Santosh Desai
Santosh Desai is the Managing Director and CEO of Future Brands Ltd, a branding services company that creates and manages a portfolio of brands, and offers consulting services in the brand and consumer space. He is a culture, advertising and brand expert, a social media commentator, and a best-selling...
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...
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...
Florence Eid-Oakden
Dr. Eid-Oakden is Chief Economist and Founder of Arabia Monitor, an independent research firm specialised in economic and market studies on the Middle East & North Africa. Dr. Eid-oaken was a professor of economics and finance at the American University of Beirut and a visiting professor at INSEAD and...
Han Seung-Soo
Dr Han Seung-Soo was Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea from 2008-09. He was recently appointed the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Disaster Risk Reduction and Water. Prime Minister Han had a distinguished political, diplomatic and administrative career serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance...
Toomas Ilves
Toomas Hendrik Ilves served as president of Estonia from 2006-16. Ilves is notable for making Estonia one of the most digitally advanced nations through progressive policies that invested heavily in the future. Estonia is an enviable model of digital governance, offering government e-services in voting, banking, healthcare, transportation, and...
Nora Berra
Nora Berra served as the Minister of Seniors and then as the Minister of Health in France from 2009-12. She was appointed by President Sarkozy to the head of one of the most successful healthcare systems in the world. She started her professional career as a medical doctor in...
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...
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...
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。
