Sayeeda Warsi
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi is a lawyer, author, business woman and member of the House of Lords. She was Britain’s first Muslim Cabinet Minister; Chairman of the Conservative party 2010-12 and a Minister at the Foreign Office 2010-14. Daughter of an immigrant mill worker, Warsi rose to become an Advisor...
Yashwant Sinha
Yashwant Sinha is India’s former Finance Minister 1990-91 and 1998-2002, and former Minister of External Affairs 2002-04. He is credited by many with transforming the Indian economy. Sinha is well respected nationally and internationally for his insights into India’s economy, and India’s foreign affairs. He is the buoyant voice...
Wang YiZhou
Dr. Wang Yizhou is now the Deputy Director and senior research fellow at the Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP) and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). Known mainly as an expert and professor of international relations, Dr. Wang is also the editor in chief, World Economics and...
Philippe Douste-Blazy
Philippe Douste-Blazy is a United Nations official and former French centre-right politician. He has been Under-Secretary-General, Special Adviser on Innovative Financing for Development in the United Nations since 2008 and chairman of UNITAID since 2007. UNITAID is an international organization which aims to help developing countries with access to...
Peer Steinbrueck
Peer Steinbrück was Finance Minister of Germany from 2005 to 2009, in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Peer took responsibility for a number of difficult and unpopular decisions during the economic crisis, which were intended to help the economy in the long term. After his graduation in economics...
Jose Luis Zapatero
The twice-elected President of the Spanish Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, has been a major force in the deep social changes in Spain and in the first line of the anti-crisis measures both in Europe and in Spain. Known also for his international work in favour of world peace...
Ning Zhu
Ning Zhu is a Deputy Dean and Professor of Finance at the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Shanghai JiaoTong University, and a Special Term Professor of Finance at University of California and at GuangHua School of Management at Beijing University. He is also a faculty fellow at the...
Tim Harford
Tim Harford is a world renowned behavioural economist and award-winning Financial Times columnist. Frequently described as ‘Britain’s Malcolm Gladwell,’ his first two books, The Logic of Life and The Undercover Economist, have been translated into 30 languages and sold well over a million copies. He is also presenter of...
Jean-Claude Trichet
Jean-Claude Trichet is one of the world’s most respected Central Bankers. He was President of the European Central Bank (2003-11) and President of the Bank of France (1993-2003). He is currently Honorary Governor of the Bank of France, holds the position of Chairman of the Group of Thirty, Chairman...
Heizo Takenaka 竹中平蔵
竹中平蔵教授は、2001年、小泉内閣の経済財政大臣就任を皮切りに金融担当大臣、郵政民営化担当大臣、総務および通信大臣などを歴任。彼は世界的に著名なな経済学者です。 竹中は小泉首相と緊密に協力して、小泉 – 竹中改革という一連の改革を行った。この間、当時世界最大の金融機関である日本郵便貯金「ゆうちょ」を改革し民営化した。これに先立ち、彼は日本の主要銀行の不良債権の処分を達成し、それは10年以上にわたり日本経済を妨げてきた。 彼の就任期間中、実質GDPは平均2.2％上昇し、投資家の前向きな見方から、日本企業の株価は平均ベースで80％以上上昇。竹中は公的資金の再構築に努力し、2002年に割り当てられた28兆円から2006年には6兆円へと一次収支の大幅な改善をもたらしました。貯蓄の総額は、消費税の9％増と同じになります。 彼の経歴の初期、ハーバード大学とペンシルバニア大学の両方で客員研究員として学術的キャリアを始める以前、日本開発銀行に入社しました。竹中は1998年に経済戦略会議 (首相への経済政策に関する諮問委員会) のメンバー、そして2000年にはIT戦略会議 (首相へのIT政策に関する諮問委員会) のメンバーに任命されました。 大臣を経て、竹中は学界に戻りました。現在は慶應義塾大学の名誉教授として、東洋大学教授テレビやラジオに定期的に出演しています。また、次の機関を含めたいくつかの諮問委員会および委員会委員も務めている。(社) 日本経済研究センター (JCER) 研究顧問、アカデミーヒルズのダイレクター、パソナグループ会長。オリックス社外取締役,SBIホールディングス社外取締役, 世界経済フォーラム(ダボス会議)理事等。
