Florence Eid-Oakden
Dr. Eid-Oakden is Chief Economist and Founder of Arabia Monitor, an independent research firm specialised in economic and market studies on the Middle East & North Africa. Dr. Eid-oaken was a professor of economics and finance at the American University of Beirut and a visiting professor at INSEAD and...
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...
Yashwant Sinha
Yashwant Sinha is India’s former Finance Minister 1990-91 and 1998-2002, and former Minister of External Affairs 2002-04. He is credited by many with transforming the Indian economy. Sinha is well respected nationally and internationally for his insights into India’s economy, and India’s foreign affairs. He is the buoyant voice...
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov was the youngest ever World Chess Champion. In 2005, he announced his retirement from competitive chess after twenty years as the No 1 ranked player in the World. In the 1984 World Championship in Moscow, Anatoly Karpov met the young man who would offer him the greatest...
Sayeeda Warsi
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi is a lawyer, author, business woman and member of the House of Lords. She was Britain’s first Muslim Cabinet Minister; Chairman of the Conservative party 2010-12 and a Minister at the Foreign Office 2010-14. Daughter of an immigrant mill worker, Warsi rose to become an Advisor...
Jorge Quiroga
Jorge Fernando “Tuto” Quiroga Ramírez was President of Bolivia from August 7, 2001 to August 6, 2002. Jorge is a 1981 graduate of Texas A&M University, with a degree in industrial engineering, becoming the first head of state from that university. He went on to be a self-declared “corporate...
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...
Nora Berra
Nora Berra served as the Minister of Seniors and then as the Minister of Health in France from 2009-12. She was appointed by President Sarkozy to the head of one of the most successful healthcare systems in the world. She started her professional career as a medical doctor in...
Toomas Ilves
Toomas Hendrik Ilves served as president of Estonia from 2006-16. Ilves is renowned for making Estonia one of the most digitally advanced nations through innovative policies that invested heavily in the future. Ilves was born to Estonian refugees and raised in the United States. He holds a BA from...
Rageh Omaar
Rageh Omaar, one of the most recognised TV foreign correspondents in the country, is International Affairs Editor of ITV News in the UK, which has a regular daily audience of 8 million people. He has one of the biggest international profiles of British TV journalists, having been a prominent...
