Helen CLARK

Helen Clark is a respected global leader on sustainable development and international co-operation. She served three successive terms as Prime Minister of New Zealand between 1999 and 2008. While in government, she led policy debate on a wide range of economic, social, environmental, and cultural issues, including sustainability and climate change. She was United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator for two terms from 2009 to 2017. In 2019 she became patron of The Helen Clark Foundation. She chairs a number of international organisations, including the Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.