Sharan Burrow is general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, representing 200 million workers in 163 countries and territories with 332 national affiliates. Previously president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) from 2000-2010, Burrow is a passionate advocate and campaigner for social justice, women’s rights, the environment, and labor law reforms, and has led union negotiations on major economic reforms and labor rights campaigns in her home country of Australia and globally.

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Kent Walker is the Senior Vice President for Global Affairs at Google, where he oversees the teams responsible for legal matters, government affairs, content policy, and philanthropy. For nearly 30 years, he has focused on the intersection of technology, law, and policy. Since joining Google in 2006, he has led the company’s advocacy on competition, content, copyright, and privacy.  He has worked with government leaders and regulators around the world and served as the first chair of the Global Internet Forum to Combat Terrorism. After overseeing the creation of Google’s AI Principles in 2018, he became chair of the company’s Advanced Technology Review Council. Previously, Walker held executive positions at Netscape, AOL, and eBay, as they navigated the rise of the web, online communities, and ecommerce.

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Phil Thomson is President, Global Affairs at GSK and a member of the group’s Corporate Executive Team. He has specific responsibilities for the Group’s strategic approach to reputation, corporate responsibility, global health, government affairs, and external policy. Thomson joined Glaxo Wellcome as a commercial trainee in 1996. He is Chairman of The Whitehall & Industry Group and a Board Member of the China-Britain Business Council. 

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Darren Walker is president of the Ford Foundation, a US$13 billion international social justice philanthropy. He is a member of Governor Cuomo’s Reimagining New York Commission and co-chair of NYC Census 2020. He chaired the philanthropy committee that brought a resolution to the city of Detroit’s historic bankruptcy. Before joining Ford, Walker was vice president at the Rockefeller Foundation, overseeing global and domestic programs. In the 1990s, he was COO of the Abyssinian Development Corporation, Harlem’s largest community development organization. Walker has been included on numerous leadership lists: Time’s annual 100 Most Influential People, Rolling Stone’s 25 People Shaping the Future, Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, Ebony Magazine’s Power 100 and OUT Magazine’s Power 50.

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