1950 World Cup Painted Ball

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the seventh Director-General of the WTO and the first woman and the first African to serve as Director-General.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (born 13 June 1954) is a Nigerian-American economist, fair trade leader, environmental sustainability advocate, human welfare champion, sustainable finance maven and global development expert. Since March 2021, Okonjo-Iweala has been serving as Director-General of the World Trade Organization. Notably, she is the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization as Director-General. She sits on boards of: Danone, Standard Chartered Bank, Twitter, MINDS: Mandela Institute for Development Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, One Campaign, GAVI: Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, Rockefeller Foundation, R4D: Results for Development, ARC: African Risk Capacity and Earthshot Prize plus others

Okonjo-Iweala was the first Nigerian woman to serve two terms as Finance Minister of Nigeria. Subsequently, from June to August 2006, she served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. In 2005, Euromoney named her Global Finance Minister of the Year.

Mazumdar-Shaw dislikes the term ‘philanthropy”, believing that it often provides temporary fixes rather than addressing the root cause or the underlying situation. She prefers the term “compassionate capitalist”

Nita Ambani(born 1 November1963) is an Indian

philanthropist. She is the chairperson and founder of

the Reliance Foundation, Dhirubhai Ambani International

School and a director of Reliance Industries. She is

married to Reliance Industries chairman and managing

director Mukesh Ambani, the Ambanis are among the

richest in the world. She is also an art collector and owner

of the Indian Premier League cricket team Mumbai

Indians.