Guy Verhofstadt
Guy Verhofstadt won the 1999 Belgian elections becoming their first liberal Prime Minister in more than 60 years, forming the first Belgian government without Christian-Democrats in 40 years. He presided over two Governments with the Belgian socialist parties, partly including the Green parties, and an interim third government in...
Linda Yueh
Dr Linda Yueh is one of the most popular speakers on global trends and a renowned economist. She regularly gives private briefings to numerous global organizations who value her insights. Dr. Linda Yueh is Fellow in Economics, St Edmund Hall, Oxford University, Adjunct Professor of Economics, London Business School,...
JOHN SAWERS
Sir John Sawers is Executive Chairman of Newbridge Advisory, a firm he founded in 2019 to advise corporate leaders on geopolitics and political risk. He is also a Non-Executive Director of BP. Sir John has 36 years of experience in diplomacy and intelligence, culminating in five years as Chief...
Marc Faber
Most famous for advising his readers to sell stocks before the 1987 Black Monday market crash, Marc is well known for his “contrarian” approach to investment and his reports on unusual investment opportunities are widely followed in his monthly newsletter “The Gloom Boom & Doom” report. Marc is a...
Jose Manuel Barroso
José Manuel Durão Barroso was President of the European Commission from 2004-14. He was previously Prime Minister of Portugal from 2002-04. After university, Barroso embarked on an academic career, working successively as a teaching assistant on the Law Faculty of the University of Lisbon, in the Department of Political...
Caroline Daniel
Caroline Daniel is a British journalist, political commentator and former Editor of FT Weekend. She now works for global PR company Brunswick, as a partner, covering tech and other areas. Caroline was one of the few female editors in Britain, responsible for running the best-read print edition of the...
Amlan Roy
Amlan Roy is the Global Chief Retirement Strategist and Senior Managing Director at State Street. Roy is an experienced Global Macro Researcher specialising in demographics and pensions related to economics, investments and public policy. He highlights structural issues related to gender disparity, youth unemployment, system risks due to policy...
John Kay
John Kay is one of Britain’s leading management thinkers and economists. Kay is a distinguished academic, a successful businessman, an adviser to companies and governments around the world, and an acclaimed columnist. His work has been mostly concerned with the application of economics to the analysis of changes in...
JP Landman
JP Landman is a self-employed analyst on political-economic trends. He focuses on trends in politics, economics, demography and social capital. He is a member of the National Planning Commission; a visiting professor at the University of the Free State; and consults to Nedbank Private Wealth, one of SA’s largest...
Jacques Attali
Jacques Attali is a leading French economist, author, businessman and government adviser. He was the first President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Under his leadership it promoted investments which aimed to protect nuclear power plants and the environment, develop infrastructure and reinforce private sector competitiveness....
