Simon Anholt
Simon Anholt is the founder of the Good Country movement and the Good Country Index: the first ever study of what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity, and what it takes away, relative to its size (www.good.country). As one of the world’s leading thinkers...
Michael O’ Sullivan
Michael O’Sullivan is the author of ‘Ireland and the Global Question’ and ‘What did we do right?’, two books that examine the economic, social and foreign policy aspects of how Ireland became one of the world’s most globalised countries and the challenges that lie ahead of it in a...
Dick Spring
Dick Spring’s acheivements in politics and business are recognised throughout the world. Dick’s political life began in 1979 and he quickly went on to become leader of ther Labour Party in 1982 a position he held until 1997. He served as Tanaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) in three coalition governments...
Simon Fraser
Simon Fraser recently completed five years as Permanent Secretary at the UK Foreign Office (FCO) and Head of the UK Diplomatic Service. This crowned a public service career in which he also served as Permanent Secretary at the UK Business Department and in Brussels as Chief of Staff to...
Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is an eminent Indian academic, and an internationally recognised scholar of the political and social sciences. He is President of The Center for Policy Research, New Delhi, one of India’s most distinguished think tanks, and a member of the Indian National Security Advisory Board. He was...
Andrey Vladimirovich Kozyrev
Andrey Kozyrev was Foreign Minister of Russia under President Boris Yeltsin from 1991-96. Andrey stood by Yeltsin against the hard-line coup and flew to Paris to set up a government in exile when the plotters had not failed within a few days. He later took part in the December...
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (known as SBY) was the 6th President of Indonesia and the first directly elected President in the current democratic era. During his two terms in office, Yudhoyono delivered what the World Economic Forum called “Indonesia’s golden decade”, a period between 2004-14 that was marked by democratic...
Roger Fisk
Roger Fisk is the political campaign, marketing and media strategist widely credited with playing a key behind-the-scenes role in the back-to-back electoral victories of US President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. He was heavily involved in these game-changing campaigns which are regarded as the best run presidential campaigns...
Igor Ivanov
Igor S. Ivanov is a professor at Moscow State Institute for International Relations. Previously, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, from 1998 to 2004, and secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation from 2004 to 2007. Ivanov holds the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He...
John Bruton
John Bruton was the EU Ambassador to the United States from 2004 to 2009, and previously the Irish Prime Minister. As a former Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach), John Bruton helped transform the Irish economy into the “Celtic Tiger”, one of the fastest growing economies in the world. During his...
