Jamira Burley
Chief of Community and External Partners, XQ Institute
Our network
In 2012, fifteen companies came together as founding members of GBC-Education, committed to creating a space for the business community to learn, take action and create social impact towards achieving inclusive and equitable quality education for all.
The founding members are: Accenture, Grupo Carso, Chevron, Dangote, Discovery Learning Alliance, Econet Wireless, GUCCI, Hess, Intel, Lenovo, McKinsey & Company, Pearson, Reed Smith, Tata and Western Union.
Member companies and supporters
GBC-Education has been fortunate to work with over 150 companies throughout the years to end the global education crisis and unleash the potential of the next generation. Here are some of our past and present partners.
Business associations
Global Funds and International Institutions
Our advisory board
The Advisory Board is comprised of leaders from business, philanthropy, education, and civil society who provide expert advice and guidance to shape our work.
Aliko Dangote
Founder, President, and CEO, Dangote Group
John Fallon
Professor of Practice, Northeastern University; Executive Fellow, London Business School
Tariq Fancy
Founder, The Rumie Initiative; Lecturer in Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Rosalind Hudnell
Former President, Intel Foundation
Maysa Jalbout
Director, Education Cannot Wait
Georg Kell
Chairman, Arabesque
Wendy Kopp
Teach for All, CEO and Co-Founder
Tracy Lovatt
CEO, Batten & Co
Strive Masiyiwa
Chairman and Founder, Econet Group
Kwasi Mitchell
Managing Principal, Growth & Purpose, Deloitte US
Hiro Mizuno
Founder and CEO, Good Steward Partners, LLC
Nduka Obaigbena
Founder, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, THISDAY/ARISE Media Group
Olusegun Obasanjo
Former President, Nigeria
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Director General, World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Laurene Powell Jobs
Founder and President, Emerson Collective, and Co-Founder and Board Chair, XQ Institute
Baela Raza Jamil
Chief Executive Officer, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi
Thérèse Rein
Former CEO, Ingeus
Stuart Roden
Non-Executive Chairman of the Investment Committee, Marylebone Partners LLP
Carlos Slim
Honorary Lifetime President, Grupo Carso
John Tedstrom
Former President and CEO, GBC Health, and Founder and CEO, NextGen Leaders
Kim Wright-Violich
President and CEO, Echidna Giving
