Jim Marous
Named as one of the most influential people in banking and a top 5 Fintech influencer to follow, Jim Marous is an internationally recognised financial industry strategist, co-publisher of The Financial Brand and the owner and publisher of the Digital Banking Report. Marous advises on innovation, portfolio growth, customer...
Kevin Slavin
Professor at the MIT Media Lab, and serial entrepreneur, Kevin Slavin has built renowned projects and companies at the intersections of entertainment, games, big data, next-generation technologies, and design. As Co-founder of Area/Code in 2005, Slavin has been a consistent pioneer in rethinking game design and development around new...
Terry Leahy
A good company should make sure employees really can work their way up through the organization, according to Sir Terry Leahy. Chief executive of Tesco between 1997 and 2011, Leahy is his own best example, having first stirred his passion for the retailer while stacking shelves during school holidays...
Graham Weale
Graham Weale is an expert on Energy Transitions both in Europe and the USA. He has a deep understanding of their political, economic and technological dimensions explaining how end-goals can be achieved at the lowest cost to society. Weale has the ability to highlight the difficult issues that politicians...
Catherine Barba
Catherine Barba is a pioneer of the digital revolution and an expert in omni-channel retail and digital retail. She has received numerous awards including “Femme en Or” in 2011, “Alumni of the Year ESCP Europe” in 2012 and “Knight of the National Order of Meritin” in 2012 for her...
Jean-Christophe Bonis
Jean-Christophe Bonis is founder, partner and head of research and strategy of Oxymore Inc. Previously, he was a business model analyst for 8 years for hedge funds in Europe and the US where he was in charge of the analysis of technologies in startups private equity. He is competent...
Alvy Ray Smith
Dr Alvy Ray Smith is the co-founder of two successful startups: Pixar, an animation studio which was sold to Disney, and Altamira, a software company which was sold to Microsoft. Smith also co-founded the Lucas film Computer Division which developed computer graphics software including early renderer technology. As director...
Santosh Desai
Santosh Desai is the Managing Director and CEO of Future Brands Ltd, a branding services company that creates and manages a portfolio of brands, and offers consulting services in the brand and consumer space. He is a culture, advertising and brand expert, a social media commentator, and a best-selling...
Rohit Talwar
Rohit is an award winning futurist speaker, entrepreneur, specialist advisor and strategic change agent. He was nominated as one the top ten global future thinkers by the UK’s Independent newspaper. He is the founder of the consultancy Fast Future and the think tank – Global Futures and Foresight. He...
Andre Schneider
André Schneider is CEO and Chairman of André Schneider Global Advisory. André first launched his career as a classical musician and played for major classical orchestras, such as the Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, the Staatstheater Kassel, the Symphony Orchestra of Radio Saarland and the Lucerne International Festival Orchestra. Andre...
