Africa Progress Panel

Panel Member Biographies

Mr Kofi Annan

Former Secretary-General of the UN and Nobel Laureate

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 Peter Eigen

Founder and Chair of the Advisory Council, Transparency International

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

General Olusegun Obasanjo

Former President of Nigeria

Mr Robert E Rubin

Former Secretary of the United States Treasury

Mr Tidjane Thiam

Chief Financial Officer, Prudential Plc, former member of the Commission for Africa

Professor Muhammad Yunus

Economist, Founder of Grameen Bank and Nobel Laureate

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