John Defterios
John Defterios is veteran, award winning journalist and economic analyst with more than 35 years of experience at CNN, Reuters and PBS Television in the United States. John recently retired as CNN Business’ Emerging Markets Editor and Anchor. Based in the network’s Abu Dhabi bureau since 2011, his reporting...
Mahathir Mohamad
Mahathir Mohamad is a Malaysian politician who is the seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia. He had also previously been the prime minister from 1981 to 2003. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is one of the most respected political figures in Malaysia. During his previous tenure as...
Prof. Lawrence J. Lau
Professor Lawrence Juen-yee Lau received his B.S. degree (with Great Distinction) in Physics from Stanford University in 1964 and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1966 and 1969 respectively. He joined the faculty of the Department of Economics at Stanford...
Steven N. S. Cheung
Steven Ng-Sheong Cheung, a Hong Kong born economist, specialisesin the fields of transaction costs and property rights. Known for his work on private property rights and transaction costs, he achieved his fame with an economic analysis on China open-door policy after 1980s. In his studies of economics, he focuses...
Gabrielle Walker
Gabrielle Walker is Founder and Director of Valence Solutions. She is an expert strategist, speaker and moderator, helping businesses to address global challenges—with a focus on sustainability, new energy and climate change. She has a strong background in building new narratives and engagement across a wide range of sectors....
Pavan Sukhdev
Pavan Sukhdev is a scientist by education, an international banker by training, and an environmental economist by passion. His interest and many years of work in sustainability and the invisible economics of nature led to his appointment to head the United Nations’ “Green Economy Initiative” and to lead the...
Julia Chatterley
Julia Chatterley was an anchor and correspondent for CNN International based in New York. She anchored First Move with Julia Chatterley live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange weekdays at 9am ET on CNN International. Chatterley has been instrumental in CNN’s coverage of many major global business...
Daniel Susskind
Dr Daniel Susskind explores the impact of technology, particularly artificial intelligence, on work and society. Daniel Susskind is a Fellow in Economics at Balliol College, Oxford University, where he teaches and researches. In conjunction with this he is the co-author of the best-selling book, ‘The Future of the Professions’...
Jean-Claude Juncker
Jean-Claude Juncker was one of the founding fathers of the euro, a pioneer of European unification, and Prime Minister of Luxembourg. After 18 years in office, he stepped down in December 2013, as the longest-serving head of government of any European Union state and one of the longest-serving democratically...
Philip Hammond
Philip Hammond has been a UK Cabinet Minister and key member of the British Government for almost a decade. Leading four departments over nine years and rising to the second most powerful job in government, he is one of only three people to serve continuously in the UK cabinet...
