James Harkin
James Harkin is an analyst and forecaster of new ideas and new social, political and technological trends and what they mean for companies, governments and institutions. He is the Director of Flockwatching, a company which uses the information on blogs, social networks and the internet to create understanding of...
Christopher Bland
As Chairman, Sir Christopher Bland has been responsible for the transformation of two of the UK’s best-known organizations, BT and the BBC. Sir Christopher is a Non-Executive Director of Land Securities, the UK’s largest property company, and is the Chairman of Land Securities property outsourcing business, Trillium. Having joined...
Fons Trompenaars
Fons Trompenaars is recognised around the world for his work as consultant, trainer, motivational speaker and author of various books on all subjects of culture and business. As founder and director of Trompenaars Hampden-Turner (THT), an intercultural management firm, he has spent over 25 years helping Fortune 500 leaders...
Ray Hammond
For over 30 years Ray Hammond has researched, written, spoken and broadcast about how major trends will affect society and business in the future. He is also a successful and proven business leader and serial entrepreneur with hands-on experience of creating, building and leading thriving businesses. In 2010 he...
Vishen Lakhiani
Founder and CEO of Mindvalley, Vishen leads a dedicated team of over 100+ brilliant minds focused on building game-changing systems to bring innovation to education under their goal of “pushing humanity forward”. Vishen invests in and builds education companies. The company’s goal is to touch the lives of 1...
Ben Casnocha
Ben Casnocha is an award-winning author and entrepreneur from Silicon Valley. He was co-author with Linked-In founder Reid Hoffman of New York Times bestseller The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age, which has become one of the most sought-after management frameworks on how to recruit, manage, and retain...
Luke Johnson
Luke Johnson is the Chairman of private equity house Risk Capital Partners LLP. He is Chairman and part-owner of Patisserie Holdings PLC and Bread Ltd (the firm behind the Gail’s Artisan Bakery chain). He is also Chairman and majority owner of Neilson Active Holidays and serves on the board...
Duncan Goose
Duncan Goose is the founder of Global Ethics and the One Water brand. He has a background in advertising and marketing and was formerly a board director of a WPP subsidiary which he saw through a buy-out, and subsequent merger into the J Water Thompson Group. In 2004 he...
Stephen Sun
Stephen Sun founded “Woo” in Shanghai in 2002. It is the first real luxury fashion brand that captures the Chinese traditional culture selling luxury scarves and shawls priced between 2,000 to 5,000 yuan. They have 37 stores across mainland China and will be opening outlets in Paris, London, Milan...
Thierry Petit
Thierry Petit is the co-founder of showroomprive.com, a top retail e-business player yet established in France, The UK, Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal and Belgium. The website holds exclusive private sales for its members, involving major retail brands at substantially reduced prices. Historically Fashion-oriented, new verticals are now available...
