Sir Richard Branson is the Co-Founder of The B Team and Founder of the Virgin Group. Richard serves on the Climate Working Group and The B Team Australia Network Steering Committee. As a B Team Leader, his efforts are helping to build a net-zero economy that leaves people and communities thriving and resilient.

Jochen Zeitz is Co-Founder of The B Team and ZEITZ MOCAA, Founder of the Zeitz Foundation and The Long Run, and former Chairman and CEO of PUMA SE. Jochen serves on The B Team Africa Network Steering Committee and helps drive The B Team’s efforts to advocate for corporate sustainability governance both regionally and globally. Jochen’s work as a B Team Leader also helps companies quantify and act on environmental risk.

Jesper Brodin is Chief Executive Officer of Ingka Group (IKEA) and Chair of The B Team. Jesper brings his experience in building business practices and products with sustainability and equality at their core to The B Team's effort to lead the path toward an inclusive economy.

Sharan Burrow is Vice-Chair of The B Team and General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation. Sharan serves on The B Team Australia Network Steering Committee and the Climate, Governance and Workplace Equality Working Groups. Sharan’s commitment across The B Team’s causes helps ensure a future of decent, safe and healthy work for all.

Ajay Banga is executive chairman of the board of directors of Mastercard. He moved into this role following 11 years as the company’s president and chief executive officer. He is also chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce. A longtime advocate for diversity, inclusion and belonging at work, Ajay brings his experiences in building a workplace that strives to win with decency and in supporting governments as they build economies that work for all to The B Team’s efforts to chart the path toward leading with sustainability, equality and accountability.

Oliver Bäte is CEO of Allianz Group. Oliver serves on The B Team’s Climate and Governance Working Groups. His work as a B Team Leader is helping to catalyse business action toward a net-zero economy ripe with opportunity for all people.

Ester is an experienced international leader with a strong track-record.

Ester came to Novozymes after working as president for Dow’s Industrial Solutions business unit and a member of the executive leadership team. She joined Dow in 1995 as an engineer in Tarragona, Spain. In her years as Business President for Industrial Solutions, the business expanded the market, improved its market-leading position, delivered double-digit growth and strong earnings.

She holds a chemical engineering degree and an MBA from the University of Tarragona (Spain).

Marc Benioff is Founder, Chairman and CEO of Salesforce. As a B Team Leader, Marc has helped spearhead our engagement with entrepreneurs. His commitment to economic and social equality is helping to further business action toward improving the state of the world.

Kathy Calvin is the Former President and CEO of the UN Foundation. Kathy serves on The B Team’s Climate Working Group. Her work as a B Team Leader helps develop a thriving and resilient net-zero world, which eliminates poverty and ensures equality for all.

David Crane is the former CEO of NRG Energy. He serves as co-chair of The B Team’s Climate Working Group. A clean energy crusader, David’s work as a B Team Leader is fundamental to accelerating the shift to a net-zero economy that benefits all.

Emmanuel Faber is the Chair of International Sustainability Standards Boards (ISSB). He serves on The B Team’s Equality Working Group. As a B Team leader, Emmanuel is working to write a common language for capital markets to drive the transition towards a more sustainable world.

Christiana Figueres is Founding Partner of Global Optimism, Convenor of Mission 2020 and former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (2010-2016). Christiana serves on The B Team’s Climate Working Group. She is a tireless optimist and advocate for cross-sector ambition and collaboration to address the impacts of climate change.

Mats Granryd is Director General of the GSMA. He serves as Co-Chair of The B Team’s Workplace Equality Working Group. An advocate for gender equality and responsible business leadership in an increasingly disruptive digital landscape, Mats’ work on The B Team helps to build a future where all communities, consumers and companies can succeed.

André Hoffmann is Vice-Chairman of Roche Holding AG and Board Trustee of the World Economic Forum and the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. As a leading voice in conservation and sustainability, André brings a wealth of experience in advocating for an approach to climate action that accounts for nature and biodiversity.

Arianna Huffington is the Founder and CEO of Thrive Global. She serves on The B Team’s Workplace Equality Working Group. Arianna’s dedication to creating sustainable and purpose-driven workplaces is crucial to a private sector that prioritizes people and planet alongside profit.

Van Jones is a U.S. media personality, an entrepreneur and a world-class change maker. He has a rare track record in the modern era of bringing people together to do hard things -- in areas as diverse as clean energy solutions, criminal justice reform and racial inclusion in the tech sector.

Dr. Mo Ibrahim is the Founder of Celtel and the Founder and Chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation and Chair of Satya Capital Limited. He serves on The B Team Africa Network Steering Committee and as Co-Chair of The B Team’s Governance Working Group. With a focus on responsible tax and beneficial ownership transparency, Mo’s stewardship as B Team Leader helps to support good governance globally and exceptional leadership across Africa.

Ilham Kadri is CEO and President of the Executive Committee of Solvay, a materials, chemicals and solutions company which through its purpose, values and science contributes to protecting the climate, preserving resources and fostering a better life.

Conservationist Yolanda Kakabadse is the Former President of World Wildlife Fund International (WWF). She serves on The B Team’s Climate Working Group. With a breadth of experience in both government and civil society, Yolanda’s leadership on The B Team underscores the importance of cross-sector collaboration when working to secure a healthy and prosperous planet.

Joseph D. Kenner was named President and CEO of Greyston in April 2020. As the leader of one of the country’s most well-known social enterprises, Joe frequently shares his expertise on purpose-driven business, and building a more inclusive economy through employment, workforce development, and social services.

Isabelle Kocher is the former CEO of Engie. She serves on The B Team’s Climate Working Group. Her work as a B Team Leader is helping to accelerate the shift toward a net-zero emissions economy that builds strong communities, decent jobs and competitive markets.

Business and social entrepreneur Guilherme Leal is the Co-Founder and Co-Chair of Natura & Co. As a B Team Leader, his work is fundamental to demonstrating and advancing successful, purpose-driven entrepreneurship that keeps people and planet at its core.

Andrew Liveris is the Chairman Emeritus and Former Chief Executive Officer of Dow Chemical. He serves on The B Team Australia Network Steering Committee and the Climate and Workplace Equality Working Groups. As a B Team Leader, Andrew has ensured that the manufacturing industry is a key stakeholder in collective efforts to radically reduce carbon emissions and secure a net-zero economy.

Hiro Mizuno is the UN Special Envoy on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments and the Former Executive Management Director and CIO of Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF). Prior to joining GPIF, he was a partner of Coller Capital, a London-based private equity firm. He previously worked for Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. in Japan, Silicon Valley and New York. He also serves as a member of Board of the Principles for Responsible Investment and as a World Economic Forum Global Future Council member.

Paul Polman is the former CEO of Unilever (2009-2019) and works to accelerate action by business to achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, which he helped develop. Paul serves on The B Team’s Climate and Governance Working Groups. Paul’s new book, “Net Positive”, is a call to arms to courageous business leaders, setting out how to build net positive companies which profit by fixing the world’s problems rather than creating them. He is the Chair of IMAGINE, a social venture dedicated to systems change, and Saïd Business School, and is Vice-Chair of the UN Global Compact.

Jean is the founding CEO and President of Virgin Unite. She has helped corporations put the wellbeing of people and the planet at their core, including working with over 25 Virgin businesses across 15 industries to help embed purpose in all they do. Over the last 15 years, Jean has worked with partners to lead the incubation and start-up of several global initiatives, including Virgin Unite and The B Team’s 100% Human at Work Network.

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is Director-General of the World Trade Organization. She is Former Chair of Gavi: The Vaccine Alliance, Former Finance Minister for Nigeria and Former Managing Director of the World Bank. Ngozi’s leadership at The B Team has been fundamental to holding the powerful to account, catalyzing transparent governance and helping to build trust in crucial institutions.

Torben Möger Pedersen is the CEO of PensionDanmark. As a leading asset owner, Torben brings experience in advocating for an approach to investing that includes the health of people and the planet to The B Team's efforts to accelerate the transition to a net-zero economy by 2050.

Former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, is Chair of The Elders. She serves as Co-Chair of The B Team’s Climate Working Group. Mary’s leadership has helped bring justice to the forefront of the climate agenda—justice for those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change: the poor, the disempowered and the marginalized across the world.

Hamdi Ulukaya is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chobani. He serves on The B Team’s Equality Working Group. Hamdi’s work as a B Team Leader helps to shape new corporate leadership norms around valuing inclusivity, community and responsibility.

Zhang Yue is Chairman and Founder of Broad Group China. Zhang serves on The B Team’s Climate Working Group. He is dedicated to advancing energy efficient technologies, particularly around energy reservation and lightweight transportation. His efforts as a B Team Leader are helping to ensure businesses and cities scale in a sustainable and minimally impactful way.

Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus is Chairman of the Yunus Centre, Founder of Grameen Bank and Yunus Social Business. His efforts to create economic and social development for those in most-need has engendered greater levels of financial inclusion and economic opportunity for women around the world.