The London Speaker Bureau directory provides information on their exclusive network of speakers from various backgrounds such as business, politics, academia, and more. They have offices around the world that allow them to offer clients a distinctive resource of senior figures. The document provides details on their services, international network of offices, and brief biographies of some of their exclusive speakers.

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5. Exclusive Speakers
Martti Ahtisaari Adam Fergusson Bernard Kouchner
Mike Andrew Soiya Gecaga Charles Leadbeater
Tom Avery Mikhail Gorbachev David Miliband
Zainal Aznam Anil Gupta Sugata Mitra
Adjiedj Bakas Lorraine Heggessey Narayana Murthy
Timothy Beardson Richard Huntingford Armen Papazian
John Bruton Bianca Jagger Azran Osman Rani
Ha-Joon Chang Jason Jennings David Reid
Peter Cochrane Mishal Kanoo Pramath Sinha
Emma Crosby John Kufuor Sonu Shivdasani
Joe Divanna Parag Khanna Haiyan Wang
Jason Drew Andrew Keen Linda Yueh
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Martti Ahtisaari
Martti Ahtisaari was President of Finland from 1994 to 2000. During this period,
he steered Finland through its accession to the European Union. On leaving
office, he undertook several major international assignments, continuing his
previous work in international peace-mediation and conflict resolution. These
post-presidential activities included acting as the UN Special Envoy for the Horn
of Africa, facilitating the peace process between the Government of Indonesia
and the Free Aceh Movement and for three years Special Envoy of the UN
Secretary-General for Kosovo. In 2008 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
The award was “for his important efforts, on several continents and over more
than three decades, to resolve international conflicts”.
Topics
Conflict Resolution and Management
Negotiation and Mediation
Poverty Reduction and Youth Employment
Mike Andrew
Mike Andrew is Senior Group Director for Executive & Leadership Development
for Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, one of the world’s leading global
telecom companies. Mike was formerly Head of the Global Leadership Institute
at Rockwell Automation, and prior to that was Head of Global Leadership
Development & Mentoring with Sun Microsystems. He is the author of “How
To Think Like A CEO” and “Act Like a Leader” which generated tremendous
reviews and was widely featured in the international media. Mike has worked
with global firms implementing high profile, strategic leadership initiatives. He
has also coached senior executives and McKinsey consultants around the world
offering practical business insights and actionable management solutions.
Topics
How to think like a CEO and act like a leader
If every company has a winning strategy, why doesn’t every
company win?
Being a business person 1st, and an HR professional 2nd
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Tom Avery
In 2002 Tom Avery walked into the record books by becoming the youngest
Briton to complete the perilous journey to the South Pole. Over 20% of Britons
who have attempted to reach the Pole on foot from the edge of the Antarctic
continent, have perished. Tom’s youthful enthusiasm and passion has captured
the imagination of a broad spectrum of organisations. He brings the raw beauty
of Antarctica into the conference room and describes how his team battled with
the elements during their record-breaking journey.
Topics
How to motivate ourselves and those around us in extreme conditions
Using passion and self belief to achieve goals
Leading a team of talented and varied individuals to achieve
a common goal
Zainal Aznam
Zainal Aznam is one of South East Asia’s outstanding economists and was
formerly Economic Adviser at Bank Negara Malaysia. He was a Commissioner
at the Malaysian Securities Commission from 1999 to 2004 and the Deputy
Director General of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies. He is
currently a Director at several organisations including HSBC, Rating Agency
Malaysia, Permodalan BSN, Encorp and Opus International Group plc.
Topics
The Economic Future for China and South East Asia
Islamic Finance and Banking
The Future of Asia
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Adjiedj Bakas
Adjiedj Bakas was elected ‘Trendwatcher of the Year’ in 2009 and ‘Most
Influential Trendwatcher 2010’ by the Dutch Marketers’ Association. Adjiedj
has sold more than 500,000 books worldwide and was one of the first
commentators to predict the recent economic crisis - and the path to recovery.
Adjiedj has written a number of authoritative books, including “Beyond the
Crisis” (about the future of capitalism), “World Megatrends” (about the future of
humanity) and “Living Without Oil” (co-authored with fellow trendwatcher Rob
Creemers). According to the international press Adjiedj is ‘engaging’ (BBC),
‘inspiring’ (The Guardian), ‘very knowledgeable and with star appeal’ (China
Daily) ‘provocative’ (TV2 Magazine, Denmark), ‘a true citizen of the world’ (Times
of India).
Topics
How to capitalise on the opportunities in the current world economic crisis
The transfer to the new energy economy
Demographics and its consequences for business
Tim Beardson
Tim Beardson founded, majority-owned and ran Crosby, which became the
largest independent investment bank in Asia. At its height Crosby employed 650
staff in 24 offices in 17 cities in 13 countries from New York to Beijing. It was
the first international investment bank to open in China, Thailand and Malaysia.
It was the only foreign bank invited to participate in the working party to set
up the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Based on the scale of the bank’s operations
and the valuation on sale, Tim was described in the media as ‘the leading UK
entrepreneur in Hong Kong during the latter part of the twentieth century’.
Topics
China in the 21st Century
Investment Banking in Asia
Leadership in Global Finance
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John Bruton
John Bruton was the EU Ambassador to the United States from 2004-9, and
previously the Irish Prime Minister. As a former Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach),
John helped transform the Irish economy into one of the fastest growing
economies in the world. During his time in office from 1994-7, the Irish economy
grew at an annual average rate of 8.7%. He was also deeply involved in the
Northern Irish Peace Process leading to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
In 2010 John became Chairman of the newly-formed financial services body,
IFSC Ireland. His main role is to promote Ireland as a location of choice for
international financial services.
Topics
EU-US Relations
Future of the Euro
Leadership in Government
Ha-Joon Chang
Ha-Joon Chang lectures on Economics at Cambridge University and is
the author of “23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism”. The book
challenges some widely-held assumptions about market economics, ‘There’s
no such thing as a free market’; ‘Globalisation isn’t making the world richer’ and
‘We don’t live in a digital world’.
Topics
How to Reform Free-Market (or Neo-Liberal) Capitalism
How developing countries are shaping their strategies after the failure of
the neo-liberal experiment
How developed countries can re-structure their economies so that they
can maintain their living standards
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Peter Cochrane
Peter Cochrane is one of the world’s most respected speakers on technology
and change. He is the former Head of Research at British Telecommunications
plc, the UK’s largest telecommunications company. His career in BT saw him
manage a 1,000 strong team engaged in studies spanning optical fibre, fixed
and mobile networks, terminals and interfaces, artificial life and healthcare,
through to war gaming, eCommerce, eRetail, eLogistics and business
modelling. Renowned for his out-of-the-box thinking, Peter is the author of
over 1,000 blogs, articles and scientific papers, numerous books on the future,
technology, business, management and living with rapid change.
Topics
The Industrial Revolution 2.0: IR2.0 has started, and is taking shape at the
intercept of bio, nano-tech, and ITC
Ignoring cloud-based technology is to deny a company and its people the
freedoms and new modes of working that the 21st Century demands
Right Sourcing: We are challenged by continual and accelerating change,
the need to do more with less, and to do it better, without destroying the
planet!
Emma Crosby
Emma Crosby is the main presenter of Channel Five News and fronts the
channel’s news and current affairs programmes. Previously Emma presented
GMTV’s Morning Programme, and prior to that she was part of Sky News’
presenting team and regularly anchored Sunrise, Sky News Today and Sky
News’ weekend programming. Emma has risen rapidly through the broadcasting
ranks cutting her teeth on high profile stories making the headlines at home and
abroad. She joined Sky from CNBC Europe, where she presented European
Market Wrap. She also had a stint as a reporter for CNBC’s flagship breakfast
show Squawk Box and presented the early breakfast show Wake Up Call live
from Times Square in New York.
Conference Facilitation
Hosting Award Ceremonies
Chairing Debates
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Joe Divanna
Joe is an acknowledged global authority on the Islamic-banking industry.
He is the author of “A New Financial Dawn: The Rise of Islamic Banking”,
“Understanding Islamic Banking: The Value Proposition That Transcends
Cultures and How to Run a Bank”. He is the co-author of Top 500 Islamic
Financial Institutions, an annual supplement published by The Banker magazine
and the Financial Times.
Topics
Reinventing Competition, Reinventing the Customer: Banking on the Edge
of Tomorrow
Society Shapes Technology or Technology Shapes Society?: Leading Your
Customers or Following the Markets
Establishing a Global Growth Agenda in the 21st Century
Jason Drew
Jason Drew is a corporate leader, entrepreneur, environmentalist and futurist.
Jason held leadership roles in several international businesses ranging from
General Electric to BUPA and Egg before leading the start-up of Africa’s leading
outsourced services provider with over 3,000 staff. His latest venture AgriProtein
in collaboration with South Africa’s University of Stellenbosch and a team of
international scientists has developed a renewable and natural source of protein.
Using fly larvae to recycle existing waste nutrients, the company has developed
and tested a natural animal feed. Instead of polluting the environment with
abattoir waste, it is turned into high quality protein that can replace fishmeal
in industrial farming and save the seas. His latest book, “The Protein Crunch
- Civilisation on the Brink”, is the culmination of two years researching and
travelling the world’s eco-systems and slums understanding the environment
and the world we live in.
Topics
Leadership and creativity - from healthcare to call centres
The business of the environment and repairing the future - capital and
innovation meets nature
The Protein Crunch - our world and the environment
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Adam Fergusson
Adam Fergusson is author of the bestselling book “When Money Dies”, about
the nightmare of the Weimar (German) hyper-inflation in the 1920s. The book
tells the story of Germany’s economic collapse after the First World War, which
culminated in the mind-boggling inflation of late 1923 - a dreadful time when
the number of marks to the pound was at one point equivalent to the number
of metres from the earth to the sun. In the last few years, with the banking crisis
and quantative easing, “When Money Dies” has returned to fashion among
financiers and governments all over the world. The book is a classic social
historical study of what can happen when public spending gets out of control.
Topics
Hyperinflation
Inflation - what causes it and what it causes
The corruption of a currency. Who benefits?
Soiya Gecaga
Soiya Gecaga is the Founder and Executive Director of ‘We the Change
Foundation’, an organisation that inspires people to ‘be the change’ they want
to see in the world. The foundation’s key area of focus is the development and
creation of a centre for excellence in the field of early childhood education
and care in Kenya. Soiya is inspired by her family. Her grandfather was Jomo
Kenyatta, the first President of Kenya after independence and considered the
founding father of the Kenyan nation. Her favourite quote is: ‘Risk more than
others think is safe, Care more than others think is wise, Dream more than
others think is practical, Expect more than others think is possible’.
Topics
Motivation and Leadership
Teamwork and Goal-setting
“The Kindness of Strangers”
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev was President of the Soviet Union from 1988 to 1991. In
1990 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in acknowledgment of his influence
in defusing East-West tensions. As General Secretary he embarked on a radical
programme of economic and social reform, summarised as glasnost (openness)
and perestroika (restructuring). Political changes introduced under this
programme included the toleration of dissident views, with the establishment in
1989 of a Congress of People’s Deputies to enable such views to be heard, and
culminated in 1990 in the Communist Party losing its monopoly of power.
Topics
East-West Relations
Global Politics and Society
Leadership in Government
Anil Gupta
Anil is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and
globalisation. He is the author of “Getting China and India Right” and “The
Quest for Global Dominance”. The recipient of numerous awards for excellence
in research and teaching, Anil has been recognised by BusinessWeek as an
outstanding faculty in its ‘Guide to the Best Business Schools’. He is ranked
by Management International Review as one of the ‘Top 20 North American
Superstars’ for research in strategy and organisation. A regular speaker at major
conferences, Anil also serves as an adviser and director for corporations in the
United States, Europe and Asia. He is the Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Strategy
and Organisation at the Smith School of Business, University of Maryland and
Professor of Strategy at INSEAD.
Topics
Assessment and Redesign of Global Strategies
Development of Strategies for China and India
Global Strategy and Competitive Advantage
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Lorraine Heggessey
Lorraine Heggessey is a renowned media figure with huge experience of
broadcasting and production in both the private and public sectors. She was
appointed as the first female Controller of BBC1 in 2000 and became the first
female CEO of a major independent production company when she joined
talkbackThames in 2005. Lorraine has an instinct for popular programming and
has been directly associated with many of the biggest television hits of the past
decade. She has a reputation as a dynamic leader with a strong track record
of spearheading radical change. At BBC 1 she led a comprehensive shake up
of the channel’s schedule and branding that turned it into the most watched
channel in the UK.
Topics
Radical Business Transformation
Creativity and Talent Management
Future of Broadcasting and Media
Richard Huntingford
Richard was CEO of Chrysalis plc, the global music and media group, and
Executive Chairman of Virgin Radio. He is best known as the Founder of
HEART FM, the UK’s leading commercial radio brand. At Chrysalis, Richard
was instrumental in the development of the company from its origins as a
cutting-edge indie record label to a global media and entertainment group. In
2007, Richard was appointed Executive Chairman of Virgin Radio with a brief to
develop a new business plan to enable the speedy sale of the business for its
owner. Richard’s business savvy and people skills led to the successful sale of
the business in 2008 to Times of India.
Topics
Providing inspired leadership in challenging and changing times
Creating and maintaining a winning culture in times of change
Encouraging and managing entrepreneurialism within a corporate
environment
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Bianca Jagger
Bianca Jagger is a Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador, Chair of the World
Future Council and Founder of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation.
For approximately 25 years, Bianca has campaigned for human rights, social
and economic justice and environmental protection throughout the world. In
2004, Bianca received the Right Livelihood Award, known as the Alternative
Nobel Prize, for ‘long-standing commitment and dedicated campaigning on
human rights, social justice and environmental protection, including the abolition
of the death penalty, the prevention of child abuse, the rights of indigenous
peoples to the environment that supports them and the prevention and healing
of Armed Conflicts’.
Topics
International Human Rights
Environmental Protection and Conflicts
Prevention and Healing of Armed Conflicts
Jason Jennings
Jason Jennings is one of the most prolific business and leadership authors in
the world. He and his research teams identified the world’s ten most productive
companies for his bestseller “Less Is More”. His next book, “Think BIG - Act
Small”, which profiled the only ten companies in the world to have organically
grown both revenues and profits by double digits every year for ten consecutive
years. Like all his previous books it debuted on all the bestseller charts. His
latest book, “Hit the Ground Running - A Manual for Leaders” reveals the tactics
and strategies of the ten CEO’s who created the greatest amount of economic
value between 2000-9. USA TODAY named Jason as one of the three most
in-demand business speakers on the planet along with the authors of “Good to
Great” and “In Search of Excellence”.
Topics
The Five Secrets of the best performing companies
The Reinventors - How great companies pursue constant radical change
The world’s most productive businesses
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Mishal Kanoo
Mishal Kanoo is Deputy Chairman of The Kanoo Group, one of the largest
family owned group of companies in the Middle East. The Kanoo Group has
diversified interests including shipping, travel, machinery, logistics, oil & gas,
power, and chemicals. Mishal is the 4th generation to run the vast organisation.
Today, Mishal sits on the boards of over 15 companies ranging in sizes from
US$10m to over US$1billion, chairing and vice chairing some while being a
member in others. Most notably, he is currently the Chairman of Freightworks
(UAE), Johnson Arabia (UAE), BRC (UAE) and Vice Chair of UACC (GCC) as
well as his own Family Business. His recent speaking engagements include
Forbes’s Middle East Forum in Qatar, the World Summit of Innovation and
Entrepreneurship in Dubai, and The International Herald Tribune’s CEO
Roundtable in Malaysia.
Topics
Leadership, Strategy and Management in the Middle East
Global Strategy
Running a large Global Family Business
John Kufuor
John Kufuor was President of Ghana from 2001-9. President Kufuor was
a prime mover in bringing democracy back to Ghana after the country had
been subjected to a long line of coups and military dictators. In 2001 he was
democratically elected as President, defeating Jerry Rawlings, who had been in
office for 20 years. President Kufuor implemented major changes in education,
health-care, and infrastructure development. President Kufuor was Chairman
of the regional grouping ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African
States from 2003-5, and Chairperson of the 53 nation African Union from
2007-8. He has carved out a reputation for peacemaking: In Sierra Leone, he led
negotiations that halted the civil war; In the Ivory Coast, he led the negotiations
and peace missions that abetted violence and political conflicts; In Liberia,
he ensured the exile of President Charles Taylor to Nigeria thus preventing
the country from plunging into a deeper civil war again; In Kenya, he led a
commission which finally resolved Kenya’s post election crisis. This resulted in
the declaration of a new constitution in 2010.
Topics
Leadership unleashes the entrepreneurial creative and innovative potential
in people
Governance and politics is the bedrock on which economic development
nurtures itself and reduces poverty
Future of Africa
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Parag Khanna
Parag Khanna is Director of the Global Governance Initiative and Senior
Research Fellow in the American Strategy Program at the New America
Foundation. Parag is author of “The Second World: Empires” and “Influence
in the New Global Order”. During 2007 he was a senior geopolitical adviser to
United States Special Operations Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. From 2002-5,
he was the Global Governance Fellow at the Brookings Institution, managing
the World Economic Forum’s Global Governance Initiative, an independent,
international project to assess the level of effort and cooperation among
governments, private sector, civil society and international organisations in
implementing the UN’s Millennium Declaration. ‘Emerging markets are not just
economic but also geopolitical drivers. The diplomacy going on today between
China, Russia, Brazil, India and Arab countries shows how competitive the
world has become as they increase their trade and strategic ties. Add to this the
growing role of multi-nationals and non-governmental groups from all corners of
the world and you can start to understand this new hyper-complex eco-system’.
Topics
How to Run the World: Connective Leadership for a Turbulent Age
The Rise of the Second World: Emerging Markets and Emerging Powers
Invisible Maps: Building a Borderless World
Andrew Keen
Andrew Keen is author of “Cult of the Amateur: How the Internet is Killing
our Culture”, and is widely regarded as the leading contemporary critic of the
Internet. The San Francisco Chronicle recently wrote that ‘every good movement
needs a contrarian. Web 2.0 has Andrew Keen’. In the mid Nineties, Andrew
was a member of the pioneering generation of Silicon Valley visionaries who
first ‘got’ the Internet. He founded Audiocafe.com and established it as one of
the most highly trafficked websites of the late 90s. As CEO of Audiocafe.com,
Andrew became a Silicon Valley celebrity. He is currently the Founder of after TV
LLC, a firm that helps marketers optimise their brand desirability in the post-TV
consumer landscape. Andrew offers an unvarnished interpretation of today’s
seismic media upheaval.
Topics
The impact of social networking technology on business, society and
government
The crisis of personal privacy in our transparent social media age of
Facebook, WikiLeaks and Twitter
How to innovate in university education in the 21st century
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Bernard Kouchner
Bernard Kouchner was Minister of Foreign Affairs in France from 2007 to
2010. In 1971 he co-founded Medicins Sans Frontieres, a Paris-based non-
profit humanitarian organisation made up of voluntary medical personnel who
contribute their time and expertise to assist in situations of emergency in the
developing world. Bernard has played an important role in the French political
scene for the past 20 years, holding a number of ministerial positions in different
French governments, including Minister of Health and before that Minister of
State for Humanitarian Action.
Topics
Conflict Resolution
International Relations
Human Rights
Charles Leadbeater
Charlie Leadbeater is an author, a leading authority on innovation and strategy,
and one of the most influential creative people in the world. He has advised
companies, cities and governments, and is former UK Prime Minister Tony
Blair’s favourite corporate thinker. He is widely recognised as one of the world’s
leading innovative thinkers on the future of education, in the developed and the
developing world. His renowned work, “Learning from the Extremes”, looks at
the demand for innovative approaches to low cost, mass forms of education
in the developing world. We-think, his most recent management book, charts
the rise of mass, participative approaches to innovation. It is one of several
acclaimed books including “Living on Thin Air”, a guide to living and working
in the new economy, and “Up the Down Escalator”, an attack on the culture of
public pessimism accompanying globalisation. The New York Times anointed
Charlie’s idea, ‘The Pro-Am Revolution’, as one of the biggest global ideas
of 2004. In 2005 Charlie was ranked by Accenture, the global management
consultancy, as one of the top 30 global management thinkers. In 2007 the
Financial Times ranked him ‘the outstanding innovation expert’, and in 2008, the
Spectator Magazine described him as ‘the wizard of the web’.
Topics
Future of education, in the developed and the developing world
Mass, participative approaches to innovation
The forces driving modern competitiveness
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David Miliband
David was the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary from 2007-10. Aged 41,
he became the youngest person in 30 years to hold the position. He was
responsible for a global network of 16,000 diplomats in over 160 countries. He
established a distinctive and respected voice for an internationalist Britain, from
the war in Afghanistan to the Iranian nuclear programme to engagement with
the world’s emerging powers. David’s advocacy of a global role for a strong
European foreign policy led to him being widely supported for the new job of
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs - a position he declined to continue
his work in the UK. As Minister for Schools from 2002-4 he was regarded as a
leader of reform. As Secretary of State for the Environment, he pioneered the
world’s first legally binding emissions reductions Bill.
Topics
Reform of The Global Institutions
The Future of Society
International Relations
Sugata Mitra
Sugata Mitra is Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University in
the UK. He works in the areas of Cognitive Science, Information Science and
Educational Technology. His contributions include a number of inventions and
first-time applications. Among other applications, he is credited with having
started the database publishing industry (particularly the Yellow Page industry)
in India and Bangladesh. In 1999, Sugata dug a hole in a wall bordering an
urban slum in New Delhi, installed an internet-connected PC, and left it there
(with a hidden camera filming the area). What they saw were children from the
slum playing around with the computer and in the process learning how to use it
and how to go online, and then teaching each other. In the following years they
replicated the experiment in other parts of India, urban and rural, with similar
results, challenging some of the key assumptions of formal education. The ‘Hole
in the Wall’ project demonstrates that, even in the absence of any direct input
from a teacher, an environment that stimulates curiosity can cause learning
through self-instruction and peer-shared knowledge.
Topics
Self organised learning, mediation and assessment environments
Educational technology and the future of education
‘Hole in the Wall’ project
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Narayana Murthy
Narayana Murthy co-founded Infosys in 1981 and served as CEO for over 20
years until 2002. Under his leadership Infosys was listed on NASDAQ in 1999
and now employs over 100,000 people worldwide. He served as the Executive
Chairperson and Chief Mentor from 2002-6 before becoming non-executive
Chairman. Narayana was voted the ‘World Entrepreneur of the Year’ by Ernst &
Young in 2003 and ranked as India’s most powerful CEO for three consecutive
years between 2004-6 by the Economic Times. In 2004 TIME magazine
identified him as one of ten global leaders who are helping shape the future of
technology.
Topics
Global and Sustainable Leadership
Innovation in Business
Future of Technology
Armen Papazian
Armen Papazian is a world authority on Islamic Finance and one of the most
influential commentators on Middle Eastern finance. His Keipr-Papazian Report
on the state of the UAE Finances is essential reading for all senior bankers,
policy makers and ministers in the region. Armen is the inventor of two unique
and novel concepts, Space Value of Money and Islamic Money Creation, which
stretch the boundaries of conventional and Islamic finance theory and position
him as a financial futurist of global relevance. Armen’s fields of specialisation
are Capital Markets, Islamic Finance, and Monetary and Fiscal Policy. Prior to
setting up Keipr, a boutique advisory firm, Armen was Head of Islamic Finance
at UBS, where he led the Islamic operations of the bank globally, serving
wealth management, asset management and the investment bank. Previously,
Armen was Senior Vice President Innovation and Development at the Dubai
International Financial Exchange (Nasdaq Dubai).
Topics
Reinventing Money: Why debt based money creation is not
a viable model anymore
Space Value of Money: Introducing the missing metric in
financial valuation
Islamic Finance: The mainstream unorthodox revolution, the
expected compromise, and the challenges and dividends of
an alternative approach to finance
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Azran Osman Rani
In 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, acquired
aircraft and launched AirAsia X’s first inaugural flight to the Gold Coast, Australia
in November 2007. Despite a tumultuous 2008 and 2009 in global aviation,
AirAsia X has expanded from one aircraft to nine, tripling revenue and passenger
volume to RM750 million and over 1 million passengers in 2009. AirAsia X now
flies to eleven destinations in Australia, Greater China, India, Korea and Europe
- breaking many long-haul airline conventions and pioneering various innovative
services. Even with its nascent aircraft fleet, AirAsia X operates with the world’s
lowest long-haul unit cost and the world’s highest aircraft utilisation. Its London
route is the longest low-cost flight in service today.
Topics
Defying Conventions with Breakthrough Business Models
Building a Bold, Innovative, Can-Do Organisation/Team
Online Consumer Marketing in Action, in Asia Pacific
David Reid
In 2004, David Reid was appointed Chairman of Tesco, the UK’s biggest
supermarket chain. He was earlier their Finance Director and subsequently
also took responsibility for IT and Distribution before being appointed Deputy
Chairman with responsibility for Business Development, Strategic Planning
and the International Operations in Central Europe, Asia and the Republic of
Ireland. David is currently a non-executive director of Reed Elsevier Group plc
and Chairman of Kwik-Fit Group. He is also President of the food industry trade
association, IGD, Deputy Chairman of the Seoul International Business Advisory
Council (SIBAC) and a member of the China Development Forum.
Topics
Global retailing - capabilities and how to add value
International retailing - local appeal to customers but with global synergies
Establishing market leadership through greater access to customers
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Pramath Sinha
Pramath Sinha was a Partner at McKinsey and Founding Dean of ISB, a leading
Indian business school (top 20 global business schools listed by Financial
Times). He is also Founder and Managing Director of 9.9 Media. He draws on all
three experiences to advise corporations and governments on leadership and
building a world-class organisation. Pramath also conducts intensive visioning
workshops for companies based on frameworks he developed as a consultant,
working with senior management to revisit company vision, mission, strategy
and implementation and corporate values for the future.
Topics
Leadership in Business
Higher Education in India
Future for India
Sonu Shivdasani
Sonu Shivdasani is Founder and Chief Executive of Six Senses Resorts & Spas,
a super-luxury resort and spa group with properties in 6 countries. In 1995,
together with his wife Eva, they opened their first property - Soneva Fushi, in
the Maldives, creating a high end market in what was formerly a mass market
destination. In 2000, Soneva Fushi was awarded the Best of the Best by the
readers of Conde Nast Traveller UK. Sonu’s concept was Intelligent Luxury
and was the forerunner and inspiration for a host of imitators who saw the
potential in going green. By 2009, Six Senses had 26 resorts that were either
open or under development, and 41 Six Senses Spas that are in the group’s
own properties or hosted by third-party managed properties. Whereas spas
were once the differentiator, he contributed greatly to making them a qualifier.
Sonu’s other goals for the next decade include the recognition of Six Senses
properties in the top 10 best places to work, worldwide - already well on the
way, with resort-like facilities for hosts living on-site at many of his properties;
and creating the Six Senses Foundation to manage the group’s philanthropic
endeavours.
Topics
Intelligent Luxury
Leadership in Sustainable Development
Innovation and Creativity
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Haiyan Wang
Haiyan Wang is Managing Partner of the China India Institute, a research and
consulting organisation with a focus on creating winning global strategies that
leverage the transformational rise of China and India. She is responsible for
overseeing the organisation’s strategic direction, research and consulting focus,
and all programme activities. She is the co-author of two highly acclaimed
books “Getting China and India Right” and “The Quest for Global Dominance”.
A native of China, Haiyan has spent the last 20 years consulting for and
managing multinational business operations in China and the United States in
several industry sectors.
Topics
Leveraging China and India for Global Advantage
Cultivating a Global Mindset
The Global Enterprise in 2020
Linda Yueh
Linda Yueh is economics correspondent for Bloomberg Television, the global 24-
hour news network where she provides analysis of the top business, economic
and financial news stories. She is a particular expert on the global economy,
macroeconomics, Asian economies, rise of emerging markets, advanced
economies, international law and economic growth. She is Director of the China
Growth Centre at Oxford University which focuses on researching economic
issues of relevance to China and the global economy. Linda was previously a
regular contributor to the BBC ‘World Business Report’ and BBC World News
covering global economic, financial and business issues.
Topics
How sound is the Chinese engine powering the global recovery?
Will the world economy pull through as the West tackles high levels of
debt?
Will the euro survive another decade?
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26. Index
Martti Ahtisaari 4 Bianca Jagger 13
Mike Andrew 4 Jason Jennings 13
Tom Avery 5 Mishal Kanoo 14
Zainal Aznam 5 John Kufuor 14
Adjiedj Bakas 6 Parag Khanna 15
Timothy Beardson 6 Andrew Keen 15
John Bruton 7 Bernard Kouchner 16
Ha-Joon Chang 7 Charles Leadbeater 16
Peter Cochrane 8 David Miliband 17
Emma Crosby 8 Sugata Mitra 17
Joe Divanna 9 Narayana Murthy 18
Jason Drew 9 Armen Papazian 18
Adam Fergusson 10 Azran Osman Rani 19
Soiya Gecaga 10 David Reid 19
Mikhail Gorbachev 11 Pramath Sinha 20
Anil Gupta 11 Sonu Shivdasani 20
Lorraine Heggessey 12 Haiyan Wang 21
Richard Huntingford 12 Linda Yueh 21
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