Prof C. Hope Sadza is the Founder and Founding Vice-Chancellor of the Women’s University in Africa. She holds a PhD in Public Administration with the University of Zimbabwe where her research was on “Critical Organisational problems of administering and Managing Social Development in a newly-independent Public Service”: the case of Zimbabwe. She also holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration with the University of Missouri, Columbia and BSc Public Administration with the same University. She also holds a Primary Teachers Diploma with Waddilove Teachers’ College, Marondera in Zimbabwe.

Ms Luisa Fernanda Lafaurie Rivera is an Independent Consultant in management, formulation and implementation of financial and corporate strategy.

Mrs Al Gurg is the Managing Director of the Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group LLC (ESAG), as well as a well-known businesswoman in the Middle East region. She has achieved laurels for her stellar leadership of the group under the tutelage of her father, the Chairman, H.E. Easa Saleh Al Gurg, KCVO, CBE. Her counsel and valuable insights have significantly contributed to the growth and expansion of ESAG.