Kweku Adoboli
Kweku began his working life as an operations analyst at UBS Investment Bank. Within three years he was recruited to the ETF and Index desk on the equities trading floor. In 2007, with just 10 months experience as an ETF trader, he was given joint responsibility for the desk’s...
Jason Lai
Jason Lai is the Principal Conductor at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, and former Associate Conductor of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Hong Kong Sinfonietta. He’s been a prominent figure in Singapore’s musical life since his arrival in 2010, but also active internationally giving masterclasses in Europe and China....
Susmita Mohanty
Dr Susmita Mohanty is a spaceship designer and entrepreneur extraordinaire. She is the only entrepreneur in the world who has founded space companies on 3 different continents. She is the co-founder and CEO of EARTH2ORBIT, India’s first private space start-up that played a pivotal role in opening up the...
Jim Lawless
Jim Lawless is one of the world’s leading motivational speakers and a pioneer in the fields of change and performance shift. He has inspired and empowered over half a million people on five continents. Author of the bestselling ‘Taming Tigers’ (Random House), Jim has taught the skill of change...
Jeremy Schwartz
Jeremy Schwartz is a global business leader renowned for driving transformative growth through innovative strategies in branding, marketing, and innovation. As a speaker, Jeremy draws on his remarkable track record, which includes leading Pandora as CEO, reversing its decline to generate €20bn in market value. At L’Oréal UK, he...
Rachel Whetstone
Rachel Whetstone is Chief Communications Officer at Netflix, Inc. since August 27, 2018. Prior to joining Netflix, she served as Vice President of communications at Facebook Inc. She served as Senior Vice President of Communications and Public Policy of Google Inc. In February 2013, Whetstone was assessed as one...
Duncan Wardle
As Head of Innovation and Creativity at Disney, Duncan Wardle and his team helped Imagineering, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Pixar and Disney Parks to innovate, creating magical new storylines and experiences for consumers around the globe. As founder of iD8 & innov8 he now brings his extensive Disney experience to audiences...
Joy Ajlouny
Businesswoman, serial entrepreneur and advisor, Joy Ajlouny is a flash-bang grenade thrown into the Middle East. Born and raised in California to Palestinian refugees, Ajlouny has built a reputation for her success in startups and ventures worldwide, all the while disrupting the status quo of women in business. Belonging...
Mike Massimino
Mike Massimino, former NASA astronaut, and the senior advisor for space programs at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Massimino has a team record for the number of hours spacewalking in a single space shuttle mission and was also the first person to tweet from space. He is...
Yancey Strickler
Yancey Strickler is the former CEO and original co-founder of Kickstarter, the world’s largest crowd-funding platform for creators and their works: a thriving community for art, technology, and new consumer products. It’s a sterling model for entrepreneurs and companies looking to build businesses that marry a social conscience with tremendous...
