Mark Thompson
Mark C. Thompson is CEO and co-founder of Virgin Unite Mentors, Sir Richard Branson’s network for executive coaching and entrepreneurial innovation. He is Charles Schwab’s former Chief of Staff, Chief Customer Experience Officer, Chief Communications Officer and cofounder of the Schwab Foundation. He also served as Executive Producer of...
Jeroen Van Der Veer
Jeroen Van der Veer is the former Chief Executive (2004-09) of Royal Dutch Shell. He remained a non-executive Director at Shell until 2013. He is a leading authority on energy, leadership and management, and his advice is widely sought by a range of industries. He held various positions during...
Sahar Hashemi
Sahar Hashemi founded Coffee Republic, the UK’s first US style coffee bar chain with her brother and built it into one of the UK’s most recognised high street brands with a turnover of £30m. Giving up her career as a lawyer in London, she staked everything on a dream...
Greg Dyke
Greg Dyke, the former BBC Director General is now Chairman of the FA (Football Association), Ambassador Theatres Group and of the BFI (British Film Institute). Greg previously chaired GMTV and served on the board of BSkyB, Pearson, Channel 4 and ITN. Greg also guided the creation of Channel 5,...
Joe DiVanna
Joe DiVanna runs an innovation think-tank providing research and advisory services to the financial services industry, global businesses and governments. He was described by the Financial Times as “one of the foremost experts in sharia-compliant finance”. Joe’s insight on twenty-first century business and banking focuses on the premise that...
David Reid
Sir David Reid is Chairman of Intertek Group plc, a global quality and safety services group that is listed on the London Stock Exchange in the FTSE 100, Support Services sector and has a network of over 35,000 employees in 100 countries. Intertek is the leading quality solutions provider...
Ram Charan
Ram Charan is a sought after business advisor renowned among senior executives for his ability to solve difficult business problems. For more than thirty-five years, Ram has worked behind the scenes with senior executives at some of the world’s most successful companies, including GE, Verizon, Novartis, Dupont, Thomson Corporation,...
Narayana Murthy
Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy, better known as N. R. Narayana Murthy, is an Indian industrialist and software engineer. He is the Founder of Infosys Limited, a global software consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. He founded Infosys in 1981, served as the CEO during 1981-2002, and as the Chairman...
Isabel Aguilera
The Wall Street Journal featured Isabel Aguilera amongst its “30 Most Influential Business Women in Europe” in 2001 for her role in leading Dell Computer to the top of the market, with the largest volume of trade results achieved in Spain. Ms. Aguilera is also considered one of the...
Marshall Goldsmith
Dr. Marshall Goldsmith was recognised as the #1 leadership thinker in the world and the #7 business thinker in the world at the bi-annual Thinkers 50 ceremony sponsored by the Harvard Business Review. He is the million-selling author or editor of 31 books, including the New York Times and...
