Keynote speakers

Karen Darke
Paralympic medallist & motivational speaker

Lorenzo Bini Smaghi
Former member, ECB Executive Board

Hernando de Soto
Pioneering Development Economist

Francis Fukuyama
Historian & Expert on Geopolitics

Gyles Brandreth
Author, Raconteur & Former Conservative MP

Gary Langer
US Pollster & Political Anaylst

Paula Dobriansky
US Diplomat

Robert Kimmitt
Former US Ambassador to Germany

Joseph Gagnon
Washington-based Economist

Susan Eisenhower
CEO and Chairman of the Eisenhower Group

John Gieve
Former Deputy Governor, Bank of England

Peter Collecott
Former British Ambassador to Brazil

Roderic Lyne
International Affairs Expert - UK Ambassador to Russia (2000-2004)

Michael Arthur
Former UK Ambassador to Germany & India

Josef Joffe
Publisher-Editor, Die Zeit

James Cracknell
Olympic gold medallist & adventurer

Paul Ormerod
Best-selling Author & Behavioural Economist

Richard Watson
Best-selling author on mega-trends and the future

Mark Michelson
Expert on APAC Business Strategy

Christopher Meyer
Former UK Ambassador to the US