Dr. Michael Ignatieff, Professor Emeritus at CEU in Vienna, Austria, Chair the Advisory Council of the Centre for Ethics in AI at Oxford, member of the Board of the Carnegie Corporation of New York

Michael Ignatieff is a Canadian historian, author, and former politician. After earning his doctorate at Harvard and teaching at the University of British Columbia and Cambridge, he worked as a journalist and BBC documentary maker before returning to Harvard as Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy.

From 2006 to 2011, he served as a Member of Parliament and Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and the Official Opposition. He later became Rector and President of Central European University. He is currently Professor of History at CEU in Vienna and the author of eighteen books on politics, history, and ethics including The Needs of Strangers (1984), Scar Tissue (1992, nominated for the Booker Prize), Isaiah Berlin (1998), The Rights Revolution (2000), Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry (2001), The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror (2004), Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics (2013) ; The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World (2017); On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times, (2021). 
He received the Dan David Prize (2019) for his defense of academic freedom, the Symons Medal from the Confederation Centre of the Arts, Canada (2023), and the Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences (2024).

Dr. Krisztina Olah, Professor, Bakke Graduate School, USA, Budapest Business School, Hungary

Krisztina Oláh has a Doctor of Transformational Leadership degree from Bakke Graduate University, Texas, USA, where she also currently teaches. She has worked for Hungarian and international organizations as a marketing and communication professional in Hungary, Germany, and the USA. More recently her work has focused on digital communications. She is an active member of the Society of Christian Scholars and the Central and Eastern European Association for Mission Studies (CEEAMS).

Dr. Timothy (Tim) Kiruhi, Professor, Vice Chancellor, International Leadership University, Kenya

Tim is an organizational leadership scholar and executive coach with extensive experience in ethical leadership development across Africa. He served as CEO of the Ethical Leadership Network (ELNET) from 2008 to 2018, advancing integrity in governance, ethical business, and next-generation leadership in Kenya. In collaboration with the International Leadership Foundation (ILF), ELNET contributed a values framework to Kenya’s Vision 2030 strategy, influencing the national values and principles and the leadership and integrity provisions in Chapter 6 of Kenya’s Constitution. Under his leadership, ELNET recognized 22 Ethical Kenyan Leaders and 18 Ethical Kenyan Businesses and Organizations for outstanding integrity standards.

A Certified Transforming Leadership Coach with ILF, Tim has mentored senior leaders across Africa, including national police officials, bank presidents, principal secretaries, university professors, CEOs, and medical specialists. He holds a PhD in Organizational Leadership (Global Leadership) from Regent University (USA), a First-Class Honours BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nairobi, and an MA in Leadership Studies from Azusa Pacific University (USA). He is passionate about unlocking Africa’s natural and human potential for global impact and has published widely, including a chapter in Leading an African Renaissance (2017).

Dr. Uģis Sildegs, Assist. Prof., Researcher, Luther Academy, Latvia

Uģis Sildegs (PhD, University of Helsinki, 2017) is a Latvian theologian and church historian whose scholarship centers on Lutheran theology, Reformation history, and the intersection of faith with socio-political contexts in the Baltic region. He currently serves as Assistant Professor in Church History at Lutera Akadēmija (Luther Academy), Riga, having previously held a lectureship at the same institution (2017–2022). Earlier professional roles include Chief Editor of Latvijas Luterānis (2000–2008).

His doctoral dissertation, published as Theology in the Ghetto: The Life, Work, and Theology of Nikolajs Plāte (1915–1983) (University of Helsinki, 2017), examines Lutheran pastoral theology under Soviet communism. Subsequent publications include the chapter "Lutheran Orthodoxy in Livonia: Hermannus Samsonius" in Baltisch-deutsche Kulturbeziehungen (Universitätsverlag Winter, 2019) and articles in Luther Academy Journal: Credimus. He has also contributed to national encyclopedias and theological periodicals.