Government & Politics speakers
Andy Haldane
Former Chief Economist at The Bank of England
George Friedman
New York Times bestselling author and geopolitical forecaster
Peggy Liu
Leading Chinese environmentalist
Matt Hancock
Conservative Politician and UK Health Secretary (2018-21)
Sunita Narain
Director General of the CSE
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Maha Aziz
Author, Illustrator and Professor at New York University's Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Ma Jun
Founding Director of the IPE
Bilahari Kausikan
Singapore's Ambassador-At-Large
Conrad Black
Founder of the National Post
Tim Willasey-Wilsey
Senior British diplomat and Member of Council at Chatham House
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Adrian Wooldridge
Global Business Columnist - Bloomberg
Arlene Foster
First Minister of Northern Ireland on two occasions (between 2016-21) and Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (2015-21)
Johnny Mercer
Former Member of Parliament, Veterans’ Minister, Afghanistan Veteran and best-selling author
Johanna Maska
CEO, Global Situation Room and Former White House Aide to President Obama
Alyssa Farah
American political advisor and Former White House Director of Strategic Communications
George Osborne
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer, UK Government (2010-16)
Oliver Lewis
Former Deputy Chief Negotiator in UK Government for UK-EU Trade Negotiations and Head of Research for ‘Vote Leave’
Ivan Krastev
Award winning author and renowned Political Scientist
Josep Colomer
Professor of political science, Georgetown University, Washington DC,
Matthew Pottinger
U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor (2019-2021)