Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Tymoshenko is a Ukrainian politician and businesswoman. She co-led the Orange Revolution and was the first woman appointed Prime Minister of Ukraine, serving from 24 January to 8 September 2005, and again from December 2007 to March 2010. She trained as an engineer and economist in the east...
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...
Sundeep Waslekar
Sundeep Waslekar is President of Strategic Foresight Group, a think-tank based in India that advises governments and institutions around the world on managing future challenges. He has presented new policy concepts at committees of the Indian Parliament, the European Parliament, UK Houses of Commons and Lords, United Nations Alliance...
Mahmoud Kaabour
Mahmoud Kaabour is a multi award-winning director, writer, and lecturer from Lebanon. Now based in the United Arab Emirates, he has emerged as the most distinguished documentary filmmaker in the region. His ground-breaking film Teta, Alf Marra (Grandma, a Thousand Times) screened to packed houses in over 55 cities...
Hyeonseo Lee
Hyeonseo Lee is a North Korean refugee living in Seoul, South Korea. Born in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee left for China in 1997. Now living in South Korea, she has become an activist for fellow refugees. Currently she is an undergraduate student at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies majoring...
Roy Madron
Roy Madron is a researcher, management consultant and author. Currently based in Brazil, he designs and facilitates the 21st Century Leadership Programme for the University of Industry (UNINDUS). In his co-authored book, Gaian Democracies: Redefining Globalisation and People-Power, he describes an alternative system of globalisation, and sets out a...
Jim O’Neill
Jim O’Neill was Commercial Secretary to the UK Treasury from 2015-16. O’Neill worked for Goldman Sachs from 1995-2013, spending the majority of his time there as Chief Economist before being named Chairman of their Asset Management Division in 2010. His role was a newly created position in which O’Neill...
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,...
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...
Gordon Thomas
Gordon Thomas is a specialist in secret intelligence and the Middle East. The author of 55 books, published in more than 40 countries and in dozens of languages. The total sales of his works exceeds 45 million copies. He has been a widely syndicated foreign correspondent and was a...
