Keynote speakers

Rosemary Foot
Expert on International Security & US-Chinese Relations

Philip Bobbitt
Expert on Constitutional Law, Security & Globalisation

Gino D’Acampo
Celebrity Chef and best-selling cookery author

Avivah Wittenberg-Cox
CEO, 20-First, A Leading Gender Consultancy

Martha Lane Fox
Founder of lastminute.com

Zain Latif
Founder, TLG Capital

Sherry Coutu
Founder of Interactive Investor

Esther Duflo
Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation & Development Economics, MIT

Cherie Blair
Leading Human Rights Barrister


Sarah Outen
One of Britain’s top adventurers

Craig Pirrong
Professor of Finance, University of Houston

Robert Peston
ITV’s political editor, presenter of the politics show “Peston”,

Andrew Wu
Group President, LVMH China

Paulo Vieira da Cunha
Former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Brazil

Stefan Wagstyl
Berlin Bureau Chief, Financial Times

Frank Lavin
US Diplomat & Business Advisor

Simon Cox
China Economics Editor, The Economist

Huang Jing
Expert on Chinese Politics & US-China Relations

Fatih Birol
Executive Director, International Energy Agency

Michael Reid
Writer and commentator on Latin American and Iberian affairs.