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Dr. Anil Gupta
World’s leading expert on Strategy and Globalisation
 
 
Anil K. Gupta is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and globalization. Read more
 
   
 
Armen V. Papazian
Chief Executive Officer, Keipr, UAE
 
 
Armen V. Papazian earned his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge, UK, specializing in Financial Economics. His fields of specialization are Capital Markets, Islamic Finance, and Monetary and Fiscal Policy. Read more
   
 
Augusto Lopez Claros
Chief Economist, Global Competitiveness Program at the World Economic Forum (WEF)
 
 
Augusto Lopez-Claros was until 2006 the Chief Economist and Director of the Global Competitiveness Program at the World Economic Forum in Geneva. Read more
 
       
 
Azran Osman Rani
Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia X
 
In July 2007, Azran was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia X, the world’s first truly low-cost long-haul airline. He led the start-up team that developed the business plan, raised capital, secured relevant licenses and approvals. Read more
       
 
David Eldon
Chairman of Dubai International Financial Centre Authority,
Special Advisor to President of Korea
 
 
In 1984 David was appointed Deputy Managing Director of The Saudi British Bank, based in Riyadh. He returned to Hong Kong in 1987 with responsibility for the Group's largest multinational corporate clients and at the end of 1988 was appointed Chief Executive Officer Malaysia. Read more
       
 
Dr. Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti
Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs for Indonesia (2001 – 2004)
 
 
Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti was born in the Province of Banten, in the island of Java, Indonesia. After completing his doctorandus in economics at the University of Indonesia in 1964, he continued his education at the University of California at Berkeley. Read more
   
 
Dr. Fan Gang
Director of the National Economic Research Institute,Beijing. Chairman of the China Reform Foundation
 
Dr. Fan Gang is one of China's most influential economists. He is Director of the National Economic Research Institute in Beijing and Chairman of the China Reform Foundation, China's first independent economic think tank.
   
 
Georges Ugeux
Former Executive Vice President, NYSE
 
 
Georges Ugeux is the founder of Galileo Global Advisors LLC, which advises on international business development, restructuring, compliance and capital market issues. Read more
 
       
 
R Gopalakrishnan
Executive Director of Tata Sons
 
 
R Gopalakrishnan (called Gopal) has worked for 31 years in India’s most Indian multinational, Hindustan Unilever - and for 12 years in India’s most multinational Indian company - Tata. Read more
 
       
 
Girish Paranjpe
Executive Director and Joint CEO, Wipro Ltd.
 
 
Girish S Paranjpe is the Joint Chief Executive Officer of Wipro’s IT Business and is an Executive Director on the Board of Wipro Limited. Read more
 
       
 
Joan Oliver i Fontanet
CEO FC Barcelona (2008-2010)
 
 
Joan Oliver was born in Barcelona in 1955. While studying History and Economics in Universitat de Barcelona, worked as a free-lance in the Publishing industry.
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Mary Buffett
Best-selling author,consultant and environmental activist
 
 
Mary Buffett, a best-selling author, international speaker, consultant and environmental activist based in Santa Monica. Mary studied the investment methods of Warren Buffett, the world’s most successful investor, up close for twelve years, as his daughter-in-law. Read more
   
 
M. Damodaran
Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board Of India (2005-2008)
 
 
Meleveetil Damodaran left office as Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board Of India in February 2008, after a 3 year term which saw India’s securities markets gain world wide respectability for its regulatory standards. Read more
   
 
Michael H. Tomalin
Group CEO National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD)
 
Tomalin trained as an investment manager at NM Rothschild in London before broadening into general management at Barclays, culminating in his appointment as chief executive of Barclays Global Private Banking in 1992. Read more
       
 
Sir Richard Branson
Founder, Virgin Group
 
Sir Richard Branson was born in 1950 and educated at Stowe School. It was here that he began to set up Student Magazine when he was just 16. By 17 he'd also set up Student Advisory Centre, which was a charity to help young people. Read more
       
 
Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi
Secretary-General, United Nations Conference of Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
 
Supachai Panitchpakdi began his second four-year term as Secretary-General of UNCTAD on 1 September 2009, following his unanimous confirmation by the UN General Assembly. Read more
       
 
Dr. Zainal Aznam
Former Deputy Director-General at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies
 
Datuk Dr Zainal Aznam has long been involved in various economic research and policy development departments and panels in the country. Read more
   
 
Randy Weddle
Managing Director, Asia Pacific, International Herald Tribune, Hong Kong
 
 
Randy Weddle has been with the International Herald Tribune for more than fifteen years. He is currently the Managing Director, Asia Pacific based in Hong Kong. Read more
   
 
Philip McClellan
Chief editor for Asia and deputy managing editor
 
 
Philip McClellan has worked for the IHT since 2001 in Paris and Hong Kong. Currently working out of the Hong Kong newsroom, he is responsible for the IHT's editorial operations in Asia, heading an award-winning team of reporters and editors. Read more
       
 
Tom Sims
International Herald Tribune Business Editor, Asia
 
 
 
Mr. Sims has worked at the IHT since 2006, first as editor of Marketplace based in Paris and then moving in 2007 to Hong Kong to become Business Editor, Asia. Previously he was a staff reporter at The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, writing under the byline G. Thomas Sims for nearly six years. Read more
       
 
Lorraine Hahn
Emcee
 
Ms Hahn based in Hong Kong and celebrates a twenty year career in journalism focused on Asian business issues. Read more