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After a successful 12+ years career in the UK government under three Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair, Mohammad has shifted his focus to the private sector and now for 20+ years has been advising and helping government and public sector organizations in the UK, Middle East, Australasia and South Asia on strategic challenges and digital transformation.

Christophe Larouer is a Senior Speechwriter and Advisor in Emerging Tech Messaging in the Emerging Technologies Division at ITU – the UN’s specialized agency for information and communication technologies (ICTs). Mr. Larouer leads ITU’s executive communications efforts. He also identifies strategic and policy issues, proposes policy options, and provides strategic advice to senior management regarding developments in emerging technologies. Prior to joining ITU, Mr. Larouer developed thought leadership for governmental and business organizations, including the Supreme Court of the United States of America, the US Department of State, and Royal Dutch Shell. He is a qualified lawyer in New York and holds an LLM in International Legal Studies from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. 

Yolanda Martínez currently works as International Telecommunications Union (ITU) overall lead for GovStack Initiative, helping governments accelerate the digitization of government services. In the public sector, Yolanda led the National Digital Strategy of Mexico, the Digital Government Unit at the federal level, and the Zapopan Digital City Program at the local level. She has led several digital transformation initiatives in the private sector while at Deloitte Consulting. In the international arena, Yolanda led the Office of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Chile, has collaborated with United Nations agencies, and joined OECD as a peer reviewer for the digital government strategies of various Latin American countries.

Yolanda has been recognized by @political as one of the twenty most influential people globally in digital government. She holds a Ph.D. degree in information and knowledge society from the Open University of Catalonia (UOC).