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...
Antonia Rados
Antonia Rados is one of the most popular foreign correspondents on German television, and a multi-award winning journalist. Since 2009 she has been the chief reporter on issues abroad for the Media Group RTL. Her reports on the Iraq war in 2003 and the Arab Spring, often broadcasted live...
Shantanu Bhagwat
Shantanu Bhagwat graduated in Computer Engineering. He also holds an MBA from London Business School where he was a Chevening Scholar. He is a former diplomat-turned-venture investor. Shantanu divides his time between UK and India, working with early stage start-ups and on ideas to improve political systems and governance...
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...
John Sitilides
John Sitilides, a Washington D.C. government affairs specialist and consultant to the Department of State, shares his insights into U.S. and global risk trends, developments and strategies before high-stakes decision makers and opinion leaders at investor, business and government conferences, forums and events. He explores the complex geopolitical decisions...
Axel Weber
Axel Weber was Bundesbank President (the German Central Bank) from 2004 to 2011. He was recently appointed Chairman at UBS, a position which he will take up in 2012. In 2002 Axel became a member of the Advisory Council to the German Federal Government (Council of Economic Experts), to...
Thomas Mayer
Thomas Mayer is founding director of the Flossbach von Storch Research Institute and is a Senior Fellow at CFS. As Senior Fellow he is involved in research on European financial integration and current financial market issues. He also organizes the CFS Lecture Series “On the Order of Money”. Between...
Ken Livingstone
Ken Livingstone began his political career serving on Lambeth and Camden Councils, where he grew up, before becoming leader of the GLC in 1981 until Margaret Thatcher abolished it in 1986. He then served as Labour MP for Brent East from 1987 to 2001. Livingstone was elected as the...
Noreena Hertz
Noreena Hertz has been Economics Editor for ITV News since May 2016. An influential economist on the international stage whose career has spanned Europe, the United States, Russia, Middle East and Africa, she has advised some of the largest organisations and most senior figures in the world on strategy,...
Dominique Moisi
Dominique Moïsi is one of Europe’s leading geo-strategic thinkers. A renowned political scientist, author, and co-founder of the prestigious French Institute for International Affairs (IFRI). He is a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, and the International Advisory Council of the Moscow School of Political Studies, as...
