Suhanya Raffel is the Museum Director of M+. Since her appointment in 2016, she has overseen all museum activities, including acquisitions, programming, collections care, development, research, institutional collaborations, and museum operations. Raffel has defined the museum’s mission, broadening its international reach and championing its deep connection with the local community.

Raffel was the President of CIMAM, the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art (2023–2025), and she has served on the CIMAM Board since 2016. She is also a member of the Bizot Group (2021–ongoing) and a trustee of the Geoffrey Bawa Trust and the Lunuganga Trust, Sri Lanka (1994–ongoing).

Paula Azevedo has led the Inhotim Institute since 2022, becoming the first woman to serve as its Chief Executive Officer. With extensive experience in cultural institutions and the management of private art collections, she previously served as Director of Institutional Relations and Governance at the Tomie Ohtake Institute (2021). Before that, she was a member of the executive leadership team at the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art (MAM-SP) until 2019, where she also coordinated the Contemporary Art Department. She also served as Executive Director of the Institute of Contemporary Art (IAC), where she continues to serve as a board member.

Leticia Labaronne is Professor and Head of the Center for Arts Management at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), as well as Director of the executive master programme in Cultural Management. Together with Martin Müller, she co-created and co-leads the Culture for the Planet project. Leticia worked in the performing arts for over 10 years before joining academia. Originally from Argentina, she holds a BA in International Studies (UK), a MSc in Public and Nonprofit Management (Switzerland), and a PhD in Cultural Management (Germany).

Veronica Castillo oversees three departmental divisions—Collection, Archives and Library; Conservation; and Exhibitions—that care for and provide access to the museum’s collections and loan objects. Since joining M+ in 2012, she has played a critical role in establishing the museum’s foundation of best practices for the long-term management, preservation, and safe display of its collections. Her expertise was key to driving the operational design of the M+ building and the structure of the Collection and Exhibition Department. She chairs the Sustainability Steering Committee, which oversees the institution’s efforts to implement greener practices.

Dr. Soren Brothers is the Allan and Helaine Shiff Senior Curator of Climate Change at the Royal Ontario Museum, and an Assistant Professor at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto. Brothers’s research examines the effects of climate change on inland waters, and how changes in aquatic systems can influence their greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere. As a climate change curator, his work spans research, exhibition development, gallery work, public programming, and collections care, bridging natural, cultural, and artistic lenses through which the climate crisis and its solutions can be understood and communicated.

Jessica Gooch is the Strategic Engagements & Impact Director at the Sydney Opera House. She joined the Opera House in 2015 and worked in several senior communications roles before being appointed to the Executive Team in 2020. In her current role, Gooch leads strategic engagement and the newly established impact team as the Opera House works towards its ambition to be Everyone’s House. This includes oversight of organisational strategy and private funding, as well as social and environmental sustainability activities to support the Opera House’s commitment to the UN Global Goals.

Paulina Ricciardi is Executive Director of Ópera Latinoamérica (OLA) theatre network. She has 17 years of experience working in the cultural and creative industries in London and Santiago Chile with organisations such as Southbank Centre and Cultural Cooperation, Teatro Municipal of Santiago, GAM Cultural Centre, and OLA. She holds a master's degree in Cultural Policy and Management from City St George's, University London, with a focus on education and participation in cultural organisations. She also has a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from University of Chile and a Diploma in Cultural Management with a specialisation in Visual Arts from the same institution.

Tianlan Jiang is Executive Director of Jiayuanhai Art Museum in Shanghai. She develops cultural projects across contemporary art, architecture, and design, and has contributed to satellite projects of the Shanghai Biennale while collaborating with international curators, artists, and architects. Her practice explores how cultural institutions can reconnect people with nature, place, and community, and how museums can engage with ecology, cultural production, and public life in a rapidly changing Chinese Mainland.

Louis Yu is the founder of the Hong Kong Culture and Sustainability Conference. He also serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and sits on the Advisory Committee on Countryside Conservation of the HKSAR. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He has written three books: How Cities Culture (2022), Towards a Cultural City (2024), and Culture for a Sustainable City (2026). His previous roles include Director of the Hong Kong Art School, Executive Director for Performing Arts at the West Kowloon Cultural District, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, and Executive Director of the Hong Kong Arts Centre.

Goizane Mendia is Sustainability Officer at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, where she works on integrating environmental sustainability across institutional practice as part of the Getty Global Art & Sustainability Fellows programme. She holds a master’s degree in Sustainability Leadership and Change Management from the University of the Basque Country (EHU) and brings over a decade of experience across international cultural institutions, including sustainability-focused research in collaboration with the Swiss National Museum and Gordailua, the Heritage Collections Centre of the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa.

Nicolas Gharbi is a policy expert with extensive experience in urban and territorial development, subnational diplomacy as well as cultural diplomacy. He has a transdisciplinary background in urban and regional development, public policy and financing as well as cultural studies and anthropology. During his career he has been evolving at different governance levels and across sectors, from multilateral to local policymaking and from urban development to ocean conservation.

As the Environmental Manager at the Royal Ballet and Opera, Rachael O’Sullivan is passionate about engaging with staff, artists, audiences, suppliers, and visitors to encourage discussion and promote action to reduce our impact on the environment. O’Sullivan leads on operational and buildings environmental sustainability and has overall reporting responsibilities for environmental performance at RBO. Her work with the RBO supply chain has led to a cultural sector-wide initiative aiming to understand and influence suppliers to reduce their impact on the environment. She has also contributed to the latest volume of the Theatre Green Book, is a member of the Opera Europa sustainability forum committee, and leads the Westminster Cultural Sector Sustainability Group. In her spare time, she sits on the Board of Trustees for her local community theatre.

As Head of Sustainability at National Gallery Singapore (NGS), Swee Leen Chua has led NGS’s efforts to reduce its energy consumption, developing and putting into place the museum’s decarbonisation roadmap. She continues to build EESG into National Gallery Singapore’s core business and enjoys collaborating with other organisations to promote sustainability in the arts and culture sector. Prior to NGS, Swee Leen worked in the legal and financial services sectors, in Singapore and in the US.