Bernard Harrison
With a zoological career spanning 38 years, Bernard Harrison has practically become synonymous with the Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) Group, one of the finest and most profitable zoological institutions in the world. The WRS boasted a net profit of US$10 million in2009, and operates the Singapore Zoological Gardens, Night...
Sir Peter Westmacott
Sir Peter Westmacott was British Ambassador to the United States from 2012-16. Prior to his position in the United States, Sir Peter served as Ambassador to France from 2007-12, and Ambassador to Turkey from 2002-06 where, in 2003, he dealt with a suicide bomb attack directed at the British...
Rita Clifton
Rita Clifton CBE has been called ‘The doyenne of branding’ by Campaign magazine, ‘Brand guru’ by the Financial Times, and the Daily Telegraph described her as ‘The Brand Leading the Brands’. She is one of the world’s leading experts on brands and branding, and is a speaker, facilitator, writer,...
Molly Harvey
Molly Harvey is a Leading Authority on Leadership and Culture Change, who set up her first business from an attic bedroom in 1993. She is recognised for her no nonsense, thought provoking approach, speaking from the heart and from her personal experience. A key part of her experience is...
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。
Nontombi Tutu
The challenges of growing up as black and female in apartheid South Africa has led Naomi Tutu to her present as an activist for human rights. Those experiences taught her how much we all lose when any of us is judged purely on physical attributes. In her speeches she...
David Miliband
David Miliband is President and Chief Executive of International Rescue Committee (IRC), the renowned New York-based non-profit humanitarian organisation founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein. He leads a team of over 12,000 people. The IRC helps people all over the world whose lives and livelihoods are...
Anders Knutsen
“Anders Knutsen assumed the leadership of Bang and Olufsen, the Danish audiovisual company, at a time of severe crisis. He rescued a tradition of immaculate design and engineering, so “perfect” that fewer and fewer could afford it! It started with a bang. It nearly ended in a whimper, but,...
Mick Cornett
Mick Cornett was the mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, having served in that position since 2004. He was the first mayor in Oklahoma City history to be elected to four terms and was the longest-serving mayor among the 50 largest cities in America. One of Cornett’s most...
Simon Woodroffe
Founder, owner and creative driving force behind all things YO!, Simon Woodroffe left school at the age of 16 and spent 30 years in the entertainment business. His production companies in London and Los Angeles designed and staged concerts for many artists during the 70′s and 80′s, including The...
