Board of Foundation

The Globethics Board of Foundation is formed by members from different regions and backgrounds. Together with the Board Committee, the Board Members strategically support the work carried out by Globethics.

President

Board Members

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Prof. Asha Singh Kanwar

India/Canada

President and Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL); Former consultant in open and distance learning at UNESCO's Regional Office for Education in Africa; Former Director, School of Humanities and then Pro-Vice Chancellor at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)

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Prof. Dr Divya Singh

South Africa

Chief Academic Officer, Stadio Holdings Ltd
Former Vice Principal: Advisory and Assurance Services, University of South Africa

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Dr Dicky Sofjan

Indonesia

Core Doctoral Faculty, Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies (ICRS), Graduate School, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Yogyakarta

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Ms Isabelle Sommer

Switzerland

Project Management
Member of the Executive Board
UW Linsi Foundation

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Dr Pavan Duggal

India

Advocate, Supreme Court of India; President, Cyberlaws.net, Cyberlaw Asia and Mobilelaw.net; Chief Mentor, Blockchain Law Epicentre; Chairman, International Commission on Cyber Security Law

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Prof. Dr Rudolf von Sinner

Switzerland/Brazil

Professor of Systematic Theology, Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue
Moderator of the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Education and Formation Commission

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Prof. Dr Obiora Ike

Nigeria/Germany

Human Rights Activist, Development Practitioner, Pastor, Author, Professor of Ethics and Intercultural Studies, Chair of the Government of Enugu State Economic Advisory Committee

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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dietrich Werner

Germany/formerly Switzerland

Professor for intercultural theology and ecumenism; Researcher; Member of Think Tank Commission on Religion and Development at Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); Former member of National EKD commission on ethics for sustainable development; Ordained Pastor

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Former Board Members and Senior Advisors

 

Ms Rita Astfalck
Switzerland
General Manager of the U.W. Linsi Foundation

Prof. Dr Siti Syamsiyatun
Indonesia
Professor, Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies (ICRS), Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Director of the Globethics Indonesia Regional Programme


Mr Walter Linsi (Switzerland)
Globethics Board Member 2016-2020
Co-founder and member of the U.W. Linsi Foundation;
Co-founder of the Belimo Holding Company 

Prof. Dr Cui Wantian (China)
Globethics Board Member 2013-2019
Founder and Director of Bringspring Science & Technology Co., Ltd;
Professor of Economics, Economic Department, Liaoning University, Shenyang, China;
Owner of companies in Beijing (China) and Boston (USA)

Ms Joan Dubinsky (USA)
Globethics Board Member 2015-2018
Guest Lecturer Brandeis University, Notre Dame University and University of Illinois;
Former Director / Chief Ethics Officer for the United Nations.

Ms Ouyporn Khuankaew (Thailand)
Globethics Board Member 2017-2018
Co-founder and lead trainer of the International Women's Partnership for Peace and Justice (IWP);
Former trainer for the gender programme of the INEB (International Socially Engaged Buddhists)

Ms Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (Nigeria)
Globethics Board Member 2017-2018

Founder of Leadership, Effectiveness, Accountability, Professionalism (LEAP Africa);
Co-Founder of AACE Food Processing & Distribution, an indigenous agro-processing company;
Partner at Sahel Capital, an advisory and private equity firm focused on agribusiness in West Africa;
Director of the African Philanthropy Forum

Mr Guido Sacco (RIP 2021, Switzerland)
Globethics Board Member 2011-2018
General Manager, Bestimmo Suisse SA  Real Estate Agent;
Strategic Marketing Advisor and Former Dean of Studies in Neuchâtel/Switzerland

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Dr Pablo Gentili (Argentina)
Globethics Board Member 2017-2018
General Secretary of CLACSO, the Latin American Council for Social Sciences in Buenos Aires, Argentina;
Professor of Education Policy at the State University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Mr Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais (Switzerland/Angola)
Globethics Board Member 2014-2018
International Investor, Entrepreneur and Innovation Specialist;
Founder and Group CEO, Quantum Global Group;
Founder of the African Innovation Foundation (AIF)

HE Mr. Walter Fust (Switzerland) - Globethics Ambassador
Globethics Board President 2008-2016
Former Executive Director of Global Humanitarian Forum Geneva
Former Director of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC
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Ms Jill Cousins (The Netherlands) - Globethics Senior Advisor Digital Resources and Innovation
Globethics Board Member 2008-2016
Programme Director of The European Library
Executive Director of the EDL Foundation
 
Prof. Dr Heidi Hadsell (USA) - Globethics Senior Advisor Global Ethics and Globethics USA Region
Former Globethics Board Member (2008-2016)
President of Hartford Seminary
Professor of Ethics at Hartford Seminary
 
Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia (Switzerland/Kenya) - Globethics Senior Advisor Peace and Reconciliation
Globethics Board Member 2008-2016
Special Advisor to the President of Kenya
Former Ecumenical Special Envoy to Sudan
Former Commissioner of the Judicial Service Commission of Kenya
Former General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (2004-2009)
Former General Secretary of the National Council of Churches in Kenya (1987-1993)
 
Prof. Dr Parichart Suwanbubbha (RIP, 1958-2016, Thailand)
Globethics Board Member 2008-2016
Director of the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies
Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakornpathom, Thailand.
 

Prof. Dr Muhammad Machasin (Indonesia)
Globethics Board Member 2009-2014
Director of Islamic Higher Education, Directorate General of Islamic Education,
Ministry of Religious Affairs, Government of Indonesia;
Professor of History of Islamic Studies, State Islamic University, Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta


Mrs Clotilde Fonseca (Costa Rica) - Globethics Senior Advisor Ethics in Higher Education Central America
Globethics Board Member 2009-2012
Former Executive Director of the Omar Dengo Foundation, Costa Rica;

Executive President, Costa Rican Social Assistance Institute (IMAS);
Former Minister of Science and Technology, Government of Costa Rica;

Rector of  Latina University of Costa Rica, a member of Laureate International Universities


Mr S.D. Shibulal (India) - Globethics Senior Advisor Business Ethics
Globethics Board Member 2009-2014
Chief Executive Officer, Infosys, until 2014;
Co-founder and member of the Board, Infosys


Mr Juan Somavia (Chile)
Globethics Board Member 2009-2010
Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Inter-regional Policy Cooperation;
Former Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) (1999-2012).
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