Missy M. Bangala, cultural promoter, marketing and communication professional, member of the advisory board of GROUP50 :50. Missy M. Bangala is the initiator of the non-profit organisation Café Littéraire de Missy, which has made a positive mark on the Congolese cultural landscape. In fact, CALM promotes culture in general and Congolese literature by being a meeting place for all the actors of the book. She has been a manager of cultural projects at the European Union delegation in the DRC, she is also an administrator at the LIBOKE network (association of independent cultural centres in the DRC) and most recently vice-presidentof the literature college at the Congolese civil society of authors' rights called ADACO. She won two awards in 2022, including Woman of Distinction and Out of Age 100 Young People Who Inspire, for her work in writing and promoting Congolese literature. Currently, she is director of projects and communication at GBE Agri (Groupe Blattner Elwyn Agri), where she develops social and cultural projects in 5 provinces of the DRC.

Dr. Nina Burri, lawyer specialized in international criminal law and human rights. Nina Burri is a lecturer at the University of St. Gallen and is responsible for the business and human rights program of HEKS/EPER. In this work, she documents human rights violations and negative environmental impacts of multinational corporations, mostly in the Global South. Her current projects focus on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa and Indonesia. Previously, Nina Burri worked for the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in Den Haag.

Théodore Nganzi Ndoni, lawyer and professor of copyright at the Institut National des Arts de Kinshasa, member of the adivosry board of GROUP50:50. He is a lawyer registered at the Bar of Kinshasa Gombe in DR Congo and was a legal advisor to the Ministry of Culture and Arts. He is a professor of copyright at the Institut National des Arts de Kinshasa, an institution of higher and university education that trains for the arts. A consultant at Socoda (La Société Congolaise des Droits d'Auteurs et des Droits Voisins), Mr Nganzi is a specialist in the defence of artists' rights. He headed the national chapter of Arterial Network from 2010 to 2015. He has published several articles on copyright and cultural heritage in scientific journals.

Steven Walter is member of the advisory board of Group50:50.