Santosh Desai
Santosh Desai is the Managing Director and CEO of Future Brands Ltd, a branding services company that creates and manages a portfolio of brands, and offers consulting services in the brand and consumer space. He is a culture, advertising and brand expert, a social media commentator, and a best-selling...
Wang YiZhou
Dr. Wang Yizhou is now the Deputy Director and senior research fellow at the Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP) and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). Known mainly as an expert and professor of international relations, Dr. Wang is also the editor in chief, World Economics and...
Sheena Iyengar
Sheena is a blind Indian American professor at the Columbia Business School who has spent her career studying choice – why it matters, how we choose, and how we can choose better. Raised by Sikh immigrants in Queens, New York, Sheena’s family life provided her with a strict cultural...
Chris Hughes
When Chris Hughes helped hatch Facebook in his dorm room at Harvard, practically the only people sharing personal information on the Web were on dating sites. Morphing into a powerhouse networking site, Facebook now has over 600 million users. Eager to connect like-minded communities to a greater good, Hughes...
Nadja Swarovski
Nadja Swarovski is a Member of the Swarovski Executive Board, the world’s leading crystal manufacturer founded by her great-great-grandfather Daniel Swarovski in 1895 in Austria. As a global patron of design for the company, Nadja is committed to building ongoing relationships in the fashion, jewellery, architecture, design, film and...
Rita Clifton
Rita Clifton CBE has been called ‘The doyenne of branding’ by Campaign magazine, ‘Brand guru’ by the Financial Times, and the Daily Telegraph described her as ‘The Brand Leading the Brands’. She is one of the world’s leading experts on brands and branding, and is a speaker, facilitator, writer,...
Mike Walsh
Mike Walsh, author of Futuretainment is a leading authority on the digital future. A dynamic keynote speaker and experienced trends analyst, Mike helps prepare business leaders for what’s next. With a combination of high impact visuals, unique consumer case studies and high definition video – Mike’s presentations are a...
Andre Schneider
André Schneider is CEO and Chairman of André Schneider Global Advisory. André first launched his career as a classical musician and played for major classical orchestras, such as the Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, the Staatstheater Kassel, the Symphony Orchestra of Radio Saarland and the Lucerne International Festival Orchestra. Andre...
Bernard Thellier
Bernard Thellier was GIGN “major crisis division” top negotiator for a period of 10 years, where he successfully managed serious conflicts. He is now a consultant and specialized coach in the fields of negotiation, crisis management and team-building for companies like Orange, OTIS, Astrazeneca and BNP Paribas. Trained in...
Anders Knutsen
“Anders Knutsen assumed the leadership of Bang and Olufsen, the Danish audiovisual company, at a time of severe crisis. He rescued a tradition of immaculate design and engineering, so “perfect” that fewer and fewer could afford it! It started with a bang. It nearly ended in a whimper, but,...
