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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...

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...

Omari Issa

Omari Issa has extensive business experience at the highest level of both the public and private sectors, having worked in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. From 2013-16, Issa served as the first Chief Executive Officer of the President’s Delivery Bureau, an institution established to oversee implementation of Tanzania’s...

Michael Cawley

Michael Cawley served as Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer of Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline from 2002-14. He originally joined the airline in 1997 as CFO before the company’s IPO and was centrally involved in securing listings on the Dublin, London and Nasdaq stock exchanges. When Cawley joined...

Enrico Letta

Enrico Letta was Prime Minister of Italy from 2013-14, leading a grand coalition comprising the centre-left Democratic Party, the centre-right People of Freedom, and the centrist Civic Choice. A Europhile on the moderate side of the PD, his rapid ascent to the post of Prime Minister was as unexpected...

Lin Bo Qiang

Lin Boqiang is a “Chang Jiang Scholar” Professor, Associate Dean of Newhuadu Business School; Dean of China Institute for Studies in Energy Policy; and Director for China Center for Energy Economic Research. His current research interest includes energy economics, low carbon sustainable development, and energy policy. Lin Boqiang is...

Lionel Barber

Lionel Barber is the editor of the Financial Times. Since his appointment in 2005, Barber has helped solidify the FT’s position as one of the first publishers to successfully transform itself into a multi-channel news organisation. During Barber’s tenure, the FT has won numerous global prizes for its journalism,...

Beatrice Weder di Mauro

Beatrice is a Professor of Economics at the University of Mainz and until recently was a member of the German Council of Economic Experts, the group of five experts which advises the German government on economic policy and development. As a result of her work at some of the...

Ravi Ramu

Ravi Ramu has the unique experience of working for more than three decades across a gamut of industries and varied geographies – banking, consulting, audit, internet and e-commerce, real estate, technology, business process outsourcing, and iron and steel in London, Amsterdam, Dubai, the US and India. Giving up a...

Yves Leterme

Yves Leterme was Prime Minister of Belgium from 2008-11. He has wide experience of politics, economics and international relations, having undertaken a number of key domestic and international roles. Following his departure from Belgian politics, Leterme was appointed Deputy Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development...

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