Government & Politics speakers
Kerry Brown
Prof of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King’s College, London
Mark Malloch-Brown
Former number two in the United Nations as well as having served in the British Cabinet and Foreign Office
Sayeeda Warsi
Lawyer, politician and member of the House of Lords.
Michael Dobbs
British Conservative politician and best-selling author, most notably for his House of Cards trilogy
Bill Browder
British based Financier, Political Activist & Author
Gillian Tett
Columnist and member of the editorial board for the Financial Times - Provost King's College Cambridge
David Goodhart
Head of the Demography, Immigration, and Integration Unit, and Director of the Integration Hub website
Gloria Borger
Journalist, Political Analyst
Leila McDowell
News Correspondent and Progressive Communications Strategist
Carl Bernstein
Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist
Taavi Kotka
Entrepreneur and first CIO for the Government of Estonia. Pioneer of e-Estonia, the world’s most advanced digital nation, and cofounder of the world’s first e-Residency programme.
Aaron David Miller
Middle East Analyst & Author
Lisa Witter
Award-winning executive, serial entrepreneur, writer and public speaker
Megan Smith
Former Chief Technology Officer of the United States
Bob Woodward
Legendary Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Journalist & Author of 23 Bestsellers
Jane Mayer
Investigative Journalist/Author
Lynton Crosby
Political strategist
Angela Rye
CNN Political Commentator, and Former Executive Director of the CBC
George Papaconstantinou
Greek Economist and Politician
Herman Van Rompuy
President, European Council (2009-2014)