Professor David Gann
David Gann is Imperial College’s Vice President, leading Innovation. He is a member of the College’s Executive Board. David is an accomplished university leader, strategist and advocate, renowned for his work on innovation, entrepreneurship and technology management. His academic research spans strategy, management science and systems engineering. His distinctive...
Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban is a hugely successful internet entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team. Cuban began his business career aged 12, selling garbage bags door to door. The seed was planted early on for what would eventually become enormous long-term success. After graduating from Indiana University, Cuban...
David Magliano
David Magliano is Managing Director of Membership for the Guardian, responsible for the newly launched Guardian Live event programme, and a dedicated members building opening in 2016. David previously played a lead role in two high-profile campaigns: as Marketing Director of London’s Olympic bid, and England’s World Cup bid....
Deborah Meaden
Destined to be a successful entrepreneur, Deborah Meaden launched her first business straight out of college, before setting up one of the first ‘Stefanel’ fashion franchises in the UK. A “Dragon” since series 3 of “Dragon’s Den” on the BBC, Deborah business sense emerged at age 19 when she...
Delphine Remy-Boutang
Delphine Remy-Boutang is Founder of The Bureau, a social media strategy agency based in Paris and London. She previously worked at IBM in a number of roles including both Marketing Director and Communications Director for EMEA, after which she became world-wide Social Media Director. Delphine co-ordinated IBM group’s transition...
Piers Linney
With passions for business and innovation coursing through his veins from a young age, Piers Linney, Co-CEO of world leading Cloud Service Provider Outsourcery plc, is a pioneering serial entrepreneur with a blue chip background in venture capital law, corporate finance and fund management. Since the day he cut...
Allan Zeman
Allan Zeman has lived in Hong Kong for over 37 years and is heavily involved in the local community. He is known as Father of Lan Kwai Fong, being the founder and Chairman of Lan Kwai Fong Holdings Ltd, the major property developer and food & beverage operator in...
Randi Zuckerberg
Randi Zuckerberg is an entrepreneur, investor, bestselling author, and Emmy-nominated tech media personality. She is the founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media, with the mission of supporting current and future entrepreneurs through investment, mentorship, and media. Prior to founding her own company, Randi was an early employee at...
FLEUR PELLERIN
Fleur Pellerin, born in 1973, is a French politician, founder of Korelya Capital. She was born in Seoul, South Korea, but abandoned on the streets when she was days old. Ms. Pellerin was eventually adopted by French parents and had a modest upbringing in the suburbs of Paris. Strong...
Nik Gowing
Nik Gowing is author of “Skyful of Lies and Black Swans: the New Tyranny of Shifting Information Power in Crises” and has been a main presenter for the BBC since 1996. Prior to the BBC he was for 18 years at ITN where he was bureau chief in Rome...
