Dave Birch
David is Principal at 15Mb Ltd., his advisory practice, and Global Ambassador for Consult Hyperion, the secure electronic transactions consultancy. He is Non-Executive Chairman of Digiseq Ltd and holds a number of other board-level advisory roles with companies in Europe and the USA including Tillo, PaymentWorks, Au10tix and YourSafe....
Jean-Claude Trichet
Jean-Claude Trichet is one of the world’s most respected Central Bankers. He was President of the European Central Bank (2003-11) and President of the Bank of France (1993-2003). He is currently Honorary Governor of the Bank of France, holds the position of Chairman of the Group of Thirty, Chairman...
Peer Steinbrueck
Peer Steinbrück was Finance Minister of Germany from 2005 to 2009, in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Peer took responsibility for a number of difficult and unpopular decisions during the economic crisis, which were intended to help the economy in the long term. After his graduation in economics...
Gideon Rachman
Gideon Rachman is chief foreign affairs commentator for the Financial Times. At the FT, Rachman writes a weekly column on international politics as well as feature articles and has reported for the FT from all over the world. Before joining the FT in 2006, he worked for The Economist...
Alexei Kudrin
Alexei Kudrin was the Minister of Finance in Russia from 2000-2011, the longest-serving Finance Minister in post-Soviet Russia. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2000–04 and again beginning in 2007. As Finance Minister, Kudrin was widely credited with prudent fiscal management, commitment to tax and budget reform...
Howard Dean
Governor Howard Dean, former DNC Chairman, presidential candidate, six term Governor and physician, currently works as a part time independent consultant focusing on the areas of health care, early childhood development, alternative energy and the expansion of grassroots politics around the world. Dean is a contributor to the news...
Kemal Dervis
A well respected economist and politician, Kemal draws on his many years’ international experience at the World Bank, the United Nations and in Turkish Government and politics to speak on issues connected with globalisation, economics and current affairs. In the course of his 22-year career at the World Bank,...
Sony Kapoor
Sony Kapoor is Managing Director of Re-Define and is also Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics. He was elected Chairman of the Banking Stakeholder Group of the European Banking Authority in mid-2011. During 2011 Sony was a Visiting Fellow at the European Commission dealing with economic governance,...
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...
Nouriel Roubini
Nouriel Roubini is the Chairman of Roubini Global Economics, an independent, global macroeconomic and market strategy research firm. It has been named one of the best economics resources by BusinessWeek, Forbes, Wall Street Journal and the Economist. Roubini is Professor of Economics at New York University’s Stern School of...
