Dean Nelson is director of Foreign Desk Ltd, a communications consultancy offering a range of media services, including training, event hosting, content creation and strategic communications. An…

Michèle Frey-Hilti took over as Managing Director of the Hilti Family Foundation in 2019. Until then, she had been Managing Director of the Hilti Foundation since 2016….

Ms Maimunah Mohd Sharif of Malaysia is the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN‐Habitat), appointed by the Secretary‐General, following an election by the…

Anna Júlia Donáth is a Hungarian MEP sitting in the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs as well as the Employment and Social Affairs Committees….

Lenka Antalova Plavuchova is the Deputy Mayor of Bratislava responsible for city rental housing and social policies. She is highly skilled municipal politician with strong focus on…

Her Royal Highness Princess Lamia Bint Majed Saud AlSaud is the Secretary-General and member of the Board of Trustees at Alwaleed Philanthropies. She is the daughter of…

Gilles Morel is the President of Whirlpool Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Executive Vice President of Whirlpool Corporation since April 2019. Prior to joining Whirlpool,…

Estrella Durá-Ferrandis is a Member of the European Parliament representing Spain. She is a Member of Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats political group,  Full member of…

Gergely Karácsony is the Mayor of Budapest. He is a green, left-wing politician, co-chair of the Dialogue party, and was elected mayor of Budapest in 2019 as…

Ian Brossat is the Deputy Mayor of Paris for Housing, Emergency accommodation and Refugee protection. For several years he teached literature in the suburbs of Paris and…

Kim van Sparrentak is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament. Kim studied Political Science and Urban Environmental Management and during her studies was active…

Kadri Simson is the European Commissioner for Energy in the Von der Leyen Commission since December 2019. She is an Estonian politician from the Centre Party. She…

Sorcha Edwards is Secretary General of Housing Europe, the European Federation of public, cooperative, and social housing providers in Europe….

Michaela Kauer, director at the Brussels Office of the City of Vienna, is a reknown expert on EU urban policy, affordable housing and public services with a…

Elena Szolgayová is a Co-chair of #Housing2030 initiative. Elena is an architect and urban planner with long-standing research and policy making experience. She was Director General of…

Manuel Pizarro is Member of the European Parliament. He is Doctor of Internal Medicine, and was High Commissioner of the Portuguese Health Convention and City Councillor at…

Paolo Ciccarelli is Head of Unit “Sustainable Transport and Urban Development” at DG INTPA. He is an Architect who has specialised in development cooperation in the private…

Judit Rózsa is Director of Resources, Coordination and Aid Programme in the Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support of the European Commission. Since joining the European Commission in…

Ciarán Cuffe is a member of the European Parliament for Dublin with the Green Party. He sits on the Energy and Transport Committees of the Parliament, and…

Stefan Moser is head of unit in DG Energy since 2015, serving firstly on energy security and safety, and now on energy efficiency of buildings and products….