The world is in an increasingly challenging place and there are many uncertainties at play including high inflation, geopolitical tensions and environmental tribulations.

At Chartwell, we are looking ahead to the key trends we believe are set to define 2023 and below are some of our key speakers who can offer insights and ideas on these trends.

Speakers on the Global Economy:

Carmen Reinhart: World Bank Chief Economist (2020-2022)
Jim O’Neill: Chairman of Chatham House (2018-2021)
Martin Wolf: Chief Economics Commentator at the FT
Olivier Blanchard: Former Chief Economist at the IMF
Kathryn Judge: ​Expert on banking, financial innovation and financial crises

Former Central Bankers:

Mervyn King: Former Governor of the Bank of England
Randal Quarles:  Former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve​
Rajan Raghuram: Former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
Andy Haldane: Former Chief Economist at the Bank of England

Experts on ESG, Climate Change and Sustainability:

Simon Mundy: Moral Money Editor at the FT
Alok Sharma: Former President of COP 26
Gabrielle Walker: Former Climate Change Editor at The New Scientist
Desiree Fixler: Advocate for change in ESG investing and sustainability
Stuart Kirk: Former Head of Responsible Investments at HSBC and FT columnist

Speakers on ​​Geopolitics:

Mark Carleton Smith: Former Head of the UK Army
Lionel Barber: Former Editor at the FT
Robin Niblett: Former Director of Chatham House
Kurt Volker: Former US Ambassador to NATO
General Frank McKenzie: Retired US Marine Corps General 
Fiona Hill: Advisor to three US Presidents 
Alex Younger: Former Chief of MI6

Experts on China as it re-opens to the world:

Yanzhong Huang: Expert on global health governance in China and East Asia 
Keyu Jin: Expert on globalisation, international finance and the Chinese economy
Kerry Brown: Professor of Chinese Studies at King’s College, London

Some other topical speakers:

Margaret O’Mara: Expert on the History of Silicon Valley
Renee Di Resta: Expert on the study of misinformation, media and trust
Eliot Higgins: Founder of the investigative journalism platform, Bellingcat
Sara Sabry: The first female Arab astronaut in space
Dror Poleg: World-renowned expert on the future of work and cities
Anya Hindmarch: Bag designer passionate about sustainability
Janan Ganesh: Leading political commentator at the FT
Mary Ann Sieghart: Broadcaster, journalist and author of ‘The Authority Gap’ (2021)

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