Robert Mundell
Robert Mundell is University Professor at Columbia University in New York, where he has been since 1974. He received B.A. in 1953 from the University of British Columbia, and his Ph.D. from MIT in Industrial Economics in 1956 and was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Political Economy at the University...
Iain Duncan Smith
The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP was first elected as the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Chingford and Woodford Green in London on 1st April 1992. In his first Parliament, June 1992-97, he opposed the Maastricht Treaty believing that if it passed, it would over a...
Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz is a nobel prize-winning economist. A graduate of Amherst College, he received his PhD from MIT in 1967, became a full professor at Yale in 1970, and in 1979 was awarded the John Bates Clark Award, given biennially by the American Economic Association to the economist under...
Gita Wirjawan
Mr. Wirjawan’s most recent appointment was as Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia from October 2011 – February 2014. Two years prior to this post, he was the Chairman of Indonesia’s Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM). He has also held key appointments at Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, and...
Omari Issa
Omari Issa has extensive business experience at the highest level of both the public and private sectors, having worked in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. From 2013-16, Issa served as the first Chief Executive Officer of the President’s Delivery Bureau, an institution established to oversee implementation of Tanzania’s...
Enrico Letta
Enrico Letta was Prime Minister of Italy from 2013-14, leading a grand coalition comprising the centre-left Democratic Party, the centre-right People of Freedom, and the centrist Civic Choice. A Europhile on the moderate side of the PD, his rapid ascent to the post of Prime Minister was as unexpected...
Lin Bo Qiang
Lin Boqiang is a “Chang Jiang Scholar” Professor, Associate Dean of Newhuadu Business School; Dean of China Institute for Studies in Energy Policy; and Director for China Center for Energy Economic Research. His current research interest includes energy economics, low carbon sustainable development, and energy policy. Lin Boqiang is...
Michael Cawley
Michael Cawley served as Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer of Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline from 2002-14. He originally joined the airline in 1997 as CFO before the company’s IPO and was centrally involved in securing listings on the Dublin, London and Nasdaq stock exchanges. When Cawley joined...
Ravi Ramu
Ravi Ramu has the unique experience of working for more than three decades across a gamut of industries and varied geographies – banking, consulting, audit, internet and e-commerce, real estate, technology, business process outsourcing, and iron and steel in London, Amsterdam, Dubai, the US and India. Giving up a...
Yves Leterme
Yves Leterme was Prime Minister of Belgium from 2008-11. He has wide experience of politics, economics and international relations, having undertaken a number of key domestic and international roles. Following his departure from Belgian politics, Leterme was appointed Deputy Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development...
