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Ellen MacArthur
Dame Ellen MacArthur first hit the headlines in 2001 when she raced single-handedly non-stop around the world in the Vendée Globe when only 24 years old. After 94 days at sea, Ellen returned to a different life: she had come second in one of the hardest races in offshore sailing and the response was massive. ...
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Maayke-Aimée Damen
Maayke-Aimée Damen is a pioneer in sustainable development, innovation and circular economies. She has led global workshops and keynote speeches, including TEDx, exploring new ways to make sustainability more accessible and understandable for everyone. She believes that small changes can add up to make a significant impact. Maayke-Aimée Damen is a popular speaker at conferences ...
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Mark Esposito
Mark Esposito consults in the area of Corporate Sustainability and Competitiveness worldwide, including Board of Directors, Communities and National Governments. He brings futurized uncertainty into the life of his audiences and he helps them navigate through complexity with foresight. As Chairman of The Strategic Foresight Board of the Circular Economy Alliance, Mark Esposito provides insights ...
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B. Joseph Pine
Discover the extraordinary B. Joseph Pine II—a renowned author, captivating speaker, and trusted advisor to top companies worldwide. With the founding of Strategic Horizons LLP, a forward-thinking studio, he has devoted himself to helping businesses unlock new ways of adding value to their offerings. In 2020, Mr. Pine and his partner James H. Gilmore reinvigorated ...
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Jim Carroll
Jim Carroll is one of the world’s leading futurist, trends and innovation experts, with a massive global Blue Chip client list. Over the last 25 years, Jim has shared his insight with more than 2 million people in attendance at his events. Jim’s global client list is extensive and covers virtually every industry sector, including ...
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Timothy Garton Ash
Professor Timothy Garton Ash is a prolific political writer and historian who has charted the transformation of Europe over the last thirty years. He is Professor of European Studies at the University of Oxford, Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. His essays ...
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Pippa Malmgren
Dr. Pippa Malmgren is a former Presidential Advisor and the co-founder of HRobotics, a firm that makes aerial intelligence systems and autonomous vehicles for industry. Pippa is Honorary Chairperson of Resilience First an organisation helping Britain manage the response to the Coronavirus crisis. Pippa is a trend spotter who advises investors and governments about economic ...
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Charles O'Reilly
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Charles O'Reilly
Charles O’Reilly’s research includes studies of organizational culture, the management of human resources, and the impact of change and innovation on firms. His current research includes studies of leadership, organizational culture, the impact of senior management on innovation and change, and the management of human resources. Charles is a much sought after adviser and speaker ...
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Boris Groysberg
Boris Groysberg is a professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at the Harvard Business School. Currently, he teaches courses on talent management and leadership in the school’s MBA and Executive Education programs. He has won numerous awards for his research, which focuses on the challenge of managing human capital at small and ...
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Dame Inga Beale
Inga’s presentations uncover how successful transformation means establishing a balance between tradition and history, and modernity and innovation. Moreover, she tackles breaking glass ceilings, and building inclusive environments within the workplace. Dame Inga Beale is a British businesswoman with over three decades of experience in global financial services. She was awarded a Damehood for services ...
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Robert Kiyosaki
Best known as the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad – the number one personal finance book of all time. Robert Kiyosaki has challenged and changed the way tens of millions of people around the world think about money. He is an entrepreneur, educator, and investor who believes the world needs more entrepreneurs. With perspectives ...
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Carl Benedikt Frey
Carl Benedikt Frey is the Oxford Martin Citi Fellow and founder and director of the programme on the Future of Work at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford. He is a global thought leader and keynote speaker on the future of work and how technology is altering the workforce and our economies. Carl is ...
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Belinda Gerdt
Belinda Gerdt, an internationally recognized leader and author, offers thought-provoking insights into how the customer experience in the digital age sets pioneers apart from the rest. Drawing on over 20 years of experience with some of the world’s leading technology companies, her talks inspire organizations to THINK BIG and elevate company value through customer experience. ...
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David M. Brear
David is the CEO of 11:FS and since his dream of being a sportsperson was crushed (along with the ligaments in his knee!) and he had to get a proper job, he has worked in pretty much every angle of the financial services industry never losing that competitive desire to drive forwards and win. Now ...
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Marie Charles
Medical doctor turned international entrepreneur, Dr. Marie Charles has dedicated her career to transforming the global health sector, through her innovative strategies. As the Chair of the Tiger Healthcare Group, Charles is renowned for her ability to create high yield from high investment opportunities in the health care sector, a theme that she discusses as ...
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John Bruton
John Bruton was the EU Ambassador to the United States from 2004 to 2009, and previously the Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach). As a former Irish Prime Minister, John helped transform the Irish economy into the “Celtic Tiger”, one of the fastest growing economies in the world. During his time in office from 1994 to 1997, ...
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Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmer is a renowned American political scientist specialising in international relations, states in transition, and global political risk. He is the President of Eurasia Group, a global political risk research and consulting firm. Eurasia Group has a network of experts and resources in 90 countries and provides analysis and expertise about how political developments ...
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Carla Harris
Carla Harris is the only name you need to know when it comes to women in business. Championing females in corporate environments and increasing investment opportunities for all, especially minority groups, throughout her pioneering career Carla has been involved in a range of industries from retail and media, to healthcare and technology. With audiences, Carla ...
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Dave Ramsey
Dave Ramsey is America’s trusted voice on money and business. His four New York Times best-selling books – “Financial Peace,” “More Than Enough,” “The Total Money Makeover” and “EntreLeadership” have sold more than 7 million copies combined. The Dave Ramsey Show is heard by more than 6 million listeners each week on more than 500 ...
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David McWilliams
Consistently accurate in his forecasts, David McWilliams was the only economist in Ireland who accurately forecast a strong UK Brexit vote, the Trump victory and the 2008 global crash. Ranked the 10th most influential economist in the world, he is Adjunct Professor of Global Economics at Trinity College Dublin. In Ireland he is known as ...
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Brett Scott
Author, journalist and financial hacker exploring the intersections between money systems, finance and digital technology. Brett Scott is the author of The Heretic’s Guide to Global Finance: Hacking the Future of Money (Pluto Press), a guide to the world of high finance and the emergent forms of alternative finance, alternative currencies and economic activism that ...
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Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary Vaynerchuk is a serial entrepreneur, and the CEO and co-founder of VaynerMedia, a full-service digital agency that advises Fortune 500 companies such as GE, Anheuser-Busch, and PepsiCo on how to find their social media voices and build digital brands. Gary is a highly sought after public speaker, a 5-time New York Times bestselling author, ...
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Christopher Kutarna
In a world quickly spinning out of control, Dr. Chris Kutarna is a lone point of balance and clarity. He rips up the outdated mental maps that have served us so poorly in recent years—maps that led us to think that for example Brexit was impossible, that Trump was unelectable, that globalization was irreversible, that ...
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Andrew Scott
Andrew Scott is Professor of Economics and former Deputy Dean at London Business School. He is also a Fellow of All Souls, Oxford University and the Centre for Economic Policy Research. His research focuses on longevity, an ageing society and fiscal policy and debt management. Andrew is a compelling speaker who brings to life in ...
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Lars-Johan Jarnheimer
Former CEO of Tele2 AB, Chairman of IKEA group and Chairman of Telia Company since 2019, Lars-Johan Jarnheimer, is a European business leader and popular business management speaker. An incredibly inspiring and influential business figure, Lars-Johan is also an expert in delivering dynamic motivational speeches. Lars is able to cover topics from finance and futurism ...
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Jean-Claude Juncker
Jean-Claude Juncker is one of the founding fathers of the euro and a pioneer of European unification. As Prime Minister of Luxembourg he was the longest-serving head of government in the European Union – with 18 years in office – as well as the longest-serving democratically elected head of government worldwide. Jean-Claude Juncker studied law ...
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Ian Goldin
Professor Ian Goldin is the world’s leading expert on the systemic risks created by globalisation. He currently holds the position of Professor of Globalisation and Development at Oxford University, the Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Technological and Economic Change and the founding Director of the Oxford Martin School. He is also well known ...
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Chad Hurley
Best known for being the co-founder and former CEO of the leading video-sharing website YouTube, Chad Hurley truly is one of the biggest media moguls of the 21st century. He has worked with and advised some of the biggest and most well known online companies in the world. A leading expert and pioneer in his ...
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John Thackara
John Thackara is a writer, advisor and event producer. He curated the celebrated Doors of Perception conference for 20 years, first in Amsterdam, later across India, and was commissioner of the UK social innovation biennial Dott 07 and the French design biennial City Eco Lab. With a focus on social, ecological and relational design, John ...
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Nicholas Stern
A former chief economic advisor to the UK government and chief economist of the World Bank, Lord Nicholas Stern made headlines around the world following the publication of the ‘Stern Review’. As a keynote speaker, Nicholas discusses the economic impact of climate change, economic development, growth and empowerment, public policy and the role of the ...
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Alex Edmans
Alex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School and Academic Director of the Centre for Corporate Governance. He is an expert in corporate governance, responsible business, investment strategies, behavioural economics, time management, and the use and misuse of data and evidence. Alex has a unique combination of deep academic rigour and practical business ...
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Erik Brynjolfsson
Erik Brynjolfsson is the Schussel Family Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Director of the MIT Center for Digital Business, Chair of the MIT Sloan Management Review, and the Editor of the Information Systems Network. Erik Brynjolfsson earned his A.B., Magna cum laude, and S.M. in Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences at Harvard ...
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Tim Cole
Tim Cole is an experienced publicist, author and TV moderator in the field of eBusiness and IT security. As editor of the business magazine Net Investor he has a proven track record for journalistic objectivity, as well as the ability to critically evaluate the impact of technology on business processes and markets. He is also ...
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Anil Gupta
Dr. Anil K. Gupta is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading experts on strategy, globalisation and emerging markets. He is the Michael Dingman Chair in Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland. He is also a Visiting Professor of Strategy at INSEAD and chief advisor to the China India Institute. He was ...
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Steve Howard
Steve Howard is a leading sustainable business professional and is a recognised authority on sustainability and climate change. Steve was Chief Sustainability Officer at IKEA Group and served on IKEA’s Executive Group Management from 2011-2017. In 2015, Steve co-founded We Mean Business, a leading climate change coalition of organisations which helped support the Paris Agreement ...
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John Kao
Dr. John Kao, dubbed “Mr. Creativity” and “a serial innovator” by The Economist, is a leading authority on innovation, business creativity, organizational transformation and emerging technologies. John is passionate about how leaders learn to innovate, and he has taught extensively in both public and private sectors. As a professor at Harvard Business School from 1982-96, ...
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Guy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasaki was the chief evangelist of Apple and a trustee of the Wikimedia Foundation. Guy is the chief evangelist of Canva, an online graphic design tool. He is a brand ambassador for Mercedes-Benz and an executive fellow of the Haas School of Business (UC Berkeley). Guy has a B.A. from Stanford University and an ...
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Olivier Oullier
Prof. Oullier’s research focuses on decision neuroscience applied to consumer and patient engagement and behaviour change. Olivier currently writes a column on neurotechnologies “This is your brain on business” in Fortune Magazine. Olivier designs, implements and evaluates evidence-informed multi-scale behavior and system change strategies for public and private organizations. He has developed a proprietary methodology ...
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Martin Roll
Martin Roll is an experienced global business strategist, senior advisor and mentor to Fortune 500 companies, Asian firms, family-owned businesses and family offices. He advises clients on strategy, transformation, leadership, family business and family office topics. He additionally, works closely with global business families and family offices on strategy, leadership, succession, governance, professionalization, impact and ...
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Mariana Mazzucato
Mariana has become a crucial voice in the field of left-wing academic thought and is listed in the 50 Most Influential People of 2020 by GQ Magazine. In 2019, she was named as one of the ‘3 most important thinkers about innovation’ by the New Republic, and was on The Bloomberg 50 list of ‘Ones ...
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Dambisa Moyo
Dr. Dambisa Moyo is a pre-eminent thinker, who influences key decision-makers in strategic investment and public policy. She is respected for her unique perspectives, her balance of contrarian thinking with measured judgment, and her ability to turn economic insight into investible ideas. Dambisa’s top themes & topics: How Boards work – and how they can ...
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Joseph Stiglitz
Prof. Joseph Stiglitz is a leading economic educator and the former Chair of The Commission of Experts of the President of the UN General Assembly on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System. In 2009 Thinkers 50, the global ranking of management gurus, placed him among the list of most influential thinkers. A pioneer ...
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Dr. Ram Charan
Ram Charan is a world-renowned business advisor, author and speaker who has spent the past 35 years working with many top companies, CEOs, and boards of our time. He is known for cutting through the complexity of running a business in today’s fast changing environment to uncover the core business problem. “The most influential consultant ...
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Marga Hoek
Ms. Hoek is an authoritative and inspirational speaker and author of the award-winning bestseller book ‘New Economy Business’, the book that has gotten international appreciation for the clear vision on a sustainable, circular economy and the new role of business. She published numerous articles in magazines such as The Huffington Post, Executive Finance and is ...
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Jochen Zeitz
Jochen Zeitz believes that if each of us were to find new ways to translate our passions into meaningful connections and make a contribution, whether small or large, towards achieving not only personal but larger social and environmental goals, then the world can undoubtedly change for the better. He strives to help his audiences listen ...
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Dr. Parag Khanna
Parag Khanna is a leading Global Strategy Advisor, world traveler, and Best-Selling Author. He is Founder and Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario based strategic advisory firm. Parag has been an adviser to the US National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2030 program. Dr. Khanna holds a PhD in international relations from the London ...
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Galith (Sarah) Nadbornik
“As a company undergoes transformation, it is often tempting to jump straight from ideas to technology. I know how much easier it is to talk about getting a new sales gadget than it is to talk about re-evaluating the global sales process to accommodate the new business models shaping our industry. Still, we will have ...
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Anders Fogh Rasmussen has been at the centre of global and European politics; as the former Prime Minister of Denmark, Danish Minister of Economic Affairs and NATO Secretary General. Anders now runs, Rasmussen Global, and is non-staff adviser to Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko. Since 2019 Anders is Strategic Advisor at Concordium, the world’s first identity-validating, ...