Xavier Darcos
From 1993 to 1995 he was the chief of staff (directeur de cabinet) to Education Minister François Bayrou, from 1995 to 1997 advisor to Prime Minister Alain Juppé for education and culture matters, and from 1995 to 1998, along with François Bayroux and Claude Allègre, he was the president...
Chetan Bhagat
Chetan Bhagat is a renowned Indian youth icon, author, screenwriter, and columnist. Time magazine named him as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World 2010”, Fast company as one of the “100 most Creative People in Business 2011”, Forbes India as one of the “Top 100...
Max Abrahms
Dr Max Abrahms is a leading expert on U.S. national security, foreign policy and the terrorism threat. He is a professor of political science and public policy at Northeastern University, a member at the Council on Foreign Relations, a senior fellow at George Washington University’s Center for Cyber and...
Roger Ballentine
Roger Ballentine was a senior member of the White House staff, serving President Bill Clinton as Chairman of the White House Climate Change Task Force and Deputy Assistant to the President for Environmental Initiatives. Prior to being named Deputy Assistant to the President, Mr. Ballentine was Special Assistant to...
Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Tymoshenko is a Ukrainian politician and businesswoman. She co-led the Orange Revolution and was the first woman appointed Prime Minister of Ukraine, serving from 24 January to 8 September 2005, and again from December 2007 to March 2010. She trained as an engineer and economist in the east...
Gita Wirjawan
Mr. Wirjawan’s most recent appointment was as Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia from October 2011 – February 2014. Two years prior to this post, he was the Chairman of Indonesia’s Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM). He has also held key appointments at Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, and...
Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz is a nobel prize-winning economist. A graduate of Amherst College, he received his PhD from MIT in 1967, became a full professor at Yale in 1970, and in 1979 was awarded the John Bates Clark Award, given biennially by the American Economic Association to the economist under...
Mahmoud Kaabour
Mahmoud Kaabour is a multi award-winning director, writer, and lecturer from Lebanon. Now based in the United Arab Emirates, he has emerged as the most distinguished documentary filmmaker in the region. His ground-breaking film Teta, Alf Marra (Grandma, a Thousand Times) screened to packed houses in over 55 cities...
Shaukat Aziz
Shaukat Aziz was Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2004-07. He presided over a period of impressive domestic economic growth and successfully tackled many of the challenges presented by the global economy. In 1999 Mr. Aziz was appointed Pakistan’s Minister of Finance with responsibility for Finance, Economic Affairs, Statistics, Planning and...
Sundeep Waslekar
Sundeep Waslekar is President of Strategic Foresight Group, a think-tank based in India that advises governments and institutions around the world on managing future challenges. He has presented new policy concepts at committees of the Indian Parliament, the European Parliament, UK Houses of Commons and Lords, United Nations Alliance...
