Numeni’s vision is set out in a single line: “The platform for leaders to share their art and wisdom.” Its promise to members is deep networking, described as “leaders sharing art and wisdom in a neutral, secure space.”
Since 2015, Pamela has built precisely that: somewhere people of very different backgrounds, elected leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, athletes and thinkers, meet as equals and share their experiences.
Numeni’s own account of its members runs: “articulate, intelligent, connected to all levels of society, generous and innovative.” I would suggest that is less a membership criterion than a portrait of its founder.
I have known Pamela for more than thirty years. In that time I have watched her think faster than most of us and speak better than nearly all of us, and, more to the point, put both at the service of other people. She is an intellectual, a feminist and a sought-after speaker. But the quality that has kept us all coming back is a plain kindness of spirit, extended without exception or condition.
Numeni invites its members to “feel the energy of being with peers and share quality conversations.” I can report that the invitation has been honoured repeatedly.
It has been a genuine pleasure to meet everyone at Numeni events, and the energy of the conversations has been exactly what one hopes for and rarely finds. That does not happen by accident.
Pamela, thank you for your generosity, and for the thirty years.
I raise my glass: to new friendships, and to Pamela and Numeni.
Wyn Ellis
Consultant, World Bank
Fmr ED, UNEP Sustainable Rice Platform
Fmr clients:
Overseas Development Institute, UK
Asian Development Bank
FAO Asia & Pacific
PhD, Chulalongkorn | MA, Oxford
