F.W. de Klerk is a South African retired politician who has previously served as the 7th State President of South Africa. Klerk was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa, and he went on to study at Potchefstroom University before going on to pursue a career in law. Moving towards politics, Klerk joined the National Party where he was... read full bio
Chan Kim is a South Korean business theorist, a Professor of Strategy and Management at INSEAD and co-director of INSEAD’s Blue Ocean Strategy Institute. Kim was born in South Korea, and went on to begin studying at Ross School of Business, where he went on to begin working as a Professor. He later moved to France where he began working... read full bio
Khoo Swee Chiow is a Singaporean adventurer, author, consultant, and inspirational speaker who is best known for being the first South East Asian as well as the fourth person in the entire world to complete the Explorers Grand Slam; which is a trek through the South Pole, the North Pole, and the Seven Summits. Chiow began his work as an... read full bio
Tarun Khanna is an Indian-born American author, economic strategist, and professor who is currently the Jorge Paulo Lemann professor at Harvard Business School where he is also a member of the strategy group, and has been a director of their South Asia initiative. Khanna has earned his B.S. with a major in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University... read full bio
Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries is a Dutch scholar and psychoanalyst who is a guru on leadership development and has been a Professor at INSEAD. Vries has previously earned his master’s degree in economics from the University of Amsterdarm before going on to earn his MBA and then his DBA from Harvard Business School. He has also previously earned training... read full bio
Chris Kemp is an American information technology executive who is the founder and CEO of Astra, a company that launches space services. Kemp has previously studied computer engineering at the University of Alabama where he founded Netran, which was an online grocery shopping service. During his time working for Netran, Kemp served as both the CEO and President before selling... read full bio
Dr. Huiyao Henry Wang is the founder and President of Center for China and Globalization, which is the largest independent think tank in China. Through his work with CCG, Wang has earned the company a spot on the list of top 100 think tanks in the world. Apart from his work with CCG, Wang has also been Counselor for China... read full bio
Dr. Mark van Rijmenam is The Digital Speaker, the world’s foremost expert on all things metaverse and holds the distinction of being the first person to host a TEDx talk entirely virtually from the metaverse. He is the future tech strategist and entrepreneur who looks at technology and the impact on business and society. As a speaker, he offers an... read full bio
Susan Wilson Solovic is an American author, entrepreneur, journalist, and motivational speaker who is best known for her New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Amazon and USA Today best-selling book, “It’s Your Biz.” Solovic began her career competing in the Miss America pageant where she was the winner of the Miss Missouri pageant before going on to place third in... read full bio
Dr. Samantha Ravich is a senior advisor, former CEO and current managing partner of A2P, and a board member and chairman of various organizations. Ravich is known for having experience with risk management and mitigation skills with an expertise in cyber, supply chain management, and geo-political risk whom has worked nearly 30 years in the U.S. intelligence, defense, and various... read full bio
David Martin is the founder and chairman of M-CAM Inc., has been a batten fellow for the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia, has been founder of The Global Innovation Commons, and a managing partner for the Purple Bridge Funds. Through his work over the years, Martin has been known for being a leader in... read full bio
Bill Fischer is the Professor of Innovation Management at IMD and a columnist for Forbes. Through his work with IMD, Fischer has been the co-founder and co-director for their program on Driving Strategic Innovation which they run in cooperation with the Sloan School of Management at MIT. Through his work with Forbes, Fischer runs the column, “The Ideas Business.” As... read full bio
Adam Ferrier is a thought leader on motivating change through the science of behavioral economics and creativity and the founder of THINKERBELL. Ferrier has previously earned his B.A. in Psychology and his Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing from Murdoch University. From there, he went on to earn his Masters of Psychology from the University of Western Sydney. Ferrier began his... read full bio
Jonathan Farmer is the chief editor of the weekly report for Latin American Newsletters, and is an expert on politics, diplomatic, macroeconomic, and security developments in Latin America. Through his work with Latin American Newsletters, the publication has gained a varied global subscribers range of people that are UN officials, to government agencies, and large multinational corporations as well as... read full bio
Porter Erisman is the former vice-president of the Alibaba Group, an author, and public speaker who is passionate about creativity and innovation that delivers a positive social impact. Erisman has earned his B.A. in Political Science from Stanford University and went on to earn his M.B.A. in International Marketing and Entrepreneurship from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Erisman went... read full bio
Stacy Ennis is a consultant, author, and keynote speaker who specializes in creative consulting, professional coaching, leadership training, ghostwriting, and more. Ennis has earned her B.A. in English and Art from Boise State University and went on to earn her Master’s in Professional Writing and Editing from the University of Cincinnati. After finishing her degree, Ennis went on to begin... read full bio
Robert Engle is an American statistician who has previously been the winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, which he shared with Clive Granger for their work in analyzing economic time series with time-varying volatility. Engle was born in Syracuse, New York, and he earned his B.S. in physics from Williams College before going on to earn his... read full bio
Shereen H. Eltobgy is a global speaker, coach and consultant on happiness and mindful awareness in the workplace to help strengthen and create leaders as well as improve, transform and change the business workforce. As a coach and consultant, Eltogby has been a lead coach-sultant and happiness orchestrator for Delivering Happiness, a company which was co-founded by Tony Hsieh. As... read full bio
Robert G. Eccles is a professor who has been the visiting professor of management practice at the Said Business School at the University of Oxford. He has also been a visiting lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, and a professor at Harvard Business School. Through his work, Eccles has been known for being a leader... read full bio
Soumitra Dutta is the current Professor of Management at the SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University, NY and is also a Chair of the Board of Director of the Global Business School Network, Washington, D.C. Dutta was born in Chandigarh, India, and he went on to earn his B.Tech. in electrical engineering and computer science from the Indiana Institute... read full bio
