In New York City on September 23rd 2026
A high-trust assembly of CEOs,
senior leaders, family offices, investors &
frontier innovators.
During UNGA Week, global decision-makers — CEOs, senior leaders, family offices, investors and frontier innovators — convene at an inflection point.
AI, quantum technologies, energy & space innovation, advanced health systems and intelligent infrastructure are reshaping markets for good. Natural capital including Oceans are entering balance sheets and sovereign strategy.
The old levers of growth no longer suffice. The new drivers—intelligence, resilience, and visionary collaboration—are setting a new blueprint for an intelligent economy.
Now in its 9th year, with past editions in New York, Washington, London, and Dubai, the Summit focuses on seizing the opportunities of an intelligent, purpose-driven future. — translating ambition into capital pathways, strategic partnerships and measurable progress.
Rewiring Markets. Realigning Capital. Regenerating Nature.
Intelligent Leadership for Future Fit Markets.
Your Participation in
The Leaders on Purpose Experience
The Leaders on Purpose CEO Summit is a curated, decision-grade gathering of senior leaders shaping markets, capital flows and innovation - directly. Participation connects you with CEOs, senior leaders, capital allocators, policymakers and frontier innovators.
Engagement is structured to move beyond inspiration — toward aligned partnerships, capital pathways and measurable progress. Attendance is by application and subject to relevance and capacity.
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Access to the full Summit program, including all main stage sessions
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Entry to curated high-level roundtables aligned with your mandate
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Participation in structured executive networking and curated introductions
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Invitation to the Leaders on Purpose High-Level Jeffersonian Dinner (Premium Access only)
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Hosted hospitality throughout the day
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Access to the full Summit program, including all main stage sessions
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Participation in executive networking
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Hosted hospitality throughout the day
Past participants of our CEO Summits and the CEO Study
 HRH Queen Maxima of The Netherlands |  Paul Polman, Influencer, business leader, campaigner, Co-Author of “Net Positive" |  Tony Robbins, coach and professional speaker |
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 Dan Schulman, President, PayPal |  Jim Kim, Former President of the World Bank Group |  Patricia Obo-Nai, Chief Executive of Vodafone Ghana |
 Mark Read, Chief Executive Officer at WPP |  Anousheh Ansari Founder & CEO, XPRIZE |  Alan Jope, CEO, Unilever |
 HM, King Dein Kiagborekuzi of the Agbor Kingdom located in the Delta State, Nigeria, Chancellor of the West African Union University ( Order of the Crown of Belgium) |  Christian Klein, CEO and member of the Executive Board of SAP SE |  Henrietta Fore, Executive Director, UNICEF |
 Dr. James Mwangi, Managing Director, CEO CEO Equity Group Holdings |  Feike Sijbesma, Honorary Chairman Royal DSM |  Barbara Humpton, President and CEO of Siemens Corporation |
 Dr. Arlo Brady, CEO of freuds |  Epsy Campbell Barr, Primera Vicepresidenta de la República de Costa Rica |  Steve MacMillan, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hologic |
 Brian Rice, Senior Vice President, Chief Brand and Design Officer 3M |  Robert-Jan van Ogtrop - Founder, Circle Economy |  Gillian Tett, Chair of Editorial Board and Editor-at-large, Financial Times US |
 Jonathan T.M. Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity International |  Dr. Marcius Extavour, Vice President of Climate & Energy at XPRIZE |  Tom Monahan, CEO & President, DeVry University |
 Nigel Elderton, MD & Chairman, PRS |  Taejun Shin, Co-founder and CEO, Gojo & Company |  Jan Erik Saugestad CEO, Storebrand |
 Stephan Nicoleau, Partner at FullCycle |  Tony Cho, Founder & CEO, Future of Cities |  Jeff Huber Founding CEO, GRAIL |
 Jay Jakub, Chief Advocacy Officer of the Economics of Mutuality (EoM) movement for the EoM Foundation |  Vanessa Fajans-Turner, Executive Director at BankFWD and Principal at Investable Oceans | Tom Monahan, President & CEO at DeVry University |
 Veronica Bonifaz CEO, CONFIEP |  Christopher Burnham, former Under Secretary General of the United Nations & Senior Independent Director at En+ Group and Director at United Company Rusal |  Domina Stamas, NASA & The SETI Institute Airborne Astronomy Ambassador, Space4Girls Global Education Director |
 Gemma Corrigan, Head of Policy and Advocacy at Federated Hermes |  Andy Bird, CEO at Pearson |  Philipp Mueller, CEO of BlueOrchard |
 Nicole Stott, Astronaut, Artist, Founding Director of the Space for Art Foundation |  Saker Nusseibeh, CBE – CEO, International at Federated Hermes |  Karn Manhas, Terramera Founder and CEO |
 Dr. Paul Farmer, Co-Founder and Chief Strategist, Partners In Health |  Peter ter Kulve, President, Home Care, Health & Wellbeing at Unilever |  Hiro Mizuno, Special Envoy of U.N Secretary-General on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments |
 Richard Walker, Managing Director at Iceland Foods |  Scott Russell, Member of the Executive Board of SAP SE |  Carmen Mora, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission at The Embassy of Panama in The United States |
 Danielle Suber, Director of International Government Affairs at Emerson |  Kristina Kloberdanz, Chief Sustainability Officer at Mastercard |  Renu Karnad, Managing Director at HDFC LIMITED |
 Travis Bradford, Professor of Energy Innovation and Sustainability |  Karin Krchnak, Global Lead at World Bank Group |  Michel Doukeris, CEO at AB InBev |
 Camille Wardrop Alleyne, Founder & Rocket Scientist |  Rachel Minard, Founder & CEO of Minard Capital LLC |  Vipula Gandhi, Managing Partner and Head of U.S. Enterprise at Gallup |
 Julia Torreblanca, Vice-President of Corporate Affairs at Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde S.A.A. |  Lord Gregory Barker, Executive Chairman at En+ Group |  Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides, Founder Astronaut at Virgin Galactic, Co-Creator of Yuri's Night the World Space Party, and author of The New Right Stuff: Using Space to Bring out the Best in You |
 Laura Lane, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at UPS |  Dr. Sanjeev Khagram, director general and dean of Thunderbird School of Global Management, ASU |  Ralph Simon, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Mobilium |
 Frank Samolis, Partner and Co-chair of the International Trade Practice at Squire Patton Boggs |  Harald Tepper, MT member Group Sustainability and Program Lead Circular Economy program at Philips |  Ronali Amatya, UNICEF Young Leader |
 Ambassador Stuart Holliday, CEO of Meridian International Center, |  Gary Shaughnessy, Chair of the Z Zurich Foundation |  Dr. Tatiana Kazakova, Co-Founder and CSO at Leaders on Purpose |
 John Banovetz, CTO at 3M |  Marisa Drew, Chief Sustainability Officer Standard Chartered |  Dianne Dane, Chief Innovation Officer at Quiet Mark |
 Karim Lesina, EVP Chief External Affairs Officer at Millicom |  Georgie Benardete, Co-Founder and CEO of Align17 |  Daniel Fox, Founder of Space 100.10 & Feel the Wild VR, SONY Photographer |
 Olga Algayerova, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |  Kent Walker, Senior Vice President for Global Affairs and Chief Legal Officer |  Kimberly Washington, Leaders on Purpose, Founder/CEO Beviam & Board Chair Space4Girls |
 Natalia Vega-Berry, Director/Executive Producer at Net Zero World |  David Gross, Former Meridian Trustee & Partner at Wiley Rein |  Ann Rosenberg, SVP for Sustainability Solutions at Wood plc and Co-Founder of SDG Ambition |
 Jeffrey Twentyman, Partner and Head of Sustainability, Slaughter and May |  Rosemary Banks, Ambassador of New Zealand |  Michael Train, Chief Sustainability Officer at Emerson |
 Karan Bhatia, Vice President – Global Public Policy and Government Relations at Google |  Jonathan Miller, CEO at Integrated Media Company |  Mia Mends, Global Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, and CEO, Impact Ventures, for Sodexo |
 Dawn Nakagawa, Executive Vice President, Berggruen Institute |  Heidi Gardner, Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School, Co-Founder at Gardner & Collaborators |  Christa Gyori, CEO, Leaders on Purpose |
 Lucian Tarnowski, Founding Curator of the United Planet Game |  Ellen, CEO, WaterBear Network |  Martin Whittaker, Founding CEO, JUST Capital |
 Ted Janulis, Founder & Principal at Investable Oceans |  Hakan Bulgurlu, CEO, Arçelik |  Manuel Magalhaes, Co-Founder, Materra Group |
 Rebeca Hwang, Professor of Practice and Senior Director for the Center for Global Entrepreneurship and Family Business, Thunderbird |  Helle Bank Jørgensen, CEO, Competent Boards |  Dr Aboubacar Kampo, Director Program Health, UNICEF |
 J. Carl Ganter, CEO, Vector Center |  Charlotte Petri Gornitzka, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director, Partnerships, UNICEF |  Simon Anholt, Founder, Good Country Index |
 Harald Neidhardt, CEO & Curator of the Futur/io Institute. |  Sonia Johnson, Board Member at The Quantic Group |
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