Panel Member Biographies
Mr Tony Blair
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, former member of the Commission for Africa
Mr Michel Camdessus
Former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, former member of the Commission for Africa
Mr Bob Geldof KBE
Musician, Businessman, Founder and Chair of Band Aid, Live Aid and Live8, Co-founder of DATA, former member of the Commission for Africa
Mrs Graça Machel
Women and children's rights activist, President of the Foundation for Community Development
Mrs Linah Kelebogile Mohohlo
Governor, Bank of Botswana, former member of the Commission for Africa
Mr Robert E Rubin
Chairman of the Executive Committee, Citigroup, former Secretary of the United States Treasury
Mr Tidjane Thiam
Chief Financial Officer, Prudential Plc, former member of the Commission for Africa
2008 Report
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Key Dates
25th Sep:
Heads of State Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals – UN General Assembly, New York, USA
6th Oct:
Launch of second Mo Ibrahim Foundation Index of African Governance, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
16th Oct:
World Food Day
12th Nov:
Publication of World Bank’s 2008 Africa Development Indicators
1st Dec:
World AIDS Day