Dr. Carlos Lopes, Professor at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town

Dr Carlos Lopes is Professor at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town, Visiting Professor of Science Po Paris, Visiting Fellow at Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford and Associate Fellow of Chatham House.

He is a member of a dozen Boards, including the African Climate Foundation that he Chairs. He served the United Nations in several prominent roles, the latest being the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, based in Addis Ababa (2012-2016). He has designated more than 20 times in the Most Influential Africans lists of Pan-African main media outlets.