Zermatt Summit 2011 - Speakers & Panelists Resumés

ZERMATT SUMMIT BIOGRAPHIES
1) In A – Z order of surname

1-Prof.-Gerorges-ABOU JAOUDE-√ 10-Prof.-Prabhu-GUPTARA
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Thursday 16 , 17:45 Conference General Moderator 20-Prof.-Roger-STEARE-√
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Friday 17 , 14:15
2-Father-Nicolas-BUTTET 11-Mr-André-HURTER
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Thursday 16 14:10 Friday 17 , 08:50 21-Prof.-Pierre-TAPIE
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Thursday 16 , 16:45 & 18:25
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3-Mr-Gilles-DE MARGERIE 12-Dr-Paul -JORION-√ Friday 17 , 11:40 & 18:25
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Thursday 16 , 15:45 Thursday 16 , 17:25 Saturday 18 , 12:45
13-Prof.-George-KOHLRIESER-√
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4-Mr-Jean-Philippe-DE SCHREVEL Friday 17 , 08:30 22-Dr-Francisco-VAN DER HOFF-√
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Thursday 16 , 15:45 Friday 17 10:20
14-Ms-Rajita-KULKARNI
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5-Mr-Hernando-DE SOTO-√ Saturday 18 , 11:15 23-Dr-Marilou-VAN GOLSTEIN
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Saturday 18 , 08:30 Thursday 16 , 15:45
15-Mr-Pierre-LECOCQ
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6-Prof.-Paul -DEMBINSKI Friday 17 , 08:50 24-Mr-Jakob-VON UEXKÜLL-√
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Thursday 16 , 15:45 Thursday 16 , 14:30
16-Dr-Theodore R.-MALLOCH-√
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7-Dr-Shirin-EBADI-√ Friday 17 , 17:30 25-Mr-Jimmy-WALES -√
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Friday 17 , 16:20 Friday 17 , 11:00
17-Prof.-Nicolas-MICHEL
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8-Mr-Xavier-FONTANET Saturday 18 , 08:50 26-Mr-Christoper-WASSERMAN
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Friday 17 , 08:50 Thursday 16 , 14:00
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18-Mr-Richard. E-OMOHUNDO, Jr.- Saturday 18 , 12:45
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9-Prof.-Christoph-GLASER Saturday 18 , 08:50
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Saturday 18 , 11:15 27-Mr-Andreas-WIDMER
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19-Dr-Mallika V.-SARABHAI Saturday 18 , 08:50
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Saturday 18 10:55

2) TIME : ORDER OF APPEARANCE

14:00 - 14:10 Welcome Address
Christopher Wasserman, Zermatt Summit Foundation

Christopher Wasserman is President and Co-Founder of Ecophilos, the Swiss registered Foundation whose
credo is that the respect of the human person is not incompatible with success in business enterprises. Mr
Wasserman is also Founder and President of the TeroLab Surface Group, based in Lausanne (Switzerland),
and one of the leading European companies in the field of surface engineering by thermal spraying.
Christopher Wasserman has a MBA from New York University in the United States and has been senior
executive and shareholder of the Eutectic Castolin Group.

Prabhu Guptara is the William Carey University Distinguished Professor of Global Business, Management and
Public Policy (India) and a recognised authority on long-range global trends. Widely known as a speaker and
broadcaster, he is or has been Chairman, CEO or Board Member of several companies and organisations. As

Zermatt Summit 2011 Program & Bios 1 of 11

Executive Director, Organisation Development, at one of the largest banks in the world, he had the unique
job of working with people throughout the world to identify new ideas that could bring value to the
company. This included running think tanks on a wide variety of market and global issues, and managing the
Distinguished Speaker Series. He was born and educated in India, is a British citizen, and works worldwide,
having been based in Switzerland for the last 15 years. As a jury member of numerous literary, business and
management competitions in the UK and the Commonwealth, and a guest contributor to all the principal
newspapers and radio and TV channels in the UK as well as numerous media in other parts of the world, he
continues to supervise Ph.D. research and lectures to MBA classes, and is included in Debrett's People of
Today.

14:10 - 14:30 Introduction
Time for a Paradigm Change, the Global Economy to Serve the Human Person
Father Nicolas Buttet, Zermatt Summit Foundation

Father Nicolas Buttet is the Founder and Moderator of the Eucharistein Fraternity, Epinassey and Founder of
the Philanthropos European Institute Fribourg, both of which are based in Switzerland. Before being
ordained as a priest in the Roman Catholic Church, he graduated in law and was extensively involved in Swiss
federal politics. He has also been assistant professor in sociology at the Universities of Geneva and Fribourg,
as well as assistant to the Cardinal Etchegaray on the Rome based Council for Justice and Peace.

14:30 - 14:50 Keynote Address
A Renewable World
Jakob von Uexküll, World Future Council & Right Livelihood Award

Jakob von Uexküll is founder (1980) of the Right Livelihood Award, often referred to as the 'alternative Nobel
Prize'. In 1984, he co-founded The Other Economic Summit and is a past Member of the European Parliament
(1987-1989) where he served on the Political Affairs Committee. A patron of Friends of the Earth
International, Jakob von Uexküll is also a member of the Global Commission to Fund the United Nations. He
served on the UNESCO Commission on Human Duties and Responsibilities (1998-2000), the Board of
Greenpeace Germany, and on the Council of Governance of Transparency International. During his career,
Jakob von Uexküll has received numerous honours including Time magazine’s European Hero (2005), the
Binding Prize (2006) for the protection of nature, and the Order of Merit First Class from the Federal Republic
of Germany (2009). He lectures widely on environment, justice and peace issues.
14:50 - 15:15 Q&A

15:15 - 15:45 BREAK

15:45 - 16:45 Panel Discussion
Putting Ethics Back into Finance & Banking
PANEL MEMBERS:
Marilou van Golstein Brouwers, Triodos Bank
Jean-Philippe de Schrevel, Blue Orchard Finance & Bamboo Finance
Gilles de Margerie, Crédit Agricole
MODERATOR:
Prof. Paul Dembinski, Observatoire de la Finance


Paul H. Dembinski studied political science at the University of Geneva where he earned a Ph.D in
economics. He began lecturing at the same University in 1979 before he was appointed Professor of
Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Fribourg. In 1989 he founded Eco’Diagnostic with Alain
Schoenberger. After establishing a subsidiary in Rheinfelden in 2006, the two partners lead a team of
academics specialised in providing socio-economic policy analysis and advice to public and private, national
and international organisations. Professor Dembinski lectures at the Federal Institute of Technology in
Lausanne where he has been Secretary-General of the Finance Observatory Foundation since 1996. He has
also authored several books including “Enron: A Case Study in Ethics” which was published in 2006.

Marilou van Golstein Brouwers currently serves as Managing Director of Triodos Investment Management,
part of the Triodos Bank Group in the Netherlands. The company manages impact investment funds in areas
including emerging markets, energy and climate, sustainable real estate, culture and arts, food and
agriculture as well as different SRI funds. She previously served on the Board of Directors of Centenary Bank
in Uganda (1998-2002), the Board of Directors of K-REP Bank in Kenya (1997-2005), the Board of Directors of
Akiba Commercial Bank in Tanzania (1997-2006), KMB Bank in Russia (1999-2005), Brac Bank incorporated in
Afganistan (2006-2010) and Kash Microfinance Bank in Pakistan (2008-2010). She was also a Member of the
Group of Advisors for the United Nations Year of Microcredit (2004-2005), Member of the Executive
Committee of CCAP (2003-2008) and Treasurer of the International Association of Microfinance Investors
(2008-2009).

Marilou van Golstein Brouwers is currently on the Board of Trustees of Women’s World Banking (since 2003).
She is also Chair of SBI Ltd, Chair of the Steering Committee of PRI-Principles for Investors in Inclusive
Finance, Treasurer of the Max Havelaar Foundation (since 2008) and a member of the Board of Directors of
Triodos Sicav II, the Triodos Sustainable Trade Fund and the Triodos Renewable Energy for Development
Fund.

Jean-Philippe de Schrevel founded BlueOrchard Capital, BlueOrchard Private Equity Fund, Oasis Capital and
Oasis Fund at the beginning of 2008. He also co-founded BlueOrchard Finance in 2001 and is now a Member
of the Executive Committee of its Board. He joined Dexia Asset Management in 2000 as the Dexia Micro-
Credit Fund Manager. Prior to that, he successively worked as Junior Team Economist in Romania for a
European Union PHARE technical assistance program; Field Consultant in microfinance for a Belgian non-
governmental organisation in Tanzania and Guatemala; Associate with McKinsey & Co.; Operations Director
of a private microfinance foundation in Argentina; and Consultant in Geneva for the United Nations
Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Microfinance Unit. Jean-Philippe de Schrevel holds a MA
in Economics from the University of Notre-Dame de la Paix in Namur, Belgium, and a MBA from the Wharton
School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA.


Gilles de Margerie currently heads the Private Equity and Real Estate divisions of Crédit Agricole S.A., after
serving as Group CFO between 2002 and 2007. From 1998 until 2002, Mr de Margerie was CFO and then
Executive Vice-President in charge of Finance and Operations at Crédit Agricole Indosuez. For nearly ten
years, he was Chairman of En Temps Réel (entempsreel.com), a think tank specialising in global, social and
regulatory issues, which he founded in 2001 and where he now serves as Vice-Chairman. Mr de Margerie’s
career also includes posts at the International Department at Lazard, as Advisor on industrial affairs to French
Prime Minister Michel Rocard in 1991 and as Deputy Chief of Staff to French Minister of Industry, Roger
Fauroux (1988-1990).
16:45 - 16:55 Red Thread
Prof. Pierre Tapie, GRLI

Pierre Tapie holds an Engineering degree from the Ecole Polytechnique of Paris, a Ph.D. in Biophysics from
Paris XI University and an MBA from INSEAD. He began his career committing 10 years as Scientist to
research and strategy in Biophysics and Biotechnology at Elf-Sanofi. Subsequently, he was Dean of Purpan
Graduate School in Engineering and CEO of Intellagri, a venture capital company. Dr Tapie became Dean and
President of ESSEC Business School in September 2001. Among his other current responsibilities, Dr. Tapie
chairs the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, is Treasurer of Paris Biotech (a venture incubator) and Chairman of
the Board of Overseers of Cergy University. In 2008, he became Chairman of the Board of the Globally
Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI), a foundation created by the EFMD and UN Global Compact. He also
serves as Chairman of the AACSCB’s international task force of the PRiME implementation in the AACSB
Business Schools, and as Member of the Globalization Task Force of AACSB. Dr Tapie lectures and writes
extensively on the challenges and organization of higher education, global responsibility, and business ethics.
16:55 - 17:15 BREAK

17:15 -17:25 INTERMEZZO Musical Interlude

Financial Markets to Serve the World Economy
Paul Jorion, Monde-Economie

Paul Jorion, anthropologist-sociologist, is a columnist at the French daily Le Monde, also a blogger at
www.pauljorion.com/blog/ the most popular French-speaking blog on economic and financial matters. He
has taught at the Free University of Brussels, Cambridge University and Paris-VIII. He was once a United
Nations officer (FAO) and worked as a financial engineer in France, Great Britain, the Netherlands and the
United States from 1990 until 2007. Dr Jorion’s book “How truth and reality were invented”, a contribution
to the anthropology of knowledge, was published in 2009. He has also published three books about the
current financial crisis: “Will there be a Crisis of American Capitalism?”, “Implosion. Finance against the
Economy: What Reveals and Announces the ‘Subprime Mortgage Crisis’”, and “Crisis. Subprimes and the
Global Financial Earthquake”. His most recent works: “Money. A ‘How To’ book”, “Price” and “The Promised
Death of Capitalism” each aim at building a new science of economics.


Keynote Address
17:45 - 18:05 Stem Cell Dynamics Human Based Economy
Prof. Georges Abou Jaoudé, EPFL - LIV ENAC

Georges Abou Jaoudé is a Professor at the Laboratory of Informatics and Visualization (LIV) Faculty of
Environment and Architecture (ENAC) at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). Appointed
Extraordinary Professor at EPFL’s Department of Architecture in 1992, he taught computer science and
architecture, and is currently conducting research in the field of modeling, representation and simulation.
Alongside his activities in the academic field, he worked as an architect on various projects in Switzerland and
abroad, and conducts applied research in computer graphics for several entities including the Spanish
Government. From 1984 to 1988, he was assistant to Professor Charles Rapin at the Chair of Applied
Computing at EPFL. Georges Abou Jaoudé was also lecturer in 1989, before becoming Professor of
Architecture and Computer Ecience at the University of Geneva in 1990. After earning his baccalaureate
degree from Nancy, he studied architecture at USEK in Lebanon and at IIT Chicago, and finally at EPFL, where
he graduated in 1984. He has also appeared numerous times as a media expert on visualization including for
the BBC

18:05 - 18:25 Q&A
18:25 - 18:35 Red Thread
20:00 - 21:00 Concert : Piano & Orchestra
21:00 - 22:30 Welcoming Cocktails & Buffet
Dress code : business / smart

DAY 2– FRIDAY JUNE 17, 2011 Servant Leadership
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Theme DAY 2: Out of the Crisis with a New Leadership
Zermatt Summit 2011 Conference General Coordinator: Prof. Prabhu Guptara

High Performance Leadership in a Changing World
Prof. George Kohlrieser, IMD

George Kohlrieser is an internationally recognized expert on leadership. He is Professor of Leadership and
Organizational Behaviour at IMD, and author of the bestselling “Hostage at the Table: How Leaders Can
Overcome Conflict, Influence Others, and Raise Performance”, which won several international
awards. Professor Kohlrieser is an organizational and clinical psychologist as well as Police Psychologist and
Hostage Negotiator. He is consultant to many global companies including Cisco, Coca-Cola, HP, IBM,
Khazanah, Morgan Stanley, Motorola, Nestle, Nokia, Roche, Santander and Toyota. He is Director of the IMD
High Performance Leadership Program for senior leaders. He is a notable media commentator who had his
own US radio talk show for over 10 years, and has consulted for the BBC, CNN, ABC, and CBS. His work has
been featured in leading newspapers and magazines. Recent awards include the prestigious Brand Laureate
International Brand Personality Award (2010) and the global ECCH Renewable and sustainable energy,
technology and development Hot Topic Case Award (2011).


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Servant Leadership for 21 Century - Time for Paradigm Change
PANEL MEMBERS:
Xavier Fontanet, Essilor
André Hurter, SIG
Pierre Lecocq, Uniapac and Inergy
MODERATOR:
Prof. George Kohlrieser, IMD

Xavier Fontanet is the currently Chairman of the board of Essilor International , which he joined in 1991
before occupying various senior posts including Vice-President and CEO. Between 1986 and 1991, he was
CEO of Eurest , the catering division of Wagons-Lits , prior to which he served as CEO of Bénéteau from 1981.
He was appointed as a Director of Credit Agricole ... SA in 2005 and for L'Oreal in 2002. In 2006, Mr. Fontanet
was named on the Pébereau Commission to help evaluate France’s public deficit. The following year he joined
the “Attali Commission”. Mr. Fontanet began his career at Boston Consulting Group in 1974 after he was
awarded his Master of Science in Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston.
Honours awarded to Mr. Fontanet include Officier de la Légion d’Honneur.

André Hurter is the current Director-General of Geneva’s utilities company (Services industriels de Genève)
following his appointment by the Geneva Government in 2007. He was formerly CEO of the Fotolabo Group
and Vice-President and Head of Management Consulting at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. Prior to that, Dr.
Hurter gained a great deal of commercial and industrial experience while serving as Director of IBM for the
French part of Switzerland. Aside from his professional activities, Dr Hurter is as a Member of the Advisory
Board to the Zermatt Summit and a Committee Member of the Swiss Venture Club, the Bruno Boscardin
Foundation and the Association of Economy and Conscience. He also conducted a military career, during
which he reached the rank of Colonel. An avid and adept practitioner of endurance sports, he has also been
playing classical piano for some 17 years. He was awarded his doctorate for economic sciences at the
University of Neuchâtel.

Pierre Lecocq has earned extensive international experience in the automotive industry through a variety of
engineering and senior management positions in the USA and France. After beginning his career in the USA,
he took responsibility for Alcatel Industrial Battery Global Activity before joining Valeo as CEO of the Friction
Materials and Engine Cooling Branches both world leaders in their fields. Since 2002 he has served as
President and CEO of Inergy Automotive Systems. Inergy is an automotive component manufacturer
supplying all car manufacturers. With sales of 1.2 billion Euros, Inergy is the world leader in its field with 26
factories worldwide employing 4,500 people. Pierre Lecocq graduated as Mechanical Engineer from ENSAM,
Paris, France, and completed a Master of Economic Science from Paris University and an MBA from Harvard
University. Since 1984, Pierre Lecocq has been an active member of the French Christian Executive
Association, “Les EDC” (Les Entrepreneurs et Dirigeants Chrétiens) which he headed as National President
from 2002 to 2006. He also serves as International President of UNIAPAC (International Association of


Christian Executive Associations), present in 30 countries.

09:50 - 10:20 BREAK
Fair Trade: Humanizing the Market Place, Towards a New Economic Paradigm
Francisco Van der Hoff, Max Havelaar

Francisco VanderHoff-Boersma is renowned for launching the Max Havelaar fair trade label in 1988 in
collaboration with Nico Roozen and the ecumenical development agency, Solidaridad. The idea partly
emerged from his experiences as a worker-priest in Mexico where he witnessed the harsh economic
conditions of local coffee growers first hand. He currently serves as President of Certimex, the Mexican
certification group for organic products. The list of honours awarded to Mr VanderHoff-Boersma include the
2006 North-South Prize, Commander of the Order of the Crown of Belgium (2006), the Groeneveldprize from
the Dutch foundation of the same name and Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, the latter grace of French
President Jacques Chirac in 2005. Mr. VanderHoff-Boersma has written extensively on the subject of fair
trade and publications include “Fair Trade Adventure: An Alternative to Globalization By the Founders of Max
Havelaar”, translated into six languages. Academic achievements include doctorates in political economy and
theology and rural sociology.

10:40 - 11:00 Q&A

Alternative Business Models to Serve the Common Good
Jimmy Wales, Wikimedia Foundation

Ranked by Forbes Magazine as a “Web Celeb”, Jimmy Donal Wales is a U.S. Internet entrepreneur and wiki
pioneer who is best known as the founder of Wikipedia, an international collaborative free content
encyclopedia on the Internet, and the Wikimedia Foundation. He is co-founder of Wikia, a privately owned
free web hosting service he set up in 2004. In a 2004 interview with Slashdot, Mr Wales explained his
motivations about Wikipedia, “Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free
access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.” The success of the project has helped
popularize a trend in web development (called Web 2.0) that aims to facilitate creativity, collaboration, and
sharing among users. As Wikipedia expanded and its public profile grew, Mr Wales took on the role of the
project's spokesperson and promoter through speaking engagements and media appearances. His work with
Wikipedia, which has become the world's largest encyclopedia, prompted TIME Magazine to name him one
of its “100 Most Influential People,” in 2006 in the “Scientists & Thinkers” category. In 2003, Mr Wales
founded the Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to encouraging the
growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these
wiki-based projects to the public free of charge.
11:20 - 11:40 Q&A

11:40 - 11:50 Red Thread


11:50 - 13:00 LUNCH
13:00 - 14:15 Workshop 1 - Part 1
Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Statesmanship
MODERATOR:
Prof. Prabhu Guptara & Workshop Leaders

14:15 -14:45 Keynote Address
Insights into the Moral DNA of the Human Corporation
Prof. Roger Steare, Cass Business School, London

Roger Steare is an expert in the development and delivery of Leadership, Culture and Ethics programs for
organisations such as BP, HSBC and PWC, where he acts as a trusted advisor. His programs for these and
other groups have been endorsed by the UK Financial Services Authority, the UK Serious Fraud Office and the
US Department of Justice. Roger is also Visiting Professor of Organisational Ethics, and Corporate Philosopher
in Residence at the Cass Business School in London. He is a Fellow of the influential cross-party policy think
tank, Respublica, and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts. Roger was a member of the Expert Drafting
Committee for Rights and Humanity, invited by the British Government to prepare recommendations for the
G20 London Summit in April 2009. His book “ethicability®: how to decide what’s right and find the courage to
do it”, has been endorsed by British Prime Minister David Cameron. As a recognized media expert on ethics
issues, Roger Steare has appeared regularly on the BBC, CNBC Europe, in the FT and The Times. He studied
the History of Western Philosophy with the late Conrad Russell, son of the great British philosopher Bertrand
Russell.

14:45 - 15:00 Q&A

15:00 - 15:15 BREAK

15:15 - 15:25 INTERMEZZO Musical Interlude

15:25 - 16:10 Workshop 1 - Part 2
Reporting and Synthesis
Moderator: Prof. Prabhu Guptara

16:10 - 16:20 Red Thread

16:20 - 17:10 Testimonial for Global Justice
Women: Actors of Change and Development
Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize

Shirin Ebadi J.D. was awarded the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote human rights, especially
those of women, children and political prisoners in Iran. She was the first Muslim woman to have received
the Nobel Peace Prize, and only the fifth to win the award in any field. Dr Ebadi was one of the first female


judges in Iran. She served as president of the city court of Tehran from 1975 to 1979 and was the first Iranian
woman to achieve Chief Justice status. After dismissal in wake of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, she was
made a clerk in the court she once presided over, until petitioning for early retirement. After obtaining her
lawyer's license in 1992, Dr Ebadi set up private practice and defended numerous political dissidents
resulting in her arrest on many occasions. She has also established many non-governmental organizations in
Iran, including the Million Signatures Campaign to demand an end to legal discrimination against women in
Iranian law. Dr Ebadi is a university professor and has published 13 books and over 70 articles dedicated to
human rights. In 2004, she was named by Forbes Magazine as one of the world’s 100 most powerful women
17:10 - 17:30 Q&A
PARALLEL SESSIONS

17:30 - 18:30 Film Extracts
Doing Virtuous Business
Theodore Malloch, The Roosevelt Group

Theodore Roosevelt Malloch, Ph.D. is Chairman and CEO of The Roosevelt Group, a leading strategy thought
leadership company. He was President of the 1992 World Economic Development Congress sponsored by
CNN, where Congress Lady Margaret Thatcher dubbed him, “a global sherpa”. Some of his other projects
have included founding “The CEO Learning Partnership” for a big six accounting firm, fashioning the Fortune
500 Forum for Fortune Magazine, and managing the development of UN EDIFACT, the new rules and
standards for global paperless trading. Dr. Malloch also created one of the largest selling stamps in
international history, to commemorate the environment and endangered species. Serving on the Executive
Board of the World Economic Forum and an ambassadorial level position in the United Nations are some of
his other notable achievements. He also headed consulting at Wharton-Chase Econometrics, worked in
capital markets at Salomon Brothers and served in senior policy positions in the US Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations and in the US State Department. In 2005, Dr Malloch founded the Spiritual Capital
Initiative, a multi-year, multimillion dollar research effort, which he chairs. He is a research professor at Yale
University. Dr Malloch earned his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and has authored numerous books,
articles and corporate reports, the latest of which is Doing Virtuous Business, which is also the basis for a new
PBS Emmy nominated documentary (see:www.doingvirtuousbusiness.com).

17:30 - 18:30 Networking Session : From the Drawing Board to Reality
Presentation of Projects and Initiatives

19:15 Departure for Underground Funicular
20:00 - 23:00 Swiss Night Dinner - Restaurant Sunegga
Dress code : business / smart

DAY 3– SATURDAY JUNE 18, 2011 Servant Leadership
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Theme DAY 3: Justice and Solidarity for Sustainability
Zermatt Summit 2011 Conference General Coordinator: Prof. Prabhu Guptara
Fairness and Justice in the Economy
Hernando de Soto, Institute for Liberty & Democracy

Hernando de Soto is President of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy, an internationally recognized think


tank headquartered in Lima, Peru committed to creating legal systems to help the poor access property and
business rights. In 1999, he was selected as one of five leading Latin American innovators of the century by
Time Magazine in its special May issue on "Leaders for the New Millennium" and has been similarly
recognized by Forbes Magazine. Mr de Soto has served as President of the Executive Committee of the
Copper Exporting Countries Organization and as CEO of Universal Engineering Corporation. He has also
worked as an economist for the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, a principal of the Swiss Bank
Corporation Consultant Group, and a governor of Peru's Central Reserve Bank. Mr de Soto has advised heads
of state in several countries on property and business reform programs, and is author of ‘The Other Path’ and
his seminal work ‘The Mystery of Capital’.

Common Good to Serve the Person
PANEL MEMBERS:
Hernando de Soto, Institute for Liberty & Democracy
Andreas Widmer, Seven Fund
Richard E. Omohundro, The Carpenter’s Fund
MODERATOR:
Prof. Nicolas Michel, Zermatt Summit Foundation

Nicolas Michel is Professor of International Law at the Geneva University Law Faculty and Geneva Graduate
Institute of International and Development Studies. He was formerly Under-Secretary-General for Legal
Affairs, Legal Counsel of the United Nations (2004-2008), Director of International Law at the Swiss Federal
Department of Foreign Affairs (1998-2003) and Chairman of the Committee of the Legal Advisors on Public
International Law of the Council of Europe (2003 and 2004). He led a number of Swiss delegations to
international conferences. He also taught International and European law at the University of Fribourg Law
Faculty (1987-2004), an institution where he obtained a PhD in law. His Master of Arts in international
relations was earned at Georgetown University, Washington DC, and his attorney-at-law certificate was
awarded by the State of Fribourg. Professor Michel has authored numerous books and articles on
international and European law.

Andreas Widmer is Cofounder of SEVEN Fund, a philanthropic organization promoting enterprise solutions to
poverty. Other posts include Research Fellow in Entrepreneurship at the Acton Institute and advisor to the
Zermatt Summit. Mr Widmer serves as an Advisor to Transforming Business at the University of Cambridge as
well as on the Advisory Boards of the Templeton Foundation, Global Adaptation Institute, Spring Hill Equity
Partners and Catholics Come Home. The New Paradigm Research Fund, Virtual Research Associates and the
World Youth Alliance also feature Mr Widmer on their Boards. As a seasoned business executive with
experience in high-tech and international business strategy consulting, Mr Widmer has worked extensively in
the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, bringing more than 100 leading-edge technology
products to market. He also served as a Pontifical Swiss Guard from 1986-1988, protecting Pope John Paul II,
and is a citizen of Switzerland and the United States

Richard E. Omohundro Jr. is President and Member of the Board of Directors of the General Partner for The


Carpenter’s Fund. Mr Omohundro was Senior Managing Director and Chairman of the Investment Committee
for CypressTree Investment Management, LLP (CIMCO). He was Partner of CIMCO as well as Founder of
former CIMCO affiliate, Prospect Street Investment Management Company in 1988. At the helm of strategic
corporate direction, he also played a major role in investment policy for the various investment vehicles
managed by CIMCO. Responsibilities included the design and implementation of the Firm’s investment
vehicles and direction regarding a full range of income vehicles. He has been active in corporate debt
restructuring for over 35 years. Prior to founding Prospect Street, he was a Managing Director of Capital
Markets and a member of the Leveraged Transactions Commitment Committee at Merrill Lynch where he
worked from 1978 to 1988. Mr Omohundro is a graduate of the US Naval Academy and University of Virginia.
He is a CFA charter holder since 1975 and Member of the CFA Institute and Boston Security Analysts Society.
As a Member of the Board of Directors of Water for the World, Mr Omohundro helps the Kenyan corporation
provide clean water solutions in East Africa.

09:50 - 10:15 Q&A
10:15 - 10:45 BREAK
10:45 - 10:55 INTERMEZZO Musical Interlude

10:55 - 11:15 Testimonial for Global Justice
Women: Actors of Change and Development
Mallika Sarabhai, Darpana

Educated as an economist and a business manager, Mallika Sarabhai is one of India’s best-known Bharata
Natyam and Kuchipudi dancers. To reaffirm the positive images of womanhood, she has used every medium:
dance, theatre, television, film, writing and publishing. In recognition of her efforts to promote social justice
through the arts, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize as part of the 1,000 Women for the Nobel
Peace Prize campaign. During her career, she has received numerous awards including Knight of the Order of
Arts & Letters, and the Chevalier des Palmes Academiques, from the Government of France, as well as
several awards from the Government of India. Mallika Sarabhai is director of Darpana Academy of
Performing Arts, where the focus is on the use of arts for social change. In 1982, she founded Darpana for
Development to develop performance as a language for change and JANAVAK, the voice of the people, to
record and preserve folk and tribal culture. She played the lead character of Draupadi in the international
theatre production of “The Mahabharata” by world-renowned director Peter Brook. From 2000 to 2002, she
was CEO of TARA, a TV channel dedicated to using mainstream genres of programming for activism. She also
founded Darpana Communications in 2001 to harness the potential of TV to change attitudes and fight social
prejudice.

11:15 - 12:45 Workshop 2
Transformational Leadership for Excellence
Zermatt Summit Roadmap 2012-2014
MODERATORS:
Rajita Kulkarni, International Association for Human Values
Christoph Glaser, World Forum for Ethics in Business


A banker by profession, Rajita Kulkarni has held diverse leadership positions throughout her career. From
2005 to 2010, she was instrumental in leading some 5,000 workshops for over 100,000 participants around
the world. An expert in adult learning techniques, Rajita Kulkarni has designed 85 management exercises and
games, released in the book “Focus Forward”. She has also won over 17 awards for professional excellence in
her field. A deeply spiritual person, she has been associated with the Art of Living Foundation for over 13
years in an honorary capacity. She is a certified teacher of the Art of Living, the Apex (Achieving Personal
Excellence), the TLEX (Transformational Leadership for Excellence) and Sahaj Samadhi Meditation courses.
She has traveled around the world teaching leaders (including Heads of States, Governors, Mayors, youth
leaders and CEOs) from more than 40 countries on how to manage stress and live a healthy happy life. In
2010, Rajita Kulkarni gave up her banking career to serve on various Art of Living Foundation Boards
including the World Forum for Ethics in Business, Brussels; the Art of Living Health and Education Trust, USA;
and Sri Sri Ravshankar Vidya Mandir, operating 108 educational institutions including 90 schools and several
colleges in India.

Christoph Glaser is a Workshop Director and Board Member of the International Association for Human
Values in Germany as well as the International Art of Living Foundation (Switzerland).
Formerly a banker with Credit Suisse, he has been traveling for the past seven years throughout Europe, the
Middle East and Africa, conducting the Achieving Personal Excellence Workshop for Managers as well as the
Art of Living Part 1 and 2 Courses. Additionally, Mr. Glaser serves as one of the Directors of the annual
International Business & Leadership Symposium of the International Association for Human Values. He holds
a BS in Psychology from the University of Basel and has graduated with honors from the Basel Vocational
Business School. Mr. Glaser is a passionate tennis player and fan of FC Basel. He also plays guitar and enjoys
hiking.
12:45 - 13:00 Concluding Remarks
Christopher Wasserman, Zermatt Summit Foundation

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