Stuart Rose
Lord Rose is the former Chief Executive and Chairman of the leading British retailer Marks & Spencer. Lord Rose is recognised as one of the leading lights in British retail. He is now Chairman of the internet grocery retailer Ocado along with a number of other non-executive roles. Beginning...
Julie Meyer
A respected expert in investment in digital, high-growth and early stage businesses, Meyer has driven many important initiatives for creating wealth and growth in the European economy, and backed some of the most explosive growth companies of this era. A business adviser, networking expert, broadcaster and business commentator, she...
Hugh Herr
Hugh directs the Biomechatronics group at The MIT Media Lab. His research program seeks to advance technologies that promise to accelerate the merging of body and machine, including device architectures that resemble the body’s musculoskeletal design, actuator technologies that behave like muscle, and control methodologies that exploit principles of...
John Kufuor
John Kufuor was President of Ghana from 2001 to 2009. President Kufuor was a prime mover in bringing democracy back to Ghana after the country had been subjected to a long line of coups and military dictators. In 2001 he was democratically elected as President, defeating Jerry Rawlings, who...
ALEXANDRA PANAYOTOU
Alex has achieved things that most people deem extraordinary. She has been dealt obstacles many consider insurmountable, yet has overcome these with strength, optimism, persistence and determination. She has a story people consider worthy of sharing. Alex is someone others train to become. Alex is an example of what...
Francois Pienaar
Francois Pienaar is a former South African rugby player, playing for the Springboks in South Africa, followed by a career with the Saracens in England. Whilst playing for South Africa, he captained the side in his first match and in every one of his 29 appearances, culminating in the...
Chris Parry
Chris Parry has an international reputation for his penetrating analysis and stimulating articulation of a wide range of geopolitical, strategic and security themes. He is one of the UK’s top strategic thinkers and forecasters, whose assessments about the future have consistently proved extremely accurate and are considered amongst the...
Mats Jansson
Mats Jansson was President and CEO of the SAS Group, the holding company of Scandinavian Airlines System which is the major airline group in the Nordic region, in the period from January 2007 (informally from October 2006) until September 2010 and he rose extremely successfully to the challenge. He...
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger was California’s 38th Governor from 2003-11. Aside from politics, he has had a highly successful and varied career as a businessman, actor, professional body builder, model, producer, director, investor, philanthropist and writer. One of the major accomplishments Schwarzenegger achieved as Governor was the establishment of the Global...
Philippe Vigoureux
Philippe Vigoureux has spent much of his career in the British group Petroleum (BP) in various sectors and at various positions. Philippe worked in France, the United Kingdom and China. In 1999 Philip returned to Europe as an independent consultant and Transition Manager. Since 1996 Philip has extensive experience...
