Women's Leadership and Women's Rights

Susana Malcorra

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Susana Malcorra is the Dean of the IE School of Global and Public Affairs and was previously Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship for the Republic of Argentina back in 2015. After her resignation in July 2017, she served as Minister Advisor to the President until December 2017. As such, she presided over the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference held in Buenos Aires.

She is currently a member of the External Advisors Group for the President of the General Assembly, Miroslav Lajčák. She is part of the executive councils of the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, the Atlantic Council, the Inter-American Dialogue and the Aspen Ministers’ Forum.

Ms. Malcorra is a distinguished fellow for IE’s Transatlantic Relations Initiative in Madrid, and a member of the Democracy Cluster at EUI’s School of Transnational Governance in Florence. She has a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Rosario and 25 years of professional experience in the private sector (IBM and Telecom Argentina).

Becoming the chief of staff for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gave her invaluable experience for both humanitarian aid and peacekeeping operations. She has handled complex negotiations as a diplomat in various countries. She coordinated the mission to eliminate Syrian chemical weapons and the first ever Ebola emergency response in West Africa.

Ms. Malcorra has received numerous recognitions during her United Nations tenure and as a foreign minister.

Morgane Coquille

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Morgane Coquille is a Master in International Relations student at IE GPA school from Martinique, a French island in the Caribbean. She has completed a Bachelor in Management at ESCP which took place in three different countries. Morgane has done numerous internships in various fields (sales, marketing, finance) until she realized that her real passion lies in international relations and social impact. She is particularly interested in gender equality and education and as part of her willingness to work in this field, she is doing her Capstone project at Metta Space, a start-up helping companies report and prevent sexual harassment.