Rageh Omaar
Rageh Omaar, one of the most recognised TV foreign correspondents in the country, is International Affairs Editor of ITV News in the UK, which has a regular daily audience of 8 million people. He has one of the biggest international profiles of British TV journalists, having been a prominent...
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。
Gesine Schwan
Gesine Schwan, born in Berlin in 1943, comes from a socially active parent’s house belonging to protestant and socialistic opposition groups during the Nazism and standing up for the friendship with France and Poland after the war. After her A-Levels in 1962, she studies Roman Languages, History, Philosophy and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Howard Dean
Governor Howard Dean, former DNC Chairman, presidential candidate, six term Governor and physician, currently works as a part time independent consultant focusing on the areas of health care, early childhood development, alternative energy and the expansion of grassroots politics around the world. Dean is a contributor to the news...
Alexei Kudrin
Alexei Kudrin was the Minister of Finance in Russia from 2000-2011, the longest-serving Finance Minister in post-Soviet Russia. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2000–04 and again beginning in 2007. As Finance Minister, Kudrin was widely credited with prudent fiscal management, commitment to tax and budget reform...
