Sauli Niinistö
Sauli Niinistö was the 12th President of the Republic of Finland. He was inaugurated on 1 March 2012 and was re-elected for another six-year term in January 2018. His second term in office began on 1 February 2018. Sauli Niinistö was born in Salo on 24 August 1948. He...
Ali Alasiri
Ali Alasiri is a seasoned executive with deep experience across the public and private sectors in the areas of digital transformation, strategic planning, and growth. Over a career spanning 23+ years, he has worked across the Middle East and North America with large corporates, start-ups and government institutions to...
Mieke Eoyang
Mieke Eoyang is a distinguished national security professional with extensive experience at the intersection of cybersecurity, defense policy, and American government. As the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy in the Biden Administration, she led the Department’s development of cyber policy and strategies in response to...
Sarah Bloom Raskin
Sarah Bloom Raskin, the former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, was named the Colin W. Brown Distinguished Professor of the Practice of Law in 2021. She is also a senior fellow in the Duke Center on Risk. Raskin was previously a visiting professor of the...
Parag Khanna
Parag Khanna is a leading global strategy advisor, world traveler, and bestselling author. He is Founder & CEO of AlphaGeo, the leading AI-powered geospatial analytics platform. AlphaGeo’s mission is to future-proof global investing in an age of rising volatility. Dr. Khanna is the internationally bestselling author of seven books...
Dr. Dion Patti Djalal
Dino Patti Djalal is a career diplomat, former ambassador, best-selling author, academic, and youth activist. Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in 1965, Dino grew up in a diplomatic family, living in cities across the globe. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the London School of Economics, alongside degrees...
Camilla Cavendish
Camilla Cavendish is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster, and the author of “Extra Time: Ten Lessons for an Ageing World”, published by Harper Collins in 2019. She is a Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School and Contributing Editor at the Financial Times, where she writes a weekly OpEd column....
Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox is a Mexican businessman who was President of Mexico from 2000-06 under the National Action Party (PAN). He is also the Co-President of the Centrist Democrat International, an international organisation of Christian democratic political parties. When elected to the presidency of Mexico in 2000, Vicente Fox broke...
Sir Kim Darroch
Lord Kim Darroch is a retired UK civil servant and life peer in the House of Lords. His diplomatic career spanned over 40 years, primarily focusing on national security issues and European policy. Most recently, Lord Darroch served as the British Ambassador to the United States (2016-2019). Prior to...
Grant Shapps
Grant Shapps is a seasoned British politician who held multiple key roles in the UK government from 2010 to 2024. As Secretary of State for Defence (August 2023 – July 2024), Shapps was pivotal in shaping the UK’s global security response. President Zelenskyy highlighted his strategic role in addressing...