The Education Commission

The Commission was initially co-convened in 2015 by Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway, former President Michelle Bachelet of Chile, President Joko Widodo of Indonesia, President Peter Mutharika of Malawi and the former Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova. The UN Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown, serves as the Chair of the Commission. The Commission comprises the following high-level individuals representing diverse geographical and disciplinary backgrounds: Commission Chair Gordon Brown Gordon Brown UN Special Envoy for Global Education, Former Prime Minister, United Kingdom Bio Anant Agarwal Anant Agarwal CEO, edX; Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bio José Manuel Barroso José Manuel Barroso Non-Executive Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; Former President, European Commission Bio Felipe Calderón Felipe Calderón Former President, Mexico Bio Kristin Clemet Kristin Clemet Managing Director, Civita; Former Minister of Education and Research and Former Minister of Labour and Government Administration, Norway Bio Aliko Dangote Aliko Dangote CEO, Dangote Group Bio Julia Gillard Julia Gillard Board Chair, Global Partnership for Education; Former Prime Minister, Australia Bio Baela Raza Jamil Baela Raza Jamil CEO, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) Bio Amel Karboul Amel Karboul CEO, Education Outcomes Fund; Former Minister of Tourism, Tunisia Bio Jakaya Kikwete Jakaya Kikwete Former President, Tanzania Bio Jim Kim Jim Kim Vice Chairman and Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners; Former President, World Bank Group Bio Yuriko Koike Yuriko Koike Governor of Tokyo, Former Minister of Defense, Japan Bio Anthony Lake Anthony Lake Former Executive Director, UNICEF Bio Ju-Ho Lee Ju-Ho Lee Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management; Former Minister of Education, Science, and Technology, South Korea Bio Jack Ma Jack Ma Founder and Executive Chairman, Alibaba Group Bio Graça Machel Graça Machel Founder, Graça Machel Trust Bio Strive Masiyiwa Strive Masiyiwa Executive Chairman and Founder, Econet Wireless Bio Teopista Birungi Mayanja Teopista Birungi Mayanja Regional Coordinator, Africa Network Campaign for Education For All (ANCEFA); Founder, Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU) Bio Shakira Mebarak Shakira Mebarak International Artist; Founder, Fundación Pies Descalzos Bio Patricio Meller Patricio Meller Professor, University of Chile; President, Fundación Chile Bio Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Chair, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; Former Minister of Finance, Nigeria Bio Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi Minister of State for Tolerance, United Arab Emirates Bio Kailash Satyarthi Kailash Satyarthi Founder, Bachpan Bachao Andolan Bio Amartya Sen Amartya Sen Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University Bio Theo Sowa Theo Sowa CEO, African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) Bio Lawrence Summers Lawrence Summers Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard University; 71st Secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton; Director of the National Economic Council for President Obama Bio Helle Thorning-Schmidt Helle Thorning-Schmidt CEO, Save the Children International; Former Prime Minister, Denmark Bio Commission Director Liesbet Steer, Ph.D. Liesbet Steer, Ph.D. Director, International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity Bio