Yale Leads

Sylvia Thompson, Norwegian mediator and a 2026 Yale Peace Fellow, joins the podcast.

Anna Basman, peace negotiator from the Philippines and a 2026 Yale Peace Fellow, joins the podcast.

María Ramírez, Colombian peace advisor and a 2026 Yale Peace Fellow, joins the podcast.

Jamil Mahuad, former President of Ecuador, joins for a fascinating conversation on leadership, instinct, and imagination. He opens up about the choice to go into politics, and his experiences negotiating a peace accord and navigating an economic “perfect storm.”

Mathias Wikström, Swedish sustainability business leader and a 2025 Yale World Fellow, joins the ILC’s Yale Leads podcast.