Gerald Ratner
Gerald Ratner is best known as the former millionaire chief executive of the major British jewellery chain Ratners Jewellery, when he achieved notoriety after making a speech which caused the company’s bankruptcy. Gerald Ratner based his philosophy of business on his experiences as a boy in Petticoat Lane Market....
Mike Forde
Based in New York, Mike is one of the World’s leading authorities on elite talent and high performance, having worked in the English Premier League soccer since 1998, he is widely recognized as a leading figure in the EPL and European Soccer for creating ‘game changing’ methodologies around management...
Mireille Guiliano
Internationally best-selling author Mireille Guiliano was for over 20 years the spokesperson for Champagne Veuve Clicquot and a senior executive at LVMH as well as CEO of Clicquot, Inc., the US firm she helped found in 1984 and was its first employee. Her book, French Women Don’t Get Fat:...
Bill Rancic
Bill Rancic is an example of a true entrepreneur. He founded cigarsaroundtheworld.com 1995 in a 400 square foot studio apartment. Today it is a thriving multi-million dollar national operation. Bill no longer manages the day-to-day operation but is on the board of directors for Synergy Bands. He is also...
Dr. Fan Gang
Based in Beijing, he is the Director of the National Economic Research Institute (NERI) and Chairman of the China Reform Foundation, China’s first economic think-tank. Trained at the Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS) and Harvard University, he is also a professor at several top universities in China. Dr...
Supachai Panitchpakdi
Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi began his four-year term as Secretary-General of UNCTAD on 1 September 2005, following his appointment by the UN General Assembly. He was appointed for a second term in September 2009, and stepped down from his post in August of 2013. Dr. Supachai previously served as Director-General...
Debashis Chatterjee
Professor Debashis Chatterjee has a rich blend of international professional and academic experience in India, the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, South East Asia and South Africa. Dr. Chatterjee was a Fulbright Fellow at Harvard University and MIT. He was recently a Visiting Fulbright Professor at Harvard University’s Kennedy School...
Ha-Joon Chang
Ha-Joon is one of the world’s leading economists specialising in development economics. He lectures in the Economics of Development at Cambridge University and is a regular contributor to The Guardian since the onset of the financial crisis in 2008. He is author of several widely discussed books including “23...
Diane Wei Liang
Diane Wei Liang is al best-selling author, China expert and former award-winning professor of business in the USA and the UK. She has toured around the world speaking about the development of modern China. She was the subject of a BBC documentary, Peschardt’s People, and a Kalturzeit documentary by...
Stephen Attenborough
Stephen Attenborough is the Commercial Director for Virgin Galactic, a company mainly owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group which is on track to become the world’s first passenger carrying commercial spaceline. Stephen joined Virgin Galactic as the company’s first full time employee in 2004 to put in place...
