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Cyril Vanier

Cyril Vanier is a former anchor for CNN International based in Paris. After joining CNN in 2016, Vanier covered major breaking news events in the US (Trump presidency: Russia investigation, impeachment, midterms) and worldwide: death of Fidel Castro, terror attacks in France, missile tests in North Korea etc. Vanier...

Johan Jaaffar

Tan Sri Johan Jaaffar has wide experience in the media world. He is a journalist and editor, an award-winning creative writer, and a well-read columnist. He started his career as a researcher and later led the magazine division of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP), the Language and Books Bureau,...

Lucy Hockings

Lucy Hockings is a lead presenter on BBC World news, hosting its flagship programme GMT.  She has anchored rolling coverage for the BBC on all the major news events of the past decade – from the Asian tsunami to the 2014 Gaza conflict to the terrorist attacks in Paris....

Nayla Al Khaja

Nayla Al Khaja is the first female film Director/Producer in the United Arab Emirates. CEO of Nayla Al Khaja Films (previously D-Seven Motion Pictures), she founded in 2007 The Scene Club, Dubai’s first film club, which now counts over 22,000 registered members. Al Khaja wrote and directed several films,...

Luc Besson

Luc Besson is a French filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. Starting out in 1977 as an assistant director in France and the USA, he gradually emerged as one of very few French directors and producers of international stature. In 1983, Luc Besson directed his first feature, The Last Battle, which...

Yang Lan

Yang Lan is co-founder and Chairperson of Sun Media Group, one of China’s leading private media groups. A leading broadcast journalist and media entrepreneur, Ms. Yang first made her name when she hosted CCTV’s “Zhengda Variety Show”, which earned her “Golden Microphone Award” in 1994. Her show  (“Yang Lan...

Craig Oliver

*In partnership with Kruger Cowne Craig Oliver has worked at the very top of government and journalism – giving him unique insight into how politics, public relations and media interact. He was Prime Minister Cameron’s Director of Politics and Communications, responsible for setting the Government’s strategy, sharpening its message...

Rolf Dobelli

Rolf Dobelli founded WORLD.MINDS, a community of the world’s most famous and distinguished thinkers, scientists, artists and entrepreneurs including Nobel prize winner Kurt Wuthrich, Nassim Nicholas Taleb (The Black Swan), Matt Ridley (The Rational Optimist), philosopher Daniel Dennet and many others. Earlier in his career, Dobelli joined Swissair as...

Nisha Pillai

Nisha Pillai is an accomplished news presenter who worked with the BBC World News for 25 years. Her areas of expertise span a wide range of subjects including economics, finance, IT and the energy sectors. She is also adept at covering health and social issues and has worked closely...

Piers Linney

With passions for business and innovation coursing through his veins from a young age, Piers Linney, Co-CEO of world leading Cloud Service Provider Outsourcery plc, is a pioneering serial entrepreneur with a blue chip background in venture capital law, corporate finance and fund management. Since the day he cut...

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