Julie Meyer
A respected expert in investment in digital, high-growth and early stage businesses, Meyer has driven many important initiatives for creating wealth and growth in the European economy, and backed some of the most explosive growth companies of this era. A business adviser, networking expert, broadcaster and business commentator, she...
Hugh Herr
Hugh directs the Biomechatronics group at The MIT Media Lab. His research program seeks to advance technologies that promise to accelerate the merging of body and machine, including device architectures that resemble the body’s musculoskeletal design, actuator technologies that behave like muscle, and control methodologies that exploit principles of...
John Kufuor
John Kufuor was President of Ghana from 2001 to 2009. President Kufuor was a prime mover in bringing democracy back to Ghana after the country had been subjected to a long line of coups and military dictators. In 2001 he was democratically elected as President, defeating Jerry Rawlings, who...
ALEXANDRA PANAYOTOU
Alex has achieved things that most people deem extraordinary. She has been dealt obstacles many consider insurmountable, yet has overcome these with strength, optimism, persistence and determination. She has a story people consider worthy of sharing. Alex is someone others train to become. Alex is an example of what...
Chris Parry
Chris Parry has an international reputation for his penetrating analysis and stimulating articulation of a wide range of geopolitical, strategic and security themes. He is one of the UK’s top strategic thinkers and forecasters, whose assessments about the future have consistently proved extremely accurate and are considered amongst the...
Mats Jansson
Mats Jansson was President and CEO of the SAS Group, the holding company of Scandinavian Airlines System which is the major airline group in the Nordic region, in the period from January 2007 (informally from October 2006) until September 2010 and he rose extremely successfully to the challenge. He...
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger was California’s 38th Governor from 2003-11. Aside from politics, he has had a highly successful and varied career as a businessman, actor, professional body builder, model, producer, director, investor, philanthropist and writer. One of the major accomplishments Schwarzenegger achieved as Governor was the establishment of the Global...
Rene Jaeggi
Rene Jaeggi is a renowned international CEO, having turned around a failing Adidas and saved the German football team FC Kaiserslautern from bankruptcy. Rene began his career in FMCG marketing working for R.J Reynolds and Duracell. In 1986 he became Vice-President of Marketing for Adidas. In 1987 he became...
Sir John Armitt
Sir John Armitt is currently Chairman of the National Express Group and City & Guilds, and is Deputy Chairman of the Berkeley Group. Sir John is also a member of the Board of Transport for London and the Airports Commission; he is Senior Vice President of the Institution of...
Paul Rusesabagina
Paul Rusesabagina is the real life hero of the acclaimed film Hotel Rwanda and the President and Founder of the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation. As portrayed by actor Don Cheadle in the film, Rusesabagina saved the lives of more than 1,200 people during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Rusesabagina served...
