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

Ms. Nur Sulyna Abdullah
Executive Director of the Secretariat
Chief, Strategic Planning and Membership Department, ITU
All Commissioners
- All
- Civil Society
- International Organizations
- Senior Policymakers
- Top CEOs & Industry Leaders

Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Umlambo Foundation

Mr. Makhtar Diop
IFC

Mr. Lacina Koné
Smart Africa

Ms. Pamela Coke-Hamilton
ITC

Hon. Ms. Mia Mottley
Barbados

Mr. Filippo Grandi
UNHCR

Mr. Ziyang Xu
ZTE

Mr. Patrick Masambu
ITSO

Mr. Mark Dankberg
Viasat

H.E. Deemah AlYahya
DCO

Mr. Ralph Mupita
MTN

Dr. Ann Aerts
Novartis Foundation

H. E. Engineer Majed Sultan Al Mesmar
UAE

Ms. Sima Sami Bahous
UN Women

Professor Jeffrey Sachs
Columbia University

H.E. Ms. Aurélie Adam-Soule Zoumarou
Benin

Mr. Achim Steiner
UNDP

Prof. Mercedes Aráoz
Peru

Dr. Qu Dongyu
FAO

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

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

Dr. Hessa Al Jaber
Es’hailSat

Dr. Carlos M. Jarque

Mr. Bocar Ba
SAMENA Council

Mr. Mats Granryd
GSMA

Mr. Erik Ekudden
Ericsson

Mr. Lew Chuen Hong
IMDA

Mr. Hans Vestberg
Verizon

Ms. Christel Heydemann
Orange

Mr. Olayan Alwetaid
stc

Ms. Sun Yafang
Huawei

Mr. Kevin Martin
Meta

Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal
Bharti Enterprises

Ms. Rabab Fatima
UN-OHRLLs

Ms. Isabelle Mauro
GSOA

Dr. Rumman Chowdhury
Humane Intelligence

Mr. David Wajsgras
Intelsat

Mr. Young Shub Kim
KT

Mr. Denis O’Brien
Digicel

Baroness Beeban Kidron
5Rights Foundation

Mr. Abel Avellan
AST SpaceMobile

Mr. Amir Dossal
Global Partnerships Forum

Ms. Catherine M. Russell
UNICEF

Dr. Tedros A. Ghebreyesus
WHO

Mr. Piotr Dmochowski-Lipski
EUTELSAT IGO

Mr. Shameel Joosub
Vodacom Group
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.