Claire Chiang
Claire is a co-founder of Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts and pioneered the Group’s retail business. Banyan Tree is a global hospitality business with a portfolio of 47 hotels in 23 countries on 4 continents. As Chairperson for China Business Development for Banyan Tree, she focuses on acquiring new...
Brian McBride
Brian McBride is one of Britain’s foremost digital business leaders. For six years he served as Chairman of ASOS, the leading online fashion retailer. He is also Senior Non-Executive Director at electrical retailer AO.com and is Senior Adviser with Scottish Equity Partners. Outside his commercial interests he’s also a...
Lizhou Ken Hong
Ken Hong is an expert Chinese / APAC business leader who has studied, lived and built successful careers in both the US and China. Ken is currently the CEO of China and Greater North APAC for Dentsu International Customer Experience Management (CXM) Line of Business, as well as the...
Jonathan Firth
Jonathan Firth has been directly involved in the development of the commercial space industry in the US since 2004, when ‘SpaceShipOne’ reached suborbital space and won the ‘Ansari X-Prize’. He was a member of the executive team that started up three space companies – Virgin Galactic, The Spaceship Company...
Dr. Mark van Rijmenam
Known as The Digital Speaker, Van Rijmenam is a strategic futurist who has significantly influenced the digital landscape. His pioneering efforts include the first TED talk in VR in 2020. In 2023, he further pushed boundaries when he delivered a TED talk in Athens with his digital twin, delving...
Jean Foo
Applauded by Hua-In, the leading online Chinese music news source as “a rising star in the twenty-first century international music scene,” award-winning composer, educator and conductor, Maestra Jean Foo, is known for elevating historic concert programs globally. Having represented the Steinway and Bösendorfer brands, Jean is the Chief Conductor...
Amy Brann
Amy Brann is the founder of Synaptic Potential an organisation that works with companies to strengthen their strategy, culture and performance. The team works globally sharing reliably simple applications of neuroscience that lead to game-changing insights and results. For leaders, organisations and audiences around the world, Amy Brann is...
Justin King
Justin King joined Terra Firma as Vice Chairman and Head of Portfolio Businesses in September 2015. He sits on the boards of the General Partners and is a member of Terra Firma’s Management Committee. He was previously the CEO of Sainsbury’s between 2004 and 2014, where he led the...
Nikki Owen
Nikki Owen is an international thought leader and bestselling author on authentic charisma. Her unique and ground-breaking ideas on high performance will challenge, inspire and motivate a transformation in the way leaders perceive themselves and their teams. Nikki Owen has devoted over 30 years to researching and pioneering how...
Akio Miyabayashi
Akio Miyabayashi was CEO of Minolta Europe for twenty years and is considered the outstanding Japanese businessman in Europe. He became CEO Minolta Europe in 1975, and led them through a period of tremendous change until 1995. His clear understanding of the criteria and driving forces of global competitiveness...
