Judit Polgár
In 1991 Judit Polgár became the youngest ever Grandmaster at just 15-year-old. She is generally regarded as the strongest female chess player of all time and in 2001 was proclaimed the Female Chess Player of the Century. At the age of 9, Polgár won her first international tournament in...
Ghida Fakhry
Ghida Fakhry started her journalistic career over 25 years ago in London. She is a British/Lebanese national currently based in Washington DC, and the Host and Managing Editor of Inside America, a weekly program about US politics, and Bigger than Five, a global affairs program broadcast on TRT World...
Wei Du
Wei Du is a highly experienced, versatile talent who directs, produces, and presents documentaries and current affairs programs for CNA. She was named Best Factual Presenter at the Asian Academy Creative Awards in 2024 and was a nominee for Presenter of the Year at the AIB Awards in London....
Henry Rose Lee
Henry Rose Lee is one of very few inter-generational diversity experts helping organisations to improve the contribution and profitable performance of the youngest talent in the workplace today. Author of three books on maximising today’s young talent, (Generation Z and Millennials), Henry Rose Lee busts myths and gives practical...
Anita Schjøll Brede
Anita Schjøll Brede is the CEO and Co-Founder of Iris.ai, one of the 10 most innovative artificial intelligence companies in 2017 according to Fast Company. Iris.ai is aiming to build the world’s first ‘AI researcher’, and currently offering research discovery tools for Academia and the Chemical industry. Anita is...
Ivana Bartoletti
Ivana Bartoletti is the Global Privacy Officer at Wipro, and an internationally recognised thought leader in the field of responsible technology. Author of “An Artificial Revolution, on Power, Politics and AI”, she starts a Visiting Policy Fellowship at Oxford University on international flows of data in January 2021, alongside...
Alison Burns
Alison Burns LL.B Dip LP NP FRSA – who started her career as an engineer, lawyer, and jazz singer – is now an in-demand futurist keynote speaker on ethical futurism and business ethics. For over 30 years, she has been a trailblazer in the fields of engineering, entertainment, technology...
Shawnee Delaney
Intelligence poacher-turned-gamekeeper Shawnee Delaney is a decorated Intelligence Officer and licensed Private Investigator who has conducted thousands of public and private investigations. She is an Insider Threat expert who deploys war stories, humour and charm to bring unrivalled insight into the nexus of espionage and the corporate world. A...
Carolyn Fairbairn
Carolyn Fairbairn was the Director-General of the CBI from 2015 – 2020. Her career spans a range of leadership roles in business, media and government, with particular experience in the finance and broadcasting sectors. Carolyn spent her early career with the World Bank and as a journalist with The...
Beth Davies
Beth Davies has spent over 25 years working in senior leadership roles at innovative companies known around the world – Tesla, Apple, Microsoft, and Gap. She’s an expert in cultivating company culture, creating customer-centric organizations, developing leaders, scaling the workforce, and innovating within human resources. Most recently, Davies...
