Viviane Reding
Viviane Reding is one of the most prominent personalities of Europe. She completed 3 terms as member of the European Government and became first Vice President and EU Commissioner responsible for Justice, Fundamental rights and Citizenship in 2010. Following her victory in the European elections in May 2014 she...
Roger Bootle
Roger Bootle is one of Europe’s best-known economists and runs Capital Economics, one of the world’s largest independent economics consultancies. Bootle was formerly Group Chief Economist at HSBC and, under the previous Conservative government, he was appointed one of the Chancellor’s panel of Independent Economic Advisers, the so-called “Wise...
Elizabeth Linder
Elizabeth Linder specialises in the intersection of societal change and 21st-century leadership from inside the social media revolution, advising global influencers on changing patterns of communications and digital connectivity across more than 40 countries. Throughout her entire career at Google, YouTube, Facebook, and Chatham House, Elizabeth has never held...
Helen Clark
Helen Clark was the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from April 2009 until April 2017 and was the first woman to lead the organization. She was also the Chair of the United Nations Development Group, a committee consisting of the heads of all UN funds, programmes and...
Julian Caldecott
Dr Julian Caldecott is a world renowned ecologist and conservationist. He has spent more than 20 years promoting biodiversity conservation and environmental sustainability around the world. He has contributed to major conservation programmes in Indonesia (protected areas in Siberut, Flores and Central Sulawesi), Malaysia (the Maliau Basin Conservation Area...
Clem Sunter
Clem Sunter is an internationally acclaimed authority on management strategy, scenario planning, and corporate social responsibility. He is the former CEO and Chairman of the Gold and Uranium division of the South African mining giant, Anglo American. Until recently he was the Chairman of the Anglo American Chairman’s Fund,...
Clemens Fuest
Clemens Fuest is President of the Munich-based ifo Institute for Economic Research. From March 2013 Fuest was President of the Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim, and prior to that he was Professor of Business Taxation at Saïd Business School, at the University of Oxford, and Research Director...
Wolfgang Ischinger
Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger has been Chairman of the Munich Security Cenference since 2008 and is Director of the Centre for International Security Policy of Hertie School. He was also Global Head of Government Relations of Allianz SE from March 2008 until December 2014. Ischinger studied law at the universities...
Theo Waigel
As German Finance minister from 1989-1998, Theo played a key role in European monetary union and in the formation of the Euro. He speaks on the future of Europe, the role of Germany in the economy of Europe and the opportunities and constraint of globalisation. Theo is a politician...
Peter Kellner
Peter Kellner is Chairman of NCVO (National Council for Voluntary Service). He was Chairman of the pioneering on-line survey research company, YouGov, from 2001-07 and President from 2007-16. Kellner has been Visiting Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Policy Studies Institute, London, and served...
