Dr Adel Al Shamri is a cardiac surgery consultant and the Chief Executive of Zayed Giving Initiative, a UAE-based humanitarian organization that aims to help and support people affected by disasters, poverty, underdevelopment and epidemics in different parts of the world.

H.E. Maha Barakat held the post of Director General of the Health Authority Abu Dhabi from 2013 to 2017. Previously, she was Co-Founder, Medical & Research Director and Consultant Endocrinologist at the Imperial College London Diabetes Centre in Abu Dhabi.

She has been a member of the Social Development Committee of the Executive Council of the Government of Abu Dhabi, and Board member of several Government of Abu Dhabi-related entities. 

Jeremy Laurance is a freelance health writer. He was Health Editor of the Independent from 1997 to 2013 and was previously Health Correspondent for the Times and the Sunday Times.

He was named Specialist Writer of the Year in the 2011 British Press Awards and was awarded the President’s Medal of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2012.

His landmark series on AIDS prevention in five African countries, published in The Independent to mark World AIDS Day in 2013, was aided by the Gates Foundation.

Dr. Maryam Matar is DG of Dubai’s Community Development Authority (CDA), which develops frameworks for social development, aligned to the Dubai Strategic Plan 2015.

Before joining CDA, Dr. Matar was the first Emirati woman to become Under Secretary of the Ministry of Health. Dr. Matar is Founder & Executive Director of the UAE Down's Syndrome Association and the UAE Genetic Diseases Association.

An MD trained in both Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Pate is the Global Director, Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Global Practice of the World Bank, and Director of Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF), based in Washington DC.

A US/Nigerian national, Dr. Pate has previously held senior positions such as CEO of Big Win Philanthropy(UK), and Nigerian Minister of State for Health.

Dr. Tuakli is a pediatrician & reproductive health specialist who co-founded MOREMI Girls Leadership Initiative and is Founder/Medical Director of CHILDAccra, a clinic providing family services, across West Africa.

A renowned social philanthropist, Dr. Tuakli chairs the Governance Committee for United Way Worldwide and her promotion of legislation for disabled, orphans and vulnerable children was hailed by the African Union, in 2016.