Hamish Taylor
Hamish Taylor focuses on enabling organisations to achieve breakthroughs by looking outside their current environment. Processes, product and people development are all part of this mix, covering themes such as customer service, leadership and change. With a CV that the Times described as “takes some beating” Hamish Taylor began...
Jonny Hewlett
Jonny Hewlett is CEO for Diesel, the Italian fashion giant, in Greater China. Hewlett focuses on driving organisational change, integrating different cultures and re-applying proven approaches from other industries to achieve breakthrough results. Transitioning from the corporate FMCG world of Procter & Gamble to the fashion group Diesel has...
Allon Raiz
Allon Raiz is regarded both locally in South Africa and globally as a pioneer and maverick in the business incubation industry. He is the founder and CEO of Raizcorp, the only privately held, unfunded, profitable business incubator on the African continent, currently supporting in excess of 500 businesses. Raiz...
Dave Ulrich
Dave Ulrich is a Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and a partner at the RBL Group a consulting firm focused on helping organisations and leaders deliver value. He studies how organisations build capabilities of leadership, speed, learning, accountability, and talent through leveraging human resources....
Michael Solomon
Michael Solomon’s books, including Consumer Behaviour: Buying, Having, and Being, are some of the most widely used books on the subject of marketing and understanding consumers in the world. Solomon advises global clients on marketing strategies to make them more consumer-centric. He regularly appears on television shows including The...
Zukie Siyotula
In March 2016, Zukie Siyotula joined the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders under the age of 40. As former CEO of Thebe Capital responsible looking after a portfolio of strategic investments across various sectors, she holds a CA (SA); ACMA; MBA and Executive Programmes from Harvard, Insead and...
Guillaume Nery
Guillaume grew up by the Mediterranean Sea, in Nice. As a child, he used to go diving every summer with his flippers and mask, accompanied by his father, to discover the wonders of the underwater world. At the age of 14, he and a friend took up a challenge:...
Max Wittrock
Max Wittrock is co-founder and one of the CEOs of mymuesli, an award-winning Muesli Startup. He is driven by his passion for food and e-commerce – and always looking for new ventures and opportunities. Born in Munich, Wittrock graduated from Law School (attending both the universities of Passau and...
Maurice Levy
Maurice Lévy is Chairman and CEO of Publicis Groupe, one of the world’s leading communications organisations, and has served in that role since 1987. He is today one of the most influential men in France and in the advertising worldwide. Under his stewardship, Publicis Groupe has been transformed into...
Andrew Keen
Entrepreneur, author and broadcaster Andrew Keen is among the world’s best known contemporary analysts of digital business and culture, and commentators on the digital revolution. He is executive director of the Silicon Valley innovation salonFutureCast, the host of the popular Internet chat show “Keen On”, a Senior Fellow at...
