Michael O’ Sullivan
Michael O’Sullivan is the author of ‘Ireland and the Global Question’ and ‘What did we do right?’, two books that examine the economic, social and foreign policy aspects of how Ireland became one of the world’s most globalised countries and the challenges that lie ahead of it in a...
Simon Fraser
Simon Fraser recently completed five years as Permanent Secretary at the UK Foreign Office (FCO) and Head of the UK Diplomatic Service. This crowned a public service career in which he also served as Permanent Secretary at the UK Business Department and in Brussels as Chief of Staff to...
Klaus Wowereit
Klaus Wowereit was the Governing Mayor of Berlin from 2001-14. He was the face of the German capital for more than 13 years and is credited with giving it a “poor, but sexy” brand internationally. Wowereit was born in Berlin in 1953 and studied law at the Free University...
Greg Lindsay
Greg Lindsay is a journalist, urbanist, futurist, and speaker. He is a contributing writer for Fast Company, author of the forthcoming book Engineering Serendipity, and co-author of Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next. He is also a senior fellow of the New Cities Foundation — where he leads the...
Li Zhaoxing
Li Zhaoxing is one of China’s outstanding and best known international statesmen over the past twenty five years. He was Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of China’s National People’s Congress from 2008 to 2013, and China’s Foreign Minister from 2003 to 2007. Earlier in his career, Minister Li...
Farah Pandith
Farah Pandith is a foreign policy strategist, author, and diplomacy entrepreneur. She has served three American Presidents. Farah’s career in government earned her various awards including the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Honor Award. She has served at the National Security Council, the US Department of State and the US...
Un-Chan Chung
Un-Chan Chung was Prime Minister of South Korea from 2009-10. From 2002 to 2006, he served as the President of Seoul National University, where he was Professor of Economics from 1978 to 2009, until he was appointed the Prime Minister. He has served as a member of the President’s Council...
Martin Roll
Martin Roll is a world-renowned thought-leader, global business strategist and senior advisor to Fortune 100 and prominent business families on the most important issues in managing successful global businesses and exercising great leadership. In a hyper connected and fast-paced, digitalized world, he counsels an impressive global client base on...
Chris Weafer
Chris Weafer is recognised as an international authority on the Russian and CIS economies. He is senior partner with Macro Advisory, a Moscow based consultancy providing bespoke research services to macro hedge funds, venture capital investors and foreign companies looking at investment opportunities in Russia and Central Asia. Weafer...
Chris Patten
Christopher Francis Patten was born in 1944, educated in London and at Balliol College, Oxford. After completing his degree in Modern History he won a Coolidge Travelling Scholarship to the United States. Chris Patten worked in the Cabinet Office as political secretary to Lord Carrington and Lord Whitelaw and...
