G3ict Team

Axel Leblois
Executive Director

Axel Leblois is the co-Founder of W2i, the Wireless Internet Institute, and President of its parent company World Times, Inc. Prior to creating W2i, Axel Leblois spent over 20 years at the helm of information technology companies in the United States including as CEO of Computerworld Communications, CEO of IDC - International Data Corporation, President of Bull HN Worldwide Information Systems - Formerly Honeywell Information Systems and CEO of ExecuTrain. Axel Leblois is a Senior Special Fellow of UNITAR, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, and founding trustee of its North American affiliate CIFAL Atlanta. Axel Leblois holds an MBA from INSEAD and is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris.

Daniel Aghion
Co-Founder

Daniel Aghion is Executive Director of The Wireless Internet Institute, formerly Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, of GlobeID, Vice President, International of IDE/Aranex; Vice President, Marketing, SoftNet, Director of Marketing, Digital Communications Associates (DCA), founder and Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, of Micro Connection International.

Francesca Cesa Bianchi
Director of External Relations

Francesca Cesa Bianchi has been associated with G3ict since its first Global Forum in March 2007 at UN headquarters in New York. In her position as Director of External Relations, Ms. Cesa Bianchi oversees media relations, as well as cooperations with international institutions, academia, and the private sector. Prior to her current position, Ms. Cesa Bianchi served as Director of Public Relations for the Georgia Council for International Visitors, freelance writer for CNN Italia, and a Carter Center-accredited election observer in Venezuela in 2003 and 2004. Additionally, Ms. Cesa Bianchi is a Fellow of CIFAL Atlanta, the North American affiliate of the Decentralized Program of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and a former volunteer with the Southern Center for International Studies and Amnesty International USA. A native of Milan, Italy, Ms. Cesa Bianchi graduated with a degree in political science from the Universitá degli Studi of Milan, and holds a M.A. degree in communication from Georgia State University.

Nilofar Ansher - Online Producer

Elsa Studer - Research Analyst

Viviana Montenegro - Research Analyst

Jonathan Fulcher - Intern / Program Coordinator