OUR MISSION
We help decision makers in government and civil society to apply systems thinking to solve sustainable development challenges.
Millennium Institute (MI) is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization passionate about improving the welfare of individuals on every continent by working with stakeholders to meet the challenges of sustainable development.
OUR VISION
We envision a world in which decision makers use a holistic approach to bring about a sustainable, equitable, and peaceful global society.
We are supporting countries to develop effective strategies that will lead to measurable advances in the welfare of society in the context of the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Until 2030, we are working with national governments representing at least 90% of the global population to effectively and efficiently domesticate and implement the SDGs. We believe this is a fundamental prerequisite to enable a global shift towards a sustainable development path.
OUR TEAM
Our team is composed of multicultural and multidisciplinary professionals
Matteo Pedercini
Interim President
Moulaye Bamba
Economist & Policy Analyst
Estee Miltz
Policy Analyst
Weishuang Qu
Senior Advisor
Ted Chu
Chief Economic Advisor
Santiago Movilla Blanco
Manager, Malaria Program
Igor Oliveira
Policy Analyst
Emil Zaharia-Kézdi
Data Systems Analyst
Steven Arquitt
Senior Research Analyst and Asia Regional Lead
David Collste
Lead Sustainability Analyst
Adedoyin Onasanya
Projects Coordinator
Carla Susana Assuad
Senior Research Analyst and Latin America Regional Lead
Alec Eckert
Policy Analyst
Vadim Nuñez Pawlowsky
Policy Analyst
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
John Hardy
Treasurer
John Hardy has many years experience in Economics, Finance, Consulting and Treasury, in both developed and developing regions of the world. Since 2001, John has worked has a Development Finance Advisor on projects offered by international development agencies (World Bank, EU, and USAID etc.). These assignments typically involve advising corporates, SMEs, banks, governments and other institutions on financial and business development issues.
John has held several management positions, including Managing Director at Intercap Investments Inc., Department Head in the International Treasury Division of Chemical Bank (now JP Morgan Chase) and member of the bank’s Treasury Executive Committee, Managing Consultant in the Economics Group at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC), and Managing Director of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). John’s experience spans most regions of the world, including Africa, Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.
Hans Herren
Chair
Hans Herren is an internationally recognized scientist who lived and worked for 27 years across Africa in agriculture, health, and environmental research and capacity development. As Director of the Africa Biological Control Center of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Nigeria, he conceived and implemented the highly successful biological control program against the cassava mealy bug and the green mite that saved the cassava crop, the staple of 200 million Africans and averted Africa’s worst-ever food crisis. For this achievement, he was awarded the World Food Prize in 1995. Hans advocates for holistic and multi-stakeholder approaches to development planning that take cognizance of the three dimensions of sustainability, and result from a shared vision of sustainability by all the key actors. Hans holds numerous awards that recognize his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research and advocacy. These include the Right Livelihood Award, Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, Brandenberger Preis, and the Kilby Award. He is a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Science (NAS), a Member of the Academy of Sciences for Developing World (TWAS) and a Full Member of the Club of Rome. Hans earned his PhD at the Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, and completed post-doctoral research at University of California, Berkeley. He is also the founder of Biovision Foundation, Switzerland.