Guy Verhofstadt
Guy Verhofstadt won the 1999 Belgian elections becoming their first liberal Prime Minister in more than 60 years, forming the first Belgian government without Christian-Democrats in 40 years. He presided over two Governments with the Belgian socialist parties, partly including the Green parties, and an interim third government in...
Ruben Vardanian
Ruben Vardanian is Chairman of the Investment Bank of Sberbank after its acquisition of Troika Dialog. Previously, Vardanian worked at Troika Dialog since it was founded and was head of the company since 1992. He is an active member of many business organisations, notably the Russian Union of Industrialists...
Mo Gawdat
Mo Gawdat is a remarkable thinker and the former Chief Business Officer at Google’s , an elite team of engineers that comprise Google’s futuristic “dream factory.” Mo manages Google’s business in over 50 countries with his background as an Engineer, paired with an MBA degree from Maastricht School of...
Hans-Dieter Hermann
Dr. Hans-Dieter Hermann is the first sport psychologist for Germany’s national soccer team since 2004. He also accompanied the team during the FIFA World Cup in Brazil 2014. Before then, he supervised among others, the Austrian ski racing team, the German gymnasts, boxers and hockey players. Together with Prof....
Pelle Tornberg
Pelle Tornberg is an innovative and dynamic CEO, who has founded two profitable international media businesses with a current combined market capitalisation of US$ 4.6 billion. These include; Metro International,the world’s largest international newspaper; Modern Times Group, Northern Europe’s (including Russia) largest broadcaster; SDI, which he founded and grew...
Reinhold Messner
Climber, writer, photographer and Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004, Reinhold Messner started climbing mountains at the age of five and has been one of the world’s most outstanding mountaineers for thirty years. In over three thousand climbs he has achieved over a hundred first ascents...
Hugh Herr
Hugh directs the Biomechatronics group at The MIT Media Lab. His research program seeks to advance technologies that promise to accelerate the merging of body and machine, including device architectures that resemble the body’s musculoskeletal design, actuator technologies that behave like muscle, and control methodologies that exploit principles of...
John Kufuor
John Kufuor was President of Ghana from 2001 to 2009. President Kufuor was a prime mover in bringing democracy back to Ghana after the country had been subjected to a long line of coups and military dictators. In 2001 he was democratically elected as President, defeating Jerry Rawlings, who...
Stuart Rose
Lord Rose is the former Chief Executive and Chairman of the leading British retailer Marks & Spencer. Lord Rose is recognised as one of the leading lights in British retail. He is now Chairman of the internet grocery retailer Ocado along with a number of other non-executive roles. Beginning...
ALEXANDRA PANAYOTOU
Alex has achieved things that most people deem extraordinary. She has been dealt obstacles many consider insurmountable, yet has overcome these with strength, optimism, persistence and determination. She has a story people consider worthy of sharing. Alex is someone others train to become. Alex is an example of what...
