Anna Hemmings MBE
Anna Hemmings is Britain’s most successful female marathon kayaker with a staggering eleven World and European Championship medals, 9 of them gold. By the age of 24 she had been World Champion 3 times and competed at the Olympic Games. In 2010 she was awarded an MBE for her...
Gabrielle Walker
Gabrielle Walker is Founder and Director of Valence Solutions. She is an expert strategist, speaker and moderator, helping businesses to address global challenges—with a focus on sustainability, new energy and climate change. She has a strong background in building new narratives and engagement across a wide range of sectors....
Suk-Young Kim
Suk-Young Kim’s research interests cover a wide range of academic disciplines, such as East Asian Performance and Visual Culture, Gender and Nationalism, Korean Cultural Studies, Russian Literature and Slavic Folklore. Her publications have appeared in English, German, Korean, Polish and Russian while her research has been acknowledged by the...
Claire O’Neill
Claire O’Neill entered politics in 2010 after a transatlantic career in consulting and finance. She served in several Ministerial positions before becoming Climate Change Minister in 2017 and attending the UK Cabinet as Minister for Energy and Clean Growth from 2018. She was instrumental in refocusing the Conservative government...
Freda Liu
Freda Liu is a vivacious person who has lived and breathed business in the past decade with Malaysia’s only business radio station and has conducted over 5000 interviews and some prominent names include Martin Cooper, author Stephen Covey, motivational speaker Nick Vijucic, former GE CEO Jack Welch, the Duke...
Janina Kugel
Janina Kugel is the “most prominent German manager” according to SPIEGEL. For many years, Janina Kugel was the secret superstar (BILD: “Star Manager”) of Siemens AG as Chief Human Resources Officer of the company. She gave the company “a young, cool image on the cutting edge” (FAZ). Janina started...
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Considered the “mother” of sustainable development, Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland attributes her passions for public health, the environment, and political activism to her father, a doctor and cabinet minister. At the tender age of seven, Dr. Brundtland joined the children’s organisation of Norway’s Labour Party, and has been a...
Ilaria Capua
An internationally renowned virologist, Dr. Ilaria Capua’s unwavering passion and unique training led her to also serve as a Member of the Italian Parliament from 2013 to 2016. Dr. Ilaria Capua, DVM, PhD is a veterinarian by training and for over 30 years she has led research groups in...
Claudia Olsson
Claudia Olsson, newly appointed Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, is the founder and CEO of Exponential AB, a global consultancy specialized in providing strategic advice, analysis and professional development related to the digital transformation. Claudia is one of the Nordic region’s most sought-after speakers on exponential...
Julia Chatterley
Julia Chatterley is an anchor and correspondent for CNN International based in New York. She anchors First Move with Julia Chatterley live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange weekdays at 9am ET on CNN International. Chatterley has been instrumental in CNN’s coverage of many major global business stories...
