Robin Chase
Robin Chase is a transportation entrepreneur, internet start-up trailblazer and keynote speaker. A decade before Airbnb and Uber, Chase helped kickstart the ‘collaborative economy’ by co-founding Zipcar, which became the world’s largest carsharing service. The big idea was to enable convenient access to a valuable good (in this case,...
Martha Lane Fox
Baroness Lane-Fox co-founded Lastminute.com, where she and her business partner, Brent Hoberman, came to epitomise the new breed of internet entrepreneurs in London. In November 2003 Martha stood down as Managing Director of Lastminute.com, remaining a non-executive director of the company. She is currently a non-executive director at Marks...
Rolf Eckrodt
Rolf Eckrodt held senior positions at Daimler-Chrysler, one of the most respected global automotive manufacturers, for more than 20 years. He had joined Mercedez-Benz in 1966 and had been known for his track record in turnarounds. As an example, as President of Mercedez-Benz Brazil in 1992-96, he carried out...
Chan Kim
W. Chan Kim is The Boston Consulting Group Bruce D. Henderson Chair Professor of Strategy and International Management at INSEAD, France (the world’s second largest business school). Prior to joining INSEAD, he was a professor at the University of Michigan Business School, USA. He has served as a board...
Tom Doctoroff
Tom Doctoroff is North Asia Area Director and Greater China CEO of JWT one of the world’s largest advertising agencies. Doctoroff has spent 19 years in the advertising industry and has become the most respected advertising mind in Asia. He started his career with Leo Burnett in Chicago in...
Edward De Bono
Dr. Edward de Bono is widely regarded as the world’s leading authority in the field of creative and conceptual thinking, and the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. He has authored 60 books translated into 35 languages on the topic of thinking. His sessions, are invariably sell-outs, businesses, government...
Hamish Taylor
Hamish Taylor focuses on enabling organisations to achieve breakthroughs by looking outside their current environment. Processes, product and people development are all part of this mix, covering themes such as customer service, leadership and change. With a CV that the Times described as “takes some beating” Hamish Taylor began...
Sir Richard Branson
Sir Richard Branson has grown successful businesses in sectors including mobile telephony, travel, transportation, financial services, leisure, entertainment, health and wellness. Virgin is a leading international investment group and one of the world’s most recognised and respected brands. Branson has also been an active investor in the technology sector...
Christopher Bland
As Chairman, Sir Christopher Bland has been responsible for the transformation of two of the UK’s best-known organizations, BT and the BBC. Sir Christopher is a Non-Executive Director of Land Securities, the UK’s largest property company, and is the Chairman of Land Securities property outsourcing business, Trillium. Having joined...
Fons Trompenaars
Fons Trompenaars is recognised around the world for his work as consultant, trainer, motivational speaker and author of various books on all subjects of culture and business. As founder and director of Trompenaars Hampden-Turner (THT), an intercultural management firm, he has spent over 25 years helping Fortune 500 leaders...
