The Rt. Hon. Dame Jacinda Ardern

The Right Honourable Dame Jacinda Ardern served as the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand. Assuming office at just 37, she championed an inclusive and empathetic leadership style that made bold policy change and successfully guided her nation through unprecedented global and domestic challenges. Responding with a people-first approach grounded in kindness, she helped New Zealand achieve one of the lowest losses of life during the pandemic among developed nations, instituted a ban on military-style semi-automatic weapons, and created the Christchurch Call to Eliminate Violent Extremism Online, for which she remains an active Patron. In 2024, Ms. Ardern founded Field, a first of its kind fellowship programme that fosters empathetic leadership in politics.