TABLE FOR TWO is managed by 13 core Young Global Leader (YGL) members of the World Economic Forum, and over 30 YGLs globally endorse the programme.

Board Members

Founding Co-Chairs

  • FURUKAWA, Motohisa - Member, House of Representatives, Japan
  • KONDO, M. James - Vice Chairman, Health Policy Institute, Japan

Co-Founders

  • ASAO, Keiichiro - Member, House of Councilors, Japan
  • CHINO, Mitsuru - Corporate Counsel, Itochu Corporation, Japan
  • DOMAE, Nobuo - Chief Executive Officer, UNIQLO USA Inc., USA
  • FUJISAWA, Kumi - Director, Sofia Bank, Japan
  • KENGAKU, Mineko - Laboratory Head, Laboratory for Neutral Cell Polarity, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan
  • MATSUDA, Kota - CEO, Tully’s Coffee, Japan
  • NAKADA, Hiroshi - Mayor of Yokohama, Japan
  • NISHIYAMA, Kohei - CEO, Elephant Design, Japan
  • SIU, Yat - CEO, Outblaze, Hong Kong SAR
  • TAKASHIMA, Kohei - President, Oisix, Japan
  • TSUMURA, Keisuke - Member, House of Representatives, Japan

Endorsing Members

  • ANAND, Vishwanathan - Chess Player
  • APPLETON, Barry - Managing Partner, Appleton & Associates International Lawyers, Canada
  • BIRD, Adam C. - Senior Vice-President, Booz Allen Hamilton, Germany
  • BLECHER, Taddy - CEO, CIDA City Campus, South Africa
  • BLUMER, David J. - CEO, Asset Management Division, Credit Suisse, Switzerland
  • CHARAS, Erik M. - Director, Endowment and Investments, Foundation for Community Development, Mozambique
  • COLONDAM, Veronica - CEO, YCAB (Yayasan Cinta Anak Bangsa) Foundation, Indonesia
  • COTTAM, Hilary - Founding Director, Participle, United Kingdom
  • DONOHOE, Suzanne - Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Co., USA
  • FREIDHEIM, Scott J. - Co-Chief Administrative Officer, Lehman Brothers Inc., USA
  • GUTHRIE, Michelle - CEO, Star Group Limited, Hong Kong SAR
  • GWIYO, Collen - Vice-Chair, Crisis Coalition Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, Zimbabwe
  • HAGHIGHAT-JOO, Fatemeh - Visiting Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
  • IDRISS, Shamil - Deputy Director, Secretariat of the Alliance of Civilizations, United Nations, USA
  • KAUPPI, Piia-Noora - Member of the European Parliament, Belgium
  • KUZMANOVIC, Maja - President, FoAM, Belgium
  • LATHAN, Corinna E. - CEO, AnthroTronix Inc., USA
  • LEAKEY, Louise N. - Palaeontologist, Koobi Fora Research Project, Kenya
  • LOW, Penny - Member of the Parliament of Singapore, Singapore
  • MESWANI, Nikhil - Executive Director, Reliance Industries Limited, India
  • MOLOAVI, Afshin - Fellow, The New America Foundation, USA
  • MONTAG, Bernd - President, Computed Tomography, Siemens Medical Solutions, Germany
  • NAWWAB, Nimah I. - Poet, Writer
  • OLECHOWSKI, Jacek - Managing Director, DougFaberFamily, Poland
  • PEABODY, Bo - Managing General Partner, Village Ventures, USA
  • PENNINGER, Josef - Scientific and Administrative Director, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria
  • PESQUIDOUX, Hubert de - CEO, Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., USA
  • PRIETO, Carlos Miguel - Music Director, Xalapa Symphony Orchestra, Mexico
  • MIN, Qin - Third Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,People's Republic of China
  • RICHARDS, Anne - Chief Investment Officer, Aberdeen Asset Management, United Kingdom
  • RODRIGUEZ ARREGUI, Alvaro - CFO, Vitro, Mexico
  • ROKERYA, Shezad - Chairman, The Interlink Group, USA
  • RUBIN, Nilmini - Professional Staff Member, International Economics, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee. USA
  • SARAYLI, Murat - Chairman, Young Businessmen Association of Turkey (TUGIAD), Turkey
  • SHEVCHENKO, Igor - Managing Partner, Shevchenko Didkovskiy & Partners Law Firm, Ukraine
  • SOBHAN, Zafar - Assistant Editor, The Daily Star, Bangladesh
  • TABAZA, Khaldoon - Chairman, Riyada Ventures, Jordan
  • TAN, Cheng-Han - Dean, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, Singapore