Robbins
Cisco

Dr. Qu Dongyu
FAO

H.E. Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful
Ghana

Mr. Denis O’Brien
Digicel

Dr. Hessa Al Jaber
Es’hailSat

Baroness Beeban Kidron
5Rights Foundation

Mr. Robert Kirkpatrick
UN Global Pulse

Mr. Lacina Koné
Smart Africa

Dr. Hyeonmo Ku
KT

Mr. Keng Thai Leong
Singapore

Mr. Pekka Lundmark
Nokia

Mr. Kevin Martin
Facebook

Mr. Patrick Masambu
ITSO

Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal
Bharti Enterprises

Mr. Ralph Mupita
MTN

H.E. Mr. Roberto Sánchez
Spain

Mr. Mauricio Ramos
Millicom

Mr. Ziyang Xu
ZTE

Mr. Nick Read
Vodafone

Mr. Rajeev Suri
Inmarsat

Prof. Mercedes Aráoz
Peru

Hon. Ms. Mia Mottley
Barbados

H. E. Engineer Majed Sultan Al Mesmar
UAE

Dr. Rumman Chowdhury
Parity

Ms. Sima Sami Bahous
UN Women

H.E. Ms. Khumbudzo P. S. Ntshavheni
South Africa
Former Commissioners
Founded in 2010, The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development has had the privilege to work with hundreds of esteemed Commissioners who have helped shape the work and outcomes of the Commission as well as the state of broadband worldwide.
We would like to express our continued gratitude for their hard work and commitment to sustainable and equitable broadband development.