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Freya Guthier
Senior Programme Manager - Early Careers Launchpad
Rhodes Trust
Andrea Sommer
Founder & CEO
Hive Founders
Dr Andreas Witte (Germany & University 2008)
Senior Lead Legal Counsel
European Central Bank
Dr Buntu Siwisa (South Africa-at-Large & St Peter's 2000)
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations
University of Johannesburg (UJ)
Brian Johnsrud (Montana & Hertford 2007)
Global Head of Education Engagement
OpenAI
Bryony Lau (Alberta & Balliol 2005)
Deputy Asia Director
Human Rights Watch
Carina Cockburn (Jamaica & Lady Margaret Hall 1997)
Country Representative
Inter-American Development Bank
Dr Chaya Bhuvaneswar (Connecticut & Balliol 1994)
Psychiatrist, poet, Fiction Writer and Essayist
Craig Underwood (West Virginia & Queen's 1980)
Managing Partner
Underwood Partners, LLC
Dr Eileen Cardillo (Virginia & St John's 2000)
Cognitive Neuroscientist and Associate Director
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, University of Pennsylvania
Dr Elizabeth Murray (Tasmania & New College 2011)
Partner
McKinsey
Dr Errol Norwitz (South Africa-at-Large & University 1988)
Executive Director & Co-founder and Chief Innovation & Impact Officer
KMH Center for Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship & CognitiveCare, Inc.
Dr Francois Strydom (South Africa-at-Large & Wolfson 1998)
Senior Director: Teaching and Learning
University of the Free State
Dr Grace Mwaura (Kenya & St Hilda's 2011)
Lead, Evidence & Learning & Deputy National Secretary, Rhodes Scholarship for Kenya
Mastercard Foundation & Rhodes Trust
Dr Hila Levy (Colorado & Exeter 2008)
Associate Director, Global and Emerging Risks; Senior Policy Researcher
RAND
Dr Jack Turner (Australia-at-Large & Magdalen 1992)
Writer
Self-employed
Dr James Cullis Pr Eng (Diocesan College, Rondebosch & Harris Manchester 1999)
Dr James Cullis Pr Eng (Diocesan College, Rondebosch & Harris Manchester 1999)
Technical Director and Sustainability Expertise Leader
Zutari
Joo-Lee Lim (Singapore & St Anne's 2001)
Chief Investment Officer, WiL Strategic Partners
WiL (World Innovation Lab)
Dr Kakoli Ghosh (India & Queen's 1994)
Chief Technical Adviser, Sustainable Rural Development Programme
FAO-Saudi Arabia
Dr Kim-Marie Spence (Jamaica & Jesus 2002)
Lecturer, School of Arts, English and Languages
Queen's University Belfast
Dr Kiron Neale (Commonwealth Caribbean & Linacre, 2013)
Senior Energy & Carbon Consultant
Bellrock Group
Klarke Stricklen (Tennessee & Somerville 2022)
Rhodes Scholar in Residence
Lucy Ford (Florida & Magdalen 2017)
Reserve Submarine Officer
US Navy
Dr Mallory Dwinal-Palisch (Washington & Brasenose 2009)
President
Craft Education
Dr Megha Kumar (India & Balliol 2003)
Founder & CEO
Perceptio Lab
Professor Mary Anne Franks (Louisiana & Wadham 1999)
Eugene L. & Barbara A. Bernard Professor in Intellectual Property, Technology, and Civil Rights Law
George Washington Law School
Dr Nanda Rodrigues (India & Trinity 1984)
Former Chief Operating Officer
MRC Harwell Institute
Nhlanhla Dlamini (South Africa-at-Large & St John's 2008)
Founder & CEO
Maneli Group
Dr Noa Ren (China & Linacre 2016)
Philanthropic Advisor & Consultant
Self-employed
Dr Noam Angrist (Massachusetts & Hertford 2015)
Co-Founder & Academic Director, What Works Hub for Global Education
Youth Impact & University of Oxford
Dr Joanne Peter (KwaZulu-Natal & New College 2003)
Senior Advisor & Director, Innovation Hub
HealthTech Hub Africa & Jhpiego
Laura Wegner (Germany & Keble 2025)
Founder and Co-Founder
Selv and Mii
Lauren Jackson (Arkansas & Magdalen 2017)
Deputy Editorial Director & Host, Believing
The New York Times
Olivier Jarda (Nova Scotia & Linacre 2007)
Associate
Pape Salter Teillet LLP
Dr Paul Angelo (Ohio & Lincoln 2006)
Managing Director, Northern Latin America
McLarty Associates
Roxanne Bras Petraeus (Florida & Nuffield 2010)
CEO
Ethena
Russell Perkins (Connecticut & Lady Margaret Hall 2010)
Artist
Self-Employed
Samantha (O'Sullivan) Akinwale (Maryland/DC & Magdalen 2022)
Rhodes Scholar in Residence
Sarah Dobbie (Australia-at-Large & University 2017)
Barrister
Doughty Street Chambers
Sean Campbell (Illinois & Wolfson 2003)
Managing Director, Head of Community Investing
Earlystone Management
Dr Shubham Narwal (India & St Edmund Hall 2025)
Rhodes Scholar in Residence
Stadler Trengove (Paul Roos Gymnasium, Stellenbosch & New College 1993)
Principal Legal Officer, UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
UN Environment Programme
Dr Suhas Mahesh (India & Worcester 2016)
AI Program Scientist
Schmidt Sciences
Victor Finkle (Victoria & Brasenose 2012)
Partner
McKinsey
Dr William Hwang (Maryland & St John's 2006)
Assistant Professor & Physician-Scientist
Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital